Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Rosa Nouchette Carey
Born: September 27, 1840
Died: July 9, 1909 (aged 68)
Bio: Rosa Nouchette Carey was an English children's writer and popular novelist, whose works reflected the values of her time and were thought of as wholesome for girls.
Known for:
- Lover Or Friend (1890)
- Our Bessie (1891)
- Wee wifie (1887)
- Doctor Luttrell's first patient (1897)
- Heriot's choice (1879)