Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 54

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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FOWLER, Thomas P .:

Lawyer, president of New York, Ontario & Western Railway; born Oct. 26, 1851, at Newburgh, N. Y .; graduated from Columbia Law School in 1874; entered rail way service, 1879, as director of Chenango & Allegheny Railroad; in 1884 was elected director of New York, Ontario & Western Railroad, and president in 1888; president also of Scranton Coal Company and On- tario, Carbondale & Scranton Railway Company; director of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company and Tem- ple Iron Company, Metropolitan Street Railway Company, Fidelity Bank, Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad Company; trustee of New York Life Insurance Com- pany; member Metropolitan, Sons of Rev- olution, Tuxedo and Grolier Clubs. Ad- dress, 39 West 68th St., New York.

FOX, George Henry:

Physician; born Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1846; prepared at Satterlee Collegiate Institute, entering University of Rochester, 1863; enlisted in the Seventy-seventh New York Volun- teers, 1864; returning after eight months; graduated in 1867; obtained M.D., 1869, from University of Pennsylvania; interne to Philadelphia Hospital; 1870-72, studied medicine in Vienna, Berlin, Paris and

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London, 1872, began practice in New York; 1873, surgeon in New York Dispen- sary; 1877, clinical professor of diseases of skin in Woman's Medical College, New York Infirmary; 1879, of dermatology at Sterling Medical College, Columbus, O .; 1880, of skin diseases in New York Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons; 1880, pro- fessor of Post-Graduate Medical School. Author of "Photographic Illustrations of Skin Diseases," "Photographic Illustra- tions of Cutaneous Syphilis," "Illustrated Medicine and Surgery." "Electrolysis in the Removal of Superfluous Hair," "Skin Diseases of Children," "Photographic At- las of Skin Diseases." Has been president of Medical Society of County of New York; of State Medical Society; vice-president of Post-Graduate School and Hospital; president of Psi Upsilon Club; member of New York Academy of Medicine and of University, Camera and Nassau County Clubs; married, Aug. 29, 1872, to Harriet Gibbs, of Nunda, N. Y. Address, 18 East 31st St., New York.

FOX, Herbert Henry Heywood:

Protestant Episcopal clergyman; son of James and Ann (Wood) Fox; was born in Montclair, N. J., March 11, 1871; learned the patternmaker's trade, which he left to enter St. Andrew's Divinity School, Syra- cuse, N. Y., under Bishop F. D. Hunting- ton, in the fall of 1892; in fall of 1893 he entered Hobart College and graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1897; from there he went to the General Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1900. He was made deacon by Bishop T. A. Starkey of Newark and priest by Bishop F. D. Huntington, of Central New York. He was sent as missionary to Slater- ville Springs and Speedsville, N. Y .; in 1901 he accepted a call to become vicar of All Saints' Chapel, Lockport, N. Y .; in Sept., 1902, he married Alma Louise Walther. Address, Lockport, N. Y.

FOX, William Freeman:

Superintendent of State Forests, New York; born Ballston Spa, N. Y., Jan 11, 1840; son of Rev. Norman and Jane (Free- man) F .; educated at Union Classical School, Schenectady, N. Y., and Union College, class of 1860; served in Civil War as captain, major and lieutenant-colonel, One Hundred and Seventh N. Y. Volun- teers; wounded at Antietam, Chancel- lorsville and Resaca; married Mary A. Shattuck, Corning. N. Y., Sept. 28, 1865; for past twenty years with State Forestry Department, most of the time as super- intendent of State Forests; member of Society of American Foresters; companion Military Order of the Loyal Legion; cor- responding secretary Society Army of Po- tomac; president Society Twelfth Army Corps; president Chi Psi Alumni Associ- ation, New York; member New York His- torical Society. Author of "Regimental Losses in the Civil War," quarto, 1889; "New York at Gettysburg," quarto ill. 3 vols., 1900; "History of Twelfth and

Twentieth Army Corps," 1903; "The Adi- rondack Spruce," 1894; "History of the Lumber Industry in New York," 1901; "Tree Planting on Streets and Highways," quarto 1903; "State Forestry Re-

ports," 1885-1903. Wrote "The Chances of Being Hit in Battle," Century Maga- zine, May, 1888. Address, 342 Hudson Ave., Albany, N. Y.

