The material is composed of: a letter to Field talking of diets and a visit to Eastbourne and to a house 'where they make a point of diets'; and, a letter requesting help for a 'sister scribbler' and for lodgings.
Letters of Mary Elizabeth Hawker (d. 1908)
This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
- Reference
- GB 237 Coll-843
- Dates of Creation
- 1896
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 2 letters. Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The writer Mary Elizabeth Hawker was educated at home and in France. Hawker wrote under the pseudonym Lanoe Falconer. Her work includes Mademoiselle Ixe (1890), The Hotel d'Angleterre (1891), Cecilia de Noel (1891), Shoulder to shoulder (1891), and Old Hampshire vignettes (1907). She had lived in Whitchurch, Hants., England. Mary Elizabeth Hawker died on 16 June 1908.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Among miscellaneous letters of Scottish interest, purchased Ed. Hall, October 1975, Accession no. E75.50.
Note
The biographical/administrative history was compiled using the following material: (1) Who was who - 1897-1916. London: A. and C. Black, 1920.
Compiled by Graeme D Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division.
Other Finding Aids
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