Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 43

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CRANE, Bruce:


Artist; born N. Y. City; studied art with A. H. Wyant, first exhibiting at Na- tional Academy of Design, 1879; painter of landscapes; studio in Summit, N. J .; paintings: On Mill-Pond in Long Island (1879); On Shrewsbury River; After the Rain (1880); Blossom Time (1882) ; The Waning Year; Indian Summer (1885) ; November Woods, and others. Address, 14 West 12th St., N. Y. City.


CRANE, John M .:


Banker; born Dec. 8, 1833, at Jamaica, L. I .; son of Rev. Elias W. Crane and Sarah R. Wickham Crane; educated at Union Hill Academy; in 1853 he entered the Shoe and Leather Bank, was its cash- ier seventeen years and has been its pres- Ident since 1883, it having meantime been changed from a State to a National Bank; he married, May 7, 1861, Harriet Mewlett, daughter of John S. Seabury of Jamaica; director, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co .; mem-


ber of Hardware Club. Residence, Jamal- ca, L. I .; office, 271 Broadway, N. Y. City. CRANE, Thomas Frederick:


Educator, author; born New York, July 12, 1844; was graduated from Princeton, 1864 (A. M., 1867; Ph. D., 1874; Litt. D. 1903); married, July 10, 1872, Sarah Fay Tourtellot, Ithaca, N. Y .; assistant pro- fessor modern languages, 1872-81, and since 1881, professor romance languages and literature, and now also Dean of Uni- versity Faculty at Cornell; author: Ital- ian Popular Tales: The Exempla, or Il- lustrative Stories from the Sermons of Jacques de Vitry; Tableau de la Revolu- tion Francaise; Le Romantisme Fran-


tième Francaise; La Societe Francaise au Dix-Septième Siècle; Chansons Populaires de la France; Boileau's Les Héros de Ro- man; and other works and contributions to magazines on philology, folk-lore and romance literature. Address, 9 Central Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.


CRAWFORD, Francis Marion:


Author; born Bagni di Lucca, Italy, Aug. 2, 1854; remained in Italy until he was twelve years old, then was sent to St. Paul's School. Concord, Mass., subse- quently studying at Carlsruhe, Heidelberg and Rome Universities; went to India soon after and became editor of The In- dian Herald; in 1880 returned to reside in Italy, removing, 1885, to Sorrento, Italy, where he now resides; is connected with New York clubs, having lectured in United States and published here thirty novels, among them are: Mr. Isaacs (1882); A Roman Singer (1884); Saracin- esca (1886) ; Paul Patoff (1887) ; Sant' Ilario (1888) Don Orsino (1892); Love in Idleness (1894); Casa Braccio (1895), and others. Address, Sant' Agnello di Sor- rento, Italy; also care of Macmillan Co., N. Y. City.


CRAWFORD, George R .:


President of the Westchester Fire In- surance Co. of New York; born White Plains, N. Y., June 21, 1841; at sixteen he entered the insurance business as clerk; three years later he became part- ner with his father in the fire insurance business, the firm name being Elisha Crawford & Son; 1865, was elected secre- tary of the Westchester, serving in that capacity until 1879, when he was promot- ed to the presidency; Mr. Crawford has been president of the village of Mount Vernon, N. Y., and organized the Mount Vernon fire department, acting as its


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chief engineer. Address, Mount Vernon, pliances and steam-drills in the City of N. Y.


CRAWFORD, John Wallace:


("The Poet Scout") born County Don- egal, Ireland, March 4, 1847; son of John Austin and Susie (Wallace) Crawford; came to U. S. in boyhood; received no early school education; joined 48th Penn- sylvania volunteers; severely wounded; as government scout served under Gen. Crook in Sitting Bull campaign, 1876, becoming chief of scouts in 1876 against Apaches in New Mexico; retired from army life, 1886; principally interested in mining since, also as ranchman; author, and lecturer: The Poet Scout; A Book of Song and Story; Campfire Sparks (songs and poems); Early Days in the Black Hills; Tat (a drama in 3 acts); Fonda (drama in 3 acts); Private Brown (serial story); Pickles (a serial story); as well as songs, which have been set to music; also a large contributor to current maga- zines. Address, San Marcial, New Mex- ico, and Press Club, N. Y. City.


