Poet and novelist. Born in Liverpool. Lived in Glasgow. Contributed to *Household
Words*. Author of *Poems* (1892). *Chambers’s Journal* ledger entry for “Twilight,”
published on 2 July 1892, refers to her as Miss M. Cross, of 31 Kenmure St, Pollockshields,
Glasgow (NLS Dep 341/370). Biographical information: Reilly, *Late VictorianPoetry*,
p. 118. (AC, CC)