1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Molesworth, Mary Louisa

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22066131911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 18 — Mary Louisa Molesworth

MOLESWORTH, MARY LOUISA (1839–), Scottish writer, daughter of Major-General Stewart, of Strath, N.B., was born in Rotterdam on the 29th of May 1839, and was educated in Great Britain and abroad. In. 1861 Miss Stewart married Major R. Molesworth. Her first novels, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of “Ennis Graham.” Mrs Molesworth is best known as a writer of books for the young, such as Tell Me a Story (1875), Carrots (1876), and The Cuckoo Clock (1877).