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Mary Mapes Dodge
As both a writer and an editor, Mary Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) did more than anyone else to shape American children's literature. Best known for her classic Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates, Dodge was also the founder and editor of St. Nicholas Magazine, the contents of which were a major influence on the development of children's literature during the period now known as a "golden age". Dodge persuaded well-known authors and poets to contribute to St. Nick, among them Louisa May Alcott, Sarah Orne Jewett, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and she taught many of them how to address an audience of children. In this, the first complete study of Dodge as author, jour...
St. Nicholas and Mary Mapes Dodge
St. Nicholas has been called the best children's magazine ever published, particularly during the tenure of its founding editor, Mary Mapes Dodge. From 1873 to 1905, Dodge worked to create what she called a "pleasure ground" for children--a magazine that would have great impact on several generations of children. The list of authors who wrote for her includes Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Rudyard Kipling, Theodore Roosevelt, and Mark Twain. The quality of the magazine's illustration was equally high. The magazine was also the launching pad for a new generation of authors and artists, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, E.B. White, Jack London, and Eudora We...
Mary Mapes Dodge Letter to Frederick E. Partington
Mary Mapes Dodge writes to Frederick E. Partington, 21 Feb. 1893, declining an invitation to attend an occasion honoring G.W. Curtis due to illness in her family, with sincere praise for Curtis.
Mary Mapes Dodge Letter
Short note to Mrs. Runnion, reminding her of their acquaintance and also introducing her friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wilson.
The Land of Pluck
A collection of stories about young children from Holland and America.
Hans Brinker
A Dutch brother and sister work toward two goals, finding the doctor who can restore their father's memory and winning the competition for the silver skates.
