The Portland daily press., 1898-05-23
EDWARD BELLAMy DEAD.
Famous Author of Looking Backward
Passes Away at Old Home.

Snrin ytield Mass. May 2s.-Edw ard
Bellamy. author and humanitarian, died
early this morning at MS nome IN
Chicopee Falls in the 49th year Oh MS
age. Mr.. Bellamy has been IN leeoie
health ever since he hnlsheo MS
Equality some eight months ago. II
deed, long before it was done, ne nao one
most significant warnings that ms si'ai
energies were being undermined aitnouen
1T was not till August that his physic'ans
definitely told him that one OF his lungs
was affected. At the earnest soIcltaolons
or his physio ians and family he resoiSeo
to try the effect Of the Colorado climate
aad early a in September last he nrs rSmusSa 30
with his family to Denver, Col, Wnere ne
was welcom ed by host Of friends. ae
received, however, little or no penenG
from the change and since January mas
been rapidly failing. When he recognized
that recovery was impossible he became
very anxious to get back to his old family
homestead at Chicopee Falls. Mass,
his entire life. His brothers went to
Denver to help him realize his wish and
on April 26 brought him back, very weak
but very peaceful, to his old home. ~.
He was born at Chicopee Falls on
March &c. 1850, and was the third son Of
Rev. r. K Bellamy, for 35 years pastor
of the Baptist church at Chicopee Falls.
After spending some time at Union col
lege he completed his education by q year
Of European travel and study, and by the
study of law. He was at 81 years admitted
to the bar of Hampden county, Mass.
From the legal profession he went into
journalism and was for several years as
sitant editor Of the Springfield, Union.
From there he went to New York to ac-
oept a position as editorial writer on the
New York Evening Post where he was
engaged for about one year, when he re-
turned to Springfield and in co-partner-
ship with his brother started the Spring
field Daily News. Meanwhile he pub
lished six to One, A Nantucket 1dyl,
"Dr: Heindenhoff's Process" s'Miss
Ludingt on's Sister, and other books.
1t was in 1888 that his famous book
Looking Backward" was published the
sale Of which up to the present time is
over 400, 600. copies in America and
probably over half million copies have
been sold in England and other foreign
countries.
Looking Backward has been translated
into German, French, Russian, Italian.
Arabic, Bulga rian and several other
languages.
AV 40 ctIUOh ullCtU 3ALu p6rOC llllttIA PuI-
chased 10000 copies of Looking Backward
which he distributed among the students
and working classes Of Germany. His
reason for so doing, If this be true, is ap,
parent to those conversant with German
politics.
On the sOth day of December, 1891. Mr
Bellamy, being convinced that it was his
duty to supplement- his efforts in Looking
Backward by educating the people toward
reform in government, issued the first
number of The New Nation, a paper
destined to become the most quoted and
influential political or evolutionary jour-
nal in the world. An idea of its influence
may be judged from the fact that since
the New Nation was started, over $50
papers devoted to Dationalism have been
launched in the Unied States, Canada,
Mexico and thousands of papers through
the direct inspiration Of The New Nation
have started departments devoted to
political reform, which are conducted and
edited from the writings of Mr.. Bellamy
in The New Nation anG Looking Back
ward.
He leaves widow and two children,
besides two brothers, Charles ]. Bellamy,
editor of the Springfield Daily News and
Frederick Bellamy of Brooklyn, N. Y.
His funeral will take place in his home
in Chicopee Falls and by his special re-
quest will be of the simplest possible
character.