Montrose Jonas Moses

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Montrose Jonas Moses (September 2, 1878 – March 29, 1934) was an American writer, born in New York, where he graduated from the City College in 1899.

In the main, his compositions were directed towards children's literature; however, he composed some books for adults, as well. Between 1900 and 1910 he was connected editorially with, or was a contributor to, various periodicals: the ''Literary Digest'', the ''Reader'', the ''Independent'', the ''Book News Monthly''. Besides editing the ''Green Room Book'' and the ''Anglo-American Dramatic Register'' and making some translations from the French, he wrote: ''Famous Actor Families in America'' (1906); ''Children's Books and Reading'' (1907); ''Henrik Ibsen'' (1908); ''The Literature of the South'' (1909); ''The American Dramatist'' (1911); ''Maurice Maeterlinck: A Study'' (1911). He edited ''Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856–1911'' (1920).

Moses was a friend of Harry Houdini.