She contributed short stories and historical essays to magazines in British and American periodicals and published several full-length novels.
[1] Initially the family lived on a farm near Waterloo, Ontario and it was here that she was inspired to start writing.
Several of her books were published through religious organizations and her novels reflect a high moral tone.
Her first novel, My Lady Nell, published in 1890, won a prize from the Congregationalist Society of Boston.
She wrote a textbook in 1900, A Canadian History for Boys and Girls which was adopted for use in schools in the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.