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Morris, George Pope

journalist, author, poet, was born Oct. 10, 1802, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a journalist of New York city; and assisted in founding The New York Mirror, and The Home Journal. He was famous as a songa writer, and now chiefly remembered for such poems as My Mother's Bible; Woodman, Spare that Tree. He was for many years editor of The Home Journal, and one of the prominent literary figures of the metropolis. He was the author of Briarcliff, a drama; The Little Frenchman; and Poems. He died July 6, 1864, in New York city.