CHARLES MACKAY
\t͡ʃˈɑːlz mˈake͡ɪ], \tʃˈɑːlz mˈakeɪ], \tʃ_ˈɑː_l_z m_ˈa_k_eɪ]\
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A Scottish poet, journalist, and miscellaneous writer; born at Perth, March 27, 1814; died in London, Dec. 24, 1889, He was editor of the Illustrated London News, 1852-59. He lectured in the United States in 1857-58. While special correspondent of the London Times in New York during the Civil War (strongly favoring the Southern cause), he unearthed the Fenian conspiracy (1862). He wrote: "The Salamandrine, or Love and Immortality" (1842); "Voices from the Crowd" (1846); "Voices from the Mountains" (1847); "History of the Mormons" (1851); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
