Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 39

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751

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CURTIS, Edward, M. D .:

Physician; born Providence, R. I., June 4, 1838; son of George and Julia Bridgham Curtis; graduated A. B., Harvard Col- lege, 1859; A. M., 1862; graduated M. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1864; entered U. S. Army as medical cadet, 1861; act- ing assistant surgeon, 1863; assistant sur- geon, 1864; captain and major by brevet, for services during the Civil War, 1865; resigned from army, 1870, and engaged in medical practice, New York City; as- sistant surgeon and surgeon, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1872 to 1876; hon- orary microscopist the Board Health, New York; professor of materia medica and therapeutics, College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons in the City of New York (medical department, Columbia University), 1873 to 1885; one of the med- ical directors the Equitable Life As- surance Society of the United States, 1876 to the present time; married, 1864, to Miss Augusta Lawler Stacey, of Chester, Pa. Author, "General Medicinal Tech- nology" and various brochures and en- cyclopædia articles on medical subjects;

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member Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion, Sons of the Revolution, Medical So- ciety of the County of New York, Roman Medical Society, American Institute, and of the following clubs: Century, Har- vard, Lawyers' and Rockaway Hunting; honorary member Alpha Delta Phi and corresponding member of various medi- cal and scientific societies. Address, 33 West 69th St., New York.

CURTIS, George Milton:

Lawyer; born Worcester County, Mass., June 18, 1843; served in the War of Re- bellion in Third Battalion, Massachu- setts Rifles, under Major Devins after- wards General Devins, subsequently at- torney general of United States under President Hayes; studied law with Hon. John W. Ashmead and was admitted to the bar Nov., 1863; was elected to the Legislature in Nov., 1863-65; made a speech in favor of Governor Seymour, which is still regarded a Democratic classic; was elected judge of the New York Marine Court, now the City Court, in 1867; served his full term of six years and then returned to the bar. He has tried causes in eleven states of the Union; his success in will controversies caused the New York World to give him the name of the "Will Smasher"; among the more celebrated causes in which he has appeared are the Buford murder trial, in Kentucky, the Rhinelander insanity case, in New York, the Helmbold lunacy case, in Philadelphia, the case of Riddle, president of the Pennsylvania Bank, in Pittsburg, Pa., and the celebrated Fair case, in California, when he carried the majority of the jury for Mrs. Craven Fair; among the will cases in which he has met with success are the John An- derson will controversy, the contest of the will of Maltby G. Lane, president of the Third Avenue Railroad; also the con- test of Effie Deans against Henry Hilton, heir of the celebrated Stewart estate; the Borden will suit and many others; he has now pending on appeal the celebated Phillipps will case. It is claimed that Mr. Curtis has caused to be settled the law of ejectment, the law of insanity, and the law of pedigree in relation to will controversies; he is a magazine writer and is the author of a treatise on "In- sanity Cases" and "How to Try Them"; Mr Curtise has one child, a son who is one of the trial lawyers of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Company. Ad- dress, 68 William St., New York.

CURTIS, H. Holbrook, M. D .:

Studied at Yale University, graduating in 1877 with degree of Ph.B .; M. D. in 1880; studied afterwards in hospitals of Vienna and Paris; made valuable dis- coveries in method of vibration of vocal chords and practically used them to cure singers' nodules. Author of "Voice Build- ing and Tone Placing." Member British,

French and American Laryngological and Otological Societies; consulting laryngolo- gist to New York, Throat and Nose, Diph- theria and Scarlet Fever Hospitals; con- sulting aurist to the Nassau Hospital, Long Island. Address, 118 Madison Ave., New York.

CURTIS, Newton Martin:

Soldier; born De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., May 21, 1835; educated at public schools; Gouverneur Wesleyan Academy, 1854-55; postmaster at De Peyster, 1857-61; April 14, 1861, enlisted in Union Army; May 7, captain of 16th New York Volunteers; lieutenant colonel and colonel of 142d New York Infantry, commanding brigade at Cold Harbor; Oct., 1864, brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers; major-general of volun- teers, March, 1865, and chief of staff to General E. O. C. Ord; July, 1865, com- manded Southern Virginia; Jan., 1866, mustered out; 1866-67, collector of cus- toms of Osewegatchie, N. Y .; 1867-80, special agent of United States Treasury; 1883-85, member of Legislature; 1880, president of State Agricultural Society; also secretary and trustee of State Agri- cultural Organization. Address, Ogdens- burg, N. Y.

