Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 62

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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GUERBER, Hélène A .:

Teacher, author. Author of "Myths of Greece and Rome," "Myths of Northern Lands," "Legends of the Rhine," "Le- gends of Switzerland," "Legends of the Middle Ages," "Legends of the Virgin and Christ," "Story of the Wagner Op- eras," "Story of Famous Operas," ' "Story of the Chosen People," "Story of the Greeks," "Story of the Romans," "Story of the English," "Story of the Thirteen Colonies," "Story of the Great Republic," "Contes et Légendes (a method for learn- ing French), Märchen und Erzahlung- en," (a method for learning German), "The Einpresses of France," "Yourself," (a text book on physiology), and sun- dry French and German Texts. Address, 150 Piermont Ave., Nyack, N. Y.

GUERNSEY, Egbert, M.D., LL.D .:

Born Littlefield, Conn., July 8, 1823; M.D. New York University, 1846; LL.D. St. Francis Xavier, 1899; city physician, Williamsburg, till 1858; professor materia medica and practical medicine in New York Homeopathic Medical College; organized Western Dispensary, 1870; consulting physician pital; trustee and vice-president Mid- Hahnemann Hos- dletown Insane Asylum, New York; was president County Medical and State Medi- cal Society; surgeon to Sixth Regiment, National Guard, State of New York, 1864- 68; organized and edited Brooklyn Daily Times, 1840-50, and Medical Times, New York, 1872; president Metropolitan Hos- pital, Department of Public Charities, New York. Address, 180 W. 59th St., New York.

GRINNELL, George Bird:

Author and editor; son

of George Blake and Helen A. (Lansing) Grinnell; was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1849; early education received at Church- ill's Military School, Ossining, West- chester County, N. Y .; in 1866 he entered Yale College, from which he was gradu- ated in 1870 with the degree A.B., and subsequently took the degree Ph.D .; in 1874, he became assistant in osteology and vertebrate palæontology at the Peabody Museum of Yale College at New Haven, Conn., holding that position for sev- en years, during which period he made annual visits to the far West in pursuit of his study of geology. He accompanied several exploring government expeditions as naturalist, and was with . General George A. Custer on his first expedition

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to the Black Hills in 1874. In 1880 failing health obliged him to leave New Haven, and he accepted position of president and editorial manager of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. Has long made a special study of ethnology, and of the Indians of North America, having been a commissioner in 1895, to treat with the Blackfeet and Fort Belknap Indians for the sale of certain of their lands. Among the books that he has written are . The Indians of

Today,' "Blackfoot Lodge Tales," "The Story of the Indian," "Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk Tales," "Jack, the Young Ranchman," "Jack Among the Indians," "American Duck- shooting," and "The Punishment of the Stingy"; he also collaborated with Presi- dent Theodore Roosevelt, writing several popular works on outdoor life, among them being "American Big Game Hunt- ing," "Hunting in Many Lands," and "Trail and Camp Fire." Mr. Grinnell was one of the founders of the Boone and Crockett Club. Much of his time is still spent in work among the In- dians, and his summers are usually passed in the West, investigating the old but now rapidly changing conditions of aboriginal life; he is regarded as one of our first authorities on the Indians of the plains and the West generally. Mr. Grin- nell is president of the Bosworth Machine Company, vice-president and director of the Lansing Investment Company, direct- or of the Campbell-Bosworth Machine Company, and director of the Milford Land Company, and president of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company; he is a member of the Century Associa- tion. the Union and the University Clubs, the Mayflower Society, the Colonial War Society, and a number of scientific organ- izations; he is one of the board of man- agers of the New York Zoological Society, which has in charge the Zoological Park in the Bronx and the New York Aquari- um; in 1894, Mr. Grinnell took an active part in the political upheaval in favor of reform in New York City, inaugurated by the Committee of Seventy, of which he was a member; married, in 1902 to Eliza- beth K., daughter of Colonel F. D. Curtis, of Saratoga County, N. Y. City resi- dence is in Audubon Park, 157th St. and 11th Ave., New York.

