Molly Elliot Seawell
Molly Elliot Seawell (October 23, 1860 – November 15, 1916), an early American historian and writer, was a descendant of the Seawells of Virginia and a niece of President John Tyler. Raised on a large plantation, her education included being "turned loose in a library of good books", her father's home containing the best literature of the 18th century. She read English classics, and was especially fond of poetry. She did not read a novel until after she was 17, and the first was Oliver Goldsmith's ''The Vicar of Wakefield''. Her three amusements were reading, riding and piano-playing. Her father, a prominent lawyer, died just as Seawell reached adulthood.Seawell sent some stories to ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'' when William S. Walsh was the editor. Recognizing Seawell's ability to be unusual, he encouraged her from the beginning. Her first stories were signed with a pen name till her friends persuaded her to sign her own name, which occurred after ''Maid Marian'' was published. This is considered her best story. She ventured into the genre of juvenile literature when she sent ''Little Jarvis'' to ''The Youth's Companion'' to contend for the prize.
It is possible that Seawell's essay "On the Absence of Creative Faculty in Women" attracted more attention than any of her books. Women answered it, and the discussion was joined by Andrew Lang, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and others. ''The Critic'' stated that essay attracted more attention than any single article ever published in its columns. In style, Seawell was said to resemble Jane Austen. Seawell's works, besides numerous short stories, included: ''Young Heros of our Navy'', ''Maid Marian and Other Stories'', ''Midshipman Paulding'', ''Hale Weston'', ''Paul Jones'', and ''The Midshipmen's Mess''. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1900New York : Scribner, 1900.vi, 515 p., 6 leaves of plates. -
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Published 1896New York : Scribner, 1896.xii, 194 p. : ill. -
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Published 1898New York ; London : Macmillan, 1898.viii, 244 p. : ill. -
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Published 1890New York : Appleton, 1890.304 p. -
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Published 1897New York : Scribner, 1897.144 p. -
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Published 1888New York : American News, c1888.232 p. -
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Published 1896New York : Century, 1896.281 p., [1] leaf of plates. -
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Published 1891New York : Appleton, 1891.237 p. -
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Published 1903New York, London, Harper, 1903.349 p. front., 15 plates. 19 cm. -
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Published 1911New York, Macmillan, 1911.119 p. 18 cm.A digital reproduction is available from the Open Collections Program at Harvard University, Women and work collection. -
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Published 1900New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1900.vi p., 1̋., 515 p. front., 5 pl. 20 cm. -
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Published 1901New York, C. Scribner's, 1901.xi, 261 p. incl. front., illus. 18 cm. -
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Published 1903Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, c1903.238 p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm.Also issued online.