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- Andersen, Hans Christian
- An Acquaintance with Hans Christian Andersen, by Hjalmar H. Boyesen
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- The Scrapbook of Hans Christian Andersen
(Strand, 1901B)
- Baring-Gould, Rev. Sabine
- Novel-Writing and Novel-Reading, by Frederick Dolman
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- Bellamy, Edward
- Mrs. Edward Bellamy, by Fanny M. Johnson (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
Wife of author Edward Bellamy.
- Besant, Walter
- Mr. Walter Besant and the East-Enders, by Raymond Blathwayt
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)
- Author of the "East End" novels.
- Boothby, Guy
- The Creator of Dr. Nikola: An Afternoon with Guy Boothby, by John Hyde
(Windsor, 1897A)
- Brown, Dr. John
- Rab's Friend, by Andrew Lang
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- A Scottish physician and author best known for his beloved short story about a mastiff, "Rab and His Friends."
- Carroll, Lewis
- Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), by Beatrice Hatch
(The Strand, 1898A)
- Before Alice: The Boyhood of Lewis Carroll, by Stuart Collingwood
(The Strand, 1898B)
- Crockett, S.R.
- A Novelist's Training
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- S.R. Crockett and His Stories, by Archibald Cromwell
(Windsor Magazine, 1896A)
- A Romancer's Local Colour, by S.R. Crocket
(Windsor Magazine, 1900B)
- The author discusses how he uses photographs to help himself establish "local colour" in his tales.
- Dana, Richard Henry
- Richard Henry Dana
(Scribners, 1879B)
- Author best known for Two Years Before the Mast.
- Daudet, Alphonse
- Alphonse Daudet, by Henry James
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- French short-story writer and novelist, now remembered chiefly as the author of sentimental tales of provincial life in the south of France.
- De Quincey, Thomas
- The Wordsworths and Thomas De Quincey, by H.A. Page
(Century Magazine, 1891A)
- The author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West.
- Dickens, Charles
- My Father As I Recall Him, by Mamie Dickens (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- What My Father Taught Us, by Mamie Dickens (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- The Signatures of Charles Dickens (with Portraits), by J. Holt Schooling
(The Strand, 1894A)
- Dickens' Manuscripts, by J. Holt Schooling
(The Strand, 1896A)
- A Child's Memories of Gad's Hill, by Mary Angela Dickens (The Strand, 1897A)
- Life in Dickens' home of Gad's Hill, written by his grand-daughter.
- The Home of Dickens and [George] Du Maurier, by Douglas Sladen
(Windsor, 1897A)
- Number 1 Devonshire Terrace, in London.
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
- A Day with Dr. Conan Doyle, by Harry How
(The Strand, 1892B)
- Dr. Conan Doyle and His Stories, by Archibald Cromwell and Hugh S. MacLauchlan
(Windsor Magazine, 1896B)
- Actually two articles in one: "A Pen Portrait of the Author," by Cromwell, and "An Appreciation of Dr. Doyle's Work," by MacLauchlan. The articles have little to say about Sherlock Holmes and focus primarily on Doyle's other works.
- A British Commando: An Interview with Conan Doyle, by Cpt. Philip Trevor
(Strand, 1901A)
- Doyle's involvement in efforts to establish a rifle commando system in Britain, along with some information on his experiences in the Boer War.
- Dumas, Alexandre
- Madame Alexandre Dumas, by Lucy H. Hooper (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- The Elder Dumas, by Emily Crawford
(Century Magazine, 1896A)
- Du Maurier, George
- Du Maurier and London Society, by Henry James, Jr.
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Includes a number of Du Maurier's cartoons and caricatures.
- In Bohemia with Du Maurier, by Felix Moscheles
(Century Magazine, 1896B)
- Reminiscences of Du Maurier at the Antwerp Academy.
- The Home of Dickens and Du Maurier, by Douglas Sladen
(Windsor, 1897A)
- Number 1 Devonshire Terrace, in London.
- Du Maurier at the Punch Table, by Henry W. Lucy
(The Strand, 1900A)
- Gower, Lord Ronald
- Lord Ronald Gower - Sculptor, Author and Dilettante
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1895B)
- Haggard, H. Rider
- Mr. H. Rider Haggard - Illustrated Interviews, by Harry How
(The Strand, 1892A)
- Hale, Edward Everett
- Edward Everett Hale, by William Sloane Kennedy
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- American author and preacher.
- Hardy, Thomas
- Thomas Hardy, by Harriet Waters Preston
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- Harte, Bret
- Reminiscences of the Late Mr. Bret Harte
(Good Words, 1902)
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- A Look into Hawthorne's Workshop, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Notes for a posthumous romance, published by Hawthorne's son.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)
- Hawthorne's Philosophy, by Julian Hawthorne
(Century Magazine, 1886B)
- Some Portraits of Hawthorne, by George Parsons Lathrop
(Century Magazine, 1887A)
- Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne, by Horatio Bridge
(Harper's Monthly, 1892A)
- The Hawthornes in Lenox, by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
(Century Magazine, 1895A)
- "The immediate cause of my father's sojourn in Lenox was his removal from the surveyorship of the Salem Custom House, and I therefore begin the following records connected with his Lenox life by giving several of my mother's letters during their last weeks. in Salem, when they were looking about for a desirable hillside or meadow space where they might make their new home; for they were tired of city streets and the hurrying prisoners upon them."
