Novelist. Contributed fiction to Hogg's Instructor, Titan, Chambers's, Fraser's; a poem to A Welcome, 1863. Published Ethel: or, The Double Error, 1854; Not an Angel, 1863; A Girl's Romance, 1867; and four other works of fiction (some had originally appeared in periodicals).

In a letter to Miss James, August 8 1859 (A.Y.R. Letter-Book), Wills stated that he was returning to her an article on Rome that she had submitted to A.Y.R. In suggesting certain changes that would make the article acceptable, he mentioned Miss James's "sharp and observant faculty for accurate description". The letter implies that Miss James was acquainted with Wills.

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