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Arthur M. (Arthur Morris) Binstead
1861–1914
Best known by the pen name "Pitcher," this lively English journalist and humorist turned sporting life, London gossip, and comic fiction into brisk, entertaining reading. His books capture the wit, slang, and energy of late Victorian and Edwardian popular journalism.
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Mop Fair : Some elegant extracts from the private correspondence of Lady Viola Drumcree, the fatherless daughter of Feodorovna, Countess of Chertsey
by Arthur M. (Arthur Morris) Binstead
About the author
Born in London in 1861, Arthur Morris Binstead built his career as a journalist and editor, and became closely associated with The Sporting Times. He often wrote under the name "Pitcher," a byline that readers of sporting and humorous writing would have recognized quickly.
Alongside his newspaper work, he published comic and light-fiction titles including A Pink 'Un and a Pelican, Gal's Gossip, More Gal's Gossip, Houndsditch Day by Day, Mop Fair, and Pitcher in Paradise. His writing mixed satire, observation, and a reporter's ear for lively talk, giving his work a strong sense of place and period.
Binstead died in 1914. Though not as widely remembered as some of his contemporaries, he remains an appealing figure for readers interested in humorous journalism, sporting culture, and the popular literature of turn-of-the-century Britain.