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 Mapes Dodge
Born: January 26, 1831
Died: August 21, 1905 (aged 74)
Bio: Mary Mapes Dodge was an American children's writer and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker.
Known for:
- Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates (1865)
- Rhymes and Jingles (1874)
- Donald and Dorothy (1883)
- The Land of Pluck (1894)