Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-09
BORROWED PLUMES.
FAMOUS AUTHORS WHO ARE HID
DEN Bv ASSUMED NAMES.

DEN Bv ASSUMED NAMES.
Vet sems Nov Grave Individual Rseesni.
ties-A Noted Gee .s Csse~sisd Idea
tiiy-now Royalty Ds.suis~. Iss~if = Msay
Instances ef Intsiisetuai Ingenuity.
ESPECIAL Corrcspobdsnos.l
BosroS. Oct l.-Miss Mary n. Mur.
free il heartily glad that tln public il
losing sight Of her pen name Of Charles
Egbcrt Craddock." ~ she naturally
crave. individual recognition IL the
work that has been 80 successful and
dos not care % go through life under
the shelter % nom de gucrre. with the
consequent tircsomc explanations Of the
authors personality.
The Great unhse~n-
Psoudonyms. false Names" es the
word l. unoompromisingly defined ny
Worcester, have created confusion
worse confoundcd" since the earliest
historic times and will continue 10 do
30 until critics cease
To cheek yOuns seniu-' proud carsr.
and that will only h. when all social
reforms and utopiAn dreams are TO
alircd in tho millennium. Their use
has always indicated an intellectual con
ccit and some slight moral cowardicc,
though the claim has bocn made by a..
male writers that they assumed mas.
culino signature In order to gain hear
Ing. Still more than hundrcd years
ago the complaint was made that "all
the novelists ara women"
Christian Reid" who did for the
North Carolina mountains what Miss
Murfrcc has done for Tennessee, was
Mis- Frances q. Fisher. but since Janu.
AIRY, 1857. has b.en Mr.. james n. Tier.
nan. Mis- Minnie Graf McClolland.
who has al-o idealir.i the hills AMI
wales of southwestern Virginia. never
sought shelter under an anonymity.
though her initials. 81. o.. were long
thought to h. that Il man.
Every biz of information disclosing
the identity of the great unknown" Il
hailed with delight by "a reading public,
and the variou. literary publications
gather with syidity all such news,
while several excellent books have been
compiled on p-eudonymous works and
writers. one of them containing the i'm.
mcnss numb.r ~ 90. 900 names.
A t.i.br.t.d case.
The most motel case of concealed au
thor.hip ON record II that Of 'Junius, ="
whose identity IL n great asccrui to'lay
a. when. leo years agu his lett r. star
tied the political world Ia the time II
Sir Philip Francis, Edmund Burke.
Henry Grattan. Lord Chatham and iino
others, On each of whom this famous
pcn name has bcon attributed
The noted Bronte risters-ChaTlOtte,
Emily and Anno-adopted RESPECTIVELY
the names of "Curr,r. Ellis" and
Acton Bell. believing that. In their
day, q literary woman was regarded
with A. much disfavor as one would ba
now In some localitios who would take
her plAc. at the polls to cast her vote
for protection OF free trade
"Georgo Eliof. George Sand and
"Ouida'' are assumed signatures, where
In the pcnonaliiy of the writer IL almost
entirely lost The fir.t. Marian Evans
Cross, took the name u "Gcorge' h..
cause IL belonged 90 the man who was
90 truly her other self. and. n she has
written, "EliOt was . good mouth NIL
INK word. easy to say" The second.
upon being separated from her husband
(she was Amantine Lucille Aurur" Du'
pin Dudoyantl. was thrown upon her
own resources. and finding neither paint
ing. needlcwork nor millinery adequate
to her demands she was advised hy julie
sandeau. friend of former day. % en-
gage In literary work. Together they
wrote for Tho Figaro and recciyc'l 80
much encouragement from its editor
that they determined to write y novel
Accordingly Rose Il Blanche ap'
rsar,d over the signature IL Jules
sand. F"
This work being success. they deter
mined 10 write another romance con
Jointly. aud as Mime. Dudeyant was 90
ing 20 the country IL was decided that
each should contribute part and com
pare their Mss. when they met Three
months later she presented herself 20
sandeau with her complete PARTON Of
the novel to find that he hal not writ
ten line. Recognizing the work n u
masterpiece. he declined 90 share the
glory ~ which he had contributed moth
ing The editor IL The Figaro. appre-
ciating their difficulty. suggested that
A. they had used the Mans sand, she
should retain IL. aud that, being -
Georgc's day. it would b. well 10 take
the name q! "Goorgc. and thu, origi'
natod the illustrious p-eudonym.
"Ouida" Miss Louise de In kaneel
adopted the word from little sisters
misprununciation of her own given
name
4 Qus.n'. P..udony,..
Royalty Is non. the Ices willing than
ordinary people ~ screen itself. for the
poems of Carmen sylvia" were written
by Elizabcth. queen ~ Roumania
MAX ORell," the satirizing French
man, at home l. ~ Paul Dlouet
pierre Lott. with his pathetic stories
and touches of oriental life, l. Julien
Wand. a young French naval officer
Marie Corelli." Whose books arr IN.
sorlios II Quron Nictmia. IL Mis- Mac.
nv. the daughter of the poet "Mrs.
| Alexander" has no right to that name,
COR she i In life Mis- Annie q. llec-
tor. Leader Scott" Whose special
subject il art, l. Mrs Lucy l. u. BaS-
,or. "Tae Duchoss," with her LGlLer.
Gus novels. l. Mr.. Margaret Hunger
ford, formerly Mrs Argles. 30 Edna
I.yall. the fayorite writer Of won by
| Waiting. Donovan" Eve Two"
etc. has almost completely hidden Miss
Ada Ellen Bayly. Lucas Malet' l. n
daughter of Charles Kingsley and Il q
Mr.. Harrison Her novel, Colonel
Enderby's Wife" l. said to b. one ~
the books that will live in English tc.
tion. Maxwell Grey" Is Mis- uttiet.
o young English girl. an invalid. who
enjoyed the friendship of Lord Tenny'
con. "Mme Sarah Grand" one Of the
recent sucoesses. In private life Is Mr>
Chambers Mcfall. while "sara Jea-
no,to Duncan" stands for Mrs Eyorard
Cotes. Louise Muhlbaoh." b" who wrote
90 many supposed historical novels, was
Mrs. q. Mundt Bertha Laffan wrote
"Goofrrey Stirling" using the name OF
"MrS Leith Adams" The identity Of
IIyord Lyttou. sou Of the only Deliver,