38 EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 



1901 in the Somerset Free Press (since reprinted 

 in pamphlet form) which ''professes to be a 

 plain historical account and reads as if genuine 

 if it be a concoction, it is one of the cleverest 

 we have seen for some time," so says Mr. 

 Snell. . . . " The writer begins by confessing 

 her surprise that Blackmore should have suc- 

 ceeded in embodying the traditions of her 

 family so correctly in Lorna Doone" and 

 " supposes he must have got it from some 

 Scottish family of his acquaintance." This 

 lady claims to be a descendant of the Doones, 

 and tells all about them, and it appears she very 

 satisfactorily traces her own ancestry back 

 through the Doones of Doone Valley to the 

 Earl of Moray, who was murdered 23rd January 

 1570. Miss Doori tells the whole story of the 

 Doones, and she claims " Carver " Doone as 

 her great-great-great-grandfather. This chapter 

 on " The Doones " will greatly interest the 

 readers of Lorna Doone. 



" The Worthies " whose stories are told 

 are Sir Thomas Ackland, the Rev. John 

 Froude, the Rev. John Russell, Mr. Charles 

 Palk Collyns, the Rev. Joseph Jekyll, Mr. 

 Mordaunt F. Bisset, and Miss Alice King. 



