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Chester Bailey Fernald (18 March 1869 – 10 April 1938)[1] was an American author and playwright

History

Fernald was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

He moved to London, living in Gower Street, W.C.[2] sometime around 1915, to be with his son Van Dyke Fernald, who volunteered for the British army. The son died in the War.[1]

He died in Dover Harbour, believed drowned, after being knocked overboard by the boom of his boat, the auxiliary cutter Florence. His son, J. B. Fernald, had thrown out a rope to him, but to no avail. They had just returned from a voyage to France.[2]

Works

Books

• Chinatown Stories
• The Cat and the Cherub and other Stories
• The White Umbrella

Plays

• The Ghetto
• The Love Thief
• The Mask and the Face
• The Princess in the Cage[2]
• The Day Before the Day — "anti-German vitriol"[3]
• The Moonlight Blossom played by Mrs Patrick Campbell
• The Cat and the Cherub
• 98.9

His short stories were published in, inter alia, Harper's Magazine.[4]

References

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