CRAWFORD, William:


Dry goods merchant; born Lanarkshire, Scotland, Aug., 1845; attended parish schools, and entered a dry goods store in Glasgow; in 1866 he came to America and took a Boston clerkship; established stores in Nashua and Manchester, N. H., and in Taunton, Mass .; came to New York in 1877, and in 1879 the house was organized of Simpson, Crawford and Simpson, to succeed Mr. Mears; the store is now on Sixth Ave., and is very suc- cessful. Address, 6th Ave., between 19th and 20th Sts., N. Y. City. CRICKMORE, H. G .:


Racing official; born England, 1839; re- ceived public school education; served as an enlisted man and officer in Union army during the Civil War; in 1866, be- came a newspaper writer and for many years was the turf editor of the New York World and published Krik's Turf Guide; resigned place on the World to accept an offer made by D. D. Withers to become officially connected with the Monmouth Park Racing Association; has for the past fifteen years been an officer of New York racing associations. Ad- dress, Gilsey House, 29th St. and Broad- way, N. Y. City.


CRIMMINS, John D .:


Contractor, public man and philanthro- pist; born N. Y. City, May 18, 1844; educated in the public schools, with two years in St. Francis Xavier's College; was the first to make use of mechanical ap-


New York; has been one of the large real estate operators in the city and the bus- iness, of which he is the moving spirit, has attained vast dimensions, covering the field of general contracting; the firm has erected more than four hundred buildings in New York, built the Broad- way, Columbus Avenue and Lexington Avenue cable roads, and done other im- portant pieces of work; is ex-president of the Metropolitan Traction Co. and a large stockholder in the surface lines; director in the Fifth Avenue Bank, the City Trust Co., the Title Insurance Co. of New York, the New York Mortgage & Se- curity Co., the Chelsea Realty Co., Metro- politan Securities Co., and a member of the Chamber of Commerce; member of several well known clubs, a patron of the Museum of Natural History, a member of the Geographical Society and Museum of Arts, trustee of the Provident Loan So- ciety, and treasurer of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and of the Irish Indus- trial League; being connected witlı near- ly all of the Catholic charitable socie- ties; considered an authority on labor questions, and is often called upon to ast as arbitrator or expert in disputes of this character; was married in 1868, but has been a widower for the past four- teen years, and maintains a city home at 40 East Sixty-eight Street and a beau- tiful summer residence, "Firwood-on- the-Sound," at Noroton, Conn.


CROCKER, Francis Bacon:


Professor of electrical engineering, Co- lumbia University; born N. Y. City, July 4, 1861; son of Henry H. and Mary Eldridge Crocker; was graduated from school of mines, Columbia University, 1882; received degree of Ph. D., Colum- bia, 1895; founded, with Charles G. Cur- tis, the C. & C. Electric Co., and with Schuyler S. Wheeler the Crocker-Wheel- er Co., both of which are prominent manufacturers of electrical machinery. When the course in electrical engineer- ing was established at Columbia Uni- versity in 1889 was appointed head of department; president New York Elec- trical Society, 1889-92, and American In- stitute of Electrical Engineers, 1897-98; permanent secretary International Elec- trical Congress, Chicago, 1893; fellow American Association for the Advance- ment of Science; foreign member of the (British) Institution of Electrical Engi- neers; member American Physical So- ciety, American Electrochemical Society,


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Union Club and University Club; chair- man of committees that formulated Na- tional Electrical Code and Standardization of Electrical Apparatus. Author: Prac- tical Management of Dynamos and Mo- tors and Electric Lighting (2 vols.). Ad- dress, Columbia University, N. Y. City. CROCKER, George:


Capitalist, banker; born in California; son of Charles Crocker, one of the foun- ders of the first railroad across the Si- erras; has made his residence in N. Y. City; married, June, 1894, to Miss Emma Hanchett, of New York; special partner of the banking house of Price, Mc- he


Cormick & Co .; second vice-president of the Southern Pacific R. R .; director of the Trust Co. of America and various other corporations; member of Metropoli- tan, City, Mid-day, New York, New York Athletic, Lawyers, Union League, Tuxedo and other clubs. Residence 1 East 64th St .; office, 25 Broadway, N. Y. City.


