Elinor Macartney Lane

Elinor Macartney Lane
Elinor Macartney Lane was an American author best known for her 1904 novel "Nancy Stair," which became a bestseller. Born in 1864, she initially worked as a teacher before turning to writing. Her works often explored themes of personal growth and romantic relationships, with "Nancy Stair" standing out for its vivid portrayal of Scottish history and strong female characters. Lane's literary career was relatively brief, as she passed away in 1909.

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I   Ravenel Plantation occupies a singular rise of wooded land in North Carolina, between Way-Home River, Loon Mountain, and the Silver Fork. The road which leads from Charlotte toward the south branches by the Haunted Hollow, the right fork going to Carlisle and the left following the rushing waters of the Way-Home River to the very gate-posts of Ravenel Plantation, through which the noisy water... more...

PREFACE BY LORD STAIR Two excellent accounts of the beautiful Nancy Stair have already been published; the first by Mrs. George Opie, in the Scots News, giving a detailed account of the work on the burnside, and a more recent one by Professor Erskine, of our own University, which is little more than a critical dissertation upon Nancy as a poet; the heart of the matter with him being to commend her... more...