American editor and author, born at Cold Springs, NY, in 1846; graduated at Williams College in 1867, and at the Columbia Law School, New York City, in 1869. He preferred a literary career, and in 1879 became associated with Dr. Lyman Abbott on The Christian Union (changed to The Outlook in 1893). He edited Michaud’s History of the Crusades, adding a supplementary chapter. He wrote Norse Stories from the Eddas (1882); My Study Fire (1890); Our New England (1890); Under the Trees (1891); Short Studies in Literature (1892); My Study Fire: Second Series (1894); Books and Culture (1897); Work and Culture (1898); The Forest of Arden (1898). In these studies and criticisms he exhibited a cultivated taste, a mature judgment, and a graceful diction. See also “Country and People” and Essays.
