MORRIS, MADGE (MADGE MORRIS HILYARD WAGNER) — Debris Selections from Poems

Sacramento, CA: H. S. Crocker & Co, Printers, 1881. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, bumping, rubbing and fraying. The spine joints have rubbing as well. The text pages are clean, and bright. "WAGNER, Madge Morris, journalist, b. On the plains, 25 April, 1862, when her parents were on their way to California. She is a descendant of Capt. Morris, who built Fort Morris, in Virginia. She was educated in the common schools, and early became a journalist and poet. Her patriotic poem “Liberty Bell” led to the oonstruction of the Columbian liberty bell. From 1885 to 1895 she was the editor of “The Golden Gate, ” to which Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller, and Mark Twain were constant contributors. Mrs. Wagner is the author of “Débris, a Book of Poems” (San Francisco, 1881) ; “Mystery of Carmel, and other Poems” (1885) ; and a novel, “The Titled Plebeian” (1890)." (from Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography). Very Good .