Poet, novelist, and writer on marriage reform. Pseudonym: “E. R. C.” Alternative signature:
“E. R. Chapman.” Contributed to *Westminster Review*. Author of *Master of All* (1881),
*The New Godiva, and Other Studies in Social Questions* (1885), *A Comist Lover, and
Other Studies* (1886), and *A Companion to In Memoriam* (1888). Author of several
volumes of poetry including *The New Purgatory, and Other Poems* (1887) and *A Little
Child’s Wreath* (1894). Author of essays on marriage reform collected together in
*Marriage Questions in Modern Fiction, and Other Essays on Kindred Subjects* (1897).
Biographical information: *At the Circulating Library*, BL. (CC)