“It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders.”

"Julius Caesar: An Appreciation of the Hollywood Production" in The Mercury (15 June 1916)
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Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter 1856–1919

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