GUGGENHEIM, SImon:

Capitalist; born Philadelphia. Dec. 30, 1867; son Meyer and Barbara (Myers) G .; married, New York, Nov. 24, 1898, Olga Hirsh; engaged in mining and smelting in the United States and in Mexico, now director and member of executive committee of American Smelting & Re- fining Company; managing director of Guggenheim Exploration Company; di- rector and member of executive commit- tee of United Lead Company; member of Lawyers' and Harmonie Clubs. New York; Progress, Denver; Pueblo Club, Pueblo;

Alta Club, Salt Lake City; went to Pueb- lo, Colo., 1889, with his brothers; retains citizenship in Colorado and votes there regularly; Republican; nominated for lieutenant-governor by Silver-Republi- cans of Colorado; declined nomination, al- though ticket was elected; nominated by same party for governor of Colorado, 1898, and endorsed by People's party, but withdrew from ticket. Residence, 14 W. 54th St .; office, 71 Broadway, New York.

GUGGENHEIMER, Randolph:

Lawyer; was born at Lynchburg, Va., July 20, 1848; his family had long been settled in Virginia; removed to New York City in 1865, where he soon found employ- ment with M. L. Townsend, an attorney; he later entered the law school of the New York University, where he was grad- uated in 1869; he rapidly built up a con- siderable practice, making a specialty of corporation and real estate law and trans- fers, and soon became a recognized power in the real estate market. A large part of his business consisted in buying up vacant plots of land in the east side of the city, and re-selling them to specula- tive builders at advanced rates; in 1882, he formed a partnership with his half- brothers, Isaac and Samuel Untermyer, which, by the accession of Louis Mar- shall in 1893, became Guggenheimer, Un- termyer & Marshall; this firm sprang into prominence in 1893, by negotiating for the English syndicate that consolidated many of the largest breweries in the United States, and brought over $100,000,000 of foreign capital into the country. From the time of his arrival in New York he always evinced a deep interest in the welfare of the public schools, and this fact received recognition at the hands of Mayor Grace, when, in 1885, he ap- pointed him a commissioner of the com- mon schools; served nine years in this office having been reappointed by May- ors Grant and Gilroy; by his efforts caused erection of large numbers of school buildings in New York; he urged forward the plan of having a sufficient number of schools thrown open in the evening; was chairman of the Normal Col- lege committee; caused the establishing of the free lectures for the working people now annually delivered to 1,000,000 persons. As chairman of the committee on legislation made frequent visits to Albany both for the purpose of preventing the passage of laws calculated to injure the school system, and to promote meas- ures which he and other friends of edu -. cation believed would be of benefit; among the legislative enactments due to him was the special grant of $20,000 for the purpose of fitting up a gymnasium for the students of the Normal College; was the pioneer in introducing large office buildings on Broadway; he bought the site of the old New York Hotel, and erec- ted upon it the New York Commercial

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Building, the largest structure of its kind in the United States. In politics he has always been a Democrat; in 1897 he was nominated by the Democracy of Greater New York for the office of president of the Municipal Council and was elected by a large majority ; during a temporary ab- sence of Mayor Van Wyck, during four summers; acted as mayor of New York City; he is a prominent member of the Arion and Liederkranz Societies, of the Manhattan Club. the Lotos Club, the Democratic Club, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and about fifteen other organ- izations of a kindred nature; he was mar- ried at New York, June 16, 1875 to Eliza, daughter of Ex-Commissioner Katzen- berg, and has two sons and one daughter. Address, 923 Fifth Ave., New York.

