BALDWIN, JAMES: 1841-1925.
James Baldwin was born in Hamilton County, Ind., on Dec. 15, 1841, the son of Isaac and Sarah Clayton Baldwin. Although he had some instruction in the district schools, he was largely self-taught. After teaching for three years in his native county, he became, in 1869, superintendent of city graded schools in Indiana, a position he held until 1887 when he accepted a post with Harper & Brothers publishing house in New York . From 1894 to 1924 he was editor of school books for the American Book Company. He died Aug. 30, 1925.
Besides the titles listed here, Baldwin was the author, editor and compiler of dozens of textbooks in the fields of literature, history and mathematics.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- The Story of Siegfried. New
York, 1882.
- The Story of Roland. New York,
1883.
- The Book Lover; A Guide to the Best Reading.
Chicago, 1885.
- A Story of the Golden Age. New
York, 1887.
- A Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopaedia
Britannica. Chicago, 1895.
- The Horse Fair. New York, 1895.
- Fifty Famous Stories Retold. New
York, 1896.
- Old Stories of the East. New
York, 1896.
- Social and Ethical Interpretations in Mental Development: A
Study in Social Psychology. New York, 1897.
- Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster,
Lincoln. Chicago, 1897.
- Our New Possessions: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii,
Philippines. New York, 1899.
- The Discovery of the Old Northwest and Its Settlement by the
French. New York, 1901.
- The Conquest of the Old Northwest and Its Settlement by
Americans. New York, 1901.
- The Wonder Book of Horses. New
York, 1903.
- Hero Tales Told in School. New
York, 1904.
- Abraham Lincoln, a True Life. New
York [1904].
- Thirty More Famous Stories Retold. New
York, 1905.
- The Golden Fleece; More Old Greek Stories.
New York [1905].
- An American Book of Golden Deeds. New
York, 1907.
- Gulliver's Travels; Retold for Children.
Chicago, 1908.
- Stories of the King. Chicago,
1910.
- The Sampo: Hero Adventures from the Finnish Kalevala.
New York, 1912.
- Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories.
New York, 1912.
- Stories from English History for Young Americans.
New York.
- John Bunyan's Dream Story: the Pilgrim's
Progress Retold for Children and Adapted to School Reading.
Chicago, 1913.
- In My Youth, from the Posthumous Papers of Robert
Dudley. Indianapolis [1914]. (Reissued in 1923 as In the Days of My Youth; An Intimate
Personal Record of Life and Manners in the Middle Ages of the Middle
West.)
- Fifty Famous Rides and Riders. New
York, 1916.
- The Story of Liberty. Chicago
[1919].
- Sailing the Seas; the Log of Tom Darke (withWilliam W. Livengood). New York, 1920.