FOYE, Andrew Jay Coleman:

Merchant, capitalist; is of French Huguenot descent, being a great-grandson of Guilaume Foyé (Foyer), of Havre de Grace, Maryland, where his father and grandfather were born. He was born in Northumberland County, Pa., Dec. 23, 1833; at an early age removed with his parents to the then "Far West," now known as Morrow County, O .; their first home was a double log cabin, in "the clearing" in the Beechwoods; his early education was acquired in a log school house. At the age of twelve he became a clerk in a country store in his native village, Mt. Gilead; his employer becom- ing county treasurer, young Foyé, at the age of sixteen, became acting deputy treasurer of the county. At the age of eighteen (in the early fifties) came to New York, as a salesman in the whole- sale dry goods house of R. & N. Dart, 123 Maiden Lane, and in their interest trav- eled over the Western States as a "dry goods drummer" (so called in those days); later, in the same capacity, joined the well known house of S. B. Chittenden & Co. At the close of the Civil War he en- gaged in the cotton trade as Beebe & Foyé; later as Andrew J. C. Foye & Co., dry goods commission merchants, be- came the selling agents for several large cotton and woolen manufacturers; was successful, and acquired a handsome com- petence, but the strain of incessant work forced him to retire. Disposing of his business, a period of five years was spent in travel, in Europe, the Indies, Mexico, California and the territories; having re- gained his health he again entered into business, this time as stockholder, direc- tor and New York manager of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co .; later organized the Standard Graphite Company, and became its president, which position he still holds, with interests in various other enter- prises. He is a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, the Sons of the American Revolution; was one of the founders of the Ohio Society of New York, and has been for many years its first vice- president; is a member of various other societies and clubs; in 1862, at Mt. Gilead, O., was married to Miss Katherine Sophia House, the only surviving daughter of his first employer; to them two children were born-Andrew Ernest and Louis Constant, the latter died in 1898 at the age of twenty-one years; the former is a civil and consulting engineer, and a graduate of Columbia College; was for four years

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chief engineer of Highways of Greater New York, is consulting engineer and treasurer of the Ryan-Parker Construc- tion Company, of which his father is a director; is vice-president of the Stand- ard Graphite Company; is a member of the Ohio Society, Sons of American Rev- olution, Seventh Regiment Veterans, En- gineers' Club, Democratic Club, Riding Club, and various other clubs and soci- eties; is unmarried, and lives with his parents at 163 West 79th St., New York.

FRANCIS, Charles Spencer:

Editor; born Troy, N. Y., June 17, 1853; son of John Morgan F. (founder Troy Times) and Harriet E. (Tucker) F .; pre- pared at Troy Academy; graduated from Cornell University, 1877; married, Ithaca, N. Y., May 23, 1878, Alice, daughter of the late Professor Evans, of Cornell Uni- versity; repeatedly won single scull cham- pionship of university; won intercollegiate single scull championship, Saratoga Lake, 1876, making time which still stands as world's intercollegiate record-2 miles in 13 minutes and 4234seconds. Was secre- tary to his father during the latter's resi- dence at Athens as United States minister to Greece, 1871-73; was officer on staffs of Governor A. B. Cornell, of New York, and Major General J. B. Carr, New York National Guard; vice-president New York Society for Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects; Society Sons of Revolution; Society of the War of 1812; chairman executive committee National Republican Editorial Association; envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten- tiary of United States to Greece, Rou- mania and Servia, 1900-02; twice elected alumni trustee of Cornell University; di- rector United National Bank, Troy, and Troy and Albany Trust Companies; Re- publican; learned printer's trade at case in composing room of Troy Times; was successively reporter, city editor and man- ager of same; acquired interest, 1881; equal partner with father in 1887; on father's death, 1897, succeeded to editorial direction and sole ownership of Troy Times and Troy Times Building. Resi- dence, Troy, N. Y .; office, Editorial Rooms, Troy Times.

