Mary Morison Webster was a Scottish born novelist and poet who came to South Africa

South Africa

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 with her family in 1920. She lived in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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 where she was an influential book reviewer for The Rand Daily Mail

The Rand Daily Mail

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 and Sunday Times

The Sunday Times (South Africa)

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 for 40 years. She wrote five novels, including one in collaboration with her sister, novelist Elizabeth Charlotte Webster and several collections of poetry.

Poetry

• Tomorrow (1922)
• The Silver Flute (1931)
• Alien Guest (1933)
• Garland in the Wind (1938)
• Flowers from Four Gardens (1951)
• A Litter of Leaves (1971)

Novels

• Evergreen (1929)
• The Schoolhouse (1933)
• High Altitude (1949, with Elizabeth Charlotte Webster)
• The Slave of the Lamp (1950)
• A Village Scandal (1965)