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An American author; born at Paterson, N. J., Feb. 25, 1816. He began the study of law, but abandoned it for literary pursuits. From 1837 until recently he was connected with the New York Evening Post, besides contributing frequently to Putnam's Magazine. In addition to translations from the German, and the well-known compilation, "Handbook of Universal Biography" (1851), he published: "Constructive Democracy" (1851); "Vala: A Mythological Tale" (1851); "Out of the Past" (1870); Essays; "Biography of Bryant" (1883). He died, New York, Jan. 7, 1904.