A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Crosland, Camilla
CROSLAND, CAMILLA,
Better known to the reading public by her maiden name, Camilla Toulmin, was the daughter of a London solicitor, who died while she was yet a child; her brother, who was also of the legal profession, and on whom the family mainly depended after the father's death, followed him in a few years to the grave, and the young Camilla, who had very early manifested literary tastes and abilities, adopted the pen as a means of support. Her first appearance in print was in the "Book of Beauty," for 1838; since which time she has been a large and regular contributor to periodical literature. She edited for several years "La Belle Assemble," a monthly magazine of good standing, and has published besides a volume of Poems, the following works:—"Lays and Legends Illustrative of English Life;" "Partners for Life, a Christmas Story;" "Stratagems, a Tale for Young People;" "Toil and Trial, a Story of London Life" "Lydia, a Woman's Book;" "Stray Leaves for Shady Places;" "Memorable Women;" and "Heldreth, the Daughter." All these are of a healthful, moral character; they Inculcate charity and benevolence, and cheer the drooping, suffering, and toiling ones with words of hope and comfort. Miss Toulmin changed her name in 1848, when she married Mr. Newton Crosland, a merchant of London.