EDMUND YATES BIOGRAPHY
EDMUND YATES BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
YATES, EDMUND (1831-1894). —Novelist and dramatist, born at Edin., held for some years an appointment in the General Post Office. He did much journalistic work, mainly as a dramatic writer, and wrote many dramatic pieces and some novels, including Running the Gauntlet and The Black Sheep . He was perhaps best known as ed. of The World society journal.