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Curtis Guild
1827–1911
A longtime Boston newspaper man, traveler, and poet, he turned a journalist’s eye into books that brought Europe and everyday life vividly to readers at home. His career also tied him to one of Massachusetts’s best-known political families, as the father of Governor Curtis Guild Jr.
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Over the Ocean; or, Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands
by Curtis Guild
About the author
Born in Boston on January 13, 1827, he began working at the Boston Journal in 1847 and rose from clerk to reporter. He later founded and edited the Boston Commercial Bulletin, building a career in journalism that lasted for decades.
He also wrote books that reached beyond the newsroom. Reference sources describe him as the author of popular travel works, and surviving editions include Over the Ocean and From Sunrise to Sunset, showing his range from travel writing to poetry.
Guild died in Boston on March 12, 1911. Archival records at the Massachusetts Historical Society preserve his papers and reflect his place in Boston’s literary and civic world.