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HARRIS but took no degrees in any of them. In 1875 he was admitted to the Kansas bar, but did not practice, returning to Europe shortly after. He became editor of the London “Evening News” and the “Fortnightly Review,” and later owner and editor of the “Saturday Review.” He was intimately acquainted with the most prominent literary celebrities of Great Britain and wrote one of the most enlightening books on the life of Oscar Wilde (Life and Confessions of Oscar Wilde, 1916). Later he returned to the United States and took over the ownership and editorship of “Pearson's Magazine,” of New York City. Among his works are: “The Bomb” (1886-1909); “The Man Shakespeare” (1909); “Unpathed Waters” (1913); and “Great Days” (a novel, 1914).  HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER, an American journalist and story writer; born in Eatonton, Ga., Dec. 8, 1848. He began life as a printer's apprentice, and afterward studied law, drifting finally into journalism. He had a thorough familiarity with the negro of the postbellum period, and while editing an Atlanta paper he produced for it the series of “Uncle Remus” sketches and songs which immediately made him known. “The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation” appeared in 1880, followed by “Nights with Uncle Remus” (1883); “Mingo and Other Sketches” (1883); “Daddy Jake, the Runaway" (1889); “On the Wings of Occasion” (1900); “Told by Uncle Remus" (1905); “Uncle Remus and Br'er Rabbit” (1907). He died in 1908.  HARRISBURG, a city of Illinois, the county-seat of Saline co. It is on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis and the Southern Illinois Railway and Power Company railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural and coal mining region. Its industries include flour mills, wagon shops, saw-mills, etc. It has a library, a post office, and other important public buildings. Pop. (1910) 5,309; (1920) 7,125.  HARRISBURG, a city, capital of the State of Pennsylvania, and county-seat of Dauphin co.; on the Susquehanna river, the Pennsylvania canal, and on the Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia and Reading, the Cumberland Valley, and the Northern Central railroads; 160 miles W. of Philadelphia. It is a railroad center with direct connections with the coal and iron resources of the State, and is an extensive lumber depot.

Public Interests.—The city is well laid out, lighted with electricity, and surrounded by magnificent scenery. The

State capitol buildings are located in the midst of a beautiful park of 10 acres on a gentle rise of ground. The Capitol is one of the most magnificent buildings in the world. Other points of interest are Fort Washington, just across the Susquehanna river, marking the most northern point of the Confederate advance; Gettysburg, with its famous battlefield, 46 miles to the south; the Executive Mansion, 313 North Front street; the Rockville four-track railroad bridge, five miles to the north, the largest stone arch bridge in the world; Hershey Park and the model town of the Hershey Chocolate Company, 12 miles to the east, and the beautiful Masonic Home at Elizabethtown, 17 miles away. The educational institutions include 35 public schools, two junior high schools, and many private schools. The total enrollment in 1920 was over 13,000. Harrisburg is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishop, and its charitable organizations include several hospitals, the Home of the Friendless, and the Children's Industrial Home. It has electric street railway connections with neighboring towns.

Business Interests.—The iron, steel, and lumber industries are of great importance. The leading manufactures are machinery, boilers, bricks, castings, brooms, cars and coaches, tanned leather, lumber, cotton goods, iron, steel, tin plate, shoes, clothing, and flour. Much trade is carried on in butter, hay, and other farm products. In 1919 there were 4 National banks and several private banking houses with total resources of $31,000,000. The clearings in 1919 were $154,767,943. The assessed property valuation in 1919 was $62,500,000.

History.—Harrisburg was founded by John Harris in 1785; was incorporated as a borough in 1791; became the State capital in 1812; and received its charter as a city in 1860. Pop. (1910) 64,186; (1920) 75,917.  HARRISON, a city in Hudson co., N. J., on the Passaic river, opposite Newark, with which it is connected by several bridges; and on the Pennsylvania, the Lackawanna, and the Erie railroads. It has extensive manufactures of cotton, thread, electric supplies, wire cloth, harness, trunks, leather goods, steam launches, iron and steel ordnance, and furniture, foundries, breweries, slaughter houses, etc. There are electric lights, and street railways, daily and weekly newspapers, public library, high school, and an assessed property valuation of $4,000,000. Harrison was settled in 1668, and incorporated in 1873. Pop. (1910) 14,498; (1920) 15,721. 