BEALE
,
ANNE
(
1816
-
1900
),
writer
.
Anne
Beale
made her home for many years at
Llandilo, Carms.
She was the
author of many novels and stories
, mainly for girls, and of a volume of
Poems
published in
1842
, the preface being signed ‘
Llwynhelig
,
Llandilo
.’ Several of her novels deal with the manners and customs of the
Welsh
people. Few
English
writers have written more appreciatively of
Wales
. Her works include
The Vale of the Towey, or Sketches in South Wales
,
1844
, reissued as
Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry
,
1849
;
Gladys of Harlech, an historical romance
,
1858
;
Rose Mervyn of Whitelake
1879
, a story of the
Rebecca riots
; and
Gladys the Reaper
,
1881
. She also contributed articles on
Welsh
topics to
English
periodicals, such as ‘
Mr. Superintendent Pryse: a Welsh sketch
,’ in
Temple Bar
,
Oct. 1873
. She d. at
68 Belsize Road
,
South Hampstead
,
17 April 1900
, aged 84.
Anne
Beale
is not to be confused with
Anna Chrysogon
Beale
, who d., aged 82,
19 Sept. 1917
, and was a younger sister of
Dorothea
Beale
,
principal
of the
Ladies’ College
,
Cheltenham
.
Bibliography:
-
The Times
,
20 April 1900
;
-
F. Boase
,
Modern English Biography containing many
thousand concise memiors of persons who have died since the
year 1850, with an index of the most interesting
matter
,
1908
, iv, col. 321;
-
William Davies
,
Llandeilo-Vawr and its Neighbourhood past
and present together with zoological, botanical and
geological sketches, as well as a review of the commerce
and commercial capabilities
, 1858
;
- catalogues of the British Museum and Cardiff Public Libraries;
- and information supplied by the librarian, Ladies' College, Cheltenham, and the librarian, Public Library, Hampstead.
Author:
William Williams, F.L.A. (1885-1950), Aberystwyth
