OBITUARY.

Mataura Ensign, 15 December 1911, Page 5

OBITUARY.

JOHN STRANGE WINTER. 8T ELECTRIC TKLECItAPH.—COI'TBIGHT. I'KR UNITKI) PRFStJ ASSOCIATION. Received December 15, 10.35 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 14. The death is announced of Mrs Arthur Stannard, F.R.S.L., the well-known novelist (who wrote under the nom do guerre of "John Strange Winter"). Mrs Stannard was born at York in 1856, her father being a clergyman. 'Since April, 1874, when her first story appeared in print, Mrs Stannard has jlioen a prolific contributor to fietion- ■ using periodicals, chiefly stories of j Army life. She was referred to by RusI kin as "the author to whom we owe the [most finished and faithful rendering ever given of the character of the British soldier." Some of her productions are "Booties' Baby," "A Born Soldier," "Beautiful Jim," "He went for a Soldier," and very many other books. Her recreation was descril>ed as "the study of hair and skin culture," and she was proprietor of numerous toilet perparations.