[Georgiana Marion; Mrs. A. W. May]. English novelist, born in 1831. She wrote for various periodicals, and in 1857 appeared her first novel, Riverston, and afterward wrote numerous other important books, many of which are for children. Among them are Play-Room Stories (1862); Faith Unwins Ordeal (1865); Cousin Trix and Her Tales (1867); The Cousin from India (1871); Without Kith or Kin (1871); Mark Dennisons Charge (1880); Twelve Old Friends (1885); A Daughter of the People (1887); etc. See also A Quarrelsome Little Dog and a Cross Little Cat.