The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-26
WOMEN WHO WRITE.
Female Novelists Much in Evil
dence These Days
Facts About Mr.. Craigie. Molly FL
lott Seawell and sara Jean.
nette Duncan.

Appiegen'S July BulIetin
Mrs Crafxse. John Oliver Hohbss. Iauthor
OF .-The Gods, Some Mcrtals. and Lord
wlckenham." some Emotions and a
Moral" etc. IL English by birth. but her
father. Mr.. John Morgan Richards. Welsh
by descent, Is an American. Mrs Craigie
Is enc OF the deepest read. most serious,
ard most widely cultured woman OF her
time. She took = two years course In
classics and philosophy at University Cob
is<e. London. and has pursued other stud
les under private tuition. In The Gods.
some Noreals, and Lord wickenham' she
has maie her most ambitious venture.
Miss MontreScr. who was born in iSsS.
IA the youngest child of the late Admiral
f.. 81. Montresor. royal navy. Into the
Highways and Hedges is her first novel.
and shows the care and thought of nearly
eight years work. Her first novel has
been followed by two books. THE One
Who Looked On" and False Coin or
Truce
Miss Douglas home was formerly In
Canada. but OF late years she has spent
much time In England Canada usually
furnishes the background of her tales.
The Mermaid The Zeit-Geist." ''rhe
Madonna OF a Day." etc.
Mrs. Everard Cotes. tSara Jeanette
Dlncan,l author OF His Honor and a
Lady "a Social Departure" An Aneri-
can Girl in London The Simple Ad-
ventures OF Memsahib.'' .vernon's
Aunt" etc, is the daughter of Charles
Duncan, q merchant OF Bansford. On
tario. where she was educated. After
teaching for a time she entered upon
journalistic work. and her first literary
success. "A Social Departure" was due to
a journey around the world undertaken
as the correspondent of various English
and Canadian newspapers. She Is the wife
OF Prof. Everard Cotes. formerly at the
Indian museum. now a journalist In CAL
cutta.
Maxwell Gray" who has won prom
fnert place among the contemporary nov
elsts. Is known in real life as Miss NJ @.
Tuttiett. and lives In the Isle of Wight.
Some eight or nine years ago she became
famous as the author OF The silence of
Dean Maitland" and her later novels.
'aThe Reproach OF Annesley," I'm the
Heart of the Storm" a Costly Freak"
and An Innocent Imposter." have been
distinguished by power and originality.
Her life Is a quiet one. occupied for the
most part with literary pursuits and do
mestic interests. She has not put out any
new book for some time IRst. her ssh
once OF Dean Maitland has been called
"a book destined to permanent fame In
literature"
Miss Molly Elliot Seawell ia a niece of
ex-President Tyler. and her father was
lawyer OF distinction in Virginia She IL
a near and direct descendant OF an old
German family, the Armisteads, who came
from Hesse- Darmstadt and settled In Nir-
ginia. Among their descendants may be
mentioned Gen. Robert +. Lee and John
Tyler. Miss Seawelrs home Ii In Wash
ington. Her first work In literature was
number of Russian stories contributed 10
Lppincott'S magazine. They were fol-
lowed by Maid Marian and THE Berke-
leys and Their Neighbours" which estab-
lshed the reputation and literary ability
Of the young author. Her stories of the
sea contained in tho Young Heroes or the
Navy Series began with Little Jarvis"
the Youths Companion prize story. which
has been followed by ''Midshipman Pauld-
ing" Decatur and Somers.' and paul
Jones"
Eleanor Stuart, anthor OF 'Stonepast-
ures," Is the daughter of member OF the
New York bar. She was born I'm New Jer-
sey. June "a. 1879, and was educated by
governesses at home. and also at pri-
vate school in Philadelphia. where she
showed a prediction for literature and
for music. Later she published a few