"JOHN OLIVER HOBBES." DEAD.
LONDON, August 14. . Jlre. Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, the freu-kno-sm noveli-t and playwright, who *?nally wrote under the pseudonym of J ohn Oliver Hobbes, has died suddenly « the age of 40. (Received 8.32 a.m.) ' . LONDON, August 14. WK ' Crai S' c was found dead in her WShe had not shown the slightest previous symptom of any illness. iThe characteristic of the work of Mrs. jjPgie. who was a Bostonian by birth, ?_ Briton by early adoption, was that Wity known for bad and for good as smartness." Her best novel was. perpPs, '"The School for Saints." and her .'J, , ? test plays, "The Ambassador," ' ich was specially "commanded" by Ween Victoria in 1899, and "The Wisbri+i the Wise " (1900) ' AH hßr work so* u Wi * h e Pi&ram and paradox— metiniEs illuminative, sometimes mere»llth'- PPant She Was a contributor t( > j^* 16 leading journals, and was reeog- ■ of the best artido-iotteis- in
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 194, 15 August 1906, Page 5
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