MALET

malet, lucas, the pen-name of mary st leger harrison (1852- ), english novelist. she was the eldest daughter of charles kingsley, and was born at eversley on the 4th of june 1852. she studied at the slade school and at university college, london, and married in 1876 william harrison, rector of clovelly. after her husband's death in 1897 she eventually settled in london. she had already written several books--_mrs lorimer_ (1882), _colonel enderby's wife_ (1885), _little peter_ (1887), _a counsel of perfection_ (1888)--when she published her powerful story, _the wages of sin_ (1891), which attracted great attention. her _history of sir richard calmady_ (1901) had an even greater success. her other novels include _the carissima_ (1896), _the gateless barrier_ (1900), _on the far horizon_ (1906).