J. Maurice Farrar

J. Maurice Farrar appears to have been a late-19th-century British writer whose surviving works include Five Years in Minnesota: Sketches of Life in a Western State and Mary Anderson: The Story of Her Life and Professional Career.

Library of Congress material describes Maurice Farrar as an Englishman who was authorized by Minnesota in 1880 to promote immigration in Great Britain through lectures. That fits closely with Five Years in Minnesota, a book based on his time in the state during the late 1870s and written to encourage British readers to consider emigrating there.

Beyond that, firmly confirmed biographical details are scarce in the sources I found. His published record suggests a writer interested in real people and public life, moving between travel writing, promotional nonfiction, and biography rather than building a large literary career.