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An American writer; born in Chicopee Falls, Mass., March 29, 1850; died there May 22, 1898. He was educated in Germany; admitted to the bar; was on the staff of the Evening Post of New York in 1871-72; and on his return from the Sandwich Islands in 1877, he founded the Springfield News. He is best known by his novel "Looking Backward" (1888), a socialistic work, of which an immense number of copies were sold in two years. His other books are: "Six to One: a Nantucket Idyl" (1878); "Dr. Heidenhoff's Process" (1880); "Miss Ludington's Sister" (1884); "Equality" (1897); and "The Wonder Children" (1906).