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Hamilton Wright Mabie (December 13, 1846 - December 31, 1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. *Biography* He was born at Cold Spring, N. Y. in 1846. Mabie was the youngest child of Sarah Colwell Mabie who was from a wealthy Scottish-English family and Levi Jeremiah Mabie, whose ancestors were Scots-Dutch. They were early immigrants to New Amsterdam, New Netherland about 1647. Due to business opportunities with the opening of the Erie Canal his family moved to Buffalo, New York when he was approaching school age. At the young age of 16 he passed his college entrance examination, but waited a year before he attended Williams College (1867) and the Columbia Law School (1869). While at Williams, Mabie was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and would serve as the first president of the North-American Interfraternity Conference (formally known as the National Interfraternity Conference He received honorary degrees from his own alma mater, from Union College, and from Western Reserve and Washington and Lee universities. Although he passed his bar exams in 1869 he hated both the study and practice of law. In 1876 he married Jeanette Trivett. In the summer of 1879 he was hired to work at the weekly magazine, Christian Union (renamed The Outlook in 1893), an association that lasted until his death. In 1884, Mabie was promoted to associate editor of the Christian Union and then elected to the Author's Club, whose members included such men of established reputation as George Cary Eggleston, Richard Watson Gilder, Brander Matthews, and Edmund Clarence Stedman. In 1890, a small collection of Mabie's essays which reflected upon life, literature and nature were published as a volume entitled My Study Fire". Many of Mabie's books are available at Project Gutenberg.Mabie was a resident of Summit, New Jersey.

The collection of articles "Essays on Work and Culture" by Hamilton Wright Mabie explores the relationship between labour and culture in society. The book has evolved into a classic work of sociology. The writings cover a range of subjects, including the value of labour in human existence, the connection between happiness and employment, and the impact of culture on the workplace. According to Mabie, employment is essential for human well-being and offers the satisfaction and feeling of purpose needed for a happy existence. Mabie also looks at how culture affects the workplace and contends that people's attitudes towards work and the emphasis they place on it are influenced by cultural values and beliefs. He contends that a healthy society values labour and offers chances for individuals to participate in fulfilling employment. Mabie uses examples from history, literature, and philosophy to support his arguments and provide insights into how labour and culture are related throughout the book. The book "Essays on Work and Culture" offers an insightful study of the value of labour in society and the ways in which culture shapes our attitudes towards it.