Amanda Bartlett Harris

Amanda Bartlett Harris (August 15, 1824 – January 13, 1917)[1][2] was an American author and literary critic best known for her work in children's, educational, and nature literature.

[4] However, she put her aspirations on pause when her mother died in 1843 and she was left with the responsibilities of raising her four younger siblings and keeping the house for her father.

[5] Family records indicate that the first work she published in her own name was entitled "The Gypsy Queen" in the American Union in 1849, but this particular article has yet to be recovered.

[1][3] Her funeral took place at her home, drawing "a large attendance from Concord and surrounding towns and with many remembrances of flowers from her former associates in literary work.

Many of her short stories were published in the aforementioned St. Nicholas Magazine, which can be found online in the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature.