found a book autographed by william edwin james?

Question

the name of the book is "6000 miles through wonderland." The autographed part says william edwin james world fair 1893. Who is william edwin james from this era?

Answer 1

The Wonderland Advertising Campaign

In 1883, the Northern Pacific Railway began rail service to Yellowstone, providing luxurious hotels for the America's first generation of wilderness tourists. By 1885, NPRR had begun an advertising campaign which presented the varied natural wonders of Yellowstone as "Wonderland", and the Northern Pacific line had become "The Wonderland Route."

The author of "6000 Miles Through Wonderland" was Olin D. Wheeler, a member of the Minnesota Historical Society.

I located a William James who was the brother of Henry James. After living and traveling in Europe, he returned to the United States in 1893!

"When the family returned from Europe in 1893, James found an America ravaged by a financial depression that had severely depleted his savings. Moreover, he feared he was losing touch with his own national identity. "One should not be a cosmopolitan," he wrote, "one's soul becomes 'disaggregated'" and "one's land seems foreign." He determined to reclaim his cultural identity and began a period of intense activity in social and political causes. The increase in political activism was also marked by decreased interest in psychology–"I wish to get relieved of psychology as soon as possible," he wrote to a friend. European experimental psychology, spearheaded by Wundt, was now in full bloom in American psychology. It emphasized an objectivist view of human functioning in which only observable experience merited scientific interest. James found it trivial, mindless, and intellectually indigestible. Though disheartened by the growing success of the behaviorist movement, he continued throughout his life to fight for his introspective view of psychology, and he remained an active member both of the American Philosophical Association and of the American Psychological Association, even serving as President of each organization."

Answer 2

No idea. I looked up the Australian and he was born in 1931, so if he was around in 1893, well, it's rather strange. The 1893 World Fair was in Chicago, so this is where you should look for him, in records, or???

Answer 3

William Edwin James was an Australian astronomer, best known for his contributions to the design of astronomical instruments.

Answer 4

Probably just the owner of the book. That was the year the book was written.

Not the Australian, who wasn't born till the 1930's.