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Marion Mills Miller
1864–1949
A prolific American writer and editor, he moved easily from poetry and drama to vast historical compilations on politics, literature, and classical culture. His work has the feel of a tireless literary mind trying to gather whole traditions into one place.
2 Audiobooks
Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife
by Marion Mills Miller
The Round-Up: A Romance of Arizona; Novelized from Edmund Day's Melodrama
by John Murray, Edmund Day, Marion Mills Miller
About the author
Born in Eaton, Ohio, in 1864, Marion Mills Miller studied at Princeton and went on to teach in its English department in the late 1880s and early 1890s. He later worked in New York in political reform circles before turning to life as an editor and full-time author.
Miller wrote across an unusually wide range of subjects. His early work included poetry such as Parnassus by Rail and drama such as The Return of Odysseus, while later books took on large literary and historical projects. He is especially known for editing and compiling ambitious reference-style works, including Great Debates in American History and American Debate, as well as collections tied to classical and English literature.
That breadth makes him an interesting figure for modern readers: not just a specialist in one field, but a literary organizer who tried to make history, debate, and the classics accessible in substantial, carefully assembled volumes. He died in 1949, leaving behind a body of work that still survives mainly through libraries and public-domain archives.