Marlitt
EUGENIE, the pseudonym of E. JOHN, a German novelist; born in Arnstadt, Thuringia, Dec. 5, 1825. After some years on the stage she spent her time in writing romances, interesting enough, but with strong didactic tendencies and somewhat unreal. Of these the most successful was "Goldelse" (1866); "The Old Maid's Secret" (1867); "Princess of the Moor" (1871); "Second Wife" (1873); "Countess Gisela" (1869), and "Thuringian Stories" (1869). She died in Arnstadt June 22, 1887. an