James Dabney McCabe Jr. (1842–1883) was an American writer. Along with his birth name, he also selectively used the pseudonym Edward Winslow Martin.
McCabe was born in Richmond, Virginia, on July 30, 1842, the son of Rev. James Dabney McCabe, a Methodist clergyman. He wrote histories and biographies as well as plays, poetry, and travel guides. His papers and correspondence are collected at Johns Hopkins University.
He died on January 27, 1883 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. His unfinished work includes biography of temperance leader Francis Murphy and "anecdotal histories" of the Mormons and the United States.
Books
The life and public services of Horatio Seymour: together with a complete and authentic life of Francis P. Blair, Jr. United States Publishing Company 1868
Planting the Wilderness; The Pioneer Boys
Life and campaigns of General Robert E. Lee The National Publishing Company 1870
1871: History of the War Between Germany and France. Philadelphia: The National Publishing Company, Jones Brothers and Co.
Lights and shadows of New York life; or, The sights and sensations of the great city. A work descriptive of the city of New York in all its various phases National publishing company 1872
New York by sunlight and gaslight: a work descriptive of the great American metropolis; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtues and vices; its gorgeous palaces and dark homes of poverty and crime; its public men, politicians, adventurers; its charities, frauds, mysteries, etc. Union Publishing House
