Word: authoress
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Coakley; published by Charles E. Brown and Co.) suggests DuMaurier's "Peter Ibbetson" and Kipling's "The Brushwood Boy." It is the story of an artist who gives himself up to the charms of smoking a king of Indian hemp called keef, and meets in his dreams a charming authoress. Although he sees that their dream companionship is bringing her to an untimely end, he smokes on until she dies. A death struggle between his faithful servant and her husband then ensues, and the keef-smoker leaves the country...
...announcement that Houghton, Miflin and Co. have issued the works of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in a uniform edition, will undoubtedly gratify the authoress's many admirers. Mrs. Ward has long since been accorded an exhalted position in American literature, and she has merited it in every way. Her latest book, "A Singular Life," is said to be the best American novel since the days of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." It is already in its fifteenth edition and the demand for it is still very great...
ROSE COGHLAN AT THE HOLLIS. - Miss Rose Coghlan announces for her brief engagement at the Hollis, which begins Monday, January 21, her new play, "Princess Walanoff," by Mrs. Romualdo Pacheco. This gifted authoress has had several of her dramatic works produced with great success, particularly on the Pacific coast, where she is a more conspicuous figure in literary and art circles than in the East. Mrs. Pacheco believes she has provided Miss Coghlan with a part that is essentially suited to her brilliant comedy and emotional capabilities. The plot is described as being of intense interest, at no time involved...
...wrote some charming sonnets, noted chiefly for their mastery of form. He is especially interesting because, as the writer says, he was in many senses the forerunner of Spenser, to whom he transmitted the eclogue. "Madonna Mia" is a charming character sketch, written in the characteristic style of the authoress. There is a simplicity and impulsiveness attached to the little French girl that is very interesting and makes one wish that the authoress would try her hand oftener at such sketches. "Imaginative" by John Cummings is not up to the usual standard of the writer's former articles. He attempts...