Gladden, Washington

Entry updated 25 November 2024. Tagged: Author.

(1836-1918) US clergyman noted for his progressive views on such issues as union rights and racial segregration; of his many books, mostly on religious topics, Santa Claus on a Lark and Other Christmas Stories (coll 1890) contains seasonal fantasies, and The Cosmopolis City Club (January-?March 1893 Century Magazine; 1893), in which a Utopia is created through fruitful gatherings of a wide range of concerned citizens of the City of Cosmopolis. [JC]

Solomon Washington Gladden

born Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania: 11 February 1836

died Columbus, Ohio: 2 July 1918

works

• Santa Claus on a Lark and Other Christmas Stories (New York: The Century Co, 1890) [coll: hb/]
• The Cosmopolis City Club (New York: The Century Co, 1893) [hb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Project Gutenberg
• Picture Gallery

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