Montrose Jonas Moses

Born in New York on September 2, 1878, and educated at the City College of New York, he built a varied career as a writer, editor, and critic. He was connected with several periodicals in the early 1900s, including The Literary Digest, The Reader, The Independent, Book News Monthly, and Hearst's International.

His work ranged widely. He wrote on children's literature, drama, major literary figures, and regional writing, with titles such as Children's Books and Reading, Henrik Ibsen, The Literature of the South, and The American Dramatist. He also edited reference and anthology projects, including Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856–1911, showing his strong interest in the history of American theater.

That mix of scholarship and accessibility makes him an appealing figure for modern listeners: a serious critic who still wrote with the general reader in mind. He died on March 29, 1934.