WILLIAM MATHEWS
\wˈɪli͡əm mˈaθjuːz], \wˈɪliəm mˈaθjuːz], \w_ˈɪ_l_iə_m m_ˈa_θ_j_uː_z]\
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An American essayist; born in Waterville, Me., July 28, 1818; resigned the professorship of rhetoric and English literature in the University of Chicago (1875) to devote his time entirely to literary work. His publications include: "Getting on in the World" (1872); "The Great Conversers, and Other Essays" (1873); "Literary Style, and Other Essays" (1881); "Wit and Humor, their Use and Abuse"; and "Nugae Litterariae; "Conquering Success" (1903).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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