FRANCIS, Mary C .:

Author; born in Harrison, Hamilton County, O., and educated in the public schools of that place; daughter of Marcus Aurelius Francis and Martha Noble; de- scended from old and prominent families of Southern Ohio. Entered newspaper life in Cincinnati, and had an initial train- ing of several years on The Enquirer, where she held the position of society edi- tor, but in addition did work of a varied nature. Resigned from The Enquirer to take a similar, though enlarged, posi- tion on The Times-Star; subsequently resigned and went to New York, where for a year she was special correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

and The Times-Star, having made a num- ber of contributions to the Cincinnati Post. She devoted most of her time to magazine work, and stories, special ar- ticles, verses, etc., which appeared in the Herald, Journal, Munsey's Magazine, Har- per's Weekly, The Independent, and a number of other periodicals. Late in the Spanish-American War she went to Cuba as special correspondent, and is the only American woman who visited the camp of President Maso, the President of the Cuban Republic at that time, taking him the present of a flag sent by Senator Foraker. Later she spent the year of 1900 in Havana, and her correspondence, stories, articles, etc., were widely pub- lished. While in Havana she also edited the social department of El Figaro, the leading illustrated journal, and made some contributions to other Havana papers. The first appearance of her work in book form was in two books of short stories by different authors, published by Funk & Wagnalls, "True Stories of Heroic Lives," and "A Peculiar Coincidence and Other Stories." This was followed by "Old Jed Prouty," in co-authorship with the actor who owned the copyright of the play of that name. Is also author of the historical novel, "A Son of Destiny," the story of Andrew Jackson. She is soon to publish "Dalrymple," a romance of the British prison ship, the Jersey. Ad- dress, The Federal Book Company, 52 Duane St., New York.

FRANKLAND, Frederick W., F. I. A .:

The associate actuary of the New York Life Insurance Company; was born April 18, 1854, at Manchester, England; son of the late Sir Edward Frankland, K. C. B., of the British Government School of Mines and of the Royal Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; was educated at Uni- versity College, London, and was private assistant in his father's chemical labora- tory in the science and art department at South Kensington. He entered the New Zealand civil service as a cadet in 1876; was actuary of the New Zealand Friendly Societies' registry office, 1878 to 1890; ac- tuary of the New Zealand Government In- surance Department, 1884; government actuary and statist, 1886; government in- surance commissioner of New Zealand, 1889; assistant actuary of the Atlas As- surance Company of London, 1890; New Zealand delegate to the International Con- gress of hygiene and demography at Lon- don, 1891. Was appointed associate ac- tuary of the New York Life in 1893. Mr. Frankland is a member of the Institute of Actuaries and the Acturarial Society of America, and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of London. Address, 346 Broadway, New York.

FRANKLIN, John Benjamin:

Architect; born New York, March 10, 1834; eldest son of Henry and Ellen Walsh Franklin. He was christened, confirmed

