The Biographical Dictionary of America/Balestier, Charles Wolcott

BALESTIER, Charles Wolcott, author, was born in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1861. After attending Cornell university he gave his attention to journalism. He edited an unsuccessful illustrated newspaper in New York called Time, and wrote short stories for New York newspapers. He left New York to become managing editor of the London Tid Bits, and wrote several books which met with success. Their titles include: "James G. Blaine. A Sketch of his Life, with a Brief Record of the Life of John A. Logan" (1884); "A Patent Philter" (1884); "A Victorious Defeat" (1886); "Reffey"; "My Captain"; "The Average Woman" (1892); "Benefits Forgot" (1894); and with Rudyard Kipling, "The Maulahka; a Story of West and East" (1892). He died in Dresden, Saxony, Dec. 6, 1891.