![]() ![]() Barrie drew a precious picture of little Daisy at work, now with ‘the tongue firmly clenched between her teeth,’ now with ‘her head to the side and her tongue well out.’ He imagined her sucking her thumb and called her the ‘blazing child.’ The British stomach such goop better than Americans do they seem to place a smaller premium on growing up. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, who wrote a treacly preface to the 1919 edition. Kendrick writes: “I would lay the blame for juvenilizing The Young Visiters on Sir J.M. Barrie, my icon and one of my favorite writers, doomed this novel to obscurity in our time. You can read the original text here.) According to the Academy Chicago Publishers 1991 preface by Walter Kendrick, J.M. Written around 1890 by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford, the novel was published in 1919. It’s called The Young Visiters (sic) Or, Mr. I’ve just read the most ridiculous and wonderful novel. Portrait of Daisy Ashford by Mark Handley ![]()
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