Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)