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Magic London
Netta Syrett’s, Magic London, is dedicated to the little citizens of London “May they find a “Godmother” who will take them to all the places visited by Betty, so that, like her, they may discover they are really living in a Magic City.
204 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1922
About the author
Netta Syrett
93 books5 followersBorn Janet Syrett in Ramsgate, Kent, in 1865, this British novelist and children's author was one of five daughters of silk merchant Ernest Syrett and his wife, who was the niece of author Grant Allen.
She was initially educated at home, by her mother and a German governess before, at age 11, attending the North London Collegiate School, from 1877 to 1880, and later moving on to Hughes Hall, Cambridge.
She was employed as a teacher at Swansea High School and then at the London Polytechnic School for Girls.
Through her friend and co-worker Mabel Beardsley, Netta met Aubrey Beardsley, Mabel's brother, and through him she was introduced to Henry Harland and was subsequently included in his circle of friends. Harland published three of her short stories in 'The Yellow Book'.
Her first novel, Nobody's Fault (1896), was published by The Bodley Head in their Keynote series and her writing and teaching careers ran in parallel until 1902. Then, on 9 May 1902 her play 'The Finding of Nancy' was the subject of a negative review when critic Clement Scott, suggested that it was thinly disguised autobiography. As a consequence Syrett was asked to resign her teaching position after a student's mother read Scott's review.
Fortunately by that time, novel writing had become for her "a sure thing" and thereafter she continued to produce a novel per year until retiring in 1939.
In addition to her fiction for both children and adults, she was also a playwright.
She died in London 1943 after a long illness.
She was initially educated at home, by her mother and a German governess before, at age 11, attending the North London Collegiate School, from 1877 to 1880, and later moving on to Hughes Hall, Cambridge.
She was employed as a teacher at Swansea High School and then at the London Polytechnic School for Girls.
Through her friend and co-worker Mabel Beardsley, Netta met Aubrey Beardsley, Mabel's brother, and through him she was introduced to Henry Harland and was subsequently included in his circle of friends. Harland published three of her short stories in 'The Yellow Book'.
Her first novel, Nobody's Fault (1896), was published by The Bodley Head in their Keynote series and her writing and teaching careers ran in parallel until 1902. Then, on 9 May 1902 her play 'The Finding of Nancy' was the subject of a negative review when critic Clement Scott, suggested that it was thinly disguised autobiography. As a consequence Syrett was asked to resign her teaching position after a student's mother read Scott's review.
Fortunately by that time, novel writing had become for her "a sure thing" and thereafter she continued to produce a novel per year until retiring in 1939.
In addition to her fiction for both children and adults, she was also a playwright.
She died in London 1943 after a long illness.
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