THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY (1836-1906). —Poet and novelist, born at Portsmouth, N.H., was for some time in a bank, and then engaged in journalism. His first book was The Bells, a Collection of Chimes (1855), and other poetical works are The Ballad of Babie Bell , Cloth of Gold , Flower and Thorn , etc. In prose he wrote Daisy's Necklace , The Course of True Love , Marjorie Daw , Prudence Palfrey , etc.