Della Campbell MacLeod

Della Campbell MacLeod
Born	ca. 1884 French Bend Plantation, Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	DOD unknown
Pen name	"Rose MacRae" "Campbell MacLeod"
Occupation	author journalist
Period	1908–22
Genre	novels short stories non-fiction articles

Della Campbell MacLeod (c. 1884 – 1921)[1] was an American author and journalist, who wrote novels, short stories, and non-fiction articles,[2] using the pseudonyms "Rose MacRae" and "Campbell MacLeod", as well as writing under her own name.[3] MacLeod published three novels: The Maiden Manifest (1913), A Lantern of Love: A Novel in Three Parts (1921), and The Swan and the Mule: A Novel (1922). She also wrote book reviews and other articles for various periodicals including New Orleans Picayune, Munsey's Magazine, Baltimore News, and New York Press.

Biography

Della Campbell MacLeod was born on the French Bend Plantation, Greenwood, Mississippi, on the Yazoo River,[4] ca. 1884.[3][5] Her parents were Duncan and Nora (Hooker) MacLeod.[4]

Her education progressed through interruptions, ending with a year at a fashionable finishing school.[6]

Soon after finishing her education, MacLeod began her career writing book reviews for the New Orleans Picayune,[7] and serving as Assistant Sunday editor (1905–06). After two years of training there, she came to New York and did freelance work for a year (1908–09). Another year in the Southern United States intervened before her return to New York, where she became a member of the Munsey's Magazine staff. Then she returned to the South again, and was a member of the Baltimore News (1910–13). Returning to New York, she became a special writer on the New York Press.[6][4] She died there on 29 July 1921.[1]

Selected works

Novels

• The Maiden Manifest (with illustrations by Harriet Roosevelt Richards; Boston, Little, Brown, & Co., 1913) (text)
• A Lantern of Love: A Novel in Three Parts (1921) (text)
• The Swan and the Mule: A Novel (1922) (text)

Short stories

• "Omens of Good Luck and Bad" (1908)[8]
• "Cupid at the Cleaners" (1909)[9]
• "Life's Honey, a Little Study in Values" (1917)[10]

Articles

• "Costa Rican Indians" (1908)[11]
• "Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross" (1912)[12]

References

1. "The Billboard". lantern.mediahist.org. Vol. 33, no. 33. 1921-08-13.
2. "SOUTHERN ROMANCE". The Boston Globe. 15 February 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 25 October 2022 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. Hills, William Henry; Luce, Robert (August 1909). "WRITERS OF THE DAY". The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers. XXI (8). Boston: Writer Publishing Company: 136. Retrieved 25 October 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. p. 528. Retrieved 25 October 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Della MacLeod Census • United States Census, 1920". familysearch.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
6. "Della Campbell MacLeod". The Lexington Advertiser. 28 February 1913. p. 8. Retrieved 25 October 2022 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
7. "About authors". Bookseller and Stationer. LV (3). New York: 85. 1 August 1921. Retrieved 25 October 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
8. "Omens of Good Luck and Bad". The Clay Center Dispatch. 23 July 1908. p. 10. Retrieved 25 October 2022 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
9. "Cupid at the Cleaners". The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness. Vol. 27, no. 1. Ess Ess Publishing Company. January 1909. pp. 96–106. Retrieved 25 October 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
10. "Life's Honey, a Little Study in Values". The Palatka News and Advertiser. 6 July 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 25 October 2022 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
11. Brown, G. M. L.; Wilcox, Marrion (June 1908). "Costa Rican Indians". Tropical and Subtropical America. No. 5. Tropical America Publishing Company. pp. 219–21. Retrieved 25 October 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
12. "Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross". Munsey's Magazine. XLVII (4). Frank A. Munsey Company: 554–59. July 1912. Retrieved 25 October 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.