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Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

was born Sept. 23, 1848, in Norway. He was a writer of Norwegian birth, long resident in New York, and a professor in Columbia college at the time of his death.

He was one of the founders of the Authors' club of New York city. His novels and sketches are pleasantly written, but as essays in fiction are not much above average merit.

He was the author of Gunnar; A Norseman's Pilgrimage; Tales from Two Hemispheres; Falconberg; A Daughter of the Philistines; Queen Titania; Ilka on the Hill Top and Other Stories; Goethe and Schiller, their Lives and Works; Literary and Social Silhouettes; The Story of Norway, an historical work; Social Strugglers; Essays on Scandinavian Literature; Essays on German Literature; Idylls of Norway and Other Poems; the Norseland series of books for boys, including: Norseland Tales; Boyhood in Norway; The Modern Vikings; Against Heavy Odds; and The Golden Calf. He died in 1895.