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Alden (WILLIAM LIVINGSTON an American)

WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, an American humorous writer and journalist, born at Williamstown, Mass., Oct. 9, 1837. He introduced the sport of canoeing into the United States. He was for a time United States Consul- General at Rome. Among his principal writings are "Domestic Explosives" "Shooting Stars" (1877); (1878); "Moral Pirates" (1880); "The Comic Liar" (1882); "A New Robinson Cru- ALDENHOVEN soe" (1888), etc; London correspondent "New York Times," 1900. He died Jan. 14, 1908.