Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 112
liamHowitt on Remarkable Places, in which shedescribed Clopton Hall, Warwickshire; nothingelse. But now she turned to writing with allthe energy of her being. Three years she workedon the book, also publishing a few short storiesin the interval. Finished at last, it was sent toa publisher and… … YOUNG PETER RETURNS HOME developed that the book had not beenlooked at. The habits of publishers inthose days were leisurely in the ex-treme ! Stirred to action, the manuscriptfinally got read, and was immediatelyaccepted and printed, Mrs. Gaskell re-ceiving five hundred dollars for thecopyright.…
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