Author; born in New Orleans, Oct. 12, 1844; was educated in the public schools.
In 1863-65 he served in the Confederate army in the 4th Mississippi Cavalry; in 1865-79 was clerk in a cotton factory, and for a time a reporter on the New Orleans
Picayune.
In 1879 he gave himself up wholly to literature, making a specialty of describing
Creole life in
Louisiana.
In 1887 he established the
House-Culture Clubs, a system of small clubs
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for the purpose of promoting more cordial relations among the different classes of society.
His writings include
Old Creole days;
The Grandissimes;
Madame Delphine;
The silent South;
The Creoles of Louisiana;
The negro question;
Strange true stories of Louisiana;
John March, Southerner, etc.
