 She became editor of the magazine from 1893 to 1917.While writing for the "British Weekly", she became acquainted with S. R. Crockett and J. M. Barrie, whose work like hers was given the unflattering epithet kailyard, an allusion to its parochialism and sentimentality.By 1898, Swan had published over 30 books, mainly novels, many published serially.