Dutch novelist, born in Holland in 1857. He was educated in England and Germany, and studied law at the University of Utrecht, but turned from law to literature. He spent much of his time in England, France and southern Europe, where he went for the sake of his wife’s health. His works are published under the pseudonym of “Maarten Maartens,” and are all close descriptions of Dutch life, being also, for the most part, psychological studies. He has been called by some a disciple of Tolstoy. His works were all originally written in the English language, which he used with much taste and facility. Among his works are Joost Avelingh (1890); A Question of Taste (1891); God’s Fool (1892); A Greater Glory (1894); My Lady Nobody (1895) and Her Memory (1898); besides some earlier book reviews and essays. See also “Joost Surrenders,” “The Calm before the Storm,” “Knowledge,” “Music and Discord” and “Guilt.”
