Bulwer-Lytton
EDWARD, LORD LYTTON, an English novelist, playwright, and poet, born in London, May 25, 25, 1803; was the son of Gen. Earle Bulwer and Elizabeth B. Lytton, heiress of Knebworth, to whose estates he succeeded in 1844 and assumed the surname of Lytton. In 1847, and again in 1852, he sat in Parliament; and in 1858-1859 was Colonial Secretary, during which he called into existence the colonies of British Columbia and Queensland. In 1866 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lytton. Altogether his works exceed 60 in number, and fill 110 volumes. His novels display great versatility, range of power, power of handling psychological and social problems, variety of incident and portraiture; and many are based on romantic and occult themes.
Among the most famous are "Falkland" (1827); "Pelham" (1828); "Devercux" (1829); "Paul Clifford" (1830); “Eugene Aram" (1832); "Godolphin" (1833); "Pilgrims of the Rhine" (1834); "Last Days of Pompeii" (1834);, "Rienzi" (1837); "Ernest Maltravers" (1837); "Alice, or the Mysteries" (1838); "Last of the Barons" L BUMBLE BEE (1843); "Harold" (1843); "The Caxtons" (1850); "My Novel" (1853): "What Will He Do with It?" (1859); "A Strange Story" (1862); "The Coming Race" (1871); "Kenelm Chillingly" (1873); and "The Parisians" (1873).
Three of his dramas "The Lady of Lyons" (1838); "Richelieu" (1838); and "Money" (1848) hold the stage. He died in Torquay, Jan. 18, 1873.
BUMBLE BEE. See BEE.