CROES, John James Robertson:


Civil engineer; born Richmond, Va., Nov. 25, 1834; was graduated from Col- lege of St. James, Md., 1853; 1854 began engineering with the N. J. R. R. & T. Co. on straightening line between N. Y. and New Brunswick, N. J .; 1857-60 en- gaged on construction of Ridgewood res- ervoir of the Brooklyn Water Works. From 1860 to 1863 in service of Croton Aqueduct Department on new reservoir in Central Park and in charge of High Bridge enlargement. In 1863-65 Mr. Croes was principal assistant engineer of the Washington, D. C. aqueduct, completing the works and introducing the Poto- mac water; 1872 to 1878 was in the ser- vice of the Department of Public Parks, having charge of the topographical sur- veys and designing the street plan in borough of the Bronx. Becoming chief engineer in 1876 he, in conjunction with Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, presented reports and plans advocating a depart- ure from the rectangular system of lay- ing out streets and the adoption of street lines conforming to the topography; this was the beginning of the more rational system of lay-out which, after many modifications, has finally prevailed in the outlying boroughs of N. Y. City; Messrs. Croes and Olmsted also prepared plans for a complete overhead rapid tran- sit system in the Bronx; 1880-91, he was engineer to Rapid Transit Commissioners in Bronx Borough and Building the Su- burban Rapid Transit R. R .; 1885-1905, made numerous reports on water supply


and sewerage for cities and as expert on hydraulic cases and valuations and in- stances of the future design or construc- tions, among which were the Speedway and the new Croton Dam. Was appointed by Governor Morton on the joint com- mission of New York and New Jersey to secure the preservation of the Palisades of the Hudson; has contributed largely to the engineering press; articles on can- als and other hydraulic subjects to John- son's (now Appleton's) Universal Cyclo- pedia, and the Encyclopedia Americana, and reviews of technical books to


the New York Times Saturday Review; has been a


frequent contributor to the Transactions of the American So- ciety of Civil Engineers, of which he be- came a member in 1867, was treasurer for ten years, vice-president in 1888 and president in 1901; member of the English Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Century Association and


the Union League Club of N. Y. City, The American Public Health Association, The Ameri- can Water Works Association, and hon- orary member of The New England Water Works Association. Since 1903 he has been consultin gengineer of the New York State Health department with special reference to the preservation of the purity of sources of water supply. Address, 68 Broad St., N. Y. City.


CROKER, Richard:


Ex-leader of Tammany Hall, and foun- der of the Democratic Club, N. Y. City; born in Black Rock, Ireland, Nov. 24, 1843; came to the U. S. at age of 3; pub- lic school education, N. Y. City; alderman 1867 and 1869; coroner 1872 and 1875; al- derman 1883; same year fire commission- er; 1889-90 city chamberlain; attracted attention of John Kelly, prominent in opposing Tweed Ring; rose to leader in Tammany Hall; 1897 caused election of Robert A. Van Wyck, first mayor of Greater New York. Address, Democratic Club, N. Y. City.


CROMWELL, Frederic:


Treasurer Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany; was graduated from Harvard 1863; director Delaware & Hudson Co., Sixth Avenue R. R. Co., Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Co. and Guaranty Trust Co .; member of Metropolitan, Century, Tuxedo, University and Down Town clubs. Ad- dress, 32 Nassau St .; residence, 5 West 56th St., N. Y. City.


