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George Augustus Baker
1849–1906
A New York writer with a lawyer’s training and a sharp eye for manners, he moved easily between poetry, short fiction, and light social satire. His work often blends polished wit with an interest in everyday behavior and class life.
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Point Lace and Diamonds
by George Augustus Baker
About the author
Born in New York City in 1849, George Augustus Baker was an American author and lawyer. He studied at the College of the City of New York and later at Columbia Law School, and he built a literary career alongside his legal training.
Baker wrote poems, short stories, and dramatic pieces, and he also published works of social observation. Among the books associated with him are The Bad Habits of Good Society, West Point, Mrs. Hephaestus, and Other Short Stories, and Point Lace and Diamonds. His writing suggests a taste for lively conversation, polished humor, and the small rituals of social life.
He died in 1906. Though he is not widely read today, his work still offers a glimpse of late 19th-century American literary culture, especially its mix of gentility, amusement, and keen attention to how people present themselves to the world.