James Stephens

Mary, Mary James Stephens

Publisher Marketing: If any of James Stephens' books might be thought to have need of an Introduction it would be the delightful story that is called Mary, Mary on one side of the Atlantic Ocean and The Charwoman's Daughter on the other. It was written in 1910, when the author was known as the poet of Insurrections and the writer of a few of the mordant studies that belong to a later book, Here Are Ladies. In 1911 four people came together to establish The Irish Review. They were David Houston, Thomas MacDonagh, James Stephens and the present writer. James Stephens mentioned that he could hand over some stuff for publication. The stuff was the book in hand. It came out as a serial in the second number with the title Mary, A Story, ran for a twelvemonth and did much to make the fortune (if a review that perished after a career of four years ever had its fortune made) of The Irish Review. Contributor Bio:  Stephens, James James Stephens, poet and storyteller, was born in Dublin in 1880. From 1915 to 1924 he was registrar of the National Gallery in Dublin. He spent the remaining years of his life in London where he broadcast frequently from the BBC. He died in 1950.