It was in the year 1907 that this well known novelist startled the world with her book, "Three Weeks," and since then she has written "The Sayings of Grandmamma," 1908, and "Elizabeth Visits America," 1909, the latter being the outcome of a tour she made in the United States the previous year. Mrs. Glyn is of Canadian birth - Toronto is her native city - but in 1892 she married Clayton Glyn, J.p., and made her home in Essex. And at Harlow in that county she has built for herself a charming cottage, with a pavilion in the garden, where she does most of her writing. Her first book, " The Visits of Elizabeth," was published in 1900, and was really written to pass away the time while suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism, which made the authoress quite a cripple for the time being. After placing the book in the hands of a publisher, she started with her husband for Egypt, and on reaching that part of the world found that "Elizabeth" was famous. The criticism which Mrs. Glyn's books have aroused does not affect her one bit. Her independence is her most notable characteristic, and for public opinion she says she does not care one straw.

Mrs. Elinor Glyn

H. W. Harnett