He was active in New York City literary circles for forty years as both a writer and an editor.
On the occasion of his leaving the newspaper, The Sun Alumni Association gave a luncheon in his honor at the Hotel Brevoort.
Charles S. Whitman, district attorney of New York and later the state's governor, was among those in attendance.
During his association with Bankers Trust Company he presided over their publication which pertained to economic and financial subjects.
Her grandfather was Job Lippincott Black, superintendent of public works in New York in 1848.