[Robert Edward]. English novelist, born at Gloucester in 1841; graduated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1862; and was admitted to the bar at Gray’s Inn in 1864. He engaged in journalism in London, was on the editorial staff of the Globe and wrote for All the Year Round and other periodicals. He made his first attempt at novel-writing in Grace’s Engagement, which ran in Blackwood’s Magazine. His works include Earl’s Dene (1871); Pearl and Emerald (1872); National Characteristics (1872); Olympia (1874); A Bad Bargain (1879); Queen Cophetua (1880); Quits at Last (1883); Face to Face (1884); King or Knave (1888); etc.
