American author; born in New York City, on the 8th of June 8; studied at Paris and in Germany, and in 1880 graduated at Columbia College Law School. He wrote a good biography of Balzac (1884); a history of pessimistic philosophy—The Philosophy of Disenchantment (1885), and The Anatomy of Negation (1886)—both treated with a curious whimsical briskness and humor; Love and Lore (1890), a collection of essays; and a series of somewhat erotic novels, which include Mr. Incoul’s Misadventure (1887); Eden (1888); The Truth about Tristam Varick (1888); The Pace That Kills; A Transaction in Hearts (1889); Madam Sapphira (1893); and When Dreams Come True (1895). See also “A Maid of Modern Athens.”
