Grundy

Grundy, SYDNEY, born in Manchester 23d March 1848, was called to the bar. In 1876 he published a 3-volume novel, The Days of his Vanity; but has since become known as a successful playwright, having produced The Glass of Fashion (1883), A Fool's Paradise (1890), A White Lie (1893), Sowing the Wind (1893), and The New Woman (1894). Many (like A Pair of Spectacles) are adaptations from the French.