The New International Encyclopædia/Ralph, Julian

RALPH, Julian (1853-1903). An American author and journalist, born in New York City. He joined the staff of the New York Daily Graphic in 1875, but within a year he left it and was on the staff of the New York Sun until 1895, gaining a world-wide reputation as a correspondent. In 1896 he became London correspondent for the New York Journal, was with the Turkish armies during the Græco-Turkish War in 1897, and in 1899 went to South Africa, as war correspondent for the London Daily Mail. Besides numerous magazine articles, his publications include: Dutchman or German (1889); On Canada's Frontier (1892); Chicago and the World's Fair (1893); Our Great West (1893); People We Pass (1895); Dixie (1896); Alone in China (1898); A Prince in Georgia (1899); Toward Pretoria (1900); An American with Lord Roberts (1901); War's Brighter Side (1901); and The Millionairess (1902), a novel.