GUILFORD, Nathan:

Traffic manager New York Central & Hudson River Railroad; born Feb. 7, 1841, at Cincinnati, Ohio; entered railway ser- vice 1859, since which he has been clerk in the freight department, secretary to president; general freight agent; and in 1881 vice-president New York and Man- hattan Railway; Oct. 1, 1887, to date traffic manager New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Address, Grand Central Station 4th Ave. and 42d St., New York; residence, Yonkers.

GULICK, Luther Halsey:

Director of physical training of the public schools of Greater New York; born Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Dec. 4, 1865; son of Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick and Louise Lewis Gulick; preparatory work, Oberlin College, Ohio; he was gradu- ated from Medical Department of the New York University, 1889; physical training, normal course, Harvard University 1885- 86; physical director Young Men's Chris- tian Association, Jackson, Mich., 1886; su- perintendent Department of Physical Training, Young Men's Christian Associa- tion Training School, Springfield, Mass., 1887-1900; secretary Physical Training De- artment International Committee, Young Men's Christian Association, 1886-1903; editor Physical Education, 1891-96; edi- tor Association Outlook, 1897-1900; sec- retary American Association for the Ad- vancement of Physical Education, 1892- 1893; principal high school of Pratt In- stitute, 1900-1903; director of physical training of the public schools of Greater New York, 1903; editor Physical Educa- tion Review, 1901-1903; president Ameri- can Physical Education Association, 1903; vice-president Young Men's Christian As- sociation Athletic League, North America, 1903; chairman Basket Ball Committee, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, 1895; chairman of Physical Train- ing Committee at World's Fair, St. Louis; lecturer on Education and Physical Train- ing. Address, 59th St. and Park Ave., New York.

GUMBLETON, Henry A .:

Lawyer and former county clerk; born in New York City on Sept. 14, 1846; his father was for years one of the prominent clothing manufacturers of the city; was educated in the public schools, and the Free Academy, graduating from the lat- ter in 1863, at which time it received its present name of the College of the City of New York; he chose the legal profession and after a course of study under Pro- fessor Theodore W. Dwight, was ad- mitted to the bar in 1869, although he deferred active practice until ten years later, for the reason that he was more or less engrossed in politics; he was for years a clerk in the office of the clerk of New York County, and in 1876 he was nominated by the Democratic party and elected to that office; has also served as deputy commissioner of Public Works; member of the Board of Assessors, acting as chairman of the latter; he is a mem- ber of the Tammany Society. Address, New York City.

GUNNISON, Almon, D.D., LL.D .:

President of the St. Lawrence Univer- sity, Canton, N. Y .; son of Rev. Nathaniel G. and Ann Louise Gunnison. He was graduated from St. Lawrence University, 1868. Ordained to Universalist ministry, 1868; pastor All Souls' Universalist Church, Brooklyn, 1868-88; of First Uni- versalist Church, Worcester, Mass., 1888- 98; president of St. Lawrence University, 1898 to date. Editorial writer on Chris- tian Leader; lecturer; been an extensive traveler. Author of "Rambles Overland," 1886; "Wayside and Fireside Rambles,' 1890. Married, at Canton, N. Y., 1868, to Ella I. Everest. Address, Canton, N. Y.

GUNNISON, Herbert F .:

Business manager of Brooklyn Eagle; born in Halifax, N. S., where his father, the Rev. Nathaniel Gunnison, was United States consul. Is a graduate of St. Law- rence University, Canton, N. Y. After experience at school teaching in Northern New York, he came to Brooklyn and en- tered the office of the Brooklyn Times; subsequently he became Albany corres- pondent for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, serving in that capacity for three years and going into the business office of that publication, where he has since remained. Was one of the founders of the Hanover Club, in the Eastern District, and was its first secretary; one of the organizers of the Twenty-sixth Ward Bank. Direc- tor Nassau Trust Company of Brooklyn, Eagle Warehouse & Storage Company; director and business manager Brooklyn Daily Eagle; director University Club and Hanover Club, of Brooklyn. Member of Brooklyn Club and Hamilton Club, of Brooklyn. Residence, 209 Hewes St .; of- fice, Eagle Building, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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HAAS, George Christlan Frederick:

