New-York tribune., 1922-11-17
E.l4.Burlingalne
Dies of Sudden
Heart Stroke
Editor of sssscribner's Maga-
zine 28 Years, Formerly
Connected With The Trib-
une, Succumbs at Home
Funeral To Be Tomorrow
Was Eight Years Old When
Father Challenged Brooks
for Assanlting Summer

Edward Livermore Burlingamc, for
twenty eight years editor of "ScribJ
ner's Magazine" formerly assistant
literary editor of The Tribune and
member OF the staff of "Appleton's
American Cyclopedia," died suddenly
OF heart disease Wednesday night at
his home, 4a0 West End Avenue. His
funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon Of 3 o'clock at st. James's
Protestant Episcopal Church, Madison
Avenue and Seventy-frst Street, and
interment will be in the family lot in
Mount Auburn Cemetery, near Boston.
Mr. Burlingame was the son Of An
son Burlingame and Jane C. Oliver
more) Buriingame, and was born in
Boston on May 80. 1s4s. He was thus
eight years old when his father chal-
lenged Preston S. Brooks to duel on
account of the latter's assault upon
Charles Sumner-a challenge which
Brooks did not accept He was edu-
Gated at preparatory school, and en-
tered Harvard, but left that college
before graduation in order to be his
fathers private secretary when the
latter was sent by Lincoln as Minister
to China in 1864.
Student at Heidelberg
He remained with his father in
China until 1857, and then accompanied I'd
him back to this country and to Eu-
rope when the elder Burlingame re-
ceVed his extraordinary appointment;
as Ambassador Of the Chinese EN-
peror to the world at large In Eu-
rope ne studied at. Heidelberg and re-
ceived his Ph. .. degree in 1859.
After the death Of his father, which
occurred in 1870, Mr.. Burlingame re-
turned to America, and in 1871, on ths
! invitation Of Whitelaw Reid, joined the
staff of The Tribune as assistant te
George Ripley, the veteran literary
critic, and also as an occasiona
| editorial writer on foreign affairs. Mr.
Ripley was at that time associated with
Charles A. Dana, afterward editor Of
The New York Sum-" in the editor
ship Of "Appleton's American Cyclic
pad1a.p and, recognizing his young as
sistant's exceptional literary ability
presently inducted him to a place on it!
staff. After the cyclopadia was com
pleted Mr Burlingame remained will
Messrs. Appleton for some time as lit
! erary editor of "Appleton's Journal
| Next, through his acquaintance Will
Sidney Howard Gay, then musical critic
OF The Tribune, he became ASSOCIATED
with him and William Cullen Bryant il
preparing q history of the Unites
States, This brought him into init
mate contact with the publishing hous,
of Charles Scribner's Sons, and for ,
number of years he served as its liter
ary adviser. Meantime he translate,
and. edited 1.-THE Art Life and Theorie
Of Richard Wagner and edited col
lection Of contemporary English essays
| Planned New Scribner's
I He had been connected with scrib
| ner's seven years when the nev
HScrlbner's Magazine" was started, il
1856, and he became from its frs
number its editor In chief. He planned
IT, determined its policies, obtained its
most striking literary and other fea
lures, and for many years made it ont
OF the most successful and meritoriou.
| Of the "'big" magazines. He made fre
guent visits to Europe to keep himself
In touch with literary men and to ge
material for the magazine, Thus fel
| twenty-eight years he devoted himself
almost exclusively to the editorship 0.
"Scrihner's," voluntarily retiring from
his desk in 1914 to be succeeded b,
| Robert Bridges, who for some time ha(
been his assistant. He had become
} member of the board of directors O.
Charles Scribner's Sons in 1904 ane