Margaret Ogilvy

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Margaret Ogilvy is written by her son J. M. Barrie and dedicated to the memory of a sister, Jane Ann. A chapter headed How My Mother Got Her Soft Face tells of the day the writer was born, when six hair-bottomed chairs were bought, the first great victory in a woman's long campaign. The writer says all the clothes in the house were of her making, that she turned them and made them new again, and that never was a woman with such an eye for the fashion.

The writer remembers one ardent Gladstonian who, as a general election drew near, was in sore straits indeed, for he disbelieved in Home Rule. The text says that to leave her house had always been a month's work for her, since it must be left in such perfect order, every corner visited and cleaned out, every chest probed to the bottom.

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J. M. Barrie

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright best remembered for creating Peter Pan. He gave the copyright of the work to a children's hospital, and the character has become part of the cultural landscape.