The San Francisco call., 1909-05-08
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Greece and in Venice and deals en-
tirely with heredity. When she wrote
this two years ago, publishers ADVISED
her to change the latter half, telling
her that it was artistic but not or the
fashion to prove best seller" She
declined to change it. however. and
held ii until more sympathetic publish
ers were found.
The Lion of Braganza' is histori-
cal romance dealing with the period Oh
the dawn OF the renaissance in Europe
and is founded on a story which has
never been written in fiction. although
it is one of the best known love tales
of the Iberian peninsula
The story lof Miss Bogue's interest IN
this was aroused by a lecture she at
tended during her school days In New
York
Elmendorff was lecturing on Spain
and Portugal and among the lantern
slides which he exhibited was one OF
which he seemed to know but little,
but which Fascinated Miss Bogae. Thls
was the coronation OF lnez de castro,
who was exhumed six years after her
death and crowned. The picture
showed the CHASTITY, wlthered form on
the throne by the side of the king.
while above was displayed the lion OF
Braganza. For years during her tfav-
els in Europe and elsewhere MISS
Bogue searched for all possible ma
terial regarding this tale, but not
until last winter did the plot OF ITS
presentation in the form of novel
come to her
Miss Bogue says that all of her writ
ing is done in the wee sma' hours, =
. her brain seems clearer then than
a anv afber time
.The Strength TO Yield" she wrote
entirely during the hours between MD
night and o'clock.
Revond this there is no system to
the young authoress' methods OF work.
Has a Delightful Modesty
.1 am law she said. but when
make m nv mind to do a thing l don't
say much about it; just get ins and
do IL and / have a great deal of per-
severance.
she has read and studied widely. but
in regard TO her achievements she mas
a delightful modesty.
There Is really no credit due me II
do know anything she said, be
cause / have such a wonderful memory.
II 1 read a thing once / never forget
it. Once / thought ! had lost the
manuscript Of my book, but | found
4
for word.
''I like to think" she went on. that
the distinguishing characteristic OF
my writings are imagination and
color
This love of beauty and color are
predominating influences in Miss
Bogue's life and have guided her in
her tastes. Her fayorite periods OF
history are the Italian renaissance, the
golden age of Greece and the regency
in England; her favorite poets Keats,
Shelley, Byron, Rosetti, Swinburne and
DAnnunzio; her favorite French writ
ers Balzac and Guy de Maupassant;
modern novelists, Maurice Hewlett
and William Locke; playwrights. Al
feri. Bernard Shaw, Wilde and Angus
tus Thomas; actors, E. S. willard and
Duse, With Ethel barrymore as the
representative of the light society
type; and her favorite city in all the
world is London, but she loves Cali
fornia in the spring.
Il love London best because there
are so many interesting people there,
she declared. Paris | do not care for.
1t seems to me just an American COL
ony. When l stay there just a short
time ! find myself getting blase,
skeptical tired, and then I go to Lon
don and I am like another person.
love the English atmosphere
Miss Bogue has travelled widely and
has had some interesting and unique
experiences. She and her brother
made walking tour of Switzerland
making an average of 80 miles day
She has gone through all manner of
wild and inaccessible portions of Por-
tugaI on a riding trip and spent much
time in Spain. Although she was born