Значение слова ADAMS в Литературной энциклопедии

FRANCIS, W.L. (1862-1893).-Novelist, was _b._ at Malta, and _ed._ at schools at Shrewsbury and in Paris. In 1882 he went to Australia, and was on the staff of _The Sydney Bulletin_. In 1884 he _publ._ his autobiographical novel, _Leicester_, and in 1888 _Songs of the Army of the Night_, which created a sensation in Sydney. His remaining important work is _Tiberius_ (1894), a striking drama in which a new view of the character of the Emperor is presented. He _d._ by his own hand at Alexandria in a fit of depression caused by hopeless illness.