Bret Harte died today – 106 years ago

Author (of “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” (1869)) Francis Bret Harte was born on August 25, 1837 in Albany, New York. He said, “A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing." [And such pretty songs, too.]... Mr. Harte died on May 6, 1902 in London, England. Perhaps he visited Winchester Cathedral before he died