Ellis, Miss. Not identified. "A Confident Prediction" [H.W. II, 465–68. Feb. 8, 1851] is the story of a French officer of Napoleonic times who for three years lives in the belief that his death will occur on the day predicted by a mad monk. Payment made by post-office order.
      Some five English women writers named Ellis published books in the mid-century.

Author: Anne Lohrli; © University of Toronto Press, 1971