Lewis Saul Benjamin (pen name, Lewis Melville; 1874–1932) was an English author, born into a Jewish family in London, England and educated privately in England and Germany. From 1896 to 1901 he was known as an actor, though part of his time even then was devoted to literature. His publications include: In the World of Mimes: A Theatrical Novel (1902) The Thackeray Country (1905) Victorian Novelists (1906) Bath under Beau Nash (1907) The Beau of the Regency (1908) William Makepeace Thackeray: A Biography (1909) The Life and Letters of Laurence Sterne (two volumes, 1911; American edition, 1912) The Life and Letters of William Cobbett (two volumes, 1912; American edition, 1913) An edition of Thackeray's works (twenty volumes, 1901–07) References External links English Jewish writers English book editors 20th-century English novelists English biographers English non-fiction writers English male stage actors 1874 births 1932 deaths English male novelists 20th-century English male writers English male non-fiction writers Male biographers 20th-century biographers Writers from London 19th-century English male actors 20th-century English male actors