Edith (Anna) Œnone SOMERVILLE
(also wrote as: Geilles HERRING (2))

Sex : Female

Nationality: Ireland

Born : 1858 May 2
            Corfu, Greece

Lived : Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland;
             Co Cork, Ireland (final)

Died :   1949 Oct 8
             Castletownshend, Co Cork, Ireland
aged :   91
More info can be found online at:
English-language Wikipedia

More info can be found offline at:
Who Was Who, vol 4
Dictionary of British Book Illustrators - The 20th Century, by Brigid Peppin & Lucy Micklethwait [1983]
Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
[2004]
Edwardian Fiction: An Oxford Companion, ed Kemp, Mitchell & Trotter [1997]
The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Cariacaturists, 1800-1914, by Simon Houfe [1978]
Literary Year Book 1922 [1922]
Who's Who in Literature 1933 [1933]
Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction, by John Sutherland [1989]

This person is/was also an illustrator

             Book Titles              InfoDate(s)Read Online
An Irish Cousin
[also written as: Geilles HERRING]
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
2 vols
1889/1903 
Naboth's Vineyard
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1891 
In The Vine Country
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1893 
Through Connemara In A Governess Cart
[published anonymously; written with Martin ROSS]
English
1893 
The Real Charlotte
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
3 vols
1894 
Beggars On Horseback
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1895 
The Silver Fox
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1897Online Books
Some Experiences Of An Irish RM
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1899Pr Gut #34630
A Patrick's Day Hunt
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1902 
All On The Irish Shore: Irish Sketches
[with Martin ROSS]
English
short stories
1903Pr Gut #16766
Some Irish Yesterdays
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1906 
Further Experiences Of An Irish RM
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1908 
Dan Russell The Fox
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1911 
In Mr Knox's Country
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1915 
Irish Memories
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1917 
Mount Music
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1919Pr Gut #14025
Stray-AwaysEnglish
1920 
An EnthusiastEnglish
1921 
Wheel-Tracks
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1923 
The Big House Of Inver
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1925 
The Irish RM And His Experiences
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1928 
French Leave
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1928 
The States Through Irish EyesEnglish
non-fiction
1931 
An Incorruptible Irishman
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1932 
The Smile And The Tear
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1933 
Notes Of The Horn: Hunting Verse, Old And NewEnglish
poetry
1934 
Sweet Cry Of HoundsEnglish
fiction
1936 
Sarah's YouthEnglish
fiction
1938 
Records Of The Somerville Family Of Castlehaven & Drishane...English
non-fiction
1940 
Notions In Garrison
[with Martin ROSS]
English
fiction
1941 
'Happy Days!'
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1946 
Maria And Some Other Dogs
[with Martin ROSS]
English
1949 
Essays Of SortsEnglish
essays
? 
The Discontented Little ElephantEnglish
? 
Home page

About this website

Condition of its use

Abbreviations used

How to buy or
borrow old books


How to sell or
value old books


E-mail webmaster