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First edition. 12mo.,46pp. Two one-act plays episodes in the lives of Mohammed and Buddha. Mrs. Anderson(Isabel Weld Perkins)at the age of 5 inherited $ 17 million cash from her grandfather, William Fletcher Weld. He made a fortune through his Black Horse Flag fleet of clipper ships and a subsequent transportation empire. At age 20 as a young debutante on her world tour.she met Larz Anderson an eligible bachelor from a distinguished Cincinnati, Ohio family who traced their roots in America to before the Revolution. A wealthy young Harvard graduate, he was serving at the United States Embassy in Rome in 1896. Larz and Isabel were married in Boston in 1897 and embarked on a life of luxury combined with public service and adventure. Larz served as Ambassador to Japan in 1912, and Isabel received the Croix d Guerre in 1918 for her nursing service in the Great War. They traveled widely with four trips around the world and throughout Europe and the Far East. The Andersons built a mansion at DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C., today owned by the Society of Cincinnati, and kept a house in New Hampshire. Summers and Christmas holidays, the Andersons spent at their twenty-five room mansion located at the crest of their estate in Brookline, which they named "Weld" in honor of Isabel s grandfather. Mrs. Anderson wrote many books and plays. Her books The Great Sea Horse, Under The Black Horse Flag, The Spell of Japan, In Eastern Seas, etc. while not common are obtainable. Her plays on the other hand are quite scarce. This copy is near fine and unopened in a very good++dust jacket(Trace of residue from a removed bookplate inside front cover, small closed tears to the wrapper near the top of spine). Seller Inventory # fl-20254
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