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An American novelist; born in New York, June 8, 1858. He was educated in Europe, and graduated at the Columbia Law School. He is represented in fiction and miscellany by "Balzac" (1884); "The Philosophy of Disenchantment" (1885); "The Anatomy of Negation" (1886); "After-Dinner Stories" (1886), a translation from Balzac; "Mr. Incoul's Misadventure" (1887); "The Truth about Tristrem Varick" (1888); "Eden" (1888); "A Transaction in Hearts" (1888); "The Pace that Kills" (1889); "A Transient Guest" (1889); "Love and Lore" (1890); "Mary Magdalen" (1891); "Imperial Purple" (1892); "Madam Sapphira" (1893); "Enthralled" (1894); "When Dreams Come True"; "The Pomps of Satan"; "The Lords of the Ghostland".