MY LADY'S SLIPPER; pictures by Charlotte Weber Ditzler
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1905. Charlotte Weber Ditzler. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 245. The text is printed within an elaborate border, TEG, bound in blue cloth with the cover stamped in gilt, untrimmed. Name stamp on end paper. Item #59592
From Wikipedia: "He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. In 1889, he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church, and was ordained a priest in 1890. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.Brady's first major book, For Love of Country, whilst telling the story of a fictitious John Seymour, was actually based in part on the true heroics of Nicholas Biddle, one of the first five captains of the fledgling Continental Navy.Brady was also famous for his views of feminism and Women's suffrage, he preached many anti-suffrage sermons and described women voters as "an insult to God".In 1914 Brady began working as a screenwriter at Vitagraph Company of America.Brady died in Yonkers, New York of pneumonia at age 58"
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