Marjorie Fleming (also spelt Marjory; 15 January 1803 – 19 December 1811) was a Scottish child writer and poet. She gained appreciation from Robert Louis Stevenson, Leslie Stephen, and possibly Walter Scott.

Mar 15, 2019 · In 1811, eight-year-old Marjory Fleming contracted meningitis and died. She was quietly buried without ceremony in a simple grave in Fife. However, she left behind her three journals, a book of poems and some letters which, fifty years later, had the Victorian literati hailing her as a child prodigy, sold in their thousands and ensured that her ...

This “wonder – child” Marjorie Fleming, was born on January 15th, 1803, at 130 High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, and died on January 19th, 1811 – a short life, but a happy one with a mission. Her poems were fascinating for someone so young.

The handwritten diary, letters and poems of Kirkcaldy-born Marjory Fleming, who died in Edinburgh in 1811, aged 8. Also a small portrait, and some letters of her mother and cousin (1811-1812). Marjory's writings reveal a literary child …

Marjory’s manuscripts in the National Library Of Scotland are a captivating but bittersweet portrait of an extraordinarily clever, endearing and sometimes quite naughty girl, destined for great things had her life not been cut so cruelly short.

Marjorie Fleming, or, as she is called in the letters and by Sir Walter, Maidie, was the last child she kept. Jeanie’s wages never exceeded £3 a year, and when she left service she had saved £40. She was devotedly attached to Maidie, rather despising and ill-using her sister Isabella,—a beautiful and gentle child. ...

Sep 24, 2024 · Marjorie Fleming (also spelt Marjory 15 January 1803 19 December 1811) was a Scottish child writer and poet. Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland on 15 January 1803, Marjorie was the third child of the Kirkcaldy accountant James Fleming (died c. 1840) and his wife Isabella (daughter of James Rae), a.

There was an old servant, Jeanie Robertson, who was forty years in her grandfather’s family. Marjorie Fleming—or as she is called in the letters and by Sir Walter, Maidie—was the last child she kept. Jeanie’s wages never exceeded £3 a year, and when she left …

Dec 19, 2023 · Marjorie Fleming; the story of Pet Marjorie together with her journals and her letters by Macbean, L. (Lachlan), 1853-1931

Apr 5, 2007 · Fleming, Margaret, 1803-1811 Publisher New York Putnam Collection robarts; toronto; university_of_toronto Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto Language English Item Size 441.1M