Lutheran clergyman; born Philadelphia, Pa., May 5, 1854; parents, John C. Haas, teacher and organist, and Anna M. Schur; after a preparatory course in Protestant Episcopal Academy, Philadel- phia, entered the collegiate department o the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as first honor man in 1876, delivering the Latin salutatory oration; in 1879 received the degree of A. M .; after a short period of teaching he en- tered the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, graduating in 1880; same year was ordained to the gospel ministry under the auspices of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania. In May, 1880, was called as assistant minister of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, New York City, and in 1882 became the minister of the congregation, which position he still holds. On April 25. 1882, married Anna S. Hansen, of Philadelphia; has a son and daughter living; on his removal to New York he became identified with the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of New York, in which he took an active interest; served for years as member of various committees and was twice presi- dent of the body, 1893-96 and 1899-1902; also served as member and chairman of various boards of the general council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. also of the New York Mi- croscopical Society, and was for years co-worker and later editor of German Sunday School Lesson-helps, and com- poser of "Luther League Rally Hymn" and other hymn tunes, and co-editor of "Luther League Hymnal"; in 1900 re- ceived honorary degree of D. D. from Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. Residence, 64 7th St., New York.

HABBERTON, John:

Author; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1842; learned the printer's trade; served in the Civil War; 1865 to 1872, connected with Harper & Brothers, New York; 1872, began a publishing house of his own, but was unsuccessful; 1874-77, con- nected with the Christian Union as lit- erary editor; 1877-92, on staff of New York Herald; 1893 to date, editor of Godey's Magazine. Author of "Helen's Babies, 1876; "The Barton Experiment," 1877; "The Jericho Road"; "Some Folks," and other books; also the drama, "Dea- con Crankett." Address, New York.

HACKETT, Corcellus Hubbard:

President and director of the bank of the Metropolis and senior member of the firm of Hackett. Carhart & Co .; is of English and Scotch ancestry; the first ancestor in this country was Captain Wil- liam Hackett, of Dover, N. H., 1656; his

great-grandfather and great-great-grand- father enlisted early in the War of the Revolution, and both were at the battle of Bunker Hill; his great-grandfather, with his family, moved from Dunbarton, N. H., in 1790, to Tunbridge, Vt., where Corcellus H. Hackett was born. Pre-

pared for college at the Union Academy, Canaan, N. H., and entered Dartmouth College, which institution recently con- ferred upon him the degree of master of arts; although owing to ill health he did not graduate and abandoned his purpose for a professional life and entered busi- ness in Boston, under the firm name of Miner, Beal & Hackett. In 1885 he was induced to locate in New York City where he organized the house of Hackett. Carhart & Co. In addition to being senior partner of that house, he is trus- tee of the Bowery Savings Bank, di- rector in the Lincoln Trust Company, and director in the Lockhart Mills; he is a member of the Chamber of Com- merce of New York. also of the Union League Club. the Museum of Arts, the New England Society and the Aldine As- sociation; in both of the latter he is also a director. He is identified with many charitable enterprises, and is a member of the Collegiate Church, Fifth Avenue and Forty-eighth Street. New York City: he married Miss Helen L., daughter of Albert Humphrey, of Boston, Mass., one of whose ancestors was Elder Brewster; he has one daughter, Helen Grace, now the wife of Alden A. Thorndike, of Bos- ton, and one son, Harold Humphrey Hackett, who is a member of his father's firm. Address, Hotel Netherland; office, 841 Broadway, New York.

