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Mrs. Newton Crosland
1812–1895
A prolific Victorian writer, translator, and memoirist, she published fiction, poetry, essays, and sketches across a remarkably long career. Writing as Mrs. Newton Crosland, she also became known for her books on spiritualism and for a late-life literary memoir.
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The Young Lord, and Other Tales; to which is added Victorine Durocher
by Mrs. Newton Crosland, Mary Martha Sherwood
About the author
Born Camilla Dufour Toulmin in London on June 9, 1812, she became a well-known English author under the name Mrs. Newton Crosland. She wrote fiction, poetry, essays, and sketches, and later translated some plays and poems by Victor Hugo.
She married Newton Crosland in 1848. Over the course of her career she contributed for many years to Chambers's Journal and published a wide range of books, including Memorable Women and her memoir Landmarks of a Literary Life, 1820–1892.
Crosland is also remembered for her strong interest in spiritualism. In the 1850s she investigated spiritualist claims and wrote Light in the Valley: My Experiences of Spiritualism, adding another distinctive strand to a long and varied literary life. She died in London on February 16, 1895.