Curtis

Curtis, GEORGE WILLIAM, American author, born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1824; in 1850 joined the staff of the New York Tribune, and was one of the editors of Putnam's Monthly from 1852 to 1869. He commenced the 'Editor's Easy Chair' papers in Harper's Monthly in 1853, and became principal leader-writer for Harper's Weekly on its establishment in 1857. A novel, Trumps (1862), and most of his books appeared first in these journals. Until 1884 he was a Republican; then he supported Cleveland. He died at New York, 31st August 1892. See Life by E. Cary (1894).