[Gutenberg 29207] • Cleo The Magnificent; Or, The Muse of the Real: A Novel

Louis Zangwill (1869-1938), who also wrote as Z. Z. was an English novelist; born at Bristol, England. He was educated at Jews' Free School, and for a time acted as teacher there, but left together with his brother, Israel Zangwill, and set up a printing establishment. Afterward, however, he turned to literature, and produced A Drama in Dutch (1895), which attracted some attention for its local colour. It was followed by The World and a Man (1896), The Beautiful Miss Brooke (1897), and Cleo the Magnificent; or, The Muse of the Real (1899), all distinguished by a certain realistic vividness and somewhat cynical sense of humour. He also produced a more sympathetic study, One's Womenkind (1902). His other works include: The Syren From Bath (1900), An Engagement of Convenience (1908) and The Quest of Spiritual Truth (1926).