1897. English author, pseudonym of Marie Louise de la Ramee, she was a prolific writer of flamboyant, romantic tales, the best of which are Under Two Flags, Moths, and In Maremma. Her stories for children include Two Little Wooden Shoes, Bimbi, and the well-known Dog of Flanders. The Massarenes begins: Mouse, said her husband to Lady Kenilworth, one morning at Homburg, do you see that large pale woman over there, with a face like a crumpled whitey-brown paper bag? Lady Kenilworth looked. Yes, she said impatiently. Yes. Well?-what?-why? Well, she rolls-she absolutely rolls-wallows-biggest pile ever made out West.