THE AUTHOR
Dallas Lore Sharphas won distinction as naturalist, teacher and man of letters.
As a country-bred boy, a student at Brown University, assistant professor and since 1908 professor of English at Boston University, for many years also farmer and naturalist at his home in the hills of Hingham, father, teacher and comrade of four boys of his own, his career has developed consistently and happily, work and recreation following the same path. In his literary labors and teaching he has never lost the enthusiasm of the amateur. He is a keen observer of nature and human nature and a lifelong student, teacher and lover of literature.
The Spirit of the Hiveis the latest of his volumes of essays which include alsoThe Hills of Hingham,Where Rolls the Oregon,Education in a Democracy,The Magical Chanceand others. Mr. Sharp’s name is especially familiar to readers of theAtlantic Monthlywhere many of his essays have first appeared. He has been well described as “a man who sees the world as eternally new, who sees life as eternally young and to whom living is a great adventure.”