Nathaniel Parker Willis:
(January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867).
Also known as N. P. Willis, was an American writer, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
He became the highest-paid magazine writer of his day.
His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister Sara wrote under the name Fanny Fern. Harriet Jacobs wrote her autobiography while being employed as his children’s nurse.
It is the month of June, the month of leaves and roses when pleasant sights salute the eyes and pleasant scents the noses.