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and received his elementary schooling at old St. Mary's R. C. Church, on Grand St., New York City, and attended the public schools; studied architecture, and was in- dentured to Mr. Aldredge Winham, one of the builders of Grace Church and Rectory at Broadway and 10th Street, and other first class structures in New York City. Mr. Franklin married Miss Josephine T., daughter of Mr. Joshua Grymes, a noted inventor. Her great-grandfather, John Flake, a Knickerbocker and a Revolution- ary hero, perished in one of the British prison ships. John B. Franklin was cap- tain of independent military company, named the Decatur Guard; he joined the New York Seventh Regiment, Na- tional Guard, in 1857, and was one of the guard of honor on board the steamer Jamestown that conveyed the remains of ex-President James Monroe from New York City to Hollywood Cemetary, Rich- mond, Va., in 1858, the regiment preced- ing on board the steamer Erickson. He participated in the reception to the Jap- anese Embassy on their first visit to the outside world in 1859, and in the recep- tion and exhibition drill given by the Seventh Regiment in honor of the Prince of Wales in 1860 (chaperoned by the Duke of Newcastle) now Edward VII. He went to the front with the Seventh Regiment on April 19, 1861, and is now a member of the Seventh Regiment Veteran Corps and Lafayette Post, G. A. R. He is a prac- ticing architect in New York City, and in- ventor of the new ventilating skylight and shield device for exclusion of down draughts, the turret ventilator for sleep- ing and trolley cars, and the device for ventilating transoms; also the "pulvin- ated" arch and super imposed structure, and other useful devices, patents pro- cured by the Scientific American. His father, Henry Franklin, was an old time resident of New York City; a carpenter by trade, and one of the old time night

watchmen called "Leatherheads," being one of the first officers appointed when the first police was organized in New York City under Mayor Havemeyer (from the Thirteenth Ward, Captain John Tilley) and the officer that captured Ned Bunt- line, the leader of the rioters at Astor Place riots. John B. Franklin comes from a long line of Franklins who went over from Normandy to England, about the time of the Norman Conquest, with Wil- liam, Duke of Normandy (known as Wil- liam the Conqueror). Several brothers, namely, William, John, Frederick, Ben- jamin, Samuel and James, settled in Northamptonshire, later some of them settled in Lincolnshire, Brighton-in-Sus- sex, Richmond-in-Surrey, in Ireland and Scotland, known there as MacFranklin. His father, Henry, was born on Kew Road, Richmond, a noted cricket player on Richmond Green. His grandfather, John, a master carpenter and builder, going back six generations of John Frank- lins. They were foremost in their avoca- tions, as pioneers, explorers, artisans,

printers, architects and inventors; many of the finest structures in Richmond Park and around the Kew Gardens, the Duke of Clarence's mansion on Richmond Hill (King William IV., known as the Sailor King), being supervised by them, and they were cotemporaneous with, and co- operators of, Inigo Jones, the English Pal- ladio of Architecture, and Sir Christopher Wren. Mr. Franklin, on his maternal side, comes from old thoroughbred Celtic Munster stock. John B. Franklin and wife, who expect to celebrate their jubilee or fiftieth anniversary next year, have had a family of eleven children, seven of whom survive, four sons and three daugh- ters. His youngest son, Clarence James F., is superintendent of the Tacoma & Seattle Railway, Washington. Address, 396 East 12th St., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y .; and 335 Broadway, New York.

FRANZEN, August:

Artist; born Worrkoping, Sweden; por- trait painter; studied first in Sweden, afterwards with Dagnan Bouveret in Paris; lived in. New York since 1890; studio in Carnegie Hall; among well known portraits are the ones of Senator Wiliam M. Evarts, Edmund C. Stedman, Joel B. Erhardt, John S. Waterbury, Hon. Addison Brown, Robert Downing, etc., etc .; member of Society of American Art- ists. Address, Carnegie Hall, New York.

FRAWLEY, James J .:

Democratic State Senator, representing the Twentieth Senate District; was born of Irish parents, in New York City, Oct. 14, 1866; he was educated in the parochial and public schools; after leaving school he learned the plasterer's trade and ac- quired a good knowledge of general con- ditions in the building trade; he then be- came a builder and general contractor, and has erected some of the finest houses on the upper East Side; the firm of Fraw- ley & Rooney, of which he was a member, constructed several of the large public works of New York City. He has always taken an active interest in politics, and was elected State Senator in 1902; has taken great interest in athletics, and has been for several terms vice-president and one of the board of governors of the American Athletic Union of the United States; he was one of the organizers of the Out-Door Recreation League, which was instrumental in getting gymnasiums erected in various schools; he was captain of the Knickerbocker Athletic team, has been president of the Greater New York Irish Athletic Club, and is now a member of the Catholic Club, the Democratic Club, the Columbian Order, the Knights of Columbus, the Miami Club, the Pas- time Club, the Union Settlement Athletic Club, and of a number of other clubs and fraternal societies. Address, 217 Broad- way, New York.

