Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Translator (especially from modern Greek), poet, novelist, and travel writer. Alternative signature: E. M. Edmonds. Baptized on 19 January 1821. Educated at home; learned English, French, Italian, and Latin. Married Augustus Robert Edmonds on 15 December 1849. Learned modern Greek. Travelled to Greece in 1880, publishing a travel account, Fair Athens, in 1881. Translations from Greek include Greek Lays, Idylls, Legends &c. (1885). Contributed to Woman’s World, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Academy, Eastern and Western Review, and Newbery House Magazine. Biographical information: ODNB. (SCM, CC)