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:In [https://books.google.de/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=elsie+%22mary+forrester+%22+humphries The Writers Directory 1980-82], Macmillan Press 1979, page 612  (ISBN 978-1-349-03652-3) there is:<br> HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary. Writes as Mary Forrester. British, b. 1905. Writer on art. Publrs. Asst., Methuen & Co., London, 1947-63. Primary sch. teacher, Barnet Education Cttee., London, 1967 until retirement. <i>Publs:</i> (as Mary Forrester) An Introduction to Great Artists, 1965; A World That Sings, 1972. Add: 29 Willoughby Rd., London NW3, England. --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
 
:In [https://books.google.de/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA612&lpg=PA612&dq=elsie+%22mary+forrester+%22+humphries The Writers Directory 1980-82], Macmillan Press 1979, page 612  (ISBN 978-1-349-03652-3) there is:<br> HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary. Writes as Mary Forrester. British, b. 1905. Writer on art. Publrs. Asst., Methuen & Co., London, 1947-63. Primary sch. teacher, Barnet Education Cttee., London, 1967 until retirement. <i>Publs:</i> (as Mary Forrester) An Introduction to Great Artists, 1965; A World That Sings, 1972. Add: 29 Willoughby Rd., London NW3, England. --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
  
:But [https://books.google.de/books?id=qQoeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA525&lpg=PA525&dq=%22mary+forrester%22+1905 A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language] edited by T. J. Carty, Routledge 2000 (ISBN 1-57958-209-5), page 525, says:<br> '''HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary''' [1905-  , English novelist]: <i>Mary Forrester (The Seer; The Gleam; The Garden of Dreams)</i>. --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
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:But [https://books.google.de/books?id=qQoeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA525&lpg=PA525&dq=%22mary+forrester%22+1905 A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language] edited by T. J. Carty, Routledge 2000 (ISBN 1-57958-209-5), page 525, says:<br> '''HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary''' [1905-  , English novelist]: <i>Mary Forrester (The Seer; The Gleam; The Garden of Dreams</i> [f]). --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
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:Author's page Mary Forrester on OCLC/WorldCat: [https://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n97869245 lccn-n97869245].
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::- The Priceless Heritage, Hutchinson & Co. 1927 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/priceless-heritage/oclc/558973216 558973216])<br>- The Garden of Peace, Hutchinson & Co. 1928 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/garden-of-peace/oclc/1063845027 1063845027])<br>- The Gleam, Hutchinson & Co. 1930 (OCLC/WorldCat [https://www.worldcat.org/title/gleam/oclc/774596088 774596088])<br>- The Seer, Hutchinson & Co. 1935 (OCLC/WorldCat  [https://www.worldcat.org/title/seer/oclc/6619239 6619239]) --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
  
 
According to [https://books.google.de/books?id=VWZbAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1565&lpg=PA1565&dq=%22the+seer+%22%22mary+forrester%22 Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. (A) Group 1, #9967] Mary Forrester 1935 lives in Annfield, Stirling, England. --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 03:52, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
 
According to [https://books.google.de/books?id=VWZbAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1565&lpg=PA1565&dq=%22the+seer+%22%22mary+forrester%22 Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. (A) Group 1, #9967] Mary Forrester 1935 lives in Annfield, Stirling, England. --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 03:52, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
  
Mary Forrester (born 1905) is also the author of "The Gleam” and "The Garden of Peace”. --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 03:59, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
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Also an author's page: Mary Magdalen Forrester [https://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-nb2005011527 lccn-nb2005011527], publications of 1900 and 1905. --[[User:Zapp|Zapp]] 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

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(Elsie) Mary Humphries who wrote under the pseudonym Mary Forrester 'An Introduction to Great Artists' (1965), is not the same Mary Forrester that wrote 'The Seer' (1935). Source: 'The Bibliography of Australian Literature: F-J', pp. 76-77.--Dirk P Broer 21:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

In The Writers Directory 1980-82, Macmillan Press 1979, page 612 (ISBN 978-1-349-03652-3) there is:
HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary. Writes as Mary Forrester. British, b. 1905. Writer on art. Publrs. Asst., Methuen & Co., London, 1947-63. Primary sch. teacher, Barnet Education Cttee., London, 1967 until retirement. Publs: (as Mary Forrester) An Introduction to Great Artists, 1965; A World That Sings, 1972. Add: 29 Willoughby Rd., London NW3, England. --Zapp 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
But A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language edited by T. J. Carty, Routledge 2000 (ISBN 1-57958-209-5), page 525, says:
HUMPHRIES, Elsie Mary [1905- , English novelist]: Mary Forrester (The Seer; The Gleam; The Garden of Dreams [f]). --Zapp 12:51, 22 August 2019 (EDT)
Author's page Mary Forrester on OCLC/WorldCat: lccn-n97869245.
- The Priceless Heritage, Hutchinson & Co. 1927 (OCLC/WorldCat 558973216)
- The Garden of Peace, Hutchinson & Co. 1928 (OCLC/WorldCat 1063845027)
- The Gleam, Hutchinson & Co. 1930 (OCLC/WorldCat 774596088)
- The Seer, Hutchinson & Co. 1935 (OCLC/WorldCat 6619239) --Zapp 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

According to Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. (A) Group 1, #9967 Mary Forrester 1935 lives in Annfield, Stirling, England. --Zapp 03:52, 22 August 2019 (EDT)

Also an author's page: Mary Magdalen Forrester lccn-nb2005011527, publications of 1900 and 1905. --Zapp 15:45, 22 August 2019 (EDT)