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RECOLLECTIONS GRAVE AND GAY OF A VIRGINIA LADY DURING THE LATE WAR. Annotated and Illustrated.: (Refugitta)
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Recollections Grave and Gay (1911) or "Refugitta" are the personal experiences from Constance Cary Harrison's activities in Virginia during the years of the War Between the States. She commences by telling us of her impressive Virginia blood-lines, which connect with such American founders as Thomas Jefferson. She continues with her experiences near the front lines in Virginia, which include meeting with famous generals, nursing in the hospitals, and in general, cheering up the soldiers and boosting morale. When the war came to an end, Constance went to Europe with her mother. The narrative ends with a sketch of her travels in Europe, and her encounters with some of the notable and even notorious people of the day. She came back to the United States in 1867 to marry attorney Burton Harrison (former secretary to Jefferson Davis) and settle with him in New York City. There she became a socialite and pursued her writing. The book is written in the chatty style of another “Civil War” diarist, Mary Boykin Chestnut, of whom she several times mentions.
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Alice in Wonderland: The 1890 American Theatrical Adaptation
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A prolific American writer, Constance Cary Harrison’s adaptation was one of three published versions in Charles Dodgson’s lifetime. Originally growing out of a need to entertain hospitalized children, Harrison refined her manuscript and with Dodgson’s permission published the play in 1890 in DeWitt’s Acting Plays. It became a staple of theaters at the turn of the last century and was the basis for the 1931 film from Metropolitan Studio.
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Constance Cary Harrison was a prolific American writer. She is best known by her novels and tales, which have for subject matter rather superficial social life.
Background
Constance Cary Harrison was born on April 25, 1843, in Fairfax County, Virginia, United states, the daughter of Archibald and Monimia (Fairfax) Cary. Her father was the son of William Jefferson Cary, nephew of Thomas Jefferson, and her mother was a daughter of Thomas, ninth Lord Fairfax, who never assumed his title. Archibald Cary was editor of the Cumberland Civilian, at Cumberland, Maryland, and died there before he was forty. His widow went with her three children to live with her mother on the Fairfax estate, “Vaucluse, ” near Alexandria, Virginia. There the family remained until “Vaucluse” was destroyed during the Civil War.
Education
The education of Constance Cary was often interrupted. At “Vaucluse” she had a French governess; later she went to Richmond to the boarding-school of M. Hubert Lefebvre. At Cumberland she went to Miss Jane Kenah’s day school and studied Latin with the rector of the parish. Later she studied music and French in France.
Career
During the Civil War, her mother became a volunteer nurse and Constance herself matured rapidly. She spent the war years in Richmond or its neighborhood and there met her future husband, Burton Norvell Harrison, the young secretary of Jefferson Davis. Her war experiences included nursing, making a Confederate flag, and writing magazine articles under the name “Refugitta. ” There were some pleasures: she saw the inauguration of Jefferson Davis, attended the receptions of Mrs. Davis, received a call from General Lee, and rode with Burton Harrison. After the fall of Richmond and the assassination of Lincoln, Harrison was imprisoned and Constance Cary, who had gone to stay with relatives in New Jersey, had no news of him for months. Finally, after continued efforts of the Carys, now in Washington, he was released and visited them there. In October 1866, Constance and her mother went to Europe.
In 1867, Constance married Burton Harrison. Her husband was practising law in New York City and they went to live near Irving Place. Her social circle included many persons interested in music and literature. At the suggestion of Rev. Francis Vinton of Trinity Church, she began to write short stories. “A Little Centennial Lady, ” which appeared in Scribner’s Monthly, July 1876, established her popularity. Thereafter she wrote continuously - tales, novels, plays, essays, the chief of which are: Flower de Hundred; the Story of a Virginia Plantation (1890); Belhaven Talcs (1892); A Daughter of the South and Shorter Stories ; Sweet Bells out of Tune (1893); A Bachelor Maid (1894); An Errant Wooing (1895); A Virginia Cousin and Bar Harbor Talcs (1895); The Anglomaniacs (1899); A Princess of the Hills; an Italian Romance ; Sylvia’s Husband (1904); The Carlyles; a Story of the Fall of the Confederacy (1905) ; Latter-Day Sweethearts (1906).
The characters of her stories carry the story along pleasantly, if they make no lasting impression. Many of her backgrounds, which are well drawn, are European, and accordingly her novels are partly books of travel. Her style is vivacious and clever. After the death of her husband in 1904, she spent much time abroad, but finally settled in Washington. In 1911 she published an autobiographical volume, Recollections Grave and Gay. She died in Washington in 1920.