Bunner, Henry Cuyler (1855-1896)

US poet. He edited the comic weekly Puck, to which he contributed jokes, poems, and stories, 1878-96. His first published book, Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere (1884), was followed by a collected edition in 1896. His best-known poem is ‘The Way to Arcady’.

He also wrote two novels, The Midge (1886) and The Story of a New York House (1887); and Short Sixes (1891), a collection of short stories.