author
D. W. (David W.) Bartlett
1828–1912
A 19th-century American journalist and popular biographer, he wrote lively books on politics, reformers, travel, and famous historical figures. His work captures the fast-moving public life of the United States just before and during the Civil War.
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Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business
by D. W. (David W.) Bartlett
About the author
Born in 1828 and writing as D. W. Bartlett, David W. Bartlett was an American author and journalist whose books ranged widely across politics, biography, history, and travel. Online library and catalog records connect him with works including Modern Agitators, Presidential Candidates, Paris: With Pen and Pencil, and biographies of figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, and Lady Jane Grey.
Contemporary and bibliographic sources describe him as a Washington correspondent for the New-York Independent and the Evening Post. His books show a clear taste for vivid public subjects: reform movements, presidential politics, major cities, and well-known lives from history.
Bartlett died in 1912. Today he is mainly remembered through his substantial body of 19th-century nonfiction, which offers modern readers a window into the political interests, literary style, and historical curiosity of his era.