HACKETT, James K .:

Actor; born Ontario, 1869; was educated in the College of the City of New York, and studied law in the New York Law School; 1892, made his debut on the stage in Palmer's stock company, and was leading man at the New York Lyceum in 1895, being the youngest leading man in the stage history of New York; made a notable success in the "Prisoner of Zenda" in 1896-97; its sequel, "Rupert of Hentzau " 1898-99, and "The Pride of Jennico" for two seasons. under the man- agement of Daniel Frohman. In 1901 be- came his own manager, and in the fall of that year produced at Wallack's The- atre "Don Caesar's Return." in which he played until the spring of 1902. when he produced, with great success. "The Cri- sis" (season of 1902-03); same season sent out a second company in the same play. headed by by Miss Isabel Irving; started the present season with John Er- mine, of the Yellowstone, and he is still starring with Miss Irving in "The Crisis." Will soon produce "The Secret of Polichi- ville." in which William H. Thompson will appear. Address. 38 East 33d St .. or Players Club. New York:

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HADDEN, Alexander, M.D., LL.D .:

Physician; born Montgomery, N. Y., July 24. 1833; A. B., Union, 1856; A. M., 1890; LL.D .. Bellevue College, Omaha, Neb., 1890; M. D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1859; house physician, Bellevue Hospital, 1860; resident physi- cian, Nurses' and Child's Hospital, 1861-65; founder and consulting physician, Northeastern Dispensary, 1862-66; visit- ing physician, Presbyterian Hospital, 1872-85; member County and Medical, State Medical Societies, Academy of Med- icine and American Health Association. Address, 155 East 51st St., New York.

HADLOCK, Albert Emerson :

Lawyer; born Amherst, N. H., Feb. 9, 1863; graduated from Dartmouth College, 1887, and from Harvard Law School, 1893; A. B., Dartmouth, 1887; A. M., Dart- mouth, 1890; A. M .. and LL.B., cum laude, Harvard, 1893; taught in G. W. C. Noble's school, Boston, Mass., from 1887 to 1890; law clerk in office of Evarts, Choate & Beaman from 1893 to 1896; sec- retary to president of borough of Rich- mond, New York City, from 1898 to Jan. 1, 1902; assistant corporation counsel, New York City, since Jan. 1, 1902. Ad- dress 2 Tyron Row, New York.

HAFF, Frank E .:

Secretary of the Long Island Railroad; born May 10, 1862, at Islip, L. I .; entered railway service Nov., 1881, since which he has been consecutively to April, 1882, telegraph operator and ticket agent on the Long Island Railroad at Babylon; April. 1882, to July 1885, agent at Islip; 1885 to 1889, chief clerk roadway depart- ment; 1889 to 1891, private secretary to the general superintendent; 1893 to 1897, superintendent of stations; 1897-1900, as- sistant treasurer; 1900 to date, secretary entire service. Address, 128 Broadway, New York.

HAGAR, Stansbury:

Lawyer; born San Francisco, Dec. 9, 1869; graduated from Yale, 1892, and from New York Law School. 1897; is interested and has done work in American (native) ethnology, both in North and South America; fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Amer- ican Anthropological Association; Amer- ican Ethnological Society;

councillor American Folk Lore Society; secretary Brooklyn Institute Archæological Sect .; (councillor astronomical section); member Congress International des Americanistes. and other organizations. Residence. 472 West 147th St .; office. 48 Wall St., New York.

HAGGIN, J. B .:

Capitalist; born Frankfort, Ky .. 1827; was educated for the bar and practiced his profession for a short time at St. Jos-

eph, Mo., thence going to Natchez, Miss .; after practicing for a number of years in Natchez he went to California in 1849, and there laid the foundation of his great fortune; 1896, formed the Silver Trust, connected with which are W. R. Hearst, Senator Stewart, W. A. Clark and other capitalists of the country; owns the orig- inal interest of Marcus Daly in the Ana- conda Copper Company; also several im- mense ranches in California; has large stock farms in Kentucky; is one of the principal supporters of the American Turf and is said to own more horses in training than any other man in the world; married, first,

Miss Sanders, daughter of Colonel Lewis Sanders, of Natchez. Miss. (she died May 23, 1894); second. Miss Pearl Voorhies, Versailles, Ky., Dec. 23, 1897. Residence, 587 Fifth Ave .; office, 15 Broad St., New York.

