The death is announced of tp: famous novelist, Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, Mr. Jerome was 63 years of age, having been born at Walsall in 1888 he married a Spanish lady who, with their daughter, survives him, Deceased had been a clerk, an actor, a schoolmaster and jour-rialist. He edited the "Idler" with Robert Barr and was editor of "Today" from 1893 to 1897. He published no less than 40 books, probably' the best known being "Three Men in a Boat."—Reuter.
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