scholars tried to support Peck's right to more considerate treatment or due process, including Joel Spingarn—who was soon dismissed, as well. Peck lived out his remaining years cut off from his former colleagues and relying on income from occasional writing assignments. He was increasingly depressed and unable to find work, and was seen one day near the end of his life on the streets of Manhattan "walking in a dazed sort of way" and "entirely oblivious to his surroundings." He committed suicide in Stamford, Connecticut on March 23, 1914 by shooting himself in the head and was buried in Christ Church cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut. Works (partial list) Classical The Semitic Theory of Creation (1886) Latin Pronunciation: A Short Exposition of the Roman Method (1890) Suetonius (1889) Roman Life in Latin Prose and Verse: Illustrative Readings from Latin Literature (1894) International Library of Masterpieces, Literature, Art and Rare Manuscripts (1901) A History of Classical Philology from the Seventh Century BC to the Twentieth Century AD (1911) Edited works Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities The International Cyclopedia (1890–1901) Children's stories The Adventures of Mabel (1889) Hilda and the Wishes Essays The Personal Equation (1899) What is Good English? and Other Essays (1899) The New Baedeker: Being Casual Notes of an Irresponsible Traveler (1910) Other William Hickling Prescott (1905) Twenty Years of the Republic, 1885–1905 (1906) Studies in Several Literatures (1909) Poetry Greystone and Porphyry (1899) Translation Trimalchio's Dinner (1898) References External links Finding aid to Harry Thurston Peck papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library. 1856 births 1914 suicides Columbia College (New York) alumni American classical scholars 19th-century American poets American male poets American book editors Suicides by firearm in Connecticut 19th-century male writers Columbia University faculty Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters