. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . MISS MARIETTA HOLLEY. (josiAH Allens wife.) HE poetic declaration that genius unbidden rises to the top is fullyverified in the now famous Josiah Allens Wife. Miss Holleycommenced to write at an early age both verses and sketches, butwas so timid that she jealously hid them away from every eye untilshe had accumulated quite a collection of manuscript. This mostfamous humorist among women was born in a country place nearAdams, New York, where she still lives, and where five generations of her ancestorsh
. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . MISS MARIETTA HOLLEY. (josiAH Allens wife.) HE poetic declaration that genius unbidden rises to the top is fullyverified in the now famous Josiah Allens Wife. Miss Holleycommenced to write at an early age both verses and sketches, butwas so timid that she jealously hid them away from every eye untilshe had accumulated quite a collection of manuscript. This mostfamous humorist among women was born in a country place nearAdams, New York, where she still lives, and where five generations of her ancestorshave resided. Her first appearance in print was in a newspaper published inAdams. The editor of the paper, it is said, praised her article, and she was alsoencouraged by Charles J. Peterson, for whom she wrote later. She wrote also forThe Independent and other journals. Most of her early articles were poems,and were widely copied both in America and Europe. Miss Holleys first pen-name was Jemyme. It was not until she wrote adialectic sketch for Petersons Mao-azine that she be2;an to sio-n
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