American author and journalist, born in Philadelphia, PA, on the 16th of July 1849; he traveled extensively both in Spain and Mexico, making an exhaustive study of the history, geography, architecture and scenery of the latter country. His books, some of which were written over the pseudonym of “Ivory Black,” were suggested largely by these travels. Some of his best-known works are The Mexican Guide (1889); The Aztec Treasure-House (1890); Stories of Old and New Spain (1891); An Embassy to Provence (1893); In Old New York (1894); and The Women’s Conquest of New York, by a Member of the Committee of Safety of 1908 (1894).
