John Snaith

John Collis Snaith (24 February 1876 – 8 December 1936) was an English first-class cricketer active 1900 who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born in Nottingham; died in Hampstead. He was also a novelist, writing as J. C. Snaith, and played in the Authors Cricket Club alongside fellow authors A. A. Milne and P. G. Wodehouse among others.

Works Mistress Dorothy Marvin: being excerpts from the memoirs of Sir Edward Armstrong, baronet, of Copeland Hall, in the county of Somerset (London: A.D. Innes, 1895) biography Fierceheart the Soldier (London: A.D. Innes, 1897) Lady Barbarity: a romantic comedy (London: Ward, Lock, 1899) Willow the King: the story of a cricket match (London: Ward, Lock, 1899) Fortune (London: T. Nelson, 1901) Patricia at the Inn (Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1901) Love's Itinerary (New York: D. Appleton, 1902) (possibly previous novel under alternate title) The Wayfarers (London: Ward, Lock, 1902) Brooke of Covenden (London: Archibald, Constable & Co, 1904) Henry Northcote (London: Archibald, Constable & Co, 1906) William Jordan Junior (London: Archibald, Constable & Co, 1907) Araminta (London: George Bell & Sons, 1909) (revised edition published 1921) Mrs. Fitz (London: George Bell & Sons, 1910) The Principal Girl (London: Methuen & Co, 1912) An Affair Of State (London: Methuen & Co, 1913) Anne Feversham (London: D. Appleton, 1914) The Great Age (London: T. Hutchinson, 1915) The Sailor (London: Elder & Co, 1916) The Coming (London: Chatto & Windus, 1917) Mary Plantaganet: an improbable story (London: Cassell & Co, 1918) The Time Spirit: a romantic tale (New York: D. Appleton, 1918) (possibly Mary Plantaganet under alternate title) Love Lane (London: W. Collins Sons & Co, 1919) The Undefeated (New York: D. Appleton, 1919) (possibly previous novel under alternate title) The Adventurous Lady (London: W. Collins Sons & Co, 1920) The Council of Seven (London: W. Collins Sons & Co, 1921) The Van Roon (New York: D. Appleton, 1922) (possibly previous novel under alternate title) The Crime of Constable Kelly (London: T. Nelson, 1924) Time and Tide (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1924) (possibly also published as There Is A Tide, D. Appleton, 1924) Thus Far (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925) What Is To Be (Che sarà sarà) (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1926) The Hoop (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1927) Surrender (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928) Cousin Beryl (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929) The Unforseen (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930) Indian Summer (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1931) But Even So (London: T. Hutchinson, 1935) Curioser and Curioser (London: T. Hutchinson, 1935) (reprinted as Lord Cobbleigh Disappears, D. Appleton, 1936) One Of The Ones (London: T. Hutchinson, 1937) posthumous