CROMWELL, George:


Lawyer; president of Borough of Rich- mond: born Brooklyn, N. Y., July 3, 1860;


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son of Henry B. Cromwell; prepared at [ General August V. Kautz's cavalry di- Juvenile High School; attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; was graduated from Yale College, 1883, A. B .; and attend- ed Columbia Law School, Class of 1886; member of Assembly 1888; Republican candidate for member of Congress, 1888; member of State Committee, 1888-89; president of Richmond Co. Board of Park Commissioners, 1897; first Borough Presi- dent since 1898; member of firm of But- ler, Stillman & Hubbard; director Walk- er Chemical Co .; member of Scroll and Key Fraternity, Union League, Century and University clubs and Down Town Association, and Hamilton Club of Brook- lyn; he breeds hackney horses on his estate on Staten Island. Address, First National Bank Building, St. George, N. Y. CROMWELL, William Nelson:


Lawyer and financier; was graduated from Columbia Law School; entered law office Sullivan Kobbe & Fowler; in 1877 succeeded to partnership in the firm which then became Sullivan & Cromwell; has been retained in the largest financial organizations and reorganizations and has attained the leading position in his pro- fession in conducting cases of great finan- cial importance; was counsel for the re- organization committee of the Northern Pacific Railroad; he organized the Ameri- can Cotton Oil Co. and the $80,000,000 Na- tional Tube Co., reorganized and set on its feet under another title the Produce Exchange Trust Co .; he settled up the affairs of the Seventh National Bank, the Metropolitan Fire Engine Co., and the tangle of the Penfield companies, which last no other man is believed to have ever fathomed; these are but a few of the cases he has handled where the fig- ures were of similar magnitude and the difficulties to be overcome as great. The affairs of the French Panama Canal Co. were placed unreservedly in his hands in and all the world knows of his success against great obstacles in satisfactorily adjusting the difficulties and completing the sale. He is a member of the Law- yers, Union League, New York and Met- ropolitan clubs, and Metropolitan Muse- um of Art. Residence, 12 West 49th St .; office, 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.


CRONIN, David Edward:


Artist; born Greenwich, N. Y., July 12, 1839; studied at Washington Academy, later at Brussels, Antwerp, and Dussel- dorf; served in Civil War in Union Army, and advanced to captain of 1st New York Mounted Rifles; later judge-advocate of


vision and provost-marshal of Williams- burg, Va., later being made major; after war, studied law and, being admitted to the Bar, practiced till Dec., 1872; then began the Binghamton, N. Y. Times, which (1876) was united with Bingham- ton Republican; Mr. Cronin is best known as an illustrator of wide margin books; also invented editions de luxe, a difficult and delicate method of illustrating; in this way he illustrated General Grant's Memoirs; Valentino for Wm. Waldorf the negotiations with the United States Astor; Domesticus for Wm. Allen Butler; Dame Berner's The Art of Fysshynge with an Angle; Washington Irving's Sketch Book; Isaac Walton's Complete Angler, and The Evolution of a Life, (1884), the story of his own career. Ad- dress, 2161 Newkirk St., Philadelphia, Pa.


CRONKHITE, Adelbert:


Captain, U. S. Army; born in N. Y. City; appointed from Arizona; cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1878; was graduated June 13, 1882; actual rank, second lieutenant, Fourth U. S. Ar- tillery, June 13, 1882; first lieutenant, Jan. 25, 1889; service, at Barrancas Bks., Fla., 1890; captain, Fourth Artillery, March 2, 1899. Address, Quartermaster's Department Governor's Island, N. Y. City.


CROOK, James King :


Physician; author; born Allenton, Ala., Feb. 25, 1859; son Hon. James Al- exander and Sarah Stover Crook; 1887 married Grace, daughter of John E. Flagler, of N. Y. City; educated private schools and instructors; A. M., Universi- ty of Alabama; was graduate of medi- cal department, University of N. Y., 1880; resident physician city institutions on Blackwell's and Ward's Islands, 1880-81; attending physician St. Stephen's Home for Children, 1882-83; assistant attending physician out-patient department, Mt. Sinai Hospital (internal medicine), 1886- 87; attending physician for diseases of the heart and lungs, Bellevue Hospital, outdoor department, 1884-1894; clinical as- sistant, 1883; instructor, 1884-98; ad- junct professor, 1898-1903; department of clinical medicine and physical diagnosis, Post Graduate Medical School; visiting physician, Post Graduate Hospital, since 1898; secretary Post Graduate Clinical Society, 1886-88; member Medical Society County of New York, Medical Society State of N. Y., Medical Assn. Greater City of New York; fellow New York Acad-