CURTIS, William Edmond:

.Lawyer; born New York, and is the eld- est son of the late William Edmond Curtis, chief justice of the Superior Court of New York; he was educated at school in Connecticut, graduated at Trin- ity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1875, and was admitted to the bar in 1877; he began practice at once as a junior member of the firm of Stearns & Curtis; he has al- ways been an active independent Dem- ocrat, and served as secretary of the Democratic Club of New York for seven years; he took an earnest part in the movement . which resulted in the Syra- cuse Convention of 1892, and was treas- urer of the Provisional State Committee; he was appointed by President Cleveland in April of 1893 assistant secretary of the United States Treasury. He was sent to England in the spring of 1895 on a spec- ial mission for the Treasury Depart- ment, and was there for several months; he resigned in April of 1897, and re- turned to New York to become a member of the firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt, of which he is now the senior mem- ber, and to which firm Hon. John G. Car- lisle, Secretary of the Treasury during the last Democratic administration, is counsel; he is an aqueduct commissioner of the City of New York, having been ap- pointed by Mayor Low in Sept., 1902. He is a life trustee of Trinity College, and in June, 1902, received the honorary de- gree of LL.D. from that institution; he is a member of the judiciary committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; he is a fellow of the

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Geological Society, a life member of the

Historical Society, and a member of various scientific organizations; he re-

CUSACK, Joseph E .:

Captain, United States Army; born New York; appointed from the army private and corporal, Troop C, Fifth Cav- alry, Jan. 13, 1890, to Nov. 21, 1892; sec- ond lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry, Nov. 19, 1892; first lieutenant, March 2, 1899; captain, Twelfth Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901; graduate of University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., Oct. 9, 1901. Present address, Manila, P. I.

CUSHMAN, Joseph Wood:

Born New York City, Sept. 15, 1863; son of E. Holbrook Cushman and grandson of Don Alonzo Cushman, who bought and settled in what was then the old village of Chelsea in the neighborhood of Ninth Ave., from 19th to 23d Sts., where the family have since held property and re- sided; descendant of Robert Cushman, who chartered the Mayflower and For- tune; graduated from Columbia College with honor in 1884; at present president

of the real estate corporation of J. W. Cushman & Co .; president of the City Land Improvement Company; president of the Cushman and Denison Manufacturing Company; chairman of the Citizens' Union of the Ninth Assembly District during Low campaigns of 1901-03; warden of St. Peter's Church in West 20th St .; member of the Columbia University and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs; married, 1893, Frances J. Rathborne, daughter of Charles L. Rathborne, there being four children. Address, 240 W. 23d St., New York.

CUTLER, Charles F .:

President New York Telephone Com- pany, New York and Pennsylvania Tel- ephone Company and Empire City Sub- way Company; director Norristown Trust Company and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company; member of the Metropolitan, Lawyers' and other clubs. Address, 15 Dey St., New York.

CUTLER, Condict Walker, M. S., M. D .:

Born in Morristown, N. J., Feb. 27, 1859; B. S. Rutgers, 1879; M. S., 1882; M. D., Columbia, 1882; house physician of Bellevue Hospital, also of St. John's Guild Nursery and Child's Hospital, New Dorp, N. Y., 1884; attending surgeon East Dis- pensary, New York City, 1885-86; attend- ing physician, New York Dispensary, 1885- 88; physician in chief since 1888; assist- ant attending surgeon New York Hospital Dispensary; doctor of skin and genito- urinary diseases, 1884-90; professor of the skin, University of Vermont, 1090-94. Au- thor of "Medical Students' Essentials of Physics and Chemistry" (third edition, 1889); "Manual of Differential Medical

Diagnosis" (tenth edition), etc .; member County Medical Society; Academy of Medicine. Address, 135 West 76th St., New York.

CUTTING, Robert Fulton:

President of Citizens' Union of New York City; born New York, June, 1852; graduated from Columbia, 1871; active in New York politics, especially during the last campaign (1903); member of sev- eral corporations; also of Century, City, Delta Phi, Church, and other clubs. Ad- dress, 24 E. 67th St .; office, 32 Nassau St., New York.

CUTTING, William Bayard:

Lawyer and real estate owner; presi- dent New York and South Brooklyn Fer- ry and Steam Transportation company and United States Trust company. Ad- dress, 32 Nassau St .; residence, E. 72d St., New York.

CUYLER, Cornelius C .:

Banker; graduate of Princeton, 1879; Cuyler, Morgan & Co .; vice-president United States Guarantee company; di- rector Commercial Trust company, Mer- cantile Trust company, Mobile & Ohio Railroad company, and United States Mortgage and Trust company; member of Union, University, Down Town, Law- yers', Century, and City Clubs. Address, 44 Pine St .; residence, 214 Madison Ave., New York.

