Cheshire Lowton Boone

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Cheshire Lowton Boone

b. 1875

An early 20th-century writer on crafts, education, and everyday creativity, this author is best known for The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index. The work reflects a practical, hands-on view of learning that aimed to make books useful in daily life.

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The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index

The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index

by Cheshire Lowton Boone

About the author

Little seems to be widely documented online about this author beyond the surviving bibliographic and archival record, but Cheshire Lowton Boone is credited with The Library of Work and Play: Guide and Index, a work later preserved by Project Gutenberg and the Internet Archive.

Archival references also place Boone in the world of art and education in the early 1900s. A 1910 American Numismatic Society correspondence record identifies Cheshire Lowton Boone with the Department of Art and Handwork in the public schools of Montclair, New Jersey, and other period materials connect the name with discussions of art education.

A memorial record lists Boone's lifespan as 1875 to 1933. Taken together, these sources suggest a figure engaged in educational and cultural work, with a particular interest in practical learning, design, and the role of books in shaping active, creative lives.