BUNNER

bunner, henry cuyler (1855-1896), american writer, was born in oswego, new york, on the 3rd of august 1855. he was educated in new york city. from being a clerk in an importing house, he turned to journalism, and after some work as a reporter, and on the staff of the _arcadian_ (1873), he became in 1877 assistant editor of the comic weekly _puck_. he soon assumed the editorship, which he held until his death in nutley, n.j., on the 11th of may 1896. he developed _puck_ from a new struggling periodical into a powerful social and political organ. in 1886 he published a novel, _the midge_, followed in 1887 by _the story of a new york house_. but his best efforts in fiction were his short stories and sketches--_short sixes_ (1891), _more short sixes_ (1894), _made in france_ (1893), _zadoc pine and other stories_ (1891), _love in old cloathes and other stories_ (1896), and _jersey street and jersey lane_ (1896). his verses--_airs from arcady and elsewhere_ (1884), containing the well-known poem, _the way to arcady; rowen_ (1892); and _poems_ (1896), edited by his friend brander matthews--display a light play of imagination and a delicate workmanship. he also wrote clever _vers de societe_ and parodies. of his several plays (usually written in collaboration), the best was _the tower of babel_ (1883).