Maud H. Yardley Explained

Maud H. Yardley
Other Names:	Maud Hogarth Croft, Maude Mannering
Birth Date:	6 March 1867
Birth Place:	London, England
Death Date:	1 May 1954
Death Place:	Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Occupation:	Writer
Notable Works:	Sinless (novel, 1906)
Spouse(S):	William Yardley

Maud Hogarth Yardley (6 March 1867 – 1 May 1954) was a British writer.

Personal life

Maud H. Croft (or Mannering) was born in London in 1867, the daughter of Montague Mannering and Esther Croft. She married British writer, drama critic and former cricketer William Yardley,^{[1] [2]} in New York in 1886, and they had four children. She was widowed when William Yardley died in 1900,^{[3] [4]} and she died in 1954, aged 87 years, in Evesham, Worcestershire.^[5]

Career

Yardley was a widow with young children when she became a published author.^[6] Her first novel, Sinless (1906), was described as a "foggy romance" of mistaken identities.^{[7] [8]} It was followed with an "engrossing" and "tragic" novel, Nor All Your Tears (1908).^{[9] [10]} She also wrote short stories for newspapers and magazines.^{[11] [12] [13]}

Books by Maud H. Yardley

• Sinless (1906)^[14]
• Nor All Your Tears (1908)^[15]
• To-day and Love (1910)
• At the Door of the Heart (1913)
• Love's Debt (1913)
• For You (1913)
• Because (1913)^[16]
• The Willoughbys (1914)^[17]
• A Man's Life is Different, or The Sleeping Flame (1914)
• Dare's Halliday Wooing (1915)^[18]
• Soulmates (1917)^[19]
• Mrs. John (1919)
• Ordered to Marry! (1921)

External links

• Scott, "British & Irish Women Writers of Fiction 1910-1960 (Wh - Z)" Furrowed Middlebrow (January 1, 2013), a blog post including an entry on Yardley.

Notes and References

1. Book: Pullin, A. W.. Talks with Old English Cricketers. 1900. W. Blackwood. en.
2. News: 1892-08-25. Behind the Footlights. 6. The Leader Courier. 2021-04-30. Newspapers.com.
3. News: 1900-10-29. Another Prominent Cricketer Dead. 5. The Courier and Argus. 2021-04-30. Newspapers.com.
4. News: 1901-09-13. Cricket; Yorkshire v. Rest of England; Remarkable Batting. 3. The Guardian. 2021-04-30. Newspapers.com.
5. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995; page 685 for 1954. via Ancestry.
6. 5 February 1902. Small Talk of the Week. The Sketch. 37. 91.
7. September 26, 1906. A Foggy Romance. The Bystander. 11. 658.
8. News: 1907-08-24. Shocking, but Well Told. 5. The Sun. 2020-08-29. Newspapers.com.
9. April 9, 1908. From Messrs. Sisley's. The Bookseller. 372.
10. News: 1908-06-28. The Cost of One False Step. 19. The Baltimore Sun. 2020-08-29. Newspapers.com.
11. News: Yardley. Maud H.. 20 June 1907. When a Woman Loves. 6. London Evening News. April 29, 2021. NewspaperArchive.com.
12. News: Yardley. Maud H.. 1902-06-20. The End of the Chapter. 6. The Saint Paul Globe. 2021-04-29. Newspapers.com.
13. News: Yardley. Maud H.. 20 August 1915. Dare Halliday's Wooing, Chapter 1. 4. Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser. April 29, 2021. Trove.
14. Book: Yardley, Maud H.. Sinless: a novel /. 1906. New York : R. F. Fenno. 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t47p8w76s.
15. Book: Yardley, Maud H.. Nor all your tears. 1908. R.F. Fenno. New York.
16. News: 1914-02-07. THE REASON WHY.. 4. Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929). 2020-08-29. Trove.
17. Web site: Thalange. Nandu. Girls' Friend Library. 2021-04-29. The Friardale Website.
18. News: 1915-09-17. Dare Halliday's Wooing.. 4. Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1878 - 1922). 2020-08-29. Trove.
19. 22 July 1916. Untitled item. The Observer. 36. 15. Papers Past.