CUYLER, Theodore L., D. D .:

Clergyman, and one of the leading divines of America; was born at Aurora, New York, Jan. 10, 1822; he is descended from Huguenot and Hollander stock, and in a measure from a legal ancestry, his grandfather having practiced law at Au- rora for many years, while his father, B. Ledyard Cuyler, also gained consider- able repute in this profession, though he died at the early age of twenty-eight; the son, at that time but four years of age, was brought up by his mother, a woman of the most tender and devout Christian character; it was her earnest desire that he should become a minister of the gos- pel, and she trained him with this end in view. At sixteen he entered Princeton College, and at seventeen joined the Pres- byterian Church, largely through the in- fluence produced upon his mind by a ser- ies of prayer meetings at school; he grad- uated at the age of nineteen, and passed the following year in Europe, where, hav- ing introductions to several eminent men, among them Charles Dickens and Thomas Carlyle, he was flatteringly received. While abroad he wrote a number of sketches of travel and of distinguished men for American Newspapers, which at- tracted much attention; shortly after his return to the United States, the young orator was asked to address a vil-

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lage church meeting, and did so with a striking effect upon his auditors; this success as a religious speaker finally induced him to accede to his mother's wishes, greatly to her joy, and he en- tered the Princeton Theological Semin- ary, where he graduated in 1846; for the succeeding six months he supplied the pulpit of a church at Kingston, Penn- sylvania, and soon afterwards assumed a pastoral charge at Burlington, New Jer- sey, where his oratory proved so effec- tive and his success was so marked, that it was felt that he should fill the more trying field of a city pastorate; he ac- cordingly removed to the Third Presby- terian Church, of Trenton, and remained there till 1853, in which year he re- ceived a call from the Shawmont Con- gregational Church, of Boston; this he declined in favor of a call from the Mar- ket Street Reformed Dutch Church, in New York, in which he succeeded the eloquent Dr. Ferris, chancellor of the University of the City of New York; here his preaching proved highly effective, particularly attracting young men, who flocked by thousands to hear him; after seven years of a highly successful pas- torate here he accepted the call of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, of Brooklyn, whose pulpit he has since then continued to fill. The growth of Brooklyn had then fairly begun, and Dr. Cuyler, seeing there a promising field for Christian ministration, consented to take charge of the church, which till then had languished, if the congregation would un- dertake to purchase a plot of ground at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and Ox- ford Street, and build there a plain church capable of seating about two thousand people; this they engaged to do, and accomplished by 1862. The growth of the new church proved marvelous, and from that time to the present its his- tory, under Dr. Cuyler's vigorous pas- torate, has been one of the highest prosperity; as a Christian orator, Dr. Cuyler holds a very high rank; his power as a preacher "lies in picturesque de- scription, and the weaving in of scenes and illustrations from Scripture and from daily life"; in manner he is very earnest, and in results highly effective, being pos- sessed of the highest qualities of ora- tory and the most impressive power; in addition to his labors in the pulpit he has been a voluminous writer, both in the columns of the religious press and in published books, of which he has writ- ten many on religious subjects. He has also been a persistent laborer in great reforms such as the Children's Aid So- ciety, the National Temperance Socie- ty, and others, and as a whole his life has been one "mighty for good." He is author of "God's Light on Dark Clouds," "Beulah Land," "Recollections of a Long Life-an Autobiography," and twenty other books, and more than 4.000 articles in religious papers and periodicals. Ad- dress, 176 Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

DALE, Alan:

Author; born Birmingham, England, May 14, 1861; came to this country in 1886, engaging in journalism, and the fol- lowing year became dramatic critic for the New York Evening World; this posi- tion he held until 1895, when he became connected in the same capacity with the New York Journal, and continues in it to date. Has written "Johnathan's Home," "A Marriage below Zero," "His Own Image," and other books. Residence, 110 St. Nicholas Ave .; office, New York Journal, New York.

DAMROSCH, Frank:

Musical director; eldest son of Leo- pold Damrosch; born Breslau, Germany, 1859; early instilled with love for music; 1871, came to United States with father, studying at public schools, later at College of the City of New York, after which he entered business; 1879, went to Denver, Colo., where he organized Denver Chorus Club, performing principal oratorios; 1884, superintendent of music in Denver public schools; 1885, returned to New York, where, 1888, he married Miss Hetty Mo- senthal; chorus master of German opera until 1891; conductor of the Musical Art Society of New York, Oratorio Society of New York, Young People's Symphony Con- certs; director of music in the public schools of New York, and founder and director of the People's Choral Union and Singing Classes. Address, 181 West 75th St., New York.

