American writer; born in Dedham, MA, July 20, 1855. After his graduation at Harvard in 1876 he studied law, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1878. From 1884 to 1885 he held the office of assistant attorney-general of Massachusetts. Under the pseudonym, “J. S. of Dale,” he published a number of novels, among them Guerndale (1882); The Crime of Henry Vane (1884); The Residuary Legatee (1888), and King Noanett (1896). He also published Stimson’s Law Glossary (1881); American Statute Law (1886); Labor in its Relations to Law (1895); and Uniform State Legislation (1895).
