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Terhune (ALBERT PAYSON an American)

ALBERT PAYSON, an American author, born at Newark, N. J., in 1872. He was educated at Columbia and traveled on horseback through Syria and Egypt investigating leper settlements, and living among the Bedouins of the desert. He has been on the staff of the New York "World" since 1894. His works include "Syria from the Saddle"; "Columbia Stories"; "Dr. Dale-A Story Without a Moral"; "The Secret of the Blue House"; "The Shadow of the Prophet"; libretto of "Nero" (a comic opera) "Caleb Conover"; "Railroader"; "Dad"; "Dollars and Cents"; "The Locust Years"; "Bruce"; "The Pest."