YONGE, Charlotte Mary, English author: b. Otterbourne. Hampshire, 11 Aug. 1823; d. there, 23 March 1901. She received a private education. She made her name widely known by the publication in 1853 of a novel en titled 'The Heir of Redclyffe,' which exer cised an important influence on some High Church minds of that time. She devoted part of the proceeds to fitting out a missionary ship, The Southern Cross, for Bishop Selwyn. None of her later novels came up to the stand ard of 'The Heir of Redclyffe. Among the best of them are 'Katharine Ashton); 'The Daisy Chain' (1856), the proceeds of which she devoted to founding a missionary college at Auckland, in New Zealand; 'Hopes and Fears'; 'The Little Duke' ; 'The Prince and the Page' ; and 'The Dove in the Eagle's Nest.' Her staunch attachment to the Church of England more or less colors all these works, and was also manifested, not only in the field of practical effort. but in the choice of the subjects of some other of her works, such as 'Biographies of Good Women' (1.4(i.2); 'Life of Bishop J. C. Patterson'
(1873); 'John Kelde's Parishes' (Mg); and 'The Patriots of Palestine' (1898). Her later novels showed her to be out of touch with the new generation which had cast a the smug manners and pseudo-culture of the Victorian period. Her remaining works in clude 'Christian Names: their Derivation' (1863); 'Cameos from F "sk History' (1869-99); 'History of Germany' (1977); History of France' (1879); 'Uni versal History for Young People.' For 33 years she edited a High Church magazine known as The Monthly Packet. An illus trated edition of her more popular works in fiction appeared in 1888-89. Consult Cole ridge, Chnstabel, 'Life of Charlotte M. Yonge' (New York 1903) and Romanes, Ethel, 'Our lotte Mary Yonge, An Appreciation' (Lon don 1908).