Della Campbell MacLeod explained

Della Campbell MacLeod
Birth Date:	ca. 1884
Birth Place:	French Bend Plantation, Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.
Death Date:	?
Period:	1908–22

Della Campbell MacLeod (– 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.^[5] Her parents were Duncan and Nora (Hooker) MacLeod.

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. 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]

Notes and References

1. News: The Billboard. 33 . lantern.mediahist.org . 33 . 1921-08-13.
2. News: SOUTHERN ROMANCE . 25 October 2022 . The Boston Globe . Newspapers.com . 15 February 1913 . 6 . en.
3. Hills . William Henry . Luce . Robert . WRITERS OF THE DAY . The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers . August 1909 . XXI . 8 . 136 . 25 October 2022 . Writer Publishing Company . Boston . en.
4. Book: Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada . 1914 . American Commonwealth Company . 528 . 1 . 25 October 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Della MacLeod Census • United States Census, 1920 . familysearch.org . 25 October 2022.
6. News: Della Campbell MacLeod . 25 October 2022 . The Lexington Advertiser . Newspapers.com . 28 February 1913 . 8 . en.
7. About authors . Bookseller and Stationer . 1 August 1921 . LV . 3 . 85 . 25 October 2022 . New York . en.
8. News: Omens of Good Luck and Bad . 25 October 2022 . The Clay Center Dispatch . Newspapers.com . 23 July 1908 . 10 . en.
9. Cupid at the Cleaners . The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness . January 1909 . 27 . 1 . 96–106 . 25 October 2022 . Ess Ess Publishing Company . en.
10. News: Life's Honey, a Little Study in Values . 25 October 2022 . The Palatka News and Advertiser . Newspapers.com . 6 July 1917 . 2 . en.
11. Costa Rican Indians . Brown . G. M. L. . Wilcox . Marrion . Tropical and Subtropical America . June 1908 . 5 . 219–21 . 25 October 2022 . Tropical America Publishing Company . en.
12. Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross . Munsey's Magazine . July 1912 . XLVII . 4 . 554–59 . 25 October 2022 . Frank A. Munsey Company . en.