Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Blind, Mathilde

BLIND, MATHILDE, a German-English poet, born in Mannheim, March 21, 1847; went to England in 1849, and won fame by her writings, &ldquo;The Prophecy of St. Oran, and Other Poems&rdquo; (London, 1881); &ldquo;Life of George Eliot&rdquo; (1883);

&ldquo;Madame Roland&rdquo; (1886); &ldquo;The Heather on Fire,&rdquo; a tale (1886); &ldquo;Ascent of Man&rdquo; (1889); &ldquo;Dramas in Miniature&rdquo; (1892); &ldquo;Songs and Sonnets&rdquo; (1893), and &ldquo;Birds of Passage&rdquo; (1895). She died in London, Nov. 26, 1896.