[Publishers' advertisements for works by Lyon Sharman].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sharman, Lyon, 1872-1957. Sea-wall and other verse.

Sharman, Lyon.

Sharman, Lyon, 1872-1957. Somersault to love.

Canadian poetry--Women authors.

Canadian poetry.

Canadian drama--Women authors.

Canadian drama.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- Canada -- Toronto -- 20th century.

Publishers' advertisements -- New York -- New York -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 pamphlets ; 16-22 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Toronto and New York] : [The Macmillan Company of Canada and The Womans Press], [1925-1926?]

Biography/History:

Lyon Sharman, née Abbie Mary Lyon, was born in Hangzhou, China, in 1872, to a Presbyterian missionary family. She graduated from the University of Wooster in 1894 and married the Canadian theologian Henry Burton Sharman in 1896. She earned a doctorate in literature from the University of Chicago in 1906. Under the name Lyon Sharman she wrote both fiction and non-fiction, including a biography of Sun Yat-sen. She died in Los Angeles, California, in 1957.

Summary:

Two publishers' advertisements, each 1 folded sheet ([4] p.), for works by Lyon Sharman: The sea-wall and other verse (Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada) and The sea-wall and A somersault to love (New York: The Womans Press).

Contents:

The making of The sea-wall (Toronto : The Macmillan Company of Canada)

The sea-wall and A somersault to love (New York : The Womans Press).

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger from content.

OCLC:

1393345214