REDFIELD, Justus Starr, publisher, born in Wallingford, Connecticut, 2 January, 1810 ; died near Florence, New Jersey, 24 March, 1888. After receiving a limited education, he learned the printing business, and afterward stereotyping. In 1831 he opened an office in New York, and began the publication of "The Family Magazine," the first illustrated monthly in this country, which he continued for eight years. Benson J. Lossing and A. Sidney Doane at different times acted as editors. The early death of Mr. Redfield's brother, who had charge of the engraving department, discouraged the further prosecation of the work. About 1841 he opened a bookstore in the same city, and carried on the business of book-selling, printing, and publishing until 1860 He was the original American publisher of the works of Edgar Allan Poe, William Maginn, and John Doran. He also issued "Noctes Ambrosianae," the revised novels of William Gilmore Simms, and a large miscellaneous list. From 1855 till 1860 George L. Duyckinck was interested with Mr. Redfield as a special partner. In 1861 he was appointed United States consul at Otranto, Italy, and in 1864 was transferred to Brindisi, but resigned in 1866. He edited Jean Mace's "Histoire d'une bouehee de pain" (Paris, 1861), and translated from the Italian "The Mysteries of Neapolitan Convents," by Henrietta Caracciolo (Hartford, 1867).