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emy of Medicine, chairman of its sec- tion on general medicine, 1902-03; mem- ber and delegate Second Pan-American Medical Congress, City of Mexico, 1896; delegate British Medical Association, 1897 and 1903. Author of various contribu- tions to contemporaneous medical litera- ture since 1884, including monographs on general medicine, diseases of the heart, lungs, liver and digestive tract, and cli- matology. Author, 1899, of the Mineral Waters of the U. S. and their Therapeu- tic Uses; octavo pp. 588; contributor of section on Mineral Waters and on Neu- roses of the Heart, Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences, (vols. 1 to vol. viii now complete; author of section on Mineral Waters and Spa Treatment, Hares' System of Pratcical Therapeutics; latest publications (1904) : American Cli- mates and Localities Suitable for Pul- monary Tuberculosis; Spa TTreatment at Homburg, Hamburg, Germany, and Evi- an-Les-Bains: French Savoy, Medical News, 1903; the Isle of Man as a climatic Station, Chicago Clinic, July and Aug., 1904; inpreparation, The Climatology of North America, octavo, about 600 pages; associate editor Chicago Clinic and Pure Water Journal. Address, 48 West 84th St., N. Y. City.


CROSBY, Ernest Howard:


Lecturer and author; born N. Y., 1856; was graduated from University of N. Y., 1876, and Columbia Law School, 1878; member of Assembly, 1887, 1888, 1889; judge of International Court at Alexander, Egypt, 1889-94; interested in social re- form, labor movement and peace move- ment; president of New York Anti-Im- perialist League. Author of Plain Talk


in Psalm and Parable; Swords


anđ Ploughshares; Captain Jinks, Hero, etc .; frequent writer for press. Married, 1881, Fanny, daughter of Henry M. Schieffelin, of N. Y. Residences, Grasmere, Rhine- beck, N. Y., and 665 Fifth Ave .; office, 19 Liberty St., N. Y. City.


CROSBY, Frances Jane (Mrs. Alexander Vanalstyne) :


Hymn writer; born in South East, N. Y., March 24, 1820; became blind at six weeks; 1835, entered an institute for blind, N. Y. City, graduating 1844; in 1847 became instructor of English grammar, rhetoric, Greek and Roman history at in- stitute; 1858, married to Alexander Van- alstyne, also blind, and teaching music in N. Y. City; has written many well known hymns, among them being Safe in the Arms of Jesus; Saved by Grace, and


]others of Moody and Sankey's Gospel Hymns, and Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos; is also author of The Blind Girl and Other Poems (1844); Monterey (1849); A Wreath of Columbus's Flowers (1859); Bells of Evening (1897); co-author with George F. Root of Pilgrim Fathers (1854). Address, 2526 North Ave., Bridgeport, Ct. CROSBY, John Schuyler:


Soldier and ex-Governor; born Albany, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1839; educated at public schools and University of City of N. Y., but before graduating traveled abroad; when Civil War broke out, became sec- ond lieutenant of Artillery in Mcclellan's Army of Potomac; transferred to Depart- ment of the Gulf, under General Banks, and promoted to captain after Teche campaign; brevetted major for carrying Red River dispatches to Farragut; lieu- tenant colonel in regular army for brav- ery at Sabine, Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill; Aug., 1864, declined rank of colonel of Seventh N. Y. Heavy Artillery, be- coming assistant adjutant general in Gen- eral Canby's staff and later on General Sheridan's; 1866, went with Sheridan and Custer against the Indians; 1872, retired from Army; 1874, U. S. Consul to Flor- ence, Italy; Aug., 1882, Governor of Mon- tana; Nov., 1884, first assistant postmas- ter general, resigning March 4, 1886. Ad- dress, Union Club, N. Y. City.


