M. A. Newby

The author 'M. A. Newby' does not appear to exist in available records; the closest match is Emma Newby (1825–1899), a British novelist who wrote under the pseudonym 'Emma Warburton' and published novels such as *Mabel* (1854). Emma Newby was born in Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire, England, and died in Southsea, Hampshire, in 1899.