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Author: Elliott, Mary

Biography:

Elliott, Mary, formerly Belson (1794?-1870: OCCL)

A prolific writer for children who started writing in her teens and invariably published with Darton. Belson was her maiden name, the one she published under until 1820. Besides her many verse titles, she wrote prose fiction and non-fiction, including for example Confidential Memoirs: or, Adventures of a Parrot, a Greyhound, a Cat, and a Monkey (1821) and Female Biography, or Virtue and Talent Exemplified . . . (1822). Individual poems from her Grateful Tributes were often published anonymously and some with the same titles (e.g. "My Sister") are sometimes ascribed to her erroneously in library catalogues. (RPW; OCCL)

 

Other Names:

  • Mary Elliott (late Belson)
  • M. Belson
  • Mary Belson
  • Mrs. Elliott
 

Books written (25):

London: printed for the author by W. and T. Darton, 1810
Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, 1811
London: printed for the author by W. and T. Darton, 1811
London: printed by W. Darton, Jr., 1812
London: printed by William Darton, Jr., 1813
London: printed by W. Darton, Jr., 1818
New York/ Baltimore: Samuel Wood and Sons/ Samuel S. Wood and Co., 1819
London: William Darton, Harvey and Darton, and John Harris, [1820].
London: William Darton, 1823
London: William Darton, Harvey and Darton, John Harris, [1825?]
New edn. London: William Darton, [1825?]
Salem [MA]/ Lancaster [PA]: James R. Buffum/ H. and G. Carter, and F. and J. Andrews, 1828
London: William Darton and Son, [1830?]
5th edn. London: William Darton and Son, [1830?]
New York: Mahlon Day, 1833
New Haven [CT]: S. Babcock, 1835