Marion St John Adcock Webb (5 December 1888 – 2 May 1930)[ 1] writer of novels andpoetry for children that presagedA. A. Milne , with her character "The Littlest One".[ 2]
She was born inHampstead on 5 December 1888, the daughter of the poetArthur St John Adcock and Marlon Louise Taylor.[ 3] Paddington Street and was admitted toSt Marylebone School inMarylebone in January 1894, having just turned 5 years old.[ 4]
Webb wrote poems for a series of fairy books illustrated byMargaret Tarrant ,[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Her work is also considered ahead of its time with entries into fantasy parallel worlds, depictions of strong female leads, and includes intense characterisations of people considered on the margins of society. Good copies ofLittle Round House change hands for £100s of pounds in the specialist book trade.[ 10]
Partial bibliography [ edit ] Mr Papingay's Flying Shop Mr Papingay's Ship Mr Papingay's Caravan Mr Papingay and the Little Round House The Little Round House The Little One In Between Eliz'beth, Phil and Me The Littlest One The Littlest One Again The Littlest One: His Book The Littlest One: Third Book John, Me and the Dickery Dog The Magic Lamplighter The House with the Twisting Passage Knock Three Times! (1917, fantasy novel, illustrated by Tarrant, repub. 1994 byWordsworth Editions Ltd, reprint. 2007)A Pocketful of Posies The Littlest Fairy The Girls of Chequertrees Adventures at Chequertrees Jonathan Mends the Mats The 'Normous Sunday Story Book The Pond Fairies Heath Fairies Seashore Fairies Weather Fairies Wild Fruit Fairies Twilight Fairies Orchard Fairies Forest Fairies Flower Fairies Insect Fairies Seed Fairies House Fairies Water Fairies ^ " .Who's Who . Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014. Retrieved13 July 2017 .^ Daniel Hahn; Humphrey Carpenter; Mari Prichard (26 March 2015).The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature ISBN 978-0-19-105726-7 ^ Who's Who Among Living Authors of Older Nations . 1932. p. 416.^ London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 ^ Daniel Hahn; Humphrey Carpenter; Mari Prichard (26 March 2015).The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature ISBN 978-0-19-105726-7 ^ Sara Gray (2009).The Dictionary of British Women Artists ISBN 978-0-7188-3084-7 ^ Alderson, Brian. "Attwell, Mabel Lucie".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/30499 . (Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^ Memorial notice The Queenslander , Thursday 2 October 1930. p. 56.^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 ^ The Little Round House
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