| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Dodge, Mary Mapes |
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| 1831–1905, American writer of children’s stories, b. New York City. During her lifetime she was the acknowledged leader in the field of juvenile fiction. Her story Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates (1865) has become a children’s classic. From 1873 until her death she edited and contributed to the children’s magazine St. Nicholas; collections of her work in St. Nicholas were published as Baby Days (1876) and Baby World (1884). Other works include Irvington Stories (1864) and Donald and Dorothy (1883). | 1 | | See biography by A. B. Howard (1943). | 2 |
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