About the Author
John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831-1901) was an English barrister-at-law. He wrote Brides and Bridals; Victoria, Queen and Empress; A Book About the Table; A Book About Lawyers; A Book About Doctors; A Book About the Clergy; and the novels Lottie Darling, Olive Blake’s Good Work, Crew Rise, Hinchbrook, Sir Edward’s Daughter, and Live It Down.