Francis Alexander Durivage
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Francis Alexander Durivage (1814 – 1881) was an American
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He was a contributor of poems, humorous articles, short stories, and sketches for magazines, often written under the pen name "Old Un." In connection with W. S. Chase he translated Alphonse de Lamartine
's "History of the Revolution of 1848." At a later date he issued, with George P. Burnham, who wrote under the pseudonym of "Young Un," "Stray Subjects arrested and bound over, being the Fugitive Offspring of the Old Un and the Young Un that have been lying around loose, and are now tied up for Fast Keeping" (Boston, 1848).
He was the author of several plays and was for a time co-editor of "Ballou's Pictorial." In addition to the works previously mentioned, he published a "Cyclopaedia of History" (Hartford, 1836), and "Life Scenes from the World around Us" (Boston, 1853).
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He was a contributor of poems, humorous articles, short stories, and sketches for magazines, often written under the pen name "Old Un." In connection with W. S. Chase he translated Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic.-Career:...
's "History of the Revolution of 1848." At a later date he issued, with George P. Burnham, who wrote under the pseudonym of "Young Un," "Stray Subjects arrested and bound over, being the Fugitive Offspring of the Old Un and the Young Un that have been lying around loose, and are now tied up for Fast Keeping" (Boston, 1848).
He was the author of several plays and was for a time co-editor of "Ballou's Pictorial." In addition to the works previously mentioned, he published a "Cyclopaedia of History" (Hartford, 1836), and "Life Scenes from the World around Us" (Boston, 1853).