Parker Hoysted Fillmore (1878-1944) was born in Cincinnati. He was graduated from the University of Cincinnati and then taught for three years, 1901- 1904, in Government schools in the Philippines. He was secretary of the executive committee of the Allied Members of the MacDowell Colony at Peterborough, New Hampshire. His works include: Czechoslovak Fairy Tales (1919), Shoemaker"s Apron (1920), The Laughing Prince (1921), Mighty Mikko (1922) and The Wizard of the North (1923).