“ MORRISON, ARTHUR (1863–⁠) , English novelist, was born in Kent on the 1st of November 1863. He was for a short time a clerk in the civil service, and in 1890 took to journalism. He had already published scattered tales and sketches of low life in London when W. E. Henley, with whom he was connected as a contributor to the National Observer, suggested their publication in volume form. ”