Poet. Pseudonym: “Bee.” Author identified in *Chambers’s Journal* ledger entry for
“My Wife,” published on 23 November 1878, with the name “Miss Reade” and no address
given (NLS Dep 341/371). The ledger also attributes two other poems in *Chambers’s
Journal* with the same pseudonym (published 30 November 1878 and 28 June 1879) to
“Miss Dill, of Dollar,” and the relationship between Miss Reade and Miss Dill is unclear.
Possibly the same person as F. E. Reade, who published a poem in *Chambers’s Journal*
on 25 October 1875. (AC)