CROSS, Andrew Jay:


Optometrist; born Antwerp, N. Y., April 30, 1855. Was among the first op- ticians of America to become thoroughly acquainted with the principles of opto- metry and their relation to vision and eve-strain. Lived in California a number of years. In 1889 located in N. Y. City where he identified himself with the ticians. Is known as the "father" of the Optical Society of the City of N. Y. Was president of the Optical Society of the State of New York, 1897-1900; president of the American Associa-


tion of Opticians, 1900-01. Inventor of numerous instruments and devices for determining optical condition of eyes without necessity of questioning the pa- tient. His dynamic method for supplant- ing the use of "drops" in adapting glass- es has received the highest commenda- tion of his fellows. Author of the text- book, A System of Ocular Skiametry. Address, 20 East 23rd St., N. Y. City. CROSS, Charles Robert:


Physicist; born Troy, N. Y., March 29, 1848; was graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1870; instructor


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in physics department; 1869-70, student assistant; 1870-71, instructor; 1871-75, as- sistant professor; 1875 to date, he has been full professor; director of Rogers' laboratory; head of department of elec- trical engineering in 1882 to 1902; member of Appalachian Mountain Club and, in 1880, president; member and one of vice- presidents of International Congress of Alpine Clubs, Geneva, 1879; fellow of Am- erican Academy of Arts and Sciences and chairman of Rumford Committee; large contributor of scientific articles to journals. Address, Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, Boston, Mass.


CROSS, Frank Bethel:


Physician; born Visalia, Cal .; early edu- cation in San Jose, Cal .; was graduated from College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University in 1900; interne in Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brook- lyn, N. Y. City, 1900-02; in 1903 ap- pointed assistant to first medical service, Methodist Hospital; member American Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence, British Association, American In- stitute of Electrical Engineers. Address, 131 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.


CROSSMAN, W. H .:


Born Oct. 9, 1864, N. Y. City; was graduated from the College of N. Y., and was greatly assisted in his studies by his talented mother; he spent three years in banking houses abroad; he has accom- plished great reforms in New York; in 1895, he married Miss Effie Underhill, of Bronxville, N. Y .; their children are Wm. H. Jr., and Grace Thorne. Address, 270 West 89th St., N. Y. City.


CROWNINSHIELD, Arent Schuyler:


Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy; born New York; appointed from New York, Sept. 21, 1860; Naval Academy, 1860-63; promot- ed to ensign, May 28, 1863; attached to steam sloop Ticonderoga, North Atlantic blockading squadron, 1864-65; both at- tacks on Fort Fisher; steam sloop Hart- ford, East India squadron, 1865-68; com- missioned as lieutenant Nov. 10, 1866; commissioned as lieutenant commander, March 10, 1868; steam sloop Richmond. European squadron, 1868-69; Richmond (second rate), European fleet, 1870-71; Lackawanna (second rate), Asiatic sta- tion, 1872-74; ordnance duty N. Y., Wash., 1875-78; commanding Portsmouth (train- ing ship), 1878-82; promoted to command- er, March, 1880; lighthouse inspector, 1882-85; member of advisory board, 1885- 86; commanding school-ship St. Mary's, 1887 to Oct., 1891; Navy Yard, New York,


Oct., 1891, to March, 1892; commanding Kearsarge, March, 1892, to Sept., 1893; member board of inspectors, Navy Yard, New York; promoted to captain, July 21, 1894; commanding U. S. receiving-ship Richmond, Dec. 11, 1894; command U. S. S. Maine, Sept. 17, 1895, to April, 1897; chief bureau of navigation, April 8, 1897, to 1901; promoted rear admiral, March 16, 1902; commanded U. S. European squad- ron, April 30, 1902; retired, 1903. Address, Seal Harbor, Me.


CROWNINSHIELD, Frederic:


Artist; born Boston, Mass., Nov. 27, 1845; was graduated from Harvard Uni- versity 1866; studied art in Europe; made a specialty of mural painting and stained glass windows; member of National So- ciety of Mural Painters, of Architectural League; corresponding member of Amer- ican Institute of Architects; president of Fine Arts Federation since 1900; has pub- lished: Pictris Carmina; Mural Painting, and volumes of poetry: A Painter's Moods; Tales in Metre and other poems. Ad- dress, 314 West End Ave., N. Y. City.




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