JOHN ALBEE
\d͡ʒˈɒn ˈalbiː], \dʒˈɒn ˈalbiː], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n ˈa_l_b_iː]\
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An American miscellaneous writer; born at Bellingham, Mass., 1833. His best known works are: "Prose Idyls"; "St. Aspenquid of Agamenticus" (1879), an Indian idyl; "Literary Art" (1881), a conversation; "Poems" (1883); "New Castle, Historic and Picturesque" (1884), descriptive of New Castle or Great Island, on the coast of New Hampshire, his place of residence.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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