Bunce, Oliver Bell
journalist, author, was born Feb. 8, 1828, in New York city. He was the editor of Appleton's Journal for the period of its existence, and well known as the author of Don't, a small volume of social negations which was widely circulated. He wrote also Bachelor Bluff, his Opinions, a volume of essays; My House; Marco Bozzaris, a drama; Love in '76, a comedy; Romance of the Revolution; four stories, including Life Before Him; Bensly; A Bachelor's Story: The Adventures of Timias Terrystone; and Happinolande and Other Legends, a collection of sketches. He died May 15, 1890, in New York city.