attention of editor and reader. Shortly afterwards, the Buffalo Express printed an article from her on Fort Erie, its jaunty inaccuracies calling forth from several villagers indignant responses. A little later, the first money she earned by writing came to her for from Peterson's Magazine. She continued to write for Peterson's, and for several years wrote a great deal for Frank Leslie's publications. Many of her works were short stories. Young also won praise with her poetry and made some translations of French and German poems into English verse. In November, 1889, she published a successful novel, Adrift: A Story of Niagara, the plot of which was laid in the neighborhood of Niagara Falls. Personal life Young made her home on Bouck Avenue, Buffalo. Julia Ditto Young died April 19, 1915, and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Selected works Adrift : a story of Niagara, 1889 Thistle Down: Poems, 1893 This Then is the Story of Glynne's Wife Told in Numbers, 1896 The story of Saville : told in numbers, 1897 Black Evan. A tale of the "Forty-five". In verse. [With a portrait.], 1901 Index and concordance to that cyclopedia of comment, the philistine magazine, Elbert Hubbard, editor : volumes I to XX, 1906? Barham Beach: A Poem of Regeneration, 1908 Sonnet to Theodore Roosevelt on his departure for Africa, March, 1909., 1909 Lines, 1915 References Attribution External links 1857 births 1915 deaths 19th-century American women writers 19th-century American poets 19th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American poets 20th-century American novelists Writers from Buffalo, New York Buffalo State College alumni American women poets Novelists from New York (state) Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Woman of the Century