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George Burnham Ives (1856-1930) was an American bibliographer, editor, and translator.
He was a member ofSalem'sPickering family. Ives was asumma cum laude graduate ofHarvard Law School.
He became the Assistant District Attorney ofEssex County. On May 12, 1890, Ives pleaded guilty to charges of embezzlement and forgery, having been caught misappropriating tens of thousands of dollars from various trust funds as well as squandering his wife's inheritance. He was sentenced to 8 1/2 years inCharlestown Prison and was disbarred.
While in prison, Ives developed a second career as a translator. After his release, he became a distinguished and prolific literary translator, translating works byBalzac,Daudet,Gautier,Hugo,Maupassant,Mérimée,Sand and others into English. He edited an edition of the essays ofMontaigne (the infamous "fig leaf" edition).[1][2] In later life, Ives produced the first comprehensive bibliography of the works ofOliver Wendell Holmes and worked as an editor atThe Atlantic Monthly.
1921Text, Type and Style: A Compendium of Atlantic Usage
1907A Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes
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