The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-19
yIRGINIA NoyELiST'
,,iss M. q. mcCIeIIand, Author Oh
Made Man" visiting Baltimore

.rssu g. NeCleland. the Virginia novel
let has come to Baltimore Tor a smol' '' -
and ia the guest Of her cousin; Nj SSIocloI
Gillet. All McCulloh street. ~ pc ELL tnovn
lahu - .lJ 'ai,-alettes among the former being
NJ ~, 10 80. i,.rbe Princess Jean Donteln,
,.0,y DiisIoa c;l,a ,, 'Burkett's Luck and A
c1 niSN H1ade Man. Her latest novel IS Elea-
nor Gwynn." and she has another no" III
press. =; e middle noe tall and
, niIS =" and with iron-gray hair parted over
- forebead. She Is genuine oOulheIh
woman. kindly and cordial OF manner healtft
NOii'" i|'osant of voice. II consider myselI
H. a baltimore woman she SAID yeSter-
dov "for nv mother was born mere ana neI
brother Frederick Is. Graf, was Tor HnnI
years consul in Baltimore iOr Norway c ~
Sweden. Yes. ! am distant cousin % IL
,i NJ cIeIlond's family. although the d mas
been dropped from their name. nave Oeo ,..
rpritino ever since | can remember, OuI my
literary life began only seven years ago WIEN
q IttIe poem of mine was printed IN weston
nouer How well remember my via ne
iioht at seeing myself IN PRINT even III %
modest n little etort. r,.,- ..,1,o,,s
q DESCRIPTION of nv old home has been read
of+entimes without its being known. IN Inc
FIRST Mace. il is one Of the 'deadest' parts o,
fbe country imaginable. but very DeauiIu'
re0iop notwithstanding. IL IS IN buckingham
county. Va. and the land has been III tno
family since the original grant from me
Crown 1923. Right IN 'front.' OF EInl ~
taoo my home is q gigantic elm Tree WHICH
X said 10 be the finest elm IN the country,
and was second only TO the big one that was
blown down on Boston common, III q
crown persons with their arms stretched ouV
can lust span its huge trunk ne oi4 ~
tage ia sixty feet wide, yet the oit'HCH0e ~
he elni can be seen uttlng out on DOth SUES SUI
~ tho bouse from the view ut the back. he
COTTAGE is one of those low. rambling Duln-
iros only one story and attic, with nearly
ever- room on a different level, so that one
has TO be continually stepping up ana down
in Going from room 10 rOom-a mouse 1u"O
has grown gradually in the course OF yetla
with the people llVlhg ID IL. many az inst
has made little pilgrimage TO the pace iQ9l
10 oct Il sketch Of the old house and the older
elm tree. both grown to be landmarks III the
There / passed my days. never going TO
school an hour in my Lie. but learning rom
INV mother and later from few literary
friends who helped me in my work 10y CUT
tho and pruninq my first efforts at writing.
Nv literary work now consists IN writing
novels that are published IN book-iorm, ana
novelties and short stories TOR magazine pun
Lcation. / have completed two novels during
tie past winter. / shall stay few days longer
In Baltimore. but shall return after making
a trip North before going back to Elm Cot
tage' re
Miss McCleIland is n very rapid and prolific
writer. and since last autumn has written two
novels and five short stories Her style IS
terse. direct and with straightforward tone
that has often been mistaken for masculine
work and deceived many of her readers, who
knew of the author only as VI. g. McClelland
and did not guess that the Mp stood for
Mary -