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John Jeffery, English author. He was born 10th Feb., 1878, and educated privately. In 1902 he went to America, where he contributed stories to magazines and for two years painted scenery for the Astor The air a in New York. His first novel, Lady Caprice, published in America, appeared afterwards in England as The Chronicles of the Imp. Returning to England in 1919, the publication of The Broad Highway made him immediately popular with the readers af romantic adventure. This was followed by others, notably, The Amateur Genileman, The Honourable Ir. Tawnish, which was dramatized, Beltane the Smith, Black Bartlemy’s Treasure, Martin Conisby’s Vengeance, Peregrine’s Progre , Sir John Dering, Another Day, Over the Hills and The Jade of Destiny. He also published a volume, War Impre ions, in 1918.