American author, born in Gloucester, MA, on the 8th of March 1819; died in Boston, MA, on the 15th of June 1886. He attended the public schools at Salem in 1837, and later was appointed superintendent of the newsroom of the Merchants’ Exchange in Boston. Following this he wrote for the Boston Miscellany and other magazines, and lectured in Boston and other cities. In 1872 he became literary editor of the Boston Globe, in 1877 wrote for the North American Review, and at the same time did considerable bookseller’s job-work. His publications are numerous, and were followed by several posthumous publications. See also “The Literature of Mirth,” “The Power of Words,” “Domestic Service”; Literary Criticism.
