The New International Encyclopædia/Scott, Clement

SCOTT, Clement (1841-1904). An English journalist and author, born in London, October 6, 1841, and educated at Marlborough School. He entered the War Office as clerk in 1860, and retired on a pension in 1877. He then joined the editorial staff of the Daily Telegraph, to which paper he had contributed dramatic criticisms since 1872. He subsequently became editor of a critical weekly called The Free Lance. He is the author of Lays of a Londoner (1882): Lays and Lyrics (1888): Round About the Islands (1880); Poppy Land Papers (1880): Pictures of the World (1894); Among the Apple Orchards (1805); and Sisters by the Sea (1897), all delightful sketches. He is author, or part author, of the following plays: Diplomacy: The Vicarage: Off the Line: The Cape Mail: Peril: The Crimson Cross; Odette; Tears, Idle Tears; and Sister Mary. His work in fiction is represented by Stories of Valour and Adventure (1893), and Madonna Mia, and Other Stories (1898). His dramatic criticisms include From "The Bells" to "King Arthur" (1896): The Drama of Yesterday and To-Day (1899); Ellen Terry (1900).