John William Cousin, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature… (1910)
“ In this work Miss M. may be said to have created a new branch of literature. Her novel, Belford Regis (1835) , is somewhat on the same lines. She added two dramas, Rienzi (1828) , and Foscari, Atherton and other Tales (1852) , and Recollections of a Literary Life, and d. at her cottage at Swallowfield, much beloved for her benevolent and simple character, as well as valued for her intellectual powers. ”
