The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-25
A CHILD AUTHOR.
Ursula Bloom, an English Girl, Who
Made Literature at the Early Age Of s.


Ursula Bloom Il name that NAV
some day become famous in literature.
It's possessor il only thirteen years Old.
but finds her chief delight IN life in writ
ing stories; In fact, AS she quantity pats
il, 1T gives me a headache not to write. =
She began writing when she was stiH a
baby When she was eight years old
her first little book, Tiger was printed.
The Prince Of Wales son, Prince
Eddie, read it and liked II very much
and got his papa to write To the author
and tell her how much he had enjoyed
it. From the Princess Of Wales, the
Countess Of Warwick and other great
folks she has received letters praising
her work, but they have not turned her
head bit. With all her precocious i'm
agination she is delightfully."- natural
child. There is nothing priggish about
her The little sketch which follows
was written by herself and II. think,
q decidedly interesting human docu-
ment.
II could write almost before ] could
crawl, and even in my babyhood sheet
OF paper and pencil would amnse me,
but | could never get enough paper for
real big book, so when | was small
used to write on chairs, and underneath
the table, and my nurse has often put
me in the corner for writing on the wall.
II was proud day for me when became
sole owner OF the waste paper basket.
aud / set TO work to write Mary
George, and Rachel Monday, followed
By Mark and May and Mary Spry.
This was before | was six years old,
and not being able to really write
printed my letters, searching through my
fayorite books, 'Susy'A. Six Birthdays
and Line Upon Line for single letter
or word Mummie has kept Mary, but
cannot read Il, the only distinguish
able part Is "Boo hoo. said little Mare,
\ will not have mi bootes taken on.
Then papa music come and Whip herr"
sed nursie"
when ! was seven years old ] wrote
still more, and Tiger was printed when
| WAS eight years old; the following
three years | wrote more and more, and
now am thirteen. I'm still writing, 1t
gives me headache not to write, / yet
such lots Of IDEAS once | see sheet of
paper before me and pencil III my hand
| haven't half time enough TO put them
all down. | have had lot OF fat writ
ing books given me lately and I'm gong
TO speud heaps of time filling them, but
| shall never enjoy writing tale rs
much as ! enjoyed writing about Fluffy
I nearly cry when a tale Interesting 10
me) is finiehed, and yet I'm glad, for
then | can begin another.
My little magazine keeps me busy,
too; It is not really printed, but all in
manuscript, but | try to make it like
. real magazine, all short stories and
it's really great fun writing for IL.
Daddy gave me dozen beautiful books
for it this year, and Mummie ii going
TO have II bolnd Won't that be lovely Z
With the .playfeIiow. 1906, Volume III,
printed on the back, | shall seem so i'm
portant, shan't Il
MY favorite place to write il in our
large apple tree, and I'm saving up my
money to buy style pen 50 ! shall be
able to write in ink instead OF pencil.
You might like to know that | was born
Dec. III, 1902, az Springfield, village
close to Chelmsford, Essex, but ] only
Whitechurch rectcry, near
Stanford. Avon, for came here when
was just three years old
The photograph which accompanied
the foregoing sketch shows Ursula, with
Ter little brother and her dolls. There
il no difficulty in accounting for her re
talent. She is the daughter Of
Rev. J. Harvey Bloom, rector OF STRAIT
ford-on.Avon, o man Of high literary att
tainments. London correspondence Of
Sc. Louis Republic.