Baker, Harriette Newell (1815–1893)

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Baker, Harriette Newell (1815–1893)

American writer for children. Name variations: (pseudonyms) Madeline Leslie and Aunt Hatty. Born Harriette Woods, 1815; died 1893; dau. of Reverend Leonard Woods; married Reverend S.R. Baker.

Prolific writer with several of her works translated into German and French, wrote Tim the Scissors-Grinder (1861, sequel in 1862), The Two Homes (1862), The Organ-Grinder (1863), White and Black Lies (1864), Worth and Wealth (1864), Tim's Sister (1864), Wheel of Fortune (1865), Paul Barton (1869), Fashion and Folly (1869), Lost but Found (1969), Ingleside (1886), This and That (1887). Her most popular work, Up the Ladder, was published in 1862.

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