- Born: February 13, 1838
- Birthplace: Boston, MA
- Died: 1920
Charles Barnard was a journalist and writer of short stories, articles, books and plays. In his capacity as a journalist, he was assistant editor of the Boston Journal of Commerce, editor of Vox Humana, musical editor of the Boston Post, and editor of "World's Work Department" in the .Century magazine, and its only contributor for nine years. Aside from his nearly 150 short stories and articles, he wrote a number of books, including My Ten-Rod Farm, Farming by Inches, The Strawberry Garden, and A Simple Flower Garden (1869-'71), The Tone Masters (3 vols., 1871), The Soprano (1872), Knights of Today (1881), and A Dead Town (1884). He also wrote several operas and plays, including, The Triple Wedding, Too Soon, Eugenea, The Dream-Land Tree, and Katy Neal, and The County Fair
.Most Famous Works
- A Simple Flower Garden (1871)
- The Tone Masters (1871)
- A Dead Town (1884)
- The County Fair (1899)
