Thornbury
GEORGE WALTER, an English author; born in London in 1828. Beginning his literary career in Bristol at the age of 17, he soon after settled in London, where for 30 years he was almost continuously at work writing for "Household Words," "Once a Week," and "Athenæum," etc. Among his numerous works are "Shakespeare's England," "Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads," "Haunted London," "Legendary and Historic Ballads," and a "Life of Turner," under the supervision pervision of Ruskin. He died in London, June 11, 1876.