J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden

J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
Joseph Walker McSpadden (1874–1960) was an American author and editor known for his contributions to children's literature and biographies. He wrote extensively on classic literature and folk tales, producing works such as "Famous Detectives" and "Famous Women." His book "Stories from Wagner" brought the operas of Richard Wagner to a younger audience, simplifying them into engaging stories. McSpadden's writing aimed to introduce readers to historical figures and cultural stories in a way that was both educational and entertaining.

Author's Books:


BOYS' BOOK OF FAMOUS SOLDIERS WASHINGTON THE YOUNG SURVEYOR "Turn your guns around on them! Stop them!" The command was given in peremptory tones to a demoralized group of soldiers. Not waiting for them to carry out his orders, the young officer who gave them leaped from his horse, and with his own hands turned one of the guns upon the advancing foe. Had it been the Argonne Forest, and the... more...

CHAPTER I HOW ROBIN HOOD BECAME AN OUTLAW List and hearken, gentlemen,That be of free-born blood,I shall you tell of a good yeoman,His name was Robin Hood. Robin was a proud outlaw,While as he walked on the ground.So courteous an outlaw as he was oneWas never none else found. In the days of good King Harry the Second of England—he of the warring sons—there were certain forests in the north country... more...

Honore de Balzac is known to the world in general as a novel-writer, a producer of romances, in which begin the reign of realism in French fiction. His Comedie Humaine is a description of French society, as it existed from the time of the Revolution to that of the Restoration. In this series of stories we find the author engaged in analyzing the manners, motives and external life of the French man and... more...