Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Augusta Jane Evans

Born: May 8, 1835
Died: May 9, 1909 (aged 74)
Bio: Augusta Jane Wilson, or Augusta Evans Wilson, was an American author of Southern literature.
Known for:
- St. Elmo (1866)
- Inez: A Tale of the Alamo (1836)
- Beulah (1860)
- Macaria, or, Altars of sacrifice (1864)
- At the Mercy of Tiberius