Tag: Gelett Burgess
Gelett Burgess
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Gelett-Burgess.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 1/30/2001 Gelett Burgess Transcript Gelett Burgess, was an American editor, writer, and humorist, born in Boston on January 30, 1866. Although he has a long list of publications, adult and juvenile, he is remembered primarily for three achievements. First, he was the creator, in […]
Gelett Burgess’ Goops
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Goops.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 5/11/2000 Gelett Burgess’ Goops Transcript Today we are celebrating Etiquette Day. Multitudes of etiquette books have been written over the years for children. Most of the early ones took themselves very seriously, but in 1900, Gellett Burgess wrote and illustrated a book entitled Goops […]