Frances Hodgson Burnett suffered a physical collapse that autumn. She returned to America, and in the winter of 1902 entered a sanatorium. There she told Townsend she would no longer live with him, and the marriage ended. She returned to Maytham two years later in June 1904. Maytham Hall had a series of walled gardens and in the rose garden she wrote several books; it was there she had the idea for "The Secret Garden", mainly written in Buile Hill Park while visiting Manchester. In 1905 "A Little Princess" was published, after she had reworked the play into a novel. Once again Burnett
Children of the Lens (novel) fan named Ed Wood who pointed out how important the story had been to the magazine before it became established. Children of the Lens (novel) Children of the Lens is a science fiction novel by American author E. E. Smith. It was first published in book form in 1954 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 4,874 copies. It is the last book in Smith's "Lensman" series. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine "Astounding" beginning in 1947. The Children of the Lens are the culmination of the Arisian breeding program, and are to be their weapons in the