Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Thaxter, Mrs. Celia (Leighton)

THAXTER, MRS. CELIA (LEIGHTON), an American poet; born in Portsmouth, N. H., June 29, 1836. She spent her childhood and most of her later life at the Isles of Shoals. Her works are: “Poems” (1872); “Among the Isles of Shoals” (1873); “Poems” (1874); “Drift Weed” (1879); “Poems for Children” (1884); “The Cruise of the Mystery,” etc. (1886); “Idyls and Pastorals” (1886); “The Yule Log” (1889); “An Island Garden” (1894); “Letters” (1895); “Stories and Poems for Children” (1895). She died on the island of Appledore, Isles of Shoals, Aug. 26, 1894.