Some "Veiled Ladies."

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 December 1914, Page 6

Some "Veiled Ladies."

One of the most famous cases of a man writer winning fame under a woman's name was that of the late William Sharp, who kept his identity with "Fiona Macleod" a close secret during his life, and it was only after his death that the public were made aware that "her" remarkable novels were the work of the well-knoWn critic and essayist Their style seemed so characteristically feminine that even the most astute critics believed that they were written by a woman's hand ' Another famoue writer, Laurence Housman, known already as a poet and artist, made a third and rao«rt successful appearance before the public as a "veiled lady." A rem ; rk . able book appeared .entitled "An Englishwoman's Love Letters " which all the critics praised and all had laid her heart bare ? Th e rH tics agreed that, whoever she W m" she understood her sex to perfect^' The secret was kept very eC time' and then > to everybody's Tm mense amazement, the real + i was revealed as a man 6 X^T n L De°Ple P^bably will re call the undoubted fart + the greatest of V ctoriln °f very matter-ot-Jact feminin. plume ot .. Mrs . J*™ ™*> whilst another Manner.,.-, siaser on the otheTl^'lf^r