Margaret Manson Barbour Stone (February 27, 1841 – June 25, 1913) was an American writer and clubwoman, based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Margaret M. Barbour Stone | |
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| Born | February 27, 1841 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 1913 (age 72) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Other names | Mrs. C. H. Stone |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, clubwoman |
| Notable work | A Practical Study of the Soul (1901) |
Early life and education
editBarbour was born in St. Louis, the daughter of William E. Barbour and Mary C. Berry Barbour. She attended Mary Institute.[1]
Career
editStone was "president and originator" of the Modern Novel Club in 1885.[2][3] She also created public contests for housework tasks, in the 1890s.[2] Her novel One of "Berrian's" Novels (1890)[4] is set in the 21st-century utopia of Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888); Berrian is a novelist in the Bellamy book.[5] She lectured in New York City, and studied "the domestic problem" in Paris.[6]
Stone spent fifteen years working on her book A Practical Study of the Soul (1901). "I don't think the physicians will agree with what I say, and I am very sure that educational persons will not," she told an interviewer in 1901.[7] The book was described as being "written with the sincerest wish to help humanity to avoid the many wrecks which strew the path of life"[8] and which "may well prove of no little service as an aid in the development of character."[9] "This book impresses one as the work of a woman of vivacious intelligence, fairly serious-minded, a reader of lay philosophy and transcendental essays and adapted to be a leader in culture clubs," noted a reviewer in the Baltimore Sun, who judged the book "not sheer nonsense."[10]
Publications
editPersonal life
editBarbour married professor Charles Henry Stone in 1862; they had five children; her daughter Jasmine Stone married artist William Van Dresser,[15] and became a writer of children's books.[16][17] Her daughter Lillian Stone was a playwright, married to writer William Flewellyn Saunders.[18] Her husband died in 1906, and she died in 1913, at the age of 72, at her daughter's home in St. Louis.[2]
References
edit- ^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1901). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis.
- ^ a b c "Mrs. Stone, Author, Dies in St. Louis". The San Francisco Call and Post. 1913-06-28. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Modern Novel Club". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1899-10-08. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pre-1950 Utopias and Science Fiction by Women; An Annotated Reading List of Online Editions of Speculative Fiction". Digital Library, University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ^ "SFE: Stone, Mrs C H". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ^ "Personal". The Standard Union. 1896-10-03. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Soul and Mind, Declares Mrs. C. H. Stone, are One". The St Louis Republic. 1901-09-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Book News for December". Book News Monthly. 20 (232): 356. December 1901.
- ^ "Book Reviews". The Hartford Seminary Record. 12 (2): 147. February 1902.
- ^ Rebec, George (1902-10-23). "Religious". The Baltimore Sun. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stone, C. H. (1890). One of "Berrian's" novels. New York: Welch, Fracker Company.
- ^ "The problem of domestic service [electronic resource] / by Mrs. C.H. Stone". - Catalogue, National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ^ Stone, Margaret Manson Barbour (1896). To Reading Clubs and Students of Fiction. Modern Novel Club.
- ^ Stone, Margaret M. Barbour (Margaret Manson Barbour) (1901). A practical study of the soul. Cornell University Library. New York : Dodd, Mead & Co.
- ^ "An Artist Who Doesn't Wait for Sitters". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1928-11-12. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dresser, Jasmine Stone Van (1908). The Little Brown Hen Hears the Song of the Nightingale ; and The Golden Harvest. Paul Elder.
- ^ Dresser, Jasmine Stone Van (1925). Jimsey. Rand McNally.
- ^ Thornton, Hamilton (1931-04-12). "Mrs. William Flewellyn Saunders is a Firm Believer in the Art Values of the Little Theatre". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. p. 55. Retrieved 2024-07-10 – via Newspapers.com.