OLCOTT, CHARLES SUMNER: 1864-1935.
Charles Sumner Olcott , son of John Milton and Miriam J. Brown Olcott, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., on Feb. 20, 1864, and graduated from De Pauw University in 1883, receiving the A.M. degree in 1886. He married Allie M. Gage in 1886.
From 1891 to 1933 he acted as general manager of the subscription department of Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company. He was also known as a lecturer on literary subjects. He died on May 3, 1935.
Information from Who Was Who in America and De Pauw University's Alumnal Record, 1920.
- George Eliot–Scenes and People in Her
Novels. New York, 1910.
- The Country of Sir Waiter Scott.
Boston, 1913.
- The Lure of the Camera. Boston,
1914.
- The Life of William McKinley.
Boston, 1916. 2
vols.
- Literary Landmarks of New England.
- At the Home of Rafael Sabatini.
Boston, 1927.
