Matilda Leathes, née Butt (1830-1922) was a British novelist. She also published as Mrs. Stanley Leathes.

Life

Matilda Butt was born in 1830 in Swansea.^[1] She was the daughter of John Martin Butt, rector of East Garston in Berkshire,^[2] and a niece of the novelist Mary Martha Sherwood.^[1] On 6 July 1858 she married the Hebrew scholar Stanley Leathes.^[2] Their children included Stanley Mordaunt Leathes and John Beresford Leathes.

She died on 17 November 1922 at Box, Wiltshire.^[3]

Works

• Ruth Levison. London: Joseph Masters, 1860.
• (as the author of 'Ruth Levison') Charity at home. A tale. London: Joseph Masters, 1863.
• Soimême: a story of a wilful life. London: Rivingtons, 1869.
• Penelope: or, Morning clouds dispersed. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1873.
• (as the author of 'Letty Deane') Our village worthies: or, Stories of village life. London: S.P.C.K., 1876.
• The girls of Bredon, and Manor House stories. London: S.P.C.K., 1877.
• On the doorsteps, or, Crispin's story. London: J. F. Shaw, 1880.
• All among the daisies. London: J. F. Shaw, 1881.
• Jack and Jill of our own day. London: J. F. Shaw & Co., 1882. Illustrated by Madeleine Erwin.
• Ingle-nook stories. London: J. F. Shaw & Co., 1883. Illustrated by Madeleine Erwin.
• The caged linnet: or, Love's labour not lost. London: J. F. Shaw, 1883.
• Other lives than ours : fables in prose. London: J. F. Shaw, 1884.
• Afloat: a story. London: J. F. Shaw, 1886
• Over the hills and far away. London: J. F. Shaw, 1887.
• To-morrow : a story. London: J. F. Shaw, 1887.
• Dody and Joss, or, All's well that ends well. London, 1889.
• Holidays in Summer and Winter. London: Shaw & Co., 1890.
• Miss Limpett's lodgers. London : Religious Tract Society, 1895. Penny tales for the people, no. 87.
• Zetty Craig, or, no cross no crown . Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1898.