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.
Mary Jane Holmes
Born: April 5, 1825
Died: October 6, 1907 (aged 82)
Bio: Mary Jane Holmes was a bestselling and prolific American author who published 39 popular novels, as well as short stories.
Known for:
- The English Orphans (1855)
- 'Lena Rivers (1856)
- Cousin Maude (1900)
- Dora Deane (1858)
- The homestead on the hillside (1856)