Born in 1819, died in 1897; joined the Brook Farm Community
in 1842; an editor of the New York _Tribune_ in 1847-62;
Assistant Secretary of War in 1863-64; became editor of the
New York _Sun_ in 1868, remaining editor until his death;
published "A Household Book of Poetry" in 1857; joint editor
with George Ripley of the "American Encyclopedia."