Mary Greer Conklin

Mary Greer Conklin is best known as the author of Conversation; What to Say and How to Say It, published in 1912. The book was issued by Funk & Wagnalls in New York and London and has remained easy to rediscover through major public digital archives.

Her work focuses on the social side of speech: how people listen, respond, and keep conversation graceful without making it feel forced. That practical, reader-friendly approach helps explain why the book still catches the attention of modern readers interested in manners, communication, and social confidence.

Reliable biographical details about her life are scarce in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview stays close to what is clearly documented: a writer remembered primarily for one enduring book about speaking well and putting others at ease.