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FRELEY, Jasper Warren:

Acting president of Wells College; born Ponifret, Vt., July 28, 1847; son of Daniel and Phila Warren Freley; graduated from Dartmouth College, 1878, with degree of B. S .; received M. S. in 1880; instructor of natural science at Wilmington Con- ference Academy, Dover, Del., 1878 until 1880; at Dickinson Seminary, Williams- port, Pa., 1880-88; called to chair of phy- sics and geology at Wells College, 1888, a position he still occupies; has been act- ing president of college since 1900; mem- ber of American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. Address Aurora, N. Y.

FRENCH, Daniel Chester:

Sculptor; born in Exeter, N. H., April 20, 1850; son of Hon. Henry F. French and Anne (Richardson) French; lived in early life in Exeter, Cambridge and Con- cord, Mass .; began the study of art in 1868, in Boston; made a statue of "The Minute Man," erected at Concord, Mass., in 1874; went abroad later in 1874; studied in Florence, Italy, under Thomas Bell; returning, in 1876, opened a studio in Washington, D. C .; lived in Concord and Boston from 1878 to 1887; since that time lived in New York; married, in Washington, 1888, Mary French. Best

known works are: "The Minute Man," at Concord, Mass .; statue of General Cass, in the Capitol, at Washington; statue of Rufus Choate, in Court House, Boston; statue of John Harvard, at Cambridge, Mass .; the O'Reilly monument, at Bos- ton; "Dr. Gallaudet and His First Deaf- Mute Pupil," at Washington; "The Mil- more Memorial," at Forest Hill Ceme- tery, Boston; this relief received a medal at the Paris Salon, of 1892; a number of works for the Chicago exposition, among them the "Statue of the Republic"; statue of General Bartlett, State House, Boston, 1903; statue of "Alma Mater," Columbia University, 1903; in collaboration with Mr. E. C. Potter; equestrian statues of Gen- eral Grant, at Philadelphia, General Hooker, at Boston, General Washington in Paris and Chicago. Dartmouth College gave him degree of A.M .; received the cross of the Legion of Honor, in 1900; was elected a member of the Accademia di San Luca, Rome, which claims to be oldest art society in the world, in 1898; member of the National Sculpture Socie- ty, Society of America Artists, Architec- tural League, National Academy of De- sign; member of National Arts Club, Tav- ern Club. Boston. Century Club; received the medal of honor, Paris Exposition. 1900; trustee Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1903. Address, 125 West 11th St., New York.

FRENCH, Edwin Davis:

Artist and engraver. especially of book plates; born at North Attleborough. Mass., Jan. 19, 1851; president of the Art Stu-

dents' League of New York, 1889-91; mem- ber of Grolier Club and National Arts Club, New York, and Club of Odd Vol- umes, Boston. Address, Saranac Lake, N. Y.

FREY, Adolf:

Composer; was born in Landau, Rhein- pfalz, Germany; up to his eighteenth year his education was devoted to class- ical studies, graduating from the Gym- nasium, after which he entered Stutt- gart Conservatory, where he studied piano under Professors Lebert and Penckner, and composition under Dr. Faisst; after four years at the conservatory he was called to the position of musical accom- panist and teacher to the Landgrad of Hesse, in Frankfort-am-Main, where he remained until 1893, when he became pro- fessor of piano and history of music in Syracuse University, where he is still lo- cated; during his employ in the royal family, much time was spent in travel, and he came personally to know Brahms and Clara Schumann, Richard Strauss, and other musicians of note; has also had the honor of playing before the Ger- man Emperor and others of royalty; since coming to Syracuse University he has spent much time in composition, having printed thirty anthems and numerous songs and piano pieces. Address, 724 Ostrom Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

