Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-01-04
EBAY ARD EANADR,
Biographical Skete,, of the Deceased
- AGthor-A Remarkable Career.

AUthor-A Remarkable Career.
From Apple.oH's Journal, November IS, 1874.
yard Taylor WAS born hear Krnnptt
square. Chester county, Pennsylvania, i'm
he year 1879. Like SD many of tho C
who afterwart! became distinguished, he
cnnmcuce1 his life us an apprentice i'm "a
printing office. The Yves; chester news
paper, on which he was engaged, WAS
he earliest medium for introducing his
cr;lde aud flutterng efforts ut poetry to
the public admiration. \ few of these
Juvenile etfuSi0nS, which have been re-
tanned i'll his CPL cted poems. show how
richly the int liectual ore was streakel
with vainS of gold.
Two years u: this quiet county servi-
tude ripenetl his hunger Tor lars er ex-
prrlen';r. AT that tine European tour
Was Il migiIunl opus-eOmrthimg to be
anticipated tar years, a sort of voyage AT
ter the Golden Fleece Ia b.. settled after
mulch provision. Young Taylor could
not, isaraw country printer, be very
rich III dollars, but lac was rich i'm hone,
health an backbone. The name of Mr..
Greeley 'was 1T that time, as il, has been
eyer Since Il strong magnet of eneOur-
ageinent,Fo young aspiring men. Il yard
-hdd already "fluS.ed hi III lien sword .
in metropolitan journalism by writing
for the Literary World, and perhapsshe
h al SOM: hope tn It his Lime had re ichtl
the New York editors ears. No neet OF
this, however. Wh.n the young man in.
troduce'l himself to Horace Greeley an.
asked his advice, after describing his plan
OF pedestrian trip through foreign
countries. IL Kindred chor,l Was struck in
the heart oi he latter by the combined
during. modesly and practical good sense,t
that cropped out i'll The story OF the.visit-
or. 80
lie gave him the most valuable en-
enlargement of all-lhat is. the promise
I'D pay Tor such sketches of travel as
might be well written and reatlable-fOr
aspenetration saw in the young rustic
plenty Of the. stuff out OF which Fat.
weayes 4 successful career. So began
lie long irIend>hIp. and a connection
with the New York Tribune which has
never been broken, With SIN H. sum of
money, augmented by what lie received
from Il Philadelphia publishirg-hou
for his poems, the young pilgrim took
travelled through The principal countries
OF Europe, and visited all the: shrlnes
pf departed greatness, staff i'm hand and
scallOp-shelI in hat, neexl net be de
scrib.d. His feat of spentlingstwo years
in Europe on $500 has been emulated
Several times since, but it was then quite
"a unique exploit. 81, =
His letters in the Tribune excited much
attention. and when, on his return in
1916, Ire Issued his Views AtOOl; or. Flu
.reRe seen~with Klapsack and Staff" the
ablest critical Journals in America and
England gave it the mOt lavish and
hearty praise. The Sprightly freshness
anu humor which sparkled through is
pages, it's vivid dellncations and richnrss
OF poetic sentiment, made it one of the
most charm ng volumes that had been
Issued from the American press-a repu-
tatlOn which lC has preserved even i'm
competition with the authors later
books.
For year after his return, Bayard Tay-
Tor, edited II country paper at PheniX-
vile, Pennsylvania. still continuing 10
write for the Literary World, and the /
New York Tribune, and, in 1919 ne be-
came connected with the latter Journal
as an editor aud proprietor. Just. pre-
vious to this important step Inshis career,
he had published his second volume of
poems under the title of Rhymes of
Travels, Ballads, etc. He had not long
been on the editorial staff of the Tribune,
when the great California; gold excite
meht cOnvulsed The public mind of the
country. This whe.led ihto-a new edge
the old'love Tor travel, for it soon became
known that it was a-parlous time in the
gold fields, and thai. society was taking
on the most romantic and striking phases.
30 the young editor was given a rowing
commission, and he sailed for the Pacific
Coast He was absent something over a
year, during which time he made extent
slve Journeys through Mexico and. Cent
trail America, after the fulfillment of his
main purpose. His letters were pub
lished in book form, under the name of |
lei Dorado. or the Path of Empire,r and !
met with remarkable SUCCESS
la 1851 was issueh his. ssBook of Ro-
mances, Lyrics, and Songs" and it was
widely welcomed ASA charming gift to |
the public from, a genuine poet.
A stroke of private misfortune at this |
timelent a.deep tinge of romance to Mr..
Taylors life. He had been long en-
gagged TO beautiful an amiable gitl, .and
the inspiration that she had breathed in
to bis work and thought IS evident in
the many pathetic lyrics, addressed to-
the bright goddess that reigned so be-
nignly in his heart. When be returned
from the California tour be found his be-
trothed slowly butfsurely sinking with !