We regret to note the death on Monday, from sudden
heart failure, of Mrs. Craigie, better known under her pseudonym of "John Oliver Hobbes." Mrs. Craigie, an American by birth and parentage, though educated chiefly in Europe, made her home in England, and while by choice of subject she attached herself to the country of her adoption, in technique she owed much to her studies in French literature. Her earliest successes were won as a coiner of epigrams, but of late years she was attracted by the romance of modern politics, and in " Robert Orange " and "The School for Saints" reproduced with remarkable skill, and with an added grace of her own, the beat traditions of the Disraelian school. Among women writers who have achieved popularity she was remarkable for the distinction and incisiveness of her style and the delicacy of her touch.
Previous page
