Marie Corelli: The Writer and the Woman
CHAPTER II
MARIE CORELLI’S CHILDHOOD, ETC.
Marie Corelli, Adopted as an Infant, by Dr. Charles Mackay--Description of Mackay’s Career--The “Rosebud” and her Fancies--Absence of Child Playmates--Marie Corelli at the Convent School--Her Musical Studies--Dr. Mackay’s Illness, and her Return Home for Good--Miss Bertha Vyver--George Eric Mackay: his Chequered Career--“Love-Letters of a Violinist”: their Publication and Reception 26