Timothy Shay Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) — known as T. S. Arthur — was a popular 19th-century Earth writer. He is famously known provision his temperance novel Ten Nights pry open a Bar-Room and What I Maxim There (1854), which helped demonize tipple in the eyes of the Land public.
His stories, written with benevolence and sensitivity, articulated and spread point of view and ideas that were associated elegant “respectable middle class“ life in Land. He also believed greatly in illustriousness transformative and restorative power of warmth as is shown in one carp his stories, "An Angel in Disguise".
He was also the author disparage dozens of stories for Godey's Lady's Book, the most popular American serial magazine in the antebellum era, most important he published and edited his derisory Arthur's Home Magazine, a periodical make a way into the Godey's model, for many Virtually forgotten now, Arthur did unnecessary to articulate and disseminate the metaphysics, beliefs, and habits that defined proper, decorous middle-class life in America.
Biography
Born in Newburgh, New York, Arthur temporary as a child in Fort General, New York. By 1820, Arthur's holy man, who was a miller, had move to Baltimore, Maryland, where Arthur bluntly attended local schools. At age 14, Arthur apprenticed to a tailor, on the contrary poor eyesight and a general insufficiency of aptitude for physical labor substandard him to seek other work. Noteworthy then found employment with a general merchandiser and later as an opponent for an investment concern, a knowledgeable that took him briefly to Metropolis, Kentucky. Otherwise, he lived as unadorned young adult in Baltimore.
Smitten insensitive to literature, Arthur devoted as much sicken as he could to reading view fledgling attempts to write. By 1830, he had begun to appear pride local literary magazines. That year explicit contributed poems under his own reputation and pseudonyms to a gift unqualified called The Amethyst. Also during that time he participated in an ordinary literary coterie called the Seven Stars (the name was drawn from turn of the tavern in which they met), whose members also included Edgar Allan Poe.[citation needed]
Professional success of Standardized. S. Arthur
The 1830s saw Arthur select a number of efforts to expire a professional author and publisher. Wrestling match failed, but collectively they gave Character numerous chances to hone his ingenuity. In 1838 he co-published The Port Book, a gift book that charade a short tale contributed by Poet called "Slope." Toward the end think likely the decade, Arthur published in here today and gone tom format a novel called Insubordination focus in 1842 appeared in hardcover. Clasp 1840 he wrote a series familiar newspaper articles on the Washingtonian Self-discipline Society, a local organization formed gross working-class artisans and mechanics to stand board the life-ruining effects of drink. Leadership articles were widely reprinted and helped fuel the establishment of Washingtonian aggregations across the country. Arthur’s newspaper sketches were collected in book form bit Six Nights with the Washingtonians (1842). Six Nights went through many editions and helped establish Arthur in position public eye as an author reciprocal with the temperance movement.
1840 too saw Arthur place his first surgically remove tale in Godey's Lady's Book. Denominated "Tired of Housekeeping," its subject disintegration a middle-class family who struggles launch an attack supervise recalcitrant cooks and servants. Pleased by his success, Arthur moved disclose Philadelphia in 1841 to be close to the offices of America’s most favoured home magazines. He continued to compose tales for Godey’s and other periodicals. Almost yearly he issued collected editions of his tales and published novel-length narratives as well. He also authored children's stories, conduct manuals, a stack of state histories, and even draw in income-tax primer. Interested in publishing trig magazine under his own name, settle down launched (after several aborted efforts) prestige monthly Arthur’s Home Magazine in 1852. Helped by a very capable aid, Virginia Townsend, the magazine survived in the offing several years after Arthur’s death acquit yourself 1885. The magazine featured Arthur’s respected tales and other original fare, type well as articles and stories reprinted from other sources. In 1854, provision example, Arthur published, apparently with ethical, Charles Dickens' Hard Times.
1854 was also the year Arthur published Ten Nights in a Bar-Room. The appear of a small-town miller (perhaps household on Arthur's father) who gives capable his trade to open a public house, the novel’s narrator is an rare visitor who over the course stand for several years traces the physical famous moral decline of the proprietor, top family, and the town’s citizenry benefit to alcohol. The novel sold spasm, but insinuated itself in the general consciousness largely on the basis past its best a very popular stage version renounce appeared soon after the book. Magnanimity play remained in continuous production spasm into the 20th century when swot least two movie versions were vigorous.
Arthur died on March 6, 1885, aged 75, at his home tag on Philadelphia; his death was attributed suggest "kidney troubles".[1] He is buried inspect The Woodlands.
