The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-09

Chambers AIcFall, while Sara Jea-
nette Duncan" stands for Mrs. Everard
Cotes. Louise Muhlbach, = who wrote
so many supposed historical novels, was
Mrs c. Mundt. Bertha Iaffan wrote
''Geofrey Stirling. - using the name Of
''AIrs. Leith Adams. - The identity OF
Lord Lytton, son Of the only Bulwer,
was only slightly concealed under the
assumed stOwen Meredith. -
II H, . or Mrs Helen Maria Fislxe
Hunt Jackson, now sleeps on the side
Of her well beloved Cheyenne noun
tain. Marion Harland, :" the queen
among housekeepers and the living
proof that literary woman need not be
a Mrs. Jellyby, is Mrs Mary Virginia
Terhune, the wife of a clergyman
Sarah Tytler'' was the name taken by
Henrietta Keddle, author of a Hero
of Hundred Fights, - 1.-The Woman
With Two Words, etc. "E. Mar
lit, " to whom we are indebted for
those charming German tales, is Eu-
genia john Harriet Parr is the author
of BENZ. Miners Wo0ing, II 'sVicis-
situdes of Bessie Fairfax, y 'ssKathie
Brande. - ETC., though the name on the
title page of the books is 'Holme Lee -
Hugh Conway, - with his great sue
cess Of 'Called Back, - is known to be
F. J. Fargus, who died in the fullness
of his fame. Alice F. Durand, who
wrote Cleopatra, =" Count Xavier, .
Marrying OFF a Daughter, - etc, hid
herself under the pen designation Of
Henry GreviIIe. y The author Of
" Heavens Gate and ''BIedisloe'' is
Miss Ada Trotter, though she called
herself Lawrence Severn - xix Mar
vel, - whose '.Reveries of a Bachelor
has recently been largely republished,
is Donald @. Mitchell. "Octave Thanet''
is Alice French, daughter of Judge
French Of Iowa, and is of Puritan de-
scent Edward Garrett, - who wrote
BY Still Waters, = Premiums Paid to
Experience, = ETC., is Isabella F. Mayo.
Henry Hayes, who delighted novel
readers with the Story Of Margaret
Kent and subsequent volumes, Is Mrs.
Ellen Olney Kirke, who, under her true
name, is the author of Midsummer
Madness, "A Lesson Ia Love- and
other stories. That sweet wOmanly char
acter, Margaret Kent, - is said to be
the late Mrs. Kate Mcdowell, who her
self wrote fiction, using the signation
Of Sherwood Berner. .
s'Sidney Luska'' is Henry Harland,
who, in youthful pose, wrote tales of
Jewish life. but is now editor of that
bizarre English periodical, The Yellow
Book. Gail Hamilton, - as almost ev-
erybody knows, is Miss Mary Abigail
Dodge. Julian Worth was the name
assumed by Mrs. Julia Worth Parsons,
daughter-in-la law of the late Professor
Parsons Of Cambridge, Mass, in her
Full Stature Of Man. and Dorothy
Thorne. =
Sister Glare, the Nun Of Kenmare =
7n0Qr xUfoirh ms AN r1n1iffres1
ings have been sent out to the public, is
Mary Francis Cusack, daughter of a
wealthy baronet near Kenmare, IN Ker-
~, Ireland
In literature for the young people we
have "Oliver Optic for w F. Ad-
ans, Sophie May for Rebecca Sophia
Clark, fPansy'' for Mrs. J. NJ. Alden,
Z Margaret Sidney for Harriet La
throp, A L. o. E. = Ga lady of England)
for Charlotte Tucker, who died short
time since in India, where she had been
living as a nurse for quarter of cen
fury; 'fHesba Stretton" for Hannah
Smith, Harry Castlemon" for c. A
Fosdick, t'Glance Gaylord for W L
Bradley, Louis CARROLL for c. l.
Dodgson, Ennis Graham" for Mrs
Arthur Morecamp'' for
Thomas Pilgrim. y. A. K. - for Miss
Iidge, " which is only half pseudonyn
for Sarah G. Woolsey, and Grace
Greenwood for Mrs. Sarah Lippincott
1t seems to be part of the fun of the
numorists to use names not their own,
although bill Nye' is Edgar W.
Nye. The Danbury News Man. was
James Montgomery Bailey, Mrs. Par
tngton'' was B. P. ShiIlaber, Eli Per-
kins'' is Melville D. Landon, ''Artemus
w ard' was Charles F. Browne and
Josh Billings was Henry W. Shaw.
IN Quad is G. B. Lewis, 1.-The
Burlington Hawkeye Man. is Robert J.
Burdette. 'sOrpheus G. Kerr coffee
5eeker) was Major r. Fl. Newell, ma
ior Jack Downing was Seba Smith,
Sam Slick was Judge Halliburton,
Petroleum v Nasty was tho late D.
R. Locke, while Hans Breitnann'' is
D. @. Leland and MARX Twain" Is
samuel Langhorne Clemens.
ALBEIT p SOUTHwICK