Gertrude Hall (1863-1961) was an American poet, novelist, and translator. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother, Edna Amile, was a concert and her father, David Culver Hall, was a concert tour conductor. The family lived in London, Florence, and New York. Gertrude Hall married literary critic William Crary Brownell in 1921. Her works include: Verses (1890), Age of Fairygold (1899), April's Sowing: A tale (1900), Aurora the Magnificent (1917), and The Wagnerian Romances (1925).

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Excerpt from Aurora the Magnificent We will call it well developed, nobly planned. But What would be the good Of telling you the color Of these ladies' hair and eyes had I noticed it? It will help you much more effectively to pick them out in a crowd to be told they are very American. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863-1961) was an American poet and novelist. She was the author of: Far From Today (1892), What Will Time Give? (1897), The Hundred and Other Stories (1898), Age of Fairygold (1899), April's Sowing (1900), The Wagnerian Romances (1907), The Unknown Quantity (1910) and The Truth About Camilla (1913).

A wholesome and altogether enjoyable love story, with a mellowness and an easy distinction that cannot be claimed by a great many modern novels. It is the sort of story that used to be read aloud to the family circle; it is a novel that can pass that healthy test with unusual credit to the author.