American author; born in New York City, in 1849, and educated at Columbia College and abroad. He was a voluminous writer, publishing much poetry and numerous magazine articles, in his own and other tongues. He was also an accomplished musician, and composed four comic operas. His works include comic histories of the United States, Germany, England and Rome; Kings of Song; Great Baritones; and Romance of the Opera, in prose; and the following volumes of poetry: Honey and Gall; Flask and Flagon; Pastels and Profiles; Moods of Madness; and The Witch of Endor (1889); and The Bayadere, and Other Sonnets (1894), the last two works published posthumously. He died on the 24th of June 1889.
