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Author: Alice Jane Briggs

Author: Alice Jane Briggs (1857–1931)

Biography: Alice Jane Briggs was born in 1857 in Clifton, the daughter of Wesleyan minister Frederick William Briggs and his wife Ann (née Milburn). The family moved during her childhood evenually settling in Liverpool. In midlife, she turned to fiction, much aimed at juvenile readers. She never married and died in 1931 in Devon.

References: British Census (1861, 1871, 1881, 1901, 1911)

Fiction Titles:

1. Ned's Victory, and Dick's Enemy.  1 vol.  London: Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union, 1893.
2. Grannie's Darling.  1 vol.  London: Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union, 1893.
3. Margaret Wattford: A Story of the Seventeenth Century.  1 vol.  London: Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union, 1894.
4. "The Scotch Girl's Exile": A Story of Olden Times.  1 vol.  London: Robert Culley, 1895.
5. Donald's Ambition.  1 vol.  London: Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union, 1896.
6. Isabelle's Story: A Tale of the Times of William Tyndale.  1 vol.  London: Robert Culley, 1897.
7. Bessie's Ministry.  1 vol.  London: Robert Culley, 1898.
8. The Fortunes of Sir Richard de Thorn, Knight of Kent: A Story of the Fifteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: Robert Culley, 1899.
9. Fairy: A Little Cornish Maid.  1 vol.  London: Robert Culley, 1901.
10. Gerald's Adventure: or, Only a Drummer Boy.  1 vol.  London: Robert Culley, 1901.