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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

author, poet, was born Nov. 11, 1836, in Portsmouth, N. H. He is a poet and novelist whose work in both verse and prose is distinguished for grace of expression and delicacy of execution. His early youth was spent in Louisiana. At the death of his father he entered the counting-house of his uncle in New York city. He occupied editorial positions for ten years on various papers; and in 1881 succeeded William D. Howells as editor of the Atlantic Monthly, which position he resigned nine years later to devote his entire time to personal literary work and travel. He is the author of the following poetical works: The Bells; Ballad of Baby Bell; Pampinea; Flower and Thorn; Cloth of Gold; Friar Jerome's Beautiful Book; XXXVI Lyrics and XII Sonnets; The Sisters' Tragedy; Wyndham Towers; Unguarded Gates; Mercedes and Later Lyrics; Judith and Holofernes. His prose works are: Prudence Palfrey; The Queen of Sheba; The Stillwater Tragedy; Marjorie Daw and Other Stories; Two Bites at a Cherry, with Other Tales; The Story of a Bad Boy; An Old Town by the Sea: a description of Portsmouth, the author's birthplace: From Ponkapog to Pesth; and Travel Sketches.