author
Arthur Russell Taylor
1862–1918
An Episcopal rector as well as a writer, he left behind a small but memorable literary footprint. His work turns up in early 20th-century magazine fiction and anthologies, giving readers a glimpse of a thoughtful voice from another era.
1 Audiobook
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories
by Elizabeth Ashe, Henry Seidel Canby, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie) Doty, H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight, John Galsworthy, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Katharine Butler Hathaway, Zephine Humphrey, Mary Lerner, F. J. Louriet, E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, Margaret Lynn, C. A. Mercer, Margaret Prescott Montague, E. (Edith) Nesbit, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Dallas Lore Sharp, Margaret Pollock Sherwood, Ernest Starr, Amy Wentworth Stone, Arthur Russell Taylor
About the author
Born on September 22, 1862, Arthur Russell Taylor was an Episcopal clergyman who served as a rector and was later buried at St. John's Episcopal Churchyard in York, Pennsylvania. Records for his work also identify him as Rev. Arthur Russell Taylor, and list his death on January 7, 1918.
Alongside his church life, he was also a published author. His name appears among the contributors to Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories, a 1918 collection that preserved fiction from leading magazines of the time. That combination of pastoral work and literary publication gives him an unusual place among early 20th-century writers.
Little biographical material seems to survive in easily available sources, so many personal details remain unclear. Even so, the record that does remain suggests a man whose vocation and writing both centered on observation, reflection, and the printed word.