At the age of sixteen, he started working for a printing office, where he was employed for one year.

In 1884, he accompanied his father as his secretary on a lecture tour of Great Britain, at the close of which he joined the staff of the London Truth.

He then returned to the United States and joined the staff of the North American Review.

[1]) from Orleans Parish, Louisiana on December 2, 1897[2] and was a special correspondent in Japan in 1906.

He engaged in literary pursuits until his death in Washington, D.C. and was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.