American novelist, dramatist and poet, born in New York City on the 26th of May 1847; graduated at Columbia College in 1867. His works include Short Poems for Short People (1871); Purple and Fine Linen (1874); Ellen’s Story (1876); Fantasy and Passion (1877); A Hopeless Case (1880); A Gentleman of Leisure (1881); An Ambitious Woman (1883); Tinkling Cymbals; Adventures of a Widow; Song and Story, Later Poems (1884); Rutherford (1884); The Buntling Ball (1884); Social Silhouettes (1885); Romance and Revery (1886); The Confessions of Claud; The House at High Bridge; Douglas Duane; and The New King Arthur (1887); A Man’s Will; Olivia Delaplaine; and Divided Lives (1888); A Demoralizing Marriage; Agnosticism, and Other Essays; Miriam Balestier; and Solarian (1889); The Evil that Men Do; Fabian Dimitry; A Daughter of Silence; and How a Husband Forgave (1890); A Romance of Two Brothers; A New York Family; Loaded Dice; and Songs of Doubt and Dream (1891); Women Must Weep; All Heir to Millions; American Push; and The Adopted Daughter (1892); The New Hero; and A Round Unvarnished Tale (1893); Her Fair Fame; A Mild Barbarian; and Outrageous Fortune (1894).