DAMROSCH, Walter Johannes:

Musical director; born Breslau, Prus- sia, Jan. 30, 1862; son of Leopold Dam- rosch, by whom chiefly instructed in music; May, 1881, assisted father in drill- ing for festival, conducting New York and Newark (N. J.) Choruses; 1881, elect- ed conductor of Newark Harmonie So- ciety, rendering under his leadership Ru- benstein's "Tower of Babel," Berlioz's "Damnation of Faust," and Verdi's "Requium;" during father's illness con- ducted, successfully, German Opera; after his death, 1885, became assistant director and conductor at Metropolitan Opera House and conductor of Symphony and Oratorio Societies; conducted perform- ance of "Parsifal," March, 1886,

by Oratorio and Symphony Societies; same year conducted some of father's composi- tions in Germany upon invitation of the Deutsche Tonkünotler Verein, of which Dr. Franz Lizst was president; Jan., 1887, produced Carl Goldmark's opera, "Mer- lin," at Metropolitan Opera House; has conducted many other musical perform- ances, and lectured extensively on musi- cal subjects, gaining a wide-spread rep- utation; May, 1890, married to Margaret, daughter of James G. Blaine; in 1891

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founded the New York Symphony Orches- tra; in 1894 founded the "Damrosch Opera Company," and performed Wagner's "Nibelungen Trilogy," "Tristan," "Meist- ersinger," etc., etc., all over the United States; composer of two operas, "The Scarlet Letter," and "Cyrano"; also "Ma- nila Te Deum," violin sonata, songs, etc., etc. Address, 523 Madison Ave., New York.

DANA, Marvin:

Editor and author; born Cornwall, Ad- dison County, Vt, in 1867; son of the late Hon. Edward Summers Dana and Mary Howe Squier Dana; his descent traces on the father's side to the Comte de Du- nois, whose descendant after some gen- erations in England came to America in 1647. Mr. Dana was educated at Middle- bury College, where he received his B. A. in 1886; his M. A. in 1889. In 1889 he re- ceived also his LL.B. from Union Uni- versity, and this was followed in 1890-93 by post-graduate courses at Columbia and the University of New York; he married Gertrude, daughter of the late I. M. Hill, of Pasadena, Cal., and then, for nearly two years was on the staff of the New York Herald; in 1896 he founded and edited the Hungarian-American Maga- zine, which afterwards became a news- paper. In 1897 he went to Boston, where he engaged in researches in the Boston Public Library and delivered some lec-

tures. At this time he wrote the last volume of Dr. Ridpath's "Universal His- tory" for the new edition, and a chro- nology of the world, to be used in the new edition of Webster's Dictionary, be- sides other historical work, essays, short stories, etc., for the magazine. In 1898 he went to England, where he became editor of Judy, in which position he re- mained for about and there published his first novel, "The

three years, Woman of Orchids," besides a large num- ber of short stories, poems and essays, notably a poem, "The Song of the Saxon," which was widely quoted and received the praise of King Edward, and a series of signed leading articles in the Pall Mall Gazette. On his return to America owing to the ill health of his mother, Mr. Dana became editor of the Smart Set Maga- zine, in which position he continues. In 1903 his second novel, "A Puritan Witch," was published in New York. Mr. Dana was a charter member of the Order of Founders and Patriots, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, a coun- cillor of the American Institute of Civics, and in 1894 was elected by Middlebury College to deliver the alumni poem at its commencement. In 1894 he was elected. a fellow of the Royal Geographical So- ciety of Great Britain, and in 1899 was made a Chevalier de Melusine. Mr. Dana devotes much of his leisure to the study of modern languages, is fond of fencing, golfing, sailing, hunting and shooting. In

town his great recreation is music. Resi- dence, The Victoria, Riverside Drive and 97th St .; office, 452 Fifth Ave., New York.

DANA, Paul:

Editor; born New York, Aug. 20, 1852; son of the late Charles A. Dana; after preparatory courses in private schools, entered Harvard University, graduating, 1874; graduated from Columbia Law School, 1878; became connected with the New York Sun, and upon the death of Charles A. Dana became editor-in-chief of that journal; resigned July, 1903. Ad- dress, 1A Fifth Ave., New York.

