Croly

(David Goodman), American Positivist, b. New York , 3 Nov. 1829. He graduated at New York University in ’54, and was subsequently a reporter on the New York Herald . He became editor of the New York World until ’72. From ’71 to ’73 he edited The Modern Thinker , an organ of the most advanced thought, and afterwards the New York Graphic . Mr. Croly has written a Primer of Positivism , ’76, and has contributed many articles to periodicals. His wife, Jane Cunning ham, who calls herself “Jennie June,” b. 1831, also wrote in The Modern Thinker .