A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Planché, Matilda
PLANCHE, MATILDA,
Is the youngest daughter of J. R. Planchè, the English dramatic author. She resides at present near London. Five of her little works have been republished in America, entitled "A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam," "Old Joliffe," "The Sequel to Old Joliffe," "A Merry Christmas," and "Lucy's Half Crown." That these simple little tales have been popular, is fully shown by the fact that more than twelve thousand of them have been circulated in America alone. The aim of the author is evidently an exalted one; to show the beautiful light which goodness sheds on the soul, to exhibit the power of a cheerful spirit to sustain and invigorate the mind, and to prove how much good may be done by a loving and earnest heart, amid the common ways, and with the limited means of the poorest among us; yet the moral is not obtruded, and the narrative is natural and interesting. Miss Planchè is one of the most promising among the youthful authors of this country.