Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-11
r0uFy IN LITERATURE.
,, FIRST EFFORTS OF MA
IN ZION HAHLAND.

a CIerEyman--The Three
Ne"' Of Mrs. Elizabeth ID. b. Stou-
NV RetributiOn Grew from
dAIu . Novei-Mrs. Mary m"pes
IS'o Entry in the Literary World.
NV yorK. July l0.--The literary sem
lathe year 1851 was sketch emil
'''i.,Iarrving from Prudential Motives
'' ,',.-5o5 in a we'll known magazine by
P-4 handsome girl, scarcely Ii years
+, was copied in England, France
csrmanv. In 1854 the same gifted
n a., lady published novel entitled
,,,oao 1t quickly ran through nine
olftfons. The author was preco-
's son,bern girl who has become wide
Town under the nom de plume OF Ma
Inn Harlaud. Her maiden name was
msry VIRGINIA Hawes and she was born
:. Amelia county, Va, in 1885. Her
l,+ber WAS a descendant OF the Pierce
n,,,iv one of whose members, Franklin
p.arce became President of the United
s,s+os Her mother was lineal descend
an, NJ a brother of Capt. John smith, the
@,n,ons pioneer OF Virginia. The future
autboress was yetln her cnhdhood "heh
Sl' narerts removed to Richmond, and 1t
W. there that she began her literary ca
rsar Al an unusually early age.
IN 1876 she was married to the Rev. Ed
u.5Td Pays0n Terhune. After her first
snrcpssful venture in fiction she wrote
s1ma nineteen novels, including such mer-
i+ari,us works as 'Moss Side" "Sunny-
banI, - Nemesis" Judith" and Illus
bsnds and Homes" not to mention others
which we're equally well received. She
occurred her national reputation, how
aver bv works devoted to the household
and its Improvement. Her book, entitled
GCommon sense in the Household" has
had sale of 1910 600 copies. "The Dinner
Var Book" breakfast, Luncheon and
T4a.v and The Cottage Kitchen" like
her other works of similar character,
have met with marked success. She owes
her success as a writer on household top
les TO the fact that she is thoroughly prac-
teal. she is not mere pen ana Ink eX-
nprt in culinary art. She understands 1t
rom practice as aclergyman's wife. She
believes that cookery is weighty matter
in every household. The culinary produc-
ti0ns Of some housewives are sufficiently
weigbtg to Justify this view both in a Sc
rl0us aud a seriO.cOmic sense. She has
Internationally done lncSlculable good
in convincing many young girl, too
proud to enter her mothers kitchen and
bee me practically proficient in the man
acemeut of a household, that she could do
herself quite rs much honor there as in
drumming entirely without provocation
on beating piano or devOting her time
exclusively 10 some other equally profit
able employment. Nv hat our house
keeper needs most" observes Marion Har-
land, is tAe just conception in cookery,
as in graYer concerns, of the Importance
of common things. She is apt to slur over
such wet.hty matters of the law of die
tatics and health as bread-making and po-
tatO boiling and rush with mistaken am
blt on af er fancy Dishes She must
learn the Tudiments OF the art for herself.
Les her consider that she has a profession
and resolve to understand it in all its
branches" The young lady who will
ponder these words and act upon them
VII lie in no danger of making bread
heavy elough tor bOmbarding purposes
n our men Of-War.