James Rice (writer) explained

James Rice (26 September 1843  - 26 April 1882), English novelist, wrote a number of successful novels in collaboration with Walter Besant.^[1]

He was born in Northampton, and was educated at Cambridge University. He studied law, becoming a lawyer of Lincoln's Inn in 1871.

In 1868 he bought the publication Once a Week. It was loss-making, but made him acquainted with Besant. Together they had a successful collaboration, ended by Rice's death. He died in Redhill.

Works, all with Walter Besant

• Ready-money Mortiboy (1872)
• My Little Girl (1873)
• With Harp and Crown (1874)
• This Son of Vulcan (1876)
• The Golden Butterfly (1876)
• The Case of Mr Lucraft (1876) stories
• The Monks of Thelema (1878)
• By Celia's Arbour (1878)
• Twas in Trafalgar's Bay (1879) stories
• The Seamy Side (1880)
• The Chaplain of the Fleet (1881)
• Sir Richard Whittington (1881)
• All Sorts and Conditions of Men, An Impossible Story
• The Ten Years Tenant (1881) stories^[2]

Notes and References

1. Besant, Walter. Obituary. Mr. J. Rice. The Athenæum. 2844. 29 April 1882. 540.
2. Rice, James. 23. 290.