M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt

Maud Isabel Ebbutt was an English writer born in 1867 and remembered chiefly for books of myth, legend, and folklore. Public-domain and library records consistently connect her name with Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race, first published in 1910, a collection that retells traditional British and Irish heroic stories for a broad audience.

Her writing is closely associated with classic legendary material: Beowulf, Arthurian tales, Robin Hood, and other well-known figures from the storytelling traditions of Britain and Ireland. Later library records also list The British, showing that her work continued to be republished for readers interested in folklore and national legend.

Reliable biographical details about her personal life are fairly sparse in the sources I found. A genealogy record gives her full name as Maud Isabel Ebbutt, with dates 1867–1934, which matches the catalog and authority data attached to her books.