THE LATE " QUIDA."

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1376, 28 April 1881, Page 2

THE LATE " QUID A."

Louisa De La Ramee, a novelist, better known by her non de plume of " Ouida," whose death has just taken place, was born at Bury St. Edmunds in 1840. She is of French extraction on the father's side. At an early age she came with her mother and maternal grandmother to reside in London, and soon began, under the non de pluiiw of '* Ouida," (a child's mispronunciation of Louisa), to write for periodicals. While still under age, she commenced her first novel in Colburn's New Monthly Matjazbie. This was " Granville de Vigne, a Tale of the Day," published separately two years later (1863) under the title of "Held in Bondage." It was followed by " Strathmore, a Romance" 1 (1865); " Chandos " (1866); "Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, and other Novelettes," and " Idalia " (1807) ; " Tricotrin, a Story of a Waif and Stray " and "Under Two Flags" (18G8) ; "Puck : his Vicissitudes, Adventures, &c.,"(1869) ; "Folle JF.uine" (1S71) ; "A Dog of Flanders "and " A Leat in the Storm" (1872); c-l\woarel"c -l\woarel" (1873); "In a Winter City," a sketch (1876) ; " Sigma," a story (1875) : "Two Little Wooden Shoes '" a sketch (1574) ; "Ariadne : the Story of a Dream" (1877); "Friendship"" (1878); and "Moths" (1880). Miss De la Jtamee resided in the neigh* bourhood of Florence.