FRICKE, William A .:

Underwriter; born New York, May 15, 1857; studied law and medicine in Wiscon- sin, where the family moved soon after his birth; long secretary of State Repub- lican Committee; 1894-98, insurance com- missioner of Wisconsin; 1898 to date, su- perintendent of Union Central Life In- surance Company of Ohio, at New York; vice-president of National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 1897-98; honor- ary member since 1900; member of Colo- nial, Underwriters and Republican Clubs; president, Wisconsin Society New

York, 1902; has written several books on insurance and contributed much on the subject to insurance journals. Residence, 431 Riverside Drive; office, 135 Broadway, New York.

FRISBEE, Edward S .:

Examiner and inspector of academies and high schools; was born in Meredith, N. Y., in 1837; graduated from Amherst College, 1860; A. M., Amherst, 1866; D. D., Amherst, 1878. He was classical teacher in Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., from 1860 to 1862; principal of high schools in Amherst, Mass., 1863-67; Northampton, Mass., 1867-72; Bingham- ton, N. Y., 1872-75; President of Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., 1875-94; examiner and inspector of academies and high schools, under the Regents of the Uni- versity of the State of New York, since 1896. Address, 2 Sprague Place, Albany, N. Y.

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FRISBEE, Mrs. Edward S .:

President of The Albany Mothers' Club; The Albany Mothers' Club was organized in Feb., 1900; its object is to interest mothers in the earnest study of child life, in the responsibilities and opportunities of the home, including all that tends to elevate the home and make the children noble and useful. Mrs Frisbee is also president of Mt. Holyoke College Alumnæ Association for Eastern New York. Ad- dress 2 Sprague Place, Albany, N. Y.

FROHMAN, Charles:

Theatrical manager and one of the leading spirits in the theatrical world; born Sandusky, O., June 17, 1860; came to New York early in life, and was em- ployed in a newspaper office, but soon drifted into the theatrical business; is now manager of the New Empire, Gar- rick, Savoy, Herald Square, Criterion and Garden Theatres, New York, and several theatres in London. Address, Empire Theatre, New York.

FROHMAN, Daniel:

Theatrical manager, New York; born in Sandusky, O., 1854. Began career on New York Tribune; thence entered the theatri- cal business as an advance agent through- out the United States. He became man- ager of the Madison Square Theatre in 1879; then assumed management of the Lyceum Theatre, 4th Ave. and 23d St., New York; managed E. H. Sothern, James K. Hackett, Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, and other well known stars. Became the lessee of Daly's Theatre, and on Nov. 2, 1903, opened the New Lyceum Theatre, at 45th St. and Broadway. Address, Daly's Theatre, New York.

FROST, Benalah Young:

Banker; son of Floyd T. and Sophia (Morse) Frost; was born in Birmingham, Conn., Sept. 12, 1848, his father being a well known merchant in that locality; ed- ucation at Crawford School, Piermont, N. Y .; at the age of fifteen, entered busi- ness in the capacity of messenger boy in the office of his uncle, Henry Fitch, of the firm of Henry Fitch & Co., brokers in New York City. After nine years' ser- vice in his uncle's employ, during which period he familiarized himself with all the details of the business, inducements were held out to him to make a con- nection with the firm of E. P. Scott & Co., bankers-which firm was reorgan- ized in 1876 as W. S. Gurnee, Jr., & Co., in which concern he has ever since re- mained, and in 1890 he became a partner. He is interested as a director in several leading enterprises-the Shelby Iron Com- pany, the Tintic Mining Company and the Last Dollar Mining Company, filling also the position of treasurer in the two first named companies; he is a member of the Nyack County Club, the Tappan Zee Yacht Club and the Society of the Sons of

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 54

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