The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-06-15

AMONG the delightful recollections of
the older readers of the present day are
the stories for the young people which
were served up in monthly portions to
waiting and anxiously expectant con-
stituency of boys and girls in the col
umns of The Little Pilgrim generation
or more ago. This periodical was le-
gitimate forerunner of the numerous
magazines and papers of the present day
which make specially Of furnishing the
most appetizing literary pabulum for
the consumption of young people. The
editor of The Little Pilgrim was Mrs.
Sara Jane Lippincott, better know to an
admiring circle of youthful readers and
to all the wide world as "Grace Green
wood Mrs. Lippincott's claim to liter
ary dis tinction by no means rests alone
upon her writings for children. but in
that field che won her first successes.
and by her achievements of the Little
Pilgrim order she gained strong and
enduring hold in popular esteem. Pro-
badly no writer of the past generation,
with the exception of Louisa M. Alcott,
made herself more general favorite
with young people and was more widely
read than Mrs. Lippincott. Her stories,
like those of Miss Alcott, had that genu-
inc touch of nature which appeals so
strongly to the child heart, coupled with
simplicity of language and an abun-
dance of life and coloripg which made
them irresistible.
Mrs. Lippincott began her literary
efforts at an early age. She was born in
the village of Pompey, N. Y, September
%. 1928. In 1S43 the family removed to
New Brighton. Pennsylvania. and at
this time the future author began to bud
and blossom in the columns of the week.
lies and monthlies. Short stories, poems
and brief essays on variety of topics
began to flow from her pen. and we're
very generally accepted. In 1858 this
rising literary woman married Mr.. Lead
er X. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, and
the year succeeding that happy event
saw the establishment of The Little
Pilgrim. The periodical brought to IFS
founder and editor years of congenial
and happy work.
Other cares and duties finally led to
the discontinuance OF The Little Pill
grim, since which time Mrs. Lippincott
has been engaged in general literary
work, her home for the greater part of
the time being at Washington. D. c.,
where she still resides. Mrs. Lippincott
is well known in journalism as CORES
pondent at various times Of such papers
as The Tribune, The Times and the In
dependent, of New York, serving in this
capacity at Washington. and also from
foreign parts during several sojourns
abroad. Her newspaper correspondence
was characterized by its piquancy. subtle
wit, and wide and varied knowledge of
men and affairs. She was one of the
very first women to essay this particular
field of literary work. and her achieve
ments in this line were the more notable
for that reason. In addition to her edi-
torial and newspaper work, Mrs. Lippin.
colt has also found time to write num-
ber of popular and successful books.
among which are Greenwood Leaves"
"Stories and Legends of Ireland.p
Bonnie Scotland" and Records of Five
Years." Mrs. Lippincott is still in the
literary harness, and the productions Of
her fertile pen are among the features of
the best current literature.