HALLIDAY

halliday, andrew [andrew halliday duff] (1830-1877), british journalist and dramatist, was born at marnoch, banffshire, in 1830. he was educated at marischal college, aberdeen, and in 1849 he came to london, and discarding the name of duff, devoted himself to literature. his first engagement was with the daily papers, and his work having attracted the notice of thackeray, he was invited to write for the _cornhill magazine_. from 1861 he contributed largely to _all the year round_, and many of his articles were republished in collected form. he was also the author, alone and with others, of a great number of farces, burlesques and melodramas and a peculiarly successful adapter of popular novels for the stage. of these _little em'ly_ (1869), his adaptation of _david copperfield_, was warmly approved by dickens himself, and enjoyed a long run at drury lane. halliday died in london on the 10th of april 1877.