Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott ("Mrs. Fordyce Coburn") (September 22, 1872–1958), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was a nationally recognized American author. She was a frequent contributor to "The Ladies' Home Journal".

Early life

Abbott is the daughter of clergyman Edward Abbott, who edited the journal "Literary World"; and granddaughter of noted children's author of Jacob Abbott. [http://www.cambridgema.gov/cwhp/bios_a.html#AbbottEH Biographic Profile of Eleanor Hallowell Abbott] ] She attended Radcliffe College, and after completing her studies worked as a secretary and teacher at Lowell State Normal School. [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/specoll/mancoll/abbott.shtml#scope Biography of Eleanor Hallowell Abbott] , The University of New Hampshire Library web site, accessed on December 11, 2007.]

Later life and literary career

In 1908 Abbott married Dr. Fordyce Coburn and relocated with him to Wilton, New Hampshire. Soon after moving, several widely read magazines accepted her work for publication. Two of her poems were accepted by Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909. She went on to publish seventy-five short stories and fourteen romantic novels. "Being Little in Cambridge When Everyone Else Was Big" is an autobiography written by Abbott about her childhood in Cambridge.

Abbott died in 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Papers are held by The University of New Hampshire Library in the Milne Special Collections. The collection primarily consists of typescripts of Abbott's short stories.

elected works

*Molly Make-Believe 1910
*The Sick-a-Bed Lady (and other tales) 1911
*The White Linen Nurse 1913
*Little Eve Edgarton 1914
*The Indiscreet Letter 1915
*The Ne'er Do Much 1918
*Love and Mrs. Kendrue 1919
*Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs 1920
*Silver Moon 1923
*But Once A Year: Christmas Stories 1928
*Being Little in Cambridge when Everyone Else was Big 1936

References

External links

*gutenberg author | id=Eleanor_Hallowell_Abbott| name=Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
* [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/specoll/mancoll/abbott.htm Eleanor Hallowell Abbott papers] and short biography at the University of New Hampshire

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