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"MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON [MRS. JOHN MAXWELL] (1837-1915), English novelist ( see 4.369), died at Richmond, Surrey, Feb. 4 1915. Among her latest novels were The Green Curtain (19r I) and Miranda (1913) .

Her son William Babington Maxwell (1866-), born June 4 1866, became known as a novelist and newspaper correspondent. His novels include Vivien (1905); The Guarded Flame (1906); Mrs. Thompson (19 i r); The Mirror and the Lamp (1918); A Man and his Lesson (1919) and A Remedy against Sin (1920). He served with the Royal Fusiliers during the World War (1915-7) and attained the rank of captain.