Robert Edward Francillon (1841–1919) was an English journalist and author. He was active in newspapers and periodicals the later decades of the 19th century and rose to be managing editor of The Globe.
Life and career
Francillon trained as a barrister but turned to journalism. He was at various times a contributor to Blackwood's Magazine and an editor of Tatler. He contributed for many years to the Christmas numbers of The Gentleman's Magazine,[1] and sold many short stories to newspapers. (Most of those that were published in Australia can be read on-line thanks to the
Trove service of the National Library of Australia.) His novel Jack Doyle's Daughter lets a
Lincolnshire gentleman loose in Bohemian London. It has been called an "incoherent" tale involving an "heiress with six possible fathers".[2]
Francillon's review "
George Eliot's First Romance (1876)" defends Daniel Deronda from early critics. He notes that as a romance it differs in kind from Adam Bede or Middlemarch: "It lies so far outside George Eliot's other works in every important respect as to make direct comparison impossible."[3]
In 1890, Francillon was reported to be the managing editor of the London newspaper The Globe.[4]
Cowen, Frederic H.; Francillon, R. E. (Robert Edward), 1841-1919, (lyricist.) (1870),
It was a dream, retrieved 10 May 2017{{
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Cowen, Frederic H.; Francillon, R. E. (Robert Edward), 1841-1919 (1880),
Almost, Boosey & Co.; Melbourne: Nicholson & Ascherberg, retrieved 10 May 2017{{
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Books
Francillon, R. E. (Robert Edward) (1893),
Ropes of Sand: a novel, Chatto & Windus, London, retrieved 10 May 2017
Francillon, R. E. (Robert Edward) (1894),
Jack Doyle's Daughter, Chatto & Windus, retrieved 10 May 2017
R. E. Francillon (1900),
Mid-Victorian Memories, London Hodder, retrieved 10 May 2017 Several editions, including free on-line transcriptions
^"Advertising". Adelaide Observer. Vol. XXXII, no. 1744. South Australia. 6 March 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"A Queen of Trumps". Hamilton Spectator. No. 2968. Victoria, Australia. 18 October 1879. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"A Bad Bargain". Bendigo Advertiser. Vol. XXXIX., no. 8, 478. Victoria, Australia. 9 September 1882. p. 1 (Supplement to The Bendigo Advertiser). Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Esther's Glove". Hamilton Spectator. No. 3532. Victoria, Australia. 16 June 1883. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Our Short Story". The West Australian. Vol. 8, no. 2, 021. Western Australia. 30 July 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 11 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Complete Story". The Week. Vol. LII, no. 1, 347. Queensland, Australia. 18 October 1901. p. 34. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Veni, Vidi, Vici". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LIII, no. 3334. New South Wales, Australia. 29 November 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"A Learned Lady". Hamilton Spectator. No. 7037. Victoria, Australia. 10 March 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Short Story". Evening Journal (Adelaide). Vol. XLII, no. 11774. South Australia. 12 December 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Owen Murtagh's Girl". Weekly Times. No. 2, 331. Victoria, Australia. 11 April 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Story". The Northern Champion. Vol. 15, no. 1589. New South Wales, Australia. 21 April 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.