The New Student's Reference Work/Butterworth, Hezekiah

Butterworth, Hezekiah (1839–1905), a well-known writer of juvenile books, and a poet of fair ability, was a native of Warren, R. I. Mr. Butterworth was a platform lecturer of repute, speaking at times upon education, at times on hymnology, but for the most part upon his travels, which included tours in Europe, South America, Cuba and Canada. Among the works of Butterworth, most of them books for boys, may be mentioned several volumes of Zig-Zag Journeys, the Knight of Liberty, In the Boyhood of Lincoln, Great Composers, The Patriot Schoolmaster, Songs of History, Poems and Ballads and Boys of Greenway Court, together with several cantatas.