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Collins (WILLIAM WILKIE an English)

WILLIAM WILKIE, an English novelist; born in London, Jan. 8, 1824. He was educated at a private WILLIAM WILKIE COLLINS school. After a short time in the teatrade he studied law at Lincoln's Inn. He wrote a biography of his father in 1848 and made literature his profession, COLLINSVILLE His first novel was "Antonina" (1850); "Rambles Beyond Railways" follow. In 1852 he returned to fiction with "Basil," and "Mr. Wray's Cash Box," "Hide and Seek" followed in 1854. In "Household Words," "After Dark" and one of his most successful works, "The Dead Secret," were originally published.

Several of his novels, including "The Woman in White" and "No Name," were published originally in "All the Year Round." "Armadale" and many of his subsequent stories were printed in American magazines before appearing in book-form. "The Moonstone," "Man and Wife," "The New Magdalen," and "The Law and the Lady" are other works of his that had wide circulation. His principal books have been translated into French, Italian, German, Dutch, Danish, and Russian. He died in London, September, 1889.