Louella D. Everett (1883–1967) was a poetry anthologist and associate editor of the 11th[1] and 12th[2] editions of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (with Christopher Morley).
[5] Everett started her collection and organization of verses at the age of 18, eventually gathering more than "a hundred thousand poetic items [...] filed and cross-indexed alphabetically.
"[6] Between 1918 and 1960,[6] she was a contributor to the New York Times Book Review, working in the "Queries and Answers" department to help readers find the sources of bits of verse.
[7] She was considered a "super sleuth of poetry fragments"[8] who "was especially knowledgeable in popular light verse.
[12] Louella D. Everett of Boston, Mass., Must be an industrious, painstaking lass; I'm sure she refuses the diners and dancers