The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-13
"A Literary Phila nthropist
Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, Whose Famous Polly Pep
per Books Are the Delight Of American
Childhood.

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How many American women can
identity the Margaret Sidney who is
] the author OF the delightful Polly
Pepper" books. a series beginning In
"The Five Little Peppers. and How
They crew. with Miss Daniel Lothrop.
who lives in .he former home OF Ma
thaniel Hawthorne, at Old Concord,
Mass and was the founder OF the Old
Concord Chapter. Daughters of tho
American Revolution, and tho Society
of Children of tho American Reyolu-
! ton?
Tho Polly Pepper books include, in
addition to the one already mentioned,
"The Five Lit.lc Peppers Abroad" "Thc
Stories Polly Pepper Told" and others.
They are the whoesomest and most
invigoratingiy natural books delighted
In by American childhood. because the
characters in them are real and hui
man. Their very mention brings UP
visions of Polly. Ben, Joel, David and
Phronsie. who are firmly rooted In the
affections OF the readers who know
them.
Margaret Sidney. who was the creator
OF the lovable Peppers. was born in
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scended from colonial Governors. d.
vines and lawmakers Brought up In
the city. she early developed a passion
a.e lovc for the country, and whenever
she was taken to 1t for drive or visit
she watched for the little brown houses
and began to people chem with Polly
Pepper. with the brothers and sisters
who were her natural companions and
with q mother who was genuine
I, H.. Al. a.. u
pers there was, of course, an old
fashioned. picturesque New England
kitchen.
The beginning in literature OF the
famous series. the characters for which
had already grown to maturity In Mar.
garct Sidney's mind, was n story en-
titled Polly Peppers Chicken pie" I,
at once created demand for moro
stories. After while these stories
were heightened into bool; which told
how :he five little Peppers originated.
They captured hearts all over the
country, from tho time they appeared
and through successive stages. un.f
the Rive Little Peppers" were grown
up. Even then Polly Pepper Todd took
up the tale. and just little more than
two years ago The Five Little Peppers
in the Little Brown House" came out
as possible final word
The house In which Margaret Sidney
lives is called "rhe Wayside." II being
so named by Hawthorne. 1t stands on
the Lexington Road. about mile and
half from Old Concord, and Is KEEP. as
nearly as possible like Hawthorne left
It. Centenary anniversary exercises
: were observed at "The Wayslde" on
n July 4, ., 6. 1904. and bronze memorial
tablet to Hawthorne was set In hould-
or which rests on the path leading
from the house TO the summit OF the
hill. where he writer took his daily
outing. A number of distinguished
literary people were present when the
tablet was unveiled. Tho path on
: which tho boulder rests leads up over
It famous ridge called by Hawthorne
- THE Mount of Vision" The inscrip.
= t!on on the tablet says:
This Tablet, Placed
re a. the Centennial Exercises, July A. 1904
- Commentaries Nathaniel Hawthorne.
II lie trod daily this path to the hill
II To formulate,
N AS he paced to and fro upon its summit
a His Marvellous Romances."
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