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Stedman, Edmund Clarence

author, poet, was born Oct. 8, 1833, in Hartford, Conn. He is a poet and literary critic of New York city, for many years a member of the Stock exchange there. His volumes of verse include, Poems: Lyric and Idyllic; The Prince's Ball; The Battle of Bull Run; Alice of Monmouth; Idyl of the Great War, and Other Poems; The Blameless Prince; Hawthorne, and Other Poems; Lyrics and Idyls; Poems, Household Edition; and The Star Bearer. His other works comprise, Octavius Brooks Frothingham and the New Faith; Victorian Poets; Poets of America; and The Nature and Elements of Poetry. His most important labors as editor have been, A Library of American Literature; The Works of Poe; and A Victorian Anthology.