Miss Joe Lederer, Apostle of Modern Youth A knowledge of feminine psychology coupled with a powerful pen has already brought international fame to Miss Joe Lederer, distinguished young German novelist, who has been quietly studying the foreigner in China, at Kuling and in Shanghai for the past several weeks. Despite the somewhat amazing record of four books, each of which has run its sales well into the thousands, with translations already pub-Hished in eight languages, Miss Leder~ for modestly attributes her success "to intuition, not to organization". A happy accident is responsible for her prominence as a novelist, she observed, for originally she wrote Doetry. A poem, "I Am the Girl of Your Century" inspired a newspaper order a short story, "But couldn't write a short story, and wrote @ novel Instead," she smiled.
The modern giri_ may have been forced into economic independence, and into a semblance of independent thought, but she is. still dominated by the psychology best described ax modern girl a psychological ideal, and from this point of view the autheress depicts her heroines.
The Shanghat Foreigner.
Since June, Mise Lederer has been quietly observing foreigners-~ bringing into clear perspective their hopes, their ideals, their psychology—painstakingly analysing motives and Feactions, outlook and attitudes. When her material is complete, she will return to Germany, for unlike many" writers, she has maintained success despite political upheawhich have made German history during the past few years. Her last book, a biographical novel based upon the "borderland. life" of an adolescent girl verging upon womanhood, entitled "Under the" Apple ree! was published in Bertin is ray.
Meanwhile, despite the relative poverty in Germany, her books have cold anid are still selling in thousands. Born in Vienna, she reflects fan appreciation for glamour and its Power, while, in person, she remains simple and unpretentious.
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