A most industrious contributor to magazines and writer of short stories
is Stephen Bonsal. He was born in Virginia in 1863, and educated in St.
Paul’s school, Concord, New Hampshire. After finishing his studies in
this country he went to Gottingen and Heidelberg, Germany. Returning
to this country, he entered journalism. In this connection he is best
known as representing the New York Herald during the Bulgarian-Servian
war. In the service of that newspaper, he also went to Macedonia,
Morocco and Cuba. Leaving newspaper work, he next entered the United
States diplomatic service and was secretary of legation and chargé
d’affaires in Pekin, Madrid, Tokio and Corea from 1890 to 1896. Besides
his magazine work, he is the author of several books, including Morocco
As It Is and The Real Condition of Cuba.