Harland, Henry

Harland, Henry (Sidney Luska, pen name)

(1861–1905) writer, editor; born in New York City. He posed as a Russian-Jewish immigrant schooled in Europe and Harvard. The only truth to his story was that he attended the Harvard Divinity School for a brief period (c. 1882). He studied at City College (1877–80), and using his pen name, wrote novels about Jewish immigrants, such as The Yoke of the Thorah (1887). He moved to Paris (1889), wrote additional novels under his real name, and settled in London (1890). He was the founder and editor of the literary and artistic journal, The Yellow Book (1894–97), and wrote romantic novels such as The Cardinal's Snuff-Box (1900).

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