Henrietta Christian Wright was an American

United States

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 children's story

Children's Story

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 writer

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 who resided in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey

East Brunswick Township, New Jersey

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. She was born in 1854 in Old Bridge in Middlesex County, New Jersey and died there in 1899 of tuberculosis

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.

Publishing career

She wrote children's books on literature

Literature

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, history

History

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 and science

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. One of her books of children's stories covered a period of 1660-1860 with great authors like Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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, William Bryant

William Cullen Bryant

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, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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, Lowell

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, and Holmes. Published in 1895, this book was a part of the everyday schooling of young pre-teens. In 1883, the New York publisher White and Stokes published Little Folk in Green written by Wright and illustrated at the age of 16 by Miss Lydia (Field) Emmet

Lydia Field Emmet

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 (1866-1952), who went on to become a noted portrait artist. Wright also produced Children's Stories in English Literature From Taliesin to Shakespeare, in which she introduces traditional songs and literary work by Chaucer, Spenser

Spenser

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, Phillip Sidney, and Shakespeare with biographical and historic notes before re-telling their writings in language for children. It was published by Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons

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in 1889.

Books published

• Children's Stories of American Progress
• Children's Stories in American History
• Children's Stories of the Great Scientists
• The Princess Lilliwinkins and Other Stories
• Children's Stories of the Great Scientists, Dodo Press, 2008, paperback
• Children's Stories Of American Progress, Read Books, paperback, 2010
• Children's Stories in American Literature: 1861-1896, Arden Library, 1978