The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-29
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first semi biographical words that have
been put into type about her.
Those who have been struggling for
years to climb the first picket fence of lit
erature VIII. no doubt, be annoyed at
Mrs. Eprle's ready entry into the Held.
The story Is an interesting one. and II is
briefly this: A dozen years ago she had
no idea of authorship. and the first step
came quite unregarded. Her father per-
suaded her to write an account of the old
church In Chester. VT. Chester having
been historic stronghold of the Morse
family In long years past. The material
for this was abundant. and Mrs. Earle
spun II so Interestingly together that her
father encouraged her To make another
essay This was in the form OF maya
zine article, and II was sent TO the At
iantic.
THAT was the last month OF Mr.. Al
drich's editorship', said Mrs. Earle. ''and
he accepted the article. Almost imme-
diateiy thereafter Mr.. Scudder took
charge. and 1 soon got letter from him
saying that he did not think he could
make use OF the manuscript. ! wrote
him to send II back In reply l got an
other letter stating that he had changed
his mind and would keep II. after all.
That encouraged me TO write him regard
ing a plan for a book had In mind. The
sabbath in Puritan New England as 1t
came 70 be called. He wrote back. re-
member, that he did not see how there
conld be any sale at all for such book.
But I kept on With It just the same
when It was finished sent II to Charles
scribner's sons and there soon came back
word from Mr. w. c. Rrownel APPROX
ing IL highly. afterwari learned that
they had sent II to Dr. Van Dyke to read.
and that he had spoken very favorably
Of a.
Well that book sold from ioop1 70 H.
600 the first year a very large sale for
book OF that sort followed II up with
Customs and Fashions IN Old New Eng
land iSSs9 (thc next year); china Coll
ieciing In America 1850; Costumes tn
Colonial Times 1854. LATE OF Margaret
winthrop is5: Curious Punishments OF
Bygone Days, 1885. Colonial Danes and
Good Wives ISs; Colonial Days IN Osd
New YORK. lN@: In old Narragansett'
1897 Home Ilfe On esoioniai Days. lE@.
'Child f1fe in Colonial Days. isss. My
volume tor next year Is. no secret. II Viii
BE- called Tavern ana Stage cvaeh bayss
ana think the material I have gathered
Tor 1, - more interesting than that az
ans OF my other volumes"
when the question was aFkcd Mrs
Earle how she collected her materials
pertinent query, for one % the most in
teresttng points about her work IL that
her facts have proved inaecs sribis--,aB-
other dellghisal series OF personal Stems
followed Her facts come 20 her now
fruFn an over the country A large crYfe-
sgpondears continually 9Durs IA upon her.
Boxes OF yeliowed letters have arrived for
her 10 read through and then reforB
photographs % colonial relics BY the Hrore
come All this material sh. makes note
upon and sorts over IN afr study there
are some nfty nieS Of boxes or essseg.
each devoted TO an especial subihri- One
Die. Tor Instance bears the title Cos
tunss,w another Customs In gather
INK facts for one book too. she heape
nq material for another Even tRe ma
terial for her Illustrations comes readily
naN
Much % this Is due beyond a doubt. 10
her own position az tYpseai daughter Of
the New England states. The QuinceyE
and Adamses of Boston are her kin. To a
woman df such lineage the descendants Of
other coloniSts send on material gladly.
The PInckney family % Charleston she
mentions as having been 81 the greatest
aid Another help has been the American
Antiquarian Society Of Worcester. Mass.