Paine, Albert Bigelow

Paine, Albert Bigelow (1861–1937),
editor and author of a biography of Mark Twain, wrote a number of children's books, including The Arkansaw Bear (1898), an original fantasy about a homeless boy who meets a fiddle‐playing bear. They wander through Arkansas, fiddling and dancing for their keep, the bear's music having Orpheus‐like powers over listeners. Paine's ‘Hollow Tree’ series consists of short stories about animals, reminiscent of Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus tales.

Gillian Avery