Habberton, JOHN, author, was born in Brooklyn, New York, 24th February 1842, served through the civil war, and was for some years a clerk, afterwards turning to journalism. His best-known book is Helen's Babics (1876), which attained an astonishing popularity both in America and in Europe. He has published also The Barton Experiment (1877), Other People's Children (1877), The Worst Boy in Town (1880), Who was Paul Grayson? (1881), a humorous Life of Washington (1883), One Tramp (1884), Brueton's Bayou (1886), and other works.
Habberton, JOHN
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 493
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