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Craik, Mrs ( Dinah Maria Mulock) (1826–87), a prolific writer of novels, poems, children's books, fairy tales, essays, and short stories. She is remembered for her highly successful novel, John Halifax, Gentleman (1856). Her short stories were collected in Avillion (1853) and her Collected Poems appeared in 1881.

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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik , 1826-87, English author. She is best known for the moralistic novel John Halifax, Gentleman (1856) and for the children's classics The Adventures of a Brownie (1872) and The Little Lame Prince (1875).

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	Today in History - March 14 News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/14/2005; ; 644 words ; ...Today: "The man who does his work, any work, conscientiously, must always be in one sense a great man." _ Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, English novelist (1826-1887). Copyright 2005, AP News All Rights Reserved
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	Today in History for March 14 News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/13/2001; ; 637 words ; ...The man who does his work, any work, conscientiously, must always be in one sense a great man.'' -- Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, English novelist (1826-1887). The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast...
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	FRIENDS BECOME A PRECIOUS COMMODITY AS WE GET BUSIER Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 5/24/1998; 700+ words ; ...pouring them All right out -- just as they are -- Chaff and grain together -- Certain that a faithful hand will Take and sift them -- Keep what is worth keeping -- And with the breath of kindness Blow the rest away. -- Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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