Poet, children’s writer, short story writer, playwright, and novelist. Pseudonym:
“C. M.” Born in Worcester, Worcestershire, but grew up in London. Educated at Queen’s
College. Close friends with Eleanor Marx, the wife of Karl Marx. Associate of the
Rhymers’ Club. Contributed to *Progress: A Monthly Magazine of Advanced Thought* and
*The Yellow Book*. Married Ernest Radford in 1883. Biographical Information: Reilly,
*Late Victorian Poetry*, p. 390; *Yellow Nineties Online*. (AC, CC)