RICHARD HENRY DANA BIOGRAPHY

RICHARD HENRY DANA BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.

DANA, RICHARD HENRY (1787-1879). —Novelist and critic, born at Camb., Mass., was called to the Bar in 1817. Among his novels are Tom Thornton and Paul Felton , both somewhat violent and improbable tales, and his poems, which are better, include The Buccaneer (1827), and The Dying Raven . He is, however, stronger as a critic than as a writer. He wrote largely in The North American Review , and for a time conducted a paper, The Idle Man , which contains some of his best work.