HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT. 
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ical contributions to the press more freely than ever. It 
was at this interesting period w T hen the name of “ Frank 
Forester” became created from Herbert’s Jove-like brain, 
and the world has consented to receive 
“ FRANK FORESTER” 
with all the honors, regardless of title or nation, heraldic 
devices or peerage books, but simply for that love of 
Nature which makes “ all mankind akin.” The name of 
“Frank Forester” soon became famous by carrying on a 
very spirited controversy in the “American Turf Regis¬ 
ter ” with the able articles furnished by “ Cypress, Jr.” 
“Our Frank” Was joyfully received among the great 
family of public favorites. His “ Ringwood the Rover ” 
and “Warwick Woodlands,” caused a general desire to 
have “ a few more of the same sort.” While thus en¬ 
gaged in producing some of the finest novels in his day, 
he found time to contribute many a good fugitive article 
to the “Knickerbocker Magazine,” “Graham’s Maga¬ 
zine,” and several other periodicals. There was scarely 
an issue of the last named magazine without one, two, and 
sometimes three, articles from Herbert’s ready pen; and 
these were generally thrown off by him without much 
thought or finish, as merely mental pastime among his 
other more permanent literary labors. 
One of the articles Herbert furnished to Graham in 
1841, was “ The Roman Bride,” a beautiful story, in which 
the general character of Attila the Hun, as portrayed by 
Herbert’s father in his famous poem of “Attila,” is well 
exemplified by the incidents attending the interruption of 
the bride’s marriage with Aurelius, and the dreadful com¬ 
bat between the sturdy barbarians of the Hun and the 
gallant champions of Roman virtue. The subject is re¬ 
nowned for its artistic beauties, and Herbert’s treatment 