- Hugo, Victor
- Victor Hugo, by Alphonse Daudet
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Irving, Washington
- A Glimpse of Washington Irving at Home, by Clarence Cook
(Century Magazine, 1887B)
- James, Henry, Jr.
- Henry James, Jr., by W.D. Howells
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Jerome, Jerome K.
- A Talk with Jerome K. Jerome, by Raymond Blathwayt (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1894)
- Johnston, Col. Richard Malcolm
- Richard Malcolm Johnston, by Sophie Bledsoe Herrick
(Century Magazine, 1888B)
- Kernahan, Coulson
- The Author of "Captain Shannon": A Talk With Mr. Coulson Kernahan, by Archibald Cromwell
(Windsor Magazine, 1896B)
- Kingsley, Charles
- Charles Kingsley, by Mrs. L.F. Lewis
(Demorest, 1879)
- Author, philanthropist, historian and clergyman.
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Rudyard Kipling, by Edmund Gosse
(Century Magazine, 1891B)
- Facsimile of a Letter Written by Mr. Rudyard Kipling for a Wounded Soldier
(The Strand, 1900A)
- Lang, Andrew
- Andrew Lang, by Brander Matthews
(Century Magazine, 1894A)
- Perhaps best known to us today as the editor of the "colored" fairy books (red, blue, green, etc.) but also a prolific writer of fiction.
- Lover, Samuel
- The Author of Rory O'More - Recollections of Samuel Lover, by his daughter, Fanny Schmid
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- MacLaren, Ian
- Ian MacLaren as a Theologian, by T.T. Munger
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- In the Days of Long Ago, by Ian Maclaren
(Windsor Magazine, 1902A)
- The author reminisces about his childhood.
- Payn, James
- An Afternoon Chat with Mr. James Payn, by Mary Angela Dickens
(Windsor, 1897A)
- Journalist and novelist.
- Pemberton, Max
- Max Pemberton at Home, by Arthur H. Lawrence
(Windsor Magazine, 1897B)
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Poe's Mary, by Augustus Van Cleef
(Harper's Monthly, 1889A)
- Selections from the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe, by G.E. Woodberry
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Selections from letters of "Poe in the South," "Poe in Philadelphia," and "Poe in New York."
- Reade, Charles
- An Acquaintance With Charles Reade, by Annie Fields
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- A number of unpublished letters by the English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.
- Reid, Cpt. Mayne
- Captain Mayne Reid: Soldier and Novelist, by Maltus Questell Holyoake
(The Strand, 1891B)
- Sienkiewicz, Henryk
- The Author of "Quo Vadis?": My Acquaintance with Sienkiewicz by Jeremiah Curtin
(Century Magazine, 1898B)
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- The Silverado Squatters, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Stevenson's account of a period of time spent in the California Coastal Range.
- Robert Louis Stevenson, by Henry James
(Century Magazine, 1888A)
- Mr. R.L. Stevenson as a Samoan Chief, by W.H. Triggs
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- Personal Memories of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Edmund Gosse
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- Robert Louis Stevenson and His Writing, by M.G. van Rensselaer
(Century Magazine, 1896A)
- Stockton, Frank
- The Author of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by C.C. Buel
(Century Magazine, 1886B)
- See Fiction: Frank Stockton for a collection of Stockton's stories and short novels.
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Some Drawings by Thackeray, by Walter Herries Pollock
(Century Magazine, 1884B)
- The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin, by William Makepeace Thackeray
(Harper's Monthly, 1891A)
- A collection of drawings by Thackeray, with an explanation by his daughter.
- Stray Glimpses of Thackeray, by Anne Thackeray Ritchie (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Thackeray in Weimar, with Unpublished Drawings by Thackery, by Walter Vulpius
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- Tolstoy, Leo
- A Visit to Count Tolstoi, by George Kennan
(Century Magazine, 1887B)
- Tourguéneff
- Tourguéneff in Paris: Reminiscences by Daudet, by Alphonse Daudet
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Trollope, Anthony
- Anthony Trollope, by Henry James
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Twain, Mark
- Mark Twain, by W.D. Howells
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- The Anecdotal Side of Mark Twain (Ladies Home Journal, 1898)
- Verne, Jules
- Jules Verne - Illustrated Interviews, by Marie Belloc
(The Strand, 1895A)
- Ward, Artemus
- Relics of Artemus Ward, by Don C. Seitz
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- Charles Farrar Browne was a United States humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. He is considered to be America's first stand-up comedian. At birth, his surname was "Brown"; he added the "e" after he became famous.
- Weyman, Stanley
- History and Fiction, by Frederick Dolman
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- Wilde, Oscar
- [Constance Lloyd] The Wife of Oscar Wilde, by Arthur Howard Pickering (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
- Wilson, Thomas
- Thomas Wilson (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- Yates, Edmund
- Mr. Edmund Yates - Illustrated Interviews, by Harry How
(The Strand, 1893B)
- Journalist, novelist and dramatist.
- See also
- • Fiction Authors & Novelists - Women
- • Some Literary Roundups
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