author
Ysabel De Witte
A little-known early 20th-century writer, remembered for books that mix travel, legend, and fiction. Her work ranges from a 1913 account of Palestine to later titles on the Riviera and a collaborative novel, giving her a small but intriguing place in public-domain literature.
1 Audiobook
Mothers of men
by William Henry Warner, Ysabel De Witte
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author could be confirmed from reliable online sources, which makes her something of a literary mystery. What can be verified is her published work: The Stones of Palestine appeared in 1913 under the name De Witte Kaplan, and Mothers of Men, written with William Henry Warner, was published in 1919 and is now available through Project Gutenberg.
Catalog and library records also connect her with The Romance and Legend of the Riviera and The Wolf Cub, suggesting a writer with interests that moved between travel writing, regional history and legend, and fiction. Even with so few personal details surviving online, her books still offer a glimpse of the themes and reading tastes of the early 1900s.