German novelist, born at Ratibor, in Upper Silesia, on the 18th of August 1854. In 1872 she became noted by contributions to various periodicals. Among her novels the most popular are Lady Melusine (1878); The Second Wife’s Inheritance (1878); Drops in the Ocean (1880); and a drama entitled The Comet (1880). She also edited a volume of English and German anthology, and a series of biographical essays upon the sovereigns of the world, entitled In the Shadow of the Throne (1882).
