Born in Leicester, she was educated at North London Collegiate School. She was a regular contributor to Punch, The Daily Mail and The Daily Express,[1] also writing for Vanity Fair,[3] Pall Mall Magazine[4] and the Windsor.[5]
Prose editor
A lesser-known literary contribution was Pope's discovery of Robert Tressell's novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, when his daughter mentioned the manuscript to her after his death. Pope recommended it to her publisher, who commissioned her to abridge it before publication. The result was a standard working-class tragedy that bowdlerized the novel's original socialist political content.[6]
Verse
Other works include Paper Pellets (1907), an anthology of humorous verse.[7] She also wrote verses for children's books,[6] such as The Cat Scouts (Blackie, 1912) and the following eulogy to her friend, Bertram Fletcher Robinson (published in the Daily Express on Saturday 26 January 1907):
Good Bye, kind heart; our benisons preceding,Shall shield your passing to the other side.The praise of your friends shall do your pleadingIn love and gratitude and tender pride.To you gay humorist and polished writer,We will not speak of tears or startled pain.You made our London merrier and brighter,God bless you, then, until we meet again!
