English author, born at Framlingham, Suffolk, on the 14th of January 1831. He was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, and called to the bar at Middle Temple, in 1859. He contributed to Fraser’s Magazine, The Dublin University Magazine, Temple Bar, The Athenæum and the daily press of London. Among his numerous novels are Crewe Rise (1854); Not Dead Yet (1864); A Woman in Spite of Herself (1872); and Cutting for Partners (1890). He published a series of now well-known books from 1860 to 1874, which deal with social history. The titles of these are A Book About Doctors (1860); A Book About Lawyers (1866); A Book About the Clergy (1870); Brides and Bridals (1872); A Book About the Table (1874). Besides these works he contributed to the history of English literature Novels and Novelists from Elizabeth to Victoria (1858); The Real Lord Byron (1883); The Real Shelley (1885); Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson (1888); Victoria, Queen and Empress (1893); and A Book of Recollections. He died on the 2nd of February 1901.