HAGUE, James Duncan:

Mining engineer and geologist; presi- dent North Star Mines Company and man- aging director of that company's gold mining interests in California; born Bos- ton, Mass., Feb. 24, 1836; educated in private schools. Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard, 1854; Georgia-Augusta Uni- versity. at Göttingen, Germany, 1855-56, and at Royal School of Mines, Freiberg, Saxony, 1856-58; engaged in South Sea explorations, 1859-61; served in United States Navy, 1862-63; manager Lake Su- perior copper mines, participating in ear- liest development of Calumet and Hecla, 1863-66; first assistant geologist United States geological exploration, fortieth parallel, 1867-70; resided in California as consulting mining engineer, 1871-78; United States commissioner to Paris Ex- position, 1878; returned to New York City in 1879. where he has since resided. serv- ing as advisory engineer in important metal mining enterprises in the United States, and occasionally visiting remote parts of the world on professional busi- ness. Member American Institute Mining Engineers, American Association for Ad- vancement of Science, New York Cham- ber of Commerce; American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Botanical Garden, American Geo- graphical, New England and American Numismatic and Archæological Societies of New York City; also Metropolitan and Union League Clubs, Century and Down Town Associations of New York. Union Club of Boston and Pacific-Union Club of San Francisco. Author of Govern- ment Reports on Mining Industries. and many private professional papers, and an occasional contributor to current peri- odical literature. Residence, 108 East 40th St .; office, 18 Wall St., New York.

HAHN, William:

Vice and deputy consul; was born at Stuttgart, May 27, 1828; educated in the schools of that city; emigrated to Amer-

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ica in 1848; became naturalized in 1853; was in business in the city of New York until 1873, when he returned to his for- mer home; appointed vice and deputy consul at Stuttgart, Germany, March 7, 1895.

HAIGHT, Albert:

Jurist; born Ellicottville, N. Y., 1842; educated Springville Academy; ad- mitted to the bar in 1863; has held sev- eral offices and was elected county judge of Erie County in 1872; justice of the Supreme Court of the Eighth Judicial District in 1876 for a term of fourteen years, and re-elected in 1890; in 1894 he was elected to the office of associate judge of the Court of Appeals for a term of fourteen years, which expires in 1908. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.

HAIGHT, Charles Coolidge:

Architect, of New York; only son of the Rev. Benjamin J. Haight, assistant rector of Trinity Church, New York; born in that city March 17, 1841; gradu- ated from Columbia College in the class of 1861; studied at the Law School of Columbia; enlisted and served with the Seventh Regiment in Baltimore in 1862; served with the Thirty-first New York Volunteers as first lieutenant and adju- tant from Oct., 1862, and as captain of the Thirty-ninth New York Volunteers from Dec., 1863, to Nov., 1864; was severely wounded while in command of his regi- ment in the battle of the Wilderness and in consequence obliged to retire from ac- tive service; he was elected and served as vice-commodore of the New York Yacht Club in 1886 and re-elected the following year. He is a trustee of the New York Society Library, of the Society for the Promotion of Religion and Learning, of the Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Deceased Clergymen. Among the prominent buildings designed by him are those erected by Columbia College on its Madison Avenue property, the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, the New York Cancer Hospital, the build- ings of the General Theological Seminary, New York; the American Theatre, New York; Vanderbilt Hall and Phelps Hall at Yale University; the Keney Memorial Tower at Hartford, Conn .; St. Ignatius' Church, New York; the new dormitories at Sheffield Scientific School at New Ha- ven, Conn., and others. · Residence, Gar- rison, N. Y .; office, 452 Fifth Ave., New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 62

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