A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Muloch, Diana Maria
MULOCH, DIANA MARIA,
Is known as the author of several works, published anonymously, which, if they have not the elements of extensive popularity, possess great attractions to readers of cultivated mind and intellect. This lady was born at Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, in 1826, and at the age of twenty-three published her first novel, "The Ogilvies," a charming tale, in spite of its occasional colloquial simplicity, and tendency to give too great a prominence to the expression of feelings and emotions; it is rich in both pathos and humour, and shews in the writer an earnestness of purpose, and power and depth of thought quite remarkable in the first work of a young writer. "Olive," another novel, which appeared in 1850, gives evidence of intellectual growth; this was followed, in 1851, by the "Head of the Family, a story of middle class Scottish life." Next came a very graceful and imaginative fairy tale, called "Alice Learmont," and after that "Agatha's Husband;" again a novel. "Avillion, and other Tales," in three volumes, and several books for young people, including "Rhoda's Lessons," "Cola Monti," "A Hero," "The Little Lychetts," and "Bread upon the Waters," are also the produce of Miss Muloch's pen; besides fugitive tales and poems contributed to periodicals.