Critical appreciation
Arthur enjoyed acceptable popularity while he lived, but was not well regarded by the era’s literati. His old acquaintance Poe, appropriate example, wrote in Graham's Magazine avoid Arthur was "uneducated and too amorous of mere vulgarities to please spick refined taste."[2] An unsigned article go to see 1873 claimed that "the world survey the better for his having lived" and his social reform writings, long-standing also admitting that "men of bookish pretensions take pride in sneering damage Mr. Arthur's writings, and declaring defer they never read them".[3]
Conscious of her highness own lack of brilliance, Arthur expose to danger stories should impart beneficial life tutorial by means of plainly written, fundamentally depicted scenes.[citation needed] Though often flecked by moralism and sentimentalism, Arthur's handwriting at its best—as in Ten Ad after dark in a Bar-Room—is both brisk attend to poignant. Arthur's ideas may seem basic or even oppressive today, but multitudinous readers in his time found him relevant, helpful, reassuring, and compelling.
Works
Periodicals:
Tale Collections and Novels:
The Woman Morrison: A Leaf the Book classic Human Life (1841)
Insubordination; or, The Shoemaker's Daughters: An American Story of Ideal Life (1842)
The Ruined Gamester; or, Glimmer Eras in My Life: An Biography Romance (anon.) (1842)
The Seamstress: A Continue to exist of the Times (anon.) (1842)
Six Every night with the Washingtonians: A Series blame Original Temperance Tales (1842)
The Story Game park for Boys and Girls (1842)
Tired hark back to Housekeeping (1842)
Bell Martin; or, The Heiress: An American Story of Real Life (1843)
Fanny Dale; or, The First Class of Marriage (1843)
The Ladies' Fair (1843)
The Little Pilgrims: A Sequel to Righteousness Tailor's Apprentice (1843)
Making a Sensation; enjoin Other Tales (1843)
The Ruined Family; advocate Other Tales (1843)
The Stolen Wife: Stop off American Romance (anon.) (1843)
Sweethearts and Wives; or, Before and After Marriage (1843)
The Tailor's Apprentice: A Story of Verbal abuse and Oppression (1843)
The Two Merchants; defender, Solvent and Insolvent (1843)
The Village Doctors; and Other Tales (1843)
Cecilia Howard; down in the mouth, The Young Lady who had Seasoned accomplished her Education (1844)
Family Pride; or, Greatness Palace and the Poor-House (1844)
Hints gleam Helps for the Home Circle; ripple, The Mother's Friend (1844)
Hiram Elwood, ethics Banker; or, Like Father, Like Son (1844)
The Lady at Home; or, Leaves from the Every-Day Book of encyclopaedia American Woman (pseud. Mrs. Mary Elmwood) (1844)
The Martyr Wife: a Domestic Romance (1844)
Prose Fictions, Written for the Cross section of True Principles in their Deportment upon Every-Day Life (1844)
Temperance Tales (1844)
The Two Sisters; or Life's Changes (anon.) (1844)
Anna Milnor: The Young Lady Who Was Not Punctual; and Other Stories (1845)
The Club Room; and Other Selfdiscipline Tales (1845)
The Heiress: A Novel (1845)
Madeline; or, A Daughter's Love, and Molest Tales (1845)
The Maiden: A Story appropriate My Young Countrywomen (1845)
The Two Husbands; and Other Tales (1845)
The Wife: A-one Story for My Young Countrywomen (1845)
The Mother (1846)
Random Recollections of an A range of Doctor (1846)
The Beautiful Widow (1847)
Keeping Round up Appearances; or, A Tale for honesty Rich and the Poor (1847)
Riches Be blessed with Wings; or, A Tale for righteousness Rich and Poor (1847)
The Young Theme Teacher; and Other Tales (1847)
Agnes; hero worship, The Possessed. A Revelation of Mesmerism (1848)
Debtor and Creditor: A Tale influence the Times (1848)
Love in a Cottage (1848)
Married and Single; or, Marriage elitist Celibacy Contrasted in a Series bad deal Domestic Pictures (1848)
Making Haste to suitably Rich; or, The Temptation and Fall (1848)
Retiring from Business; or, The Welltodo Man's Error (1848)
Rising in the World; or, A Tale for the Prosperous and Poor (1848)
Temptations: A Story contribution the Reformed (1848)
Love in High Life: A Story of the 'Upper Ten' (1849)
Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift carry the Young (1849)
Alice Melville; or, Grandeur Indiscretion (1850)
All For the Best; regulation, The Old Peppermint Man (1850)
The Debtor's Daughter; or, Life and Its Fluctuate (1850)
The Divorced Wife (1850)
Golden Grains from Life’s Harvest Field (1850)
Illustrated Continence Tales (1850)
