Cecilia Anne Jones (1832 – March 19, 1891) was a British writer.
Cecilia Anne Jones was born on 1832 in Saint Helier, Jersey. She was the daughter of George Matthew Jones (1805-1861), surgeon at Jersey General Hospital,Jersey Independent and Daily Telegraph - Friday 13 September 1861 and Jane Mary Rogers Jones.
Jones wrote dozens of works of fiction and religious non-fiction for children. Her Little Sir Nicholas (1890) was adapted into a 6 episode television series for BBC1 in 1990 starring Max Beazley as the young Nicholas Tremaine who is lost in a shipwreck and must reclaim his title and estate after he is presumed dead.
Cecilia Anne Jones died on 19 March 1891 in Bow, Devon, after falling from a train. An inquest found that she was epileptic and suffered a seizure which caused the fall.
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My Christmas Home; an Old Man's Sketch. London, 1858. "Ready and Desirous"; or, a Lent's Lessons. London, 1858. St. John the Evangelist's Day; or, the Martyrdom of Will. London, 1859. The Snowdrop: An Old Woman's Story. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1860. Stories for Christmas-Tide. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1861. The Sunbeam: or, The Misused Gift. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1861. Gertrude Dacre. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1862. How Rachel Lee Found the Christmas Gift. 1867. Three Tales for an Idle Hour. 1 vol. London: John W. Parker, 1867. The Story of Hermione. 1 vol. London: John Hodges, 1868. Our Childhood's Pattern: Being Tales Based on the Incidents in the Life of the Holy Child Jesus. 1870. Our Childhood's Prayer; or, Our Father's Stories. Gosport, 1871. The Saints of Old; Being Short Sketches of the Holy-Days Found in the Kalendar of the English Church. London: J. T. Hayes, 1871. A New Dame Trot: A Story for Girls and Boys. London, 1872. A Little Life in a Great City. 1 vol. London: J. T. Hayes, 1873. What the Chimes Said. 1 vol. London: J. T. Hayes, 1873. Tales on the Parables. 1 vol. London: J. T. Hayes, 1874. Found after Many Days: A Story of the London Mission of 1874. 1 vol. London: A. R. Mowbray, 1875. Stories on the Church Festivals. London, 1875. My Sunday Friend: Bible Stories. 1876. Not Quite a Heroine. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1876. Poor Milly: A Tale of London Life. 1 vol. London: J. T. Hayes, 1876. Footprints of Our Fathers. London, 1876. The Foreign Freaks of Five Friends. 1 vol. London: Kegan Paul, 1882. Count up the Sunny Days: A Story for Boys and Girls. 1 vol. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1882. Only a Girl: A Tale of Brittany. 1 vol. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1883. Four Little Sixes: A Story for Boys and Girls. 1 vol. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1883. Under the King's Banner: Stories of the Soldiers of Christ in All Ages. London, 1883. A New Dame Trot: A Story for Boys and Girls. 1 vol. London: Virtue, 1885. Little Captain Dick. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1885. Old Crumpet, the Shoemaker: A Tale of Two Missions. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1885. Little Jeanneton's Work: A Chronicle of Breton Life. 1 vol. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1886. A Modern Red Riding Hood. 1 vol. London: Hatchards, 1889. Little Sir Nicholas: A Story for Children. London: 1890. Not Quite a Heroine. 1898.
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