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Show Wrote a Famous Song. Annie M'Vicar Grant is a name that will always be honored by Scotchmen, as that of the author of "The Blue Bells of Scotland." She was born In Glasgow 162 years ago, and as a child was brought to America by her father, an officer of the British army. Hei childhood was spent in Albany. At thirteen she was taken back to Scotland, Scot-land, and while still a girl became the wife of Rev. James Grant. Her husband hus-band died, leaving her with eight children chil-dren to support, and she turned to literature lit-erature as a means of earning a living. She was a prolific writer of both verse and prose. Her "Letters from the Mountains," In three volumes, and "Memoirs of an American Lady," in two volumes, were widely read, and these and other literary works provided provid-ed Mrs. Grant with an excellent income. in-come. Of all that she wrote, however, only her famous song, "The Blue Bells of Scotland,", has survived to the present pres-ent generation. Mrs. Grant died in 1S38, at the age of eighty-three. |