DANFORTH, Elllot:

Treasurer; born Middleburgh, Scho- harie County, N. Y., March 6, 1850; edu- cated in common schools, subsequently studying law and being admitted to bar, 1871; practiced first in Middleburgh, then (1874) in Bainbridge, Chenango County; in partnership with Hon. G. H. Winsor until latter's death, 1880; active in poli- tics; elected several times president of Bainbridge; delegate to national Demo- cratic conventions of 1880 and 1884; dep- uty state treasurer, 1885; state treasurer, 1889; re-elected, 1891; Democratic nomi- nee for lieutenant governor, 1898; presi- dent of First National Bank of Bain- bridge; member of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Canton Nemo of Albany, of Masonic Order, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, Order of United Workmen. etc .; 1874, married Miss Ida Prince, daughter of Dr. Gervis Prince, late president of First National Bank of Bainbridge. Address, 2 East 45th St .; office, 256 Broadway, New York City.

DANFORTH, Loomis L., M. D .:

Born Monticello, Otsego County, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1849; M. D., Columbia, 1874; pro- fessor of obstetrics, New York Homeo- pathic Medical College and Hospital; visiting physician maternity department, Flower Hospital; visiting physician Hahnemann Hospital. Address, 49 West 52d St., New York City.

DANIELS, Frank:

Actor; born Dayton, O., 1860; since his first appearance, in 1883, has taken lead- ing parts in comedies and operettas; has taken leading role in "A Rag Baby," "Little Puck," "The Wizard of the Nile," "The Idol's Eye," "The Ameer," "Miss Simplicity," "The Office Boy," and other comedies. Address, Rye, N. Y.

DANIELS, George Henry:

Railroad official; was rodman of engi- neer corps. Northern Missouri Railroad; general freight and passenger agent, Chicago & Pacific Railroad, 1872-80; gen -. eral ticket agent of Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, 1880-82; commissioner of Colorado Railroad Association, 1882-85; of Utah

Traffic Association, 1884-85; assistant

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commissioner central passenger commit- tee, 1886-87; vice-chairman, Central Traf- fic Association, 1887-89; chairman East bound passenger committee, 1886-89; gen- eral passenger agent, New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, 1889 to date. Address, Grand Central Station, New York.

DANTZER, Charles Orvis:

Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1864; became deaf at eight and one-half years of age, but retains power of speech to some ex- tent; was graduated from Gallaudet Col- lege, Washington, D. C., 1886; studied theology under the late Rev. Dr. Joseph M. Clarke, of St. Andrew's Divinty School, Syracuse, N. Y .; ordained deacon, 1892; priest, 1895; missionary to deaf-mutes in the dioceses of Central New York and Western New York, 1890-1901; since 1901 confined to Western New York; presi- dent Empire State Association Deaf- Mutes, 1893, 1894 and 1903, and a trustee of the Gallaudet Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf-Mutes, near Poughkeepsie. Address, Rochester, N. Y.

DARLINGTON, James Henry:

Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church; son of Thomas and Hannah Anne Goodliffe Darlington; born in the Borough of Brooklyn, June 9, 1856; grad- uated Newark High School, 1873; New York University, 1877; Princeton Sem- inary, 1880; degree of Ph.D., after three years study at Princeton University, 1884; received D. D. from New York University, 1895; ordained to the diaconate, 1882; priesthood, 1882; assistant to the Rev. Dr. Partridge in Christ Church, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, 1882-83; rector of the same church since 1883; archdeacon of Northern Brooklyn, 1896-97-98; chaplain of the Forty-seventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y .; married, Garden City Cathedral, July 26, 1886. Ella Louise Bearns, daugh- ter of Jas. Sterling Bearns; trustee Rut- gers College; lecturer at New York Uni- versity, 1902-03; member Society of Colo- nial Wars, Huguenot Society, Academy of Sciences and St. Nicholas Society; editor of "The Hymnal of the Church with Music." Author of "In Memoriam," "Rhymes for Little People," "A Twenty Years' Pastorate;" also sermons, pamph- lets and addresses on many subjects. Address, Christ Church Rectory, 481 Bed- ford Ave., Brooklyn.

DARLINGTON, Thomas:

Physician; born in Brooklyn, N. Y. Sept. 24, 1858; son of Thomas and Hannah A. (Goodliffe) Darlington. and grandson of Peter Darlington; educated in public schools of New York City, and Newark, N. J .; took a three years' scientific and engineering course at the University of the City of New York, and later studied at the College of Physicians and Sur- geons, graduating in 1880; practiced med-

icine in Newark, N. J., 1880-82; subse- quently, until 1888, at Kingsbridge, New York City; 1888-91, at Bisbee, Arizona Territory, but returned and continued his practice at Kingsbridge, 1891; visiting as- sistant at St. Michael's Hospital, New- ark, N. J., 1880-82; district physician of Seventh District, 1882; surgeon to new Croton Aqueduct Corporation, New York, 1885-88; to Harlem Canal Improvement Works, 1888; surgeon to Copper Queen Consolidated and other

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 39

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1904 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 751

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751