Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-09-01

Mr. Curtis was born at Providence, Feb p
1924 He rocelYod his early education In "a
private school at jamaica Plain, Mass. At
the age of Is lac removed with his father from
Providence to Now York, where for year he
was clerk In u mercantile house. In lsE he
went with his elder brother 90 reside al Brook
Farm, In West Roxbury, Mass, whore hc
passed year and half IA study and agricul-
tural labor; after which he went 10 Concord
Mass, and With his brother spent eighteen
months there living with "a farmer, and both
taking part regularly In the ordinary work of
the farm, and aftorward for six months tilliBg
small pieoc Of land on their own account
= Trip Abroad.
In 1876 Mr.. curtis went 10 Europe, and after
aprolonged atay in italy and Berlin. Travelled
in Egypt and syria. In lS50 he returned 10
the United s'ates and published his first
book, mile Notes OF u Howadji."
He soon joined the editorial staff of the New
York Tribune, and In the summer of l65l
wrote IA series q letters to that journal from
. various watering places, which were after
ward collected In volume under the title OF
Lotus FattI..s." Hjs second book, however,
was ''i'he hovadji In Syria" published in
1861 In the autumn Of 1852 Putnam's Monthly
was copmenced In New York. of which M
Curtis Was
One Of the Original Editors,
and with which he continued connected until
the magazine ceased TO exist In the mean
time IT hal passed into the hands of the firm
of DIX, EdNords & Co.. in which Mr.. Curtis
was spceiQi uAItrer. pecuniarily responsible,
but taking 40 part in the commercial manage
mont. In tho Bpring OF 1867 the house was
found 60 be ipsolvent for a large amount, and
Mr. Curtis sank HIS private fortune Ia the en-
deayor 10 save IT, creditors from loss, which
he hnally accomplished in 1873.
Portions cf lis contributions To the maya
zines wcTo sghrequcntly published under the
titles OF THE Potiphar Papers"-lS55- and
"prue and I"-lSG
As Il Lyceum Lecturer.
upon witch Gold OF labor Mr.. Curtis entered
lsi3 W met Sith great success. lie has de-
IitcFcd fr.Ural orstions and poems before
literary aooietins and holds high rank rs
popular orator. IL tho presidential canvass of
lSi he enlisted with great zeal as public
LreakeP on f.half OF the Republican party.
In tie winter Of 1873 he advocated the rights
of woman In . lecture entitled Fair Play for
Womsa."
40 tho current literature Of the day he has
been u constant contributor since 1853, through
HarIors Monthly and since the autumn of
49, through Uarper's Weekly newspaper, of
which journal Le was, up 10 the time of his
death, the pr epal editor. In 1889 he wrote
for this paper novel entitled "Trumps,"
which nas
PuniiGEed In n Volume
in 1868 Upon ihe establishment of Harper's
l}a2aAr ia ls,. 10 hegan series OF papers un-
whiol 0es coutilued weekly until the spring
Of lbiL
In 1874 PRESIDENT Grant appointed hiIp one
of c,l .iui,siun to draw up rules for the rcgu-
lrt' e.. iku C.yil service; and he was elected
chairman " The commission and OF the adj
Vinrg ,.s. "a which IL subsequently
Ir., ..,s =. N,,-ch 1873, he resigned because
~ sl..l..t.j,. .i'lurences Of views between him
ana "a. - si,,rnt Ia regard 10 the enforce
meni o! Nro rules Mr.. Curtis was a delegate
To tho .tpu ican national conventions OF 1860
and lo.4
Nhich Nominated MIR. Lincoln.
and in the lHuor year he was the Republican
candidate for congress In the First district OF
New York, but was defeated.
Ia lS,2 President Lincoln offered him the
post ~ consul general in Egypt, which he de-
clincd In lSi, ho was elected one of the dele
gates-at large u the constitutional convention
of Now York, In which he was chairman Of
the committee on education. In 1865 he was a
Republican presidential elector. Since le64
he hos been one Of the regents Of the Univer-
sity OF the State OF New York.
Mr. Cartis was married In 1857 to "A daughter
Of Robert q. Shaw, the eminent philanthropy
ist, recently deceased. For many years he
resided in West Brighton. Staten island, ex-
cept durnH tho summer months, when he
sought rtest aud relaxation I'm the vilIaue of