American lawyer and author, born in Boston on the 24th of January 1852; graduated from Harvard University in 1873, and, six years later, finished a course at the Harvard Law School, and began the practice of law in Boston, and became judge of the probate court of Suffolk County, MA, in 1893. He contributed frequently to the magazines. His chief published works are An Average Man (1883); Unleavened Bread (1900); The Little Tin God on Wheels (1879); The Knave of Hearts (1885); The Reflections of a Married Man (1892); and The Opinions of a Philosopher (1893). See also The High Priestess.
