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A Sad Day's Eye from Girl's Own Paper.

In collection  Irish Women Writers of Children's Literature, 1870-1940

Resource description

Date issued
London: [Girl's Own]
Date issued:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 item (image/tiff) — Digital origin: reformatted digital — Reformating quality: preservation
Irish Virtual Research Library and Archives (PRTLI-funded project), UCD Library, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Note
May Crommelin (Maria Henrietta de la Cherois) was born in Carrowdore Castle, Donaghadee, Co. Down in 1850, educated at home, and moved to Devon with her family during the Land War, which began in 1879. When her father died in 1885 she moved to London to pursue a writing career. She is best known for her travel writing but also wrote numerous novels for young girls. She also wrote poetry. She was one of the first female members of the Royal Geographical Society and her travel books include Over the Andes from the Argentine to Chili and Peru (1896). She published fiction as well as travel writing in periodicals such as Leisure Hour, Ludgate Illustrated Magazine, Argosy, and The Pall Mall Magazine, English Illustrated Magazine, and Quiver. She applied for assistance from the Royal Literary Society on two separate occasions citing eye problems and a drunken brother-in-law.
Languages
English  
Genre
Book
Subject
Children's literature   linked data (lcsh)
Location
UCD Library. UCD Library Special Collections. Irish Women Writers of Children's Literature, 1870-1940. 45.S.20
Note
May Crommelin (Maria Henrietta de la Cherois) was born in Carrowdore Castle, Donaghadee, Co. Down in 1850, educated at home, and moved to Devon with her family during the Land War, which began in 1879. When her father died in 1885 she moved to London to pursue a writing career. She is best known for her travel writing but also wrote numerous novels for young girls. She also wrote poetry. She was one of the first female members of the Royal Geographical Society and her travel books include Over the Andes from the Argentine to Chili and Peru (1896). She published fiction as well as travel writing in periodicals such as Leisure Hour, Ludgate Illustrated Magazine, Argosy, and The Pall Mall Magazine, English Illustrated Magazine, and Quiver. She applied for assistance from the Royal Literary Society on two separate occasions citing eye problems and a drunken brother-in-law.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2009-10-01

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