Harte, FRANCIS

BRET, b. 1839. American novelist and poet, noted for his representations of California life and character among the miners; U. S. Consul at Crefeld 1878, and at Glasgow 1880-85. His Heathen Chinee and other dialect pieces are unsurpa ed. Condensed Novels, 1867; Luck of Roaring Camp, etc., 1871; Tales of the Argonauts, 1875; Maruja, 1885; Cruise of the Excelsior, 1887; A Sappho of Green Springs, 1890; In a Hollow of the Hills, 1895; Clarence, 1895; Two Americans, 1896.