This is J. M. Barrie's biography of her mother and family in Scotland, Margaret Ogilvy: Life Is a Long Lesson in Humility. According to The Bookman, it was the seventh best-seller in the United States in 1897. Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish author and dramatist best known for writing Peter Pan. He was born and raised in Scotland before moving to London to write a series of popular novels and plays.