The Butterfly Hunters - 1868
"The Butterfly Hunters" is a book written by Helen S. Conant, first published in 1868 by Ticknor and Fields15. The book is about the study of butterflies and their natural history, and it aimed to generate greater interest in the subject23. The author, Helen S. Conant, was a naturalist and writer who lived from 1839 to 189916. The book was republished in 1875 by J.R. Osgood & Company4Helen S. Conant was an American author, poet, and translator, born on October 9, 1839, in Methuen, Massachusetts, and died on April 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York1. She is best known for writing "The Butterfly Hunters," published in 1868 by Ticknor and Fields15. Conant also wrote "A Primer of German Literature" (1877) and "A Primer of Spanish Literature" (1878), both published by Harper & Brothers1. She co-translated "The Ancient Cities of the New World" (1887) by Désiré Charnay from French with J. Gonino1. Conant contributed many of her poems to various Harper & Brother publications, including Harper's Bazar1. She was married to Samuel Stillman Conant, and they had a son named Thomas Peters Conant1Samuel Stillman Conant (1831-1885?) was an American journalist, author, and literary editor3. He was born on December 11, 1831, in Waterville, Maine, to Thomas Jefferson Conant, a reverend, and Hanna O'Brien Conant née Chaplin3. He was educated at Madison University in Hamilton, New York, before spending several years studying across Europe, in cities including Berlin, Heidelberg, and Munich3. Conant returned to the United States in 1860, when he entered into the field of journalism3. He worked as managing editor of The New York Times from 1862 to 1869, resigning after Henry Jarvis Raymond died3. He edited Harper's Weekly from 1869 to his disappearance in 18853. Conant was one of the most prominent art critics of his era3. He published some criticism for The Galaxy in 18853. He also published a translation from Russian to English of Circassian Boy by Mikhail Lermontov in 18753. Samuel Stillman Conant was married to Helen S. Conant, the author of "The Butterfly Hunters," and they had a son named Thomas Peters Conant13.
