Great Maytham Hall December 2003 the Country Houses Association announced that it was closing down its residential business and selling the eight Grade I and II listed buildings it owned. The walled garden of Great Maytham Hall provided the inspiration for one of the most famous of all books for children, "The Secret Garden". Its author, Frances Hodgson Burnett, lived at Great Maytham Hall from 1898 to 1907, where she found the old walled garden dating from 1721 sadly overgrown and neglected. Aided by a robin, Burnett discovered the door hidden amongst the ivy, and began the restoration of the garden, which she
The Shuttle (novel) list of bestselling novels in the United States for 1907 and 1908. "The Shuttle "was made into a silent film in 1918 by Margaret Trunbull and Harvey Thew, and featured Constance Talmadge as Bettina Vanderpoel, Edith Johnson as Rosalie Vanderpoel, E. B. Tilton as Reuben Vanderpoel, Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Vanderpoel, George McDaniel as Sir Nigel Anstruthers, Albert Roscoe as Lord Mount Dunstan, Thomas Persse as Penzance, Edward Piel as Ughtred Anstruthers, and Casson Fergusoe as G. Selden. It was directed by Rollin Sturgeon for Select Pictures. The Shuttle (novel) The Shuttle is a 1907 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett,