Background
Baldwin, James was born on December 15, 1841 in Hamilton Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Isaac and Sarah (Clayton) Baldwin.
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Baldwin, James was born on December 15, 1841 in Hamilton Company, Indiana, United States. Son of Isaac and Sarah (Clayton) Baldwin.
Received some instruction in district schools, but was for the most part self-educated. (honorary Doctor of Philosophy, De Pauw University, 1884).
Teacher in district schools of native company, 1865-1868. Superintendent city graded schools in Indiana, 1869-1887. In educational department of Harper & Brothers, 1887-1890.
Assistant editor Harper’s periodicals, 1890-1893.
Editor of school books for American Book Company, 1894-1924. Author: The Story of Siegfried, 1882.
The Story of Roland, 1883. The Book Lover, 1884.
A Story of the Golden Age, 1886.
Harper’s Readers (5 volumes), 1887-1890. Harper’s School Speakers (3 volumes), 1891. Six Centuries of English Poetry, 1892.
The Book of Elegies, 1892.
The Famous Allegories, 1893. Choice English Lyrics, 1893.
Fairy Stories and Fables, 1895. Fifty Famous Stories Retold, 1895.
Old Greek Stories, 1895.
Old Stories from the East, 1895. Guide to Systematic Readings in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1895. Four Great Americans, 1896.
The Horse Fair, 1895.
Baldwin’s Readers (8 volumes), 1897. The Discovery of the Old Northwest, 1901.
The Conquest of the Old Northwest, 1901. Barnes’ Elementary History of the United States, 1903.
Hero Tales Told in School, 1904.
Abraham Lincoln, a True Life, 1904. The Fairy Reader, 1905. Thirty More Famous Stories, 1905.
The Golden Fleece, 1906.
An American Book of Golden Deeds, 1907. Stories of the King, 1909.
The Expressive Readers (8 volumes), 1911. Fifty Famous People, 1912, The Sampo, 1912.
John Bunyan’s Dream Story, 1913.
Fifty Famous Rides and Riders, 1915. The Story of Liberty, 1919. Home: South Orange, New Jersey.
Married Mary South. Taylor, 1864.