Margaret OgilvyPaperback, 1 January 2023

J. M. Barrie wrote a biography on his mother and family in Scotland in the late 19th century titled Margaret Ogilvy: Life Is a Long Lesson in Humility. It was the seventh-best-selling book in the US in 1897, according to The Bookman. The book features family memories and was written as an homage to Barrie's mother. In the book, Barrie describes his mother telling him stories about her youth and attributes his passion for reading to her. The biography of her Scottish-born mother and family by J. M. Barrie is titled Margaret Ogilvy: Life Is a Long Lesson in Humility. It was the seventh-best selling in the US in 1897, according to The Bookman. The best-known work by Scottish author and playwright Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, is Peter Pan. He was grown and born in Scotland before relocating to London to pen a number of well-liked books and plays.