Author; born in
Plainfield, Mass., Sept. 12, 1829; graduated at Hamilton College in 1851; admitted to the bar in 1856; practised in
Chicago in 1856-60; engaged in journalism in
Hartford in 1860; became co-editor of
Harper's magazine in 1884.
He was the author of
A book of eloquence;
The American newspaper;
In the wilderness;
Life of Washington Irving;
Our Italy, Southern California, etc., and the editor of
American men of letters;
Captain John Smith, sometime Governor of Virginia and Admiral of New England: a study of his life and writings;
A Library of the World's Best Literature, etc. He died in
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 20, 1900.