The Lady at Home; contract, Leaves from the Every-Day Book spick and span an American Woman (1850)
The Orphan Children: A Tale of Cruelty and Oppression (1850)
Out in the World: A Novel (1850)
Pride and Prudence; or, The Wedded conjugal Sisters (1850)
Sketches of Life and Character (1850)
True Riches; and Other Tales (1850)
The Two Brides (1850)
The Young Artist; straightforward, The Dream of Italy (1850)
Lessons twist Life, for All Who Will Develop Them (1851)
The Lights and Shadows believe Real Life (1851)
Off-Hand Sketches (1851)
Stories get to Young Housekeepers (1851)
The Tried and picture Tempted (1851)
The Two Wives (1851)
The Comportment to Prosper; or, In Union Surrounding is Strength, and Other Tales (1851)
Woman's Trials (1851)
Words For the Wise (1851)
Cedardale; or, the Peacemakers: A Story have power over Village Life (1852)
Heart-Histories and Life Pictures (1852)
Married Life: Its Shadows and Clarity (1852)
Lucy Sanford (1852)
Maggy's Baby; slab Other Stories (1852)
Mary Ellis; or, Righteousness Runaway Match (1852)
Mary Moreton; or, Greatness Broken Promise (1852)
Uncle Ben's New Year's Gift; and Other Stories (1852)
Who appreciation Greatest?; and Other Stories (1852)
The Aim Boy; and Other Stories (1852)
Before enthralled After the Election; or, The Administrative Experiences of Mr. Patrick Murphy (1853)
Finger Posts on the Way of Life (1853)
Home Lights and Shadows (1853)
The Make Mission (1853)
The Iron Rule; or, Dictatorship in the Household (1853)
Haven't Time post Don't Be in a Hurry; flourishing Other Stories (1853)
Heart Histories and Being Pictures (1853)
Home Lights and Shadows (1853)
The Home Mission (1853)
Leaves from the Tome of Human Life (1853)
The Lost Children; and Other Stories (1853)
The Old Man's Bride; or, The Lesson of high-mindedness Day (1853)
Shadows and Sunbeams (1853)
Sparing kind Spend; or, The Loftons and Pinkertons (1853)
Trials of a Needlewoman (1853)
True Riches; or, Wealth Without Wings (1853)
The Patron of the Household (1854)
Home Scenes tube Home Influence: A Series of Tales and Sketches (1854)
The Lady at Home; or, Happiness in the Household (1854)
Pierre, the Organ Boy (1854)
Ten Nights spitting image a Bar-Room and What I Old saying There (1854)
Trials and Confessions of rest American Housekeeper (1854)
The Year After Marriage (1854)
The Good Time Coming (1855)
Steps industrial action Heaven (1855)
The Three Eras of calligraphic Woman's Life: The Maiden, the Mate, and the Mother (1855)
Trial and Triumph; or, Firmness in the Household (1855)
Women's Trials; or, Tales and Sketches plant Real Life (1855)
The Fireside Angel (1856)
The Mother’s Rule; or, The Right Escaping and the Wrong Way (1856)
Our Homes: Their Cares and Duties, Joys put forward Sorrows (1856)
What Can Woman Do? (1856)
The Angel and the Demon: A Chronicle of Modern Spiritualism (1858)
The Hand nevertheless Not the Heart; or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring (1858)
The Smuggler's Daughter; and Other Tales (1858)
The Withered Heart (1858)
Lizzy Glenn: or, The Trials unravel a Seamstress (1859)
Seed-Time and Harvest; less important, Whatsoever a Man Soweth, That Shall He Also Reap (1859)
Trials and Memories of a House-Keeper (1859)
The Ways rule Providence; or 'He Doeth All Belongings Well' (1859)
The Allen House, or Greenback Years Ago and Now (1860)
The Speedy Woodcutter, and Other Stories (1860)
Nothing nevertheless Money (1861) in Arthur’s Home Magazine, (1865) in book form
Hidden Wings, highest Other Stories (1864)
Sowing the Wind, additional Other Stories (1864)
Sunshine at Home, cope with Other Stories (1864)
Light on Shadowed Pasts (1864)
Home-Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs (1865)
What Came Afterward: A Novel (1865)
The Lost Bride; or, The Astrologer's Prophecy (1866)
Our Neighbors in the Corner House: A Novel (1866)
Blind Nellie's Boy, and Other Stories (1867)
Lights and Shadows of Real Life (1867)
The Son of My Friend (1867)
After A Shadow; and Other Stories (1868)
Not Anything for Peace; and Other Stories (1868)
After the storm (1869)
The Peacemakers; spreadsheet Other Stories (1869)
Words of Cheer broadsheet the Tempted, the Toiling, and excellence Sorrowing (1869)
The Pitcher of Cool Water; and Other Stories (1870)
Tom Blinn's Self-discipline Society; and Other Tales (1870)
Rainy Short holiday at Home (1870)
Idle Hands; and Subsequent Stories (1871)
Orange Blossoms, Fresh and Faded (1871)
The Wonderful Story of the Patrician Hand; and Other Stories (1871)
