Maugham, William Somerset (1874).—Novelist. Liza of Lambeth (1897), The Making of a Saint (1898), The Hero (1901), Mrs. Craddock (1902), The Land of the Blessed Virgin (1905), The Bishop's Apron (1906), The Magician (1908). Plays: Lady Frederick, Mrs. Dot, Smith, etc.
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, F.R.S., LL.D., etc. (1845).—Novelist, essayist, etc. Novels: Sir Lucian Elphin (1889), The Letter of the Law (1890), A Duke of Britain (1895), Chevalier of the Splendid Crest (1905), etc.; other writings: Meridiana, Noontide Essays (1892), Scottish Land Names (1894), Afternoon Essays (1895), Rainy Days in a Library (1896), Bruce and the Struggle for Scottish Independence, Memories of the Months (4 series), Story of the Tweed (1905), Lives of W. H. Smith, Wellington, Romney, etc.
"Meade, L. T." (Mrs. Toulmin Smith).—Novelist. Scamp and I, A World of Girls, The Medicine Lady, Wild Kitty, Brotherhood of the Seven Kings, From the Hand of the Hunter, etc.
Meynell, Mrs. Alice (Thompson).—Poet and essayist. Preludes, The Rhythm of Life (1893), The Colour of Life (1896), The Flower of the Mind, Anthology of English Poetry (ed.), The Spirit of Place (1898), Later Poems (1901), a book on Ruskin, etc.
Mitford, Bertram.—Novelist. Romance of the Cape Frontier, Wind of Deadly Hollow, A Veldt Official, Ruby Sword, A Veldt Vendetta, etc.
Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa (Stewart) (1839).—Novelist and writer for children. Carrots, Cuckoo Clock, Herr Baby, The Boys, etc.; novels: Hathercourt Rectory, The Laurel Walk, etc.
Moore, Frank Frankfort (1855).—Novelist and dramatist. Dawn (verse), Told by the Sea, I forbid the Banns (1893), The Jessamy Bride (1897), A Damsel or Two (1902), The King's Messenger (1907), etc.; plays: A March Hare, The Queen's Room, Kitty Clive, The Food of Love (1909), etc.
Moore, George (1857).—Novelist, playwright, and art critic. Flowers of Passion (verse) (1877), A Mummer's Wife (1884), Literature at Nurse (1885), Vain Fortune (1890), Ideals in Ireland (1891), Modern Painting (1893), Evelyn Innes, Esther Waters (1894), The Bending of the Bough (play), etc.
Morley, John, 1st Lord Morley of Blackburn, P.C., O.M., F.R.S., etc. (1838).—Biographer and essayist. Edmund Burke (1867), Critical Miscellanies (1871-77) (two series), Voltaire (1871), Rousseau (1873), On Compromise (1874), Diderot and the Encyclopedists (1878), Studies in Literature (1891), Oliver Cromwell (1900), Life of Gladstone (1903), etc.
Morrison, Arthur (1863).—Novelist. Tales of Mean Streets (1894), Martin Hewitt (1894), A Child of the Jago (1896), The Hole in the Wall (1902), Green Ginger (1909), etc.
