Beatrice L. (Beatrice Louise) Drake

Beatrice L. Drake is credited in library and public-domain records as Beatrice Louise Drake, and also appears as Mrs. J. B. Drake. She is chiefly known for co-arranging Fairy Tales from South Africa with Mrs. E. J. Bourhill, a collection first published in 1908.

The book presents traditional stories gathered from South African oral sources and was published with illustrations by W. Herbert Holloway. Because that collection remains the clearest confirmed record of her literary work, Drake is remembered less as a prolific standalone author than as an editor and collector who helped preserve and circulate folklore for later generations of readers.

Reliable personal details about her life are scarce in the sources I could confirm, so it would be risky to say much more about her background. What does stand out is the lasting life of her book: more than a century later, Fairy Tales from South Africa is still cataloged, reprinted, and read as part of the long history of folklore in print.