Another departure to be noted is that of Mr, W, B. Maxwell, the novelist. The son of wealthy parents, his father being a successful publisher and his mother—to be named presently, his life was laid in pleasant places. He was between 30 and 40 when, having tried various other pursuits in a rather dilettante way, he turned to novels. Having met numbers of people and observed shrewdly, he wa successful from the first, and published a book every year until comparatively recently. His hesi known are perhaps "The Guarded Flame" and The Devil's Garden," the latter at taining the distinction of being banned by the circulating libraries. Maxwell admitted that he had dealt with life not with fairyland, but protested that he was always on the side ofthe angels. Nowadays, anyone in search of boóks that libraries had banned would think "The Devil's Garden" very tepid.
Maxwell inherited many of his tastes and certainly his talent from his mother, who was no other than Miss M. E. Braddon, author of "Lady Audley's Secret" the title of which Something gay, soft and comfortable in the way of an autumn frock is worn by Miss Virginia Bruce. The stripes were reported to be of red in all its autumn changes, with a broad black and narrow white and green stripe to give an accent. cinema dialogue even at its best is a) must still be as well known as "East Lynne," though probably not one Braddon went on writing novels for 50 years, always successfully, thous never with quite the same success as in "Lady Audley." She and her son were certainly gifted with prolific imaginations, and still had time to enjoy society and entertain lavishly.
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