Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Kate Dickinson Sweetser (1870-1939) was an American author known in her time for writing juvenile fiction and compilations. She was born in New York City to Charles H. and Mary N. Sweetser. Her great-grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, was one of the founders of Amherst College in Massachusetts; she was also the cousin of poet Emily Dickinson.[1]

Sweetser's bookplate by Edwin Davis French

List of works
  • Ten Boys from Dickens. New York: R.H. Russell. 1901.
  • Ten Girls from Dickens. New York: J.F. Taylor & Company. 1902.
  • Micky of the Alley, and Other Youngsters. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1903.
  • Teddy Baird’s Luck, and Other Yarns. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1904.
  • Boys and Girls from George Eliot. New York: Duffield & Company. 1906.
  • Boys and Girls from Thackeray. New York: Duffield & Company. 1907.
  • Ten Boys from History. New York: Duffield & Company. 1910.
  • Ten Girls from History. New York: Duffield & Company. 1912.
  • Book of Indian Braves. New York, London: Harper & brothers. 1913.
  • Ten Great Adventurers. New York and London: Harper & brothers. 1915.
  • Ten American Girls from History. New York: Harper. 1917.
  • Dining with Dickens at Delmonico's. New York: G.H. Doran Company. 1919.
  • Amelia Barr and the Novice. New York: G.H. Doran Company. 1923.
  • Peggy’s Prize Cruise. New York, NY; Newark, NJ: Barse & Hopkins. 1925.
  • Famous Girls of the White House. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1930.
  • Great American Girls. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1931.

References
  1. Sackett, William Edgar; et al. (1917). Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide... Paterson, N.J.: J. J. Scannell.


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