Elliott, Mary

Author: Elliott, Mary

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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. No marriage record has as yet been found. 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; ancestry.com 12 Aug. 2025; findmypast.com 12 Aug. 2025) HJ

Other Names:

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

Grateful Tributes; or, Recollections of Infancy. Containing the Poems of My Father, My Mother, My Brother, My Sister, My Uncle, My Aunty, My Mammy, My Bible, My Grandfather, My Grandmother, My Childhood.

London: William Darton, 1822

Simple Truths, in Verse; for the Amusement and Instruction of Children, at an Early Age.

3rd edn. London: W. Darton, 1822

The Sunflower; or, Poetical Truths, for Young Minds, Religious, Moral, Miscellaneous, and Historical; Forming a Collection of Original Poems, and Intended as a Continuation of "Simple Truths in Verse".

London: William Darton, 1822

Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry

Author: Elliott, Mary

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Books written (28):

The Mice, and Their Pic Nic. A Good Moral Tale.

Innocent Poetry.

The Mice, and Their Pic Nic. A Good Moral Tale, &c..

The Baby's Holiday; to Which is Added the White Lily.

London Melodies; or, Cries of the Seasons. Part I [of 2].

London Melodies; or, Cries of the Seasons. Part II [of 2].

Simple Truths in Verse, for the Amusement, and Instruction of Children, at an Early Age.

The Mice, and Their Pic Nic. A Good Moral Tale.

Simple Truths in Verse, for the Amusement and Instruction of Children, at an Early Age.

Simple Truths, in Verse; for the Amusement and Instruction of Children, at an Early Age.

Grateful Tributes; or, Recollections of Infancy.

Grateful Tributes; or Recollections of Infancy.

Flowers of Instruction: Or, Familiar Subjects in Verse.

Flowers of Instruction: Or, Familiar Subjects in Verse.

Grateful Tributes; or, Recollections of Infancy. Containing the Poems of My Father, My Mother, My Brother, My Sister, My Uncle, My Aunty, My Mammy, My Bible, My Grandfather, My Grandmother, My Childhood.

Simple Truths, in Verse; for the Amusement and Instruction of Children, at an Early Age.

The Sunflower; or, Poetical Truths, for Young Minds, Religious, Moral, Miscellaneous, and Historical; Forming a Collection of Original Poems, and Intended as a Continuation of "Simple Truths in Verse".

Innocent Poetry for Infant Minds.

Gems in the Mine; or, Traits and Habits of Childhood, in Verse.

Mamma's Verses; or, Lines for Little Londoners.

The Rose, Containing Original Poems for Young People.

Innocent Poetry; Containing Moral and Religious Truths for Infant Minds.

The Rose, Containing Original Poems for Young People.

Gems in the Mine; or Traits and Habits of Childhood, in Verse.

Grateful Tributes; or, Recollections of Infancy.

Simple Truths, in Verse; for Children at an Early Age.

My Father, a Poem.

My Father; a Poem for a Good Little Boy.