Ward, Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart [Phelps]

Ms., 1844- ——. Wife of Herbert D. Ward, infra, daughter of A. Phelps, supra. A popular New England novelist whose life was mainly pa ed at And over and Gloucester until her marriage in 1888. She has more recently lived in Newton, Ma achusetts. The publication in 1869 of The Gates Ajar, a tale whose theme is the life of departed spirits in the next world, aroused much discu ion, and instantly made its author famous. She has since pursued the same motive in Beyond the Gates, and The Gates Between. Her latest works, as a whole, show an increase of power and a higher level of literary excellence. Hedged in; The Silent Partner; Sealed Orders, and Other Stories; Men, Women, and Ghosts; Friends: a Duet; Dr. Zay; The Story of Avis; An Old Maid’s Paradise, and Burglars in Paradise; Fourteen to One, a book of short stories; Donald Marcy; Jack the Fisherman; The Madonna of the Tubs; A Singular Life; The Supply at St. Agatha’s; The Master of the Magicians (with H. D. Ward); Come Forth (with H. D. Ward); What to Wear?; The Struggle for Immortality, a collection of e ays; Chapters from a Life, an autobiography. Le widely known as a poet, her Poetic Studies, and Songs of the Silent World, perhaps represent her highest point of attainment. Her juvenile books include, Gypsey’s Rainy Day Book; My Cousin and I; The Trotty Book; Trotty’s Wedding Tour and Story Book. See Vedder’s American Writers. Hou.