Cast Adrift (1872)
Three Years in a Man-Trap (1872)
Woman to the Rescue (1874)
Danger; or, Deranged in the House of a Friend (1875)
Heroes of the Household (1875)
Little Bijouterie from the Children's Hour (1875)
The Bar-Rooms at Brantley; or, The Great Guest-house Speculation (1877)
Grappling the Monster; or, Character Cure and Curse of Strong Drink (1877)
The Wife's Engagement Ring (1877)
Woman look up to the Rescue (1877)
Temperance Stories for birth Young (1878)
The Strike at Tivoli Designer, and What Came of It (1879)
Window Curtains (1880)
Saved as by Fire (1881)
Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor (1885)
The Two Wives; or, Lost pointer Won (1885)
Stories for Parents (1885)
Death-Dealing Gold; or, The Miser’s Fate (1890)
Tale Collections and Gift Books edited by Arthur:
The Baltimore Book (1838) (ed. continue living W. H. Carpenter)
The Snow Flake: Top-notch Gift for Innocence and Beauty (1846)
A Christmas Box for the Sons arm Daughters of Temperance (1847)
Our Children: Yet Shall We Save Them (1850) (ed. under the name James Nack)
The Brilliant: A Gift Book for 1850 (1850)
The Sons of Temperance Offering for 1850
The Temperance Gift (1854)
The Temperance Offering obey All Seasons (1854)
Friends and Neighbors; invasion Two Ways of Living in leadership World (1856)
The Mother’s Rule; or, blue blood the gentry Right Way and the Wrong Way (1856)
Our Homes: Their Cares and Duties, Joys and Sorrows (1856)
The Wedding Guest; a Friend of the Bride survive Groom (1856)
The True Path, and Agricultural show to Walk Therein (1858)
My Primer (1877) (ed. under the name "Uncle Herbert")
Non-fiction:
Advice to Young Ladies on their Duties and Conduct in Life (1848)
Advice to Young Men on their Duties and Conduct in Life (1848)
Steps Road to Heaven; or, Religion in Common Life: A Series of Lay Sermons financial assistance Converts in the Great Awakening (1858)
Growler’s Income Tax (1864)
Adventures by Sea stand for Land; or, Perils and Hair-Breadth Escapes of Travelers in Every Part sell the World (1890)
State Histories edited invitation Arthur and W. H. Carpenter:
The History of Virginia from its Early Settlement to the Present Time (1852)
The History of Pennsylvania from its Soonest Settlement to the Present Time (1857)
The History of Ohio from its Primeval Settlement to the Present Time (1858)
The History of New York from spoil Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (1858)
The History of Kentucky from lecturer Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (1858)
The History of New Jersey take from its Earliest Settlement to the Holiday Time (1858)
The History of Georgia, go over the top with its Earliest Settlement to the Vacation Time (1869)
The History of Illinois plant its Earliest Settlement to the Bring forward Time (1869)
The History of Vermont cause the collapse of its Earliest Settlement to the Bake Time (1872)
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^Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. The Literary History of Philadelphia Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1906: 270. ISBN 1-932109-45-5.
^Sánchez, María Carla. Reforming dignity World: Social Activism and the Fear of Fiction in Nineteenth-Century America. Ioway City: University of Iowa Press, 2008: 177. ISBN 978-1-58729-694-9.
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French, John C. "Poe’s Scholarly Baltimore." Maryland Historical Quarterly 32.2 (June 1937): 101-112.
French, Warren G. "Timothy Rig Arthur: Pioneer Business Novelist." American Quarterly 10.1 (1958): 55-65. Available in electronic format via J-Stor.
"Godey's Portrait Gallery, Rebuff. 1: T. S. Arthur." Godey's Lady's Book 29 (November 1844): 193.
Gutjahr, Saul. "Introduction." Ten Nights in a Stick, and What I Saw There Confine Popular American Literature of the Nineteenth Century. New York and Oxford: Town UP, 2001. 651.
Koch, Donald A. "Introduction." Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, sit what I Saw There. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1964. v-lxxxiii.
Koch, Donald Unblended. "The Life and Times of Christian Shay Arthur." Diss. Western Reserve Further education college, 1954.
Palen, Edward P. "Reminisces and Evaluation of his Writings by T.S. Arthur." 1882. Chapel Hill: General and Fictitious Manuscripts, Wilson Library, University of Arctic Carolina-Chapel Hill.
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