The morning call., 1890-04-13

elocutlonlSt5 of the times, before the young
author had sufficient courage to attempt
press. The most remunerative Of her
writings have been her novels, among
which are The Fenton Family" The
Chester Girls Nina Bruce, or A Girls
influence" "Fred's Dark Days" "The
Years Best Days" and 1.-THE Yule Log. "
She has also written many temperance
poems, ballads. etc.. and is now getting ont
book for young people. The following is
verse In the poem Wrecked
When ships go down in the trackless deep
We weep and the church-bes toll;
But heaven mourns and the angels weep
When is wrecked the human soul.
Lillian Hinman Shuey was born at
Tuulon, village in Northern Illinois, but
is now resident of North Temescal. Her
father was minister of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. In 1877 she was mar
ried to M. NJ Shuey of Sacramento. Many
of her writings have appeared in the Over
land Monthly, the Golden Era, Rural Press,
etc. She is the author of California Sun
beams" in which poem we read:
am gay nasturtium
Haunt from the garden wall.
by the low, mean redwood shanty,
Or the towering mansion tall
Anna Morrison Reed is a native of
Dubuque, Iowa, but has lived nearly all her
lie In this State. Her present residence
Is Reeds ranch, ,Laytonville., .Mendocino
County. A full history of this lady ap-
peared in these columns recently. Fortune
did not smile on Mrs. Reed in her eariy
LIE, and she was not blessed with the edu-
cation for which she longed. But her
WORKS show how the rough diamond may
be polished" She began writing when but
10 years of age, and when she was 10 went
into the lecture field, taking temperance
and literary subjects She has published a
volume OF erse. She has written many
patriotic and other poems, and earned
in less than three years $1,000 by her
l1EOrS with which cha hOnUEt
Portable home for her parents. Mrs. Reed
is the wife of John S. Reed of Layton
vile. She is cousin of the late Robert F.
Morrison, Chief Justice of this State.
among her very latest poems, written for
The SUNDAY CALL, is Browning" one
verse of which is:
A poets love, poets life and death
Blessed from his earliest to his latest breath,
But OF all things that could his age betal
To die i'll Venice seems the best OF all.
Madge Morris Mrs. Harr Wagner is also
native Of Iowa, but she has adopted Cali
fornla as her home. She has written con-
siderably for the press-mOstly for the San
Jose Mercury and Tor the Golden Era. Her
first work was q collection in book form en-
titled Debris" published in 1883 She is
now writing for an Eastern syndicate.
The Mystery of Carmel "Sutro Heights"
Golden Gates at San Diego Bay" are
among her works.
Clarence Urmy, who was born in Cali
fornla, is the son of a Methodist minister
and has never been out of the State. His
writings are very popular, being full of
local color. He is at present professor of
music at San Jose. In tribute to San
Francisco he says:
To-day the city stretches far away
The hills OF sand bloom like the cedar tree,
The tapering maStS of nations crown the bay
Ana she Is crowned queen of the sunset sea
Mr. Urmy has written much for the
Overland Monthly, brakes and other
Eastern magazines.
Charles Gardner is one of the brightest
writers OF Southern California and it is
regretted that no specimen of his works is
at hand from which to make an extract.
Florence Byrne Of Grass Valley, who has
had number of poems in Harper's
Magazine, confines herself to the old
French forms of writing. She was for
long time the Postmistress in her town and
when she was recently removed there was
much Indignation expressed by the citizens,
who held masS-meeting regarding the in
justice, as they termed it, that had been
done her.
have pleased so many, is also California
writer. She is the grand-niece of the cele-
brated divine, Rev. William EIlery Chan
ming. One of her most beautiful poems be-
gins with:
Oh patient sun that shines daily down,
Such scenes, such lives, such levels OF content,
And dost not yet disdain to shne-shIne on
And light radiant world to high ascent.
Sldld 0LdCO bOlilfGI, WDU Writes MANY
poems for the New York Independent,
st. Nicholas aud Wide Awake, is
generally illustrated by Albertine Randell
w heelan, former pupil of the art school.
Agnes NJ. Manning, who has written
some very sweet verses, came here in early
days and has been for some years prin-
clpal in one of our schools. She had a num-
Der of her poems in the "Chaplet of Verse"
collection in book-form that was recently
published.
One of the best translators of the French
poets, as well as the author of original
verse which for sweetness, pathos and
purity oil thought has seldom been eXeeled
by any writer on this Coast, is "Aneleh
OF Alameda, who for nearly two years has
been contributor to The SUNDAY CALL.
This writer has the happy faculty, in trans
lating the thoughts of others from one
language into another, of presenting the
Ideas OF the writer with a fidelity that is
most remarkable-somethi that is ex-
tremely difficult. Aneleh's original verse
Is generally of the pathetic order, and al
ways carries with it a good moral. The
writer has successfully, up to this time. re-
NAMED unknown to the reading public.
In speaking of the poets Of the Pacific
Coast, but little reference is needed in re-
Z. Truman, Sam Booth, Charles Warren
Stoddard, Viola 1ingley. Bret Harte or to
Mrs. nj. b. NJ. Toland, who is undoubtedly
the most learned, accomplished and forcibIe
writer OF any on this Coast. She is a fine
scholar, perfect linguist and great tray
eler. and is renowned for her many charita-
Bile deeds. She has wealth at her command.
by which many have been benefited. Among
her handsomely bound books-many of
which she has illustrated herself-may be
mentioned The Inca Princess Iris"
Sir Ray" Eagle and the Elf" "Onti
Ora, "Eudora" and her last production.
entitled Legend Leymone" MARGERY.