author
Frederic Rowland Marvin
1847–1918
A restless man of letters, he moved between medicine, the ministry, and the world of books. His writing ranges from sermons and essays to poetry and literary reflections, with a special fondness for memorable sayings and the company of books.
2 Audiobooks
The Last Words (Real and Traditional) of Distinguished Men and Women
by Frederic Rowland Marvin
Consecrated Womanhood A Sermon Preached in the First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon
by Frederic Rowland Marvin
About the author
Born in Troy, New York, in 1847, Frederic Rowland Marvin built an unusually varied career. Records and library catalogs identify him as a physician, a clergyman, and a prolific author whose work appeared from the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth. He died in 1918.
His books show a writer with broad interests rather than a single specialty. Among the works associated with him are The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women, The Companionship of Books and Other Papers, The Excursions of a Book-Lover, Poems and Translations, and A Free Lance. Taken together, they suggest a literary personality drawn to reading, quotation, reflection, and the pleasure of gathering ideas from many places.
Marvin's work still turns up in major public-domain and library collections, which helps explain his continued appeal for modern readers of older nonfiction and verse. He seems to have written for readers who enjoyed curiosity, conversation, and the feeling of spending time with an author who genuinely loved books.