Molesworth Mrs

Molesworth, Mrs. (Maky Louisa Stewart), was born at Rotterdam, and passed the early part of her life successively at Manchester, in Scotland, and in Switzerland. She was educated partly by her mother, and partly by Mr. Gaskell, husband of the novelist of that name. She embarked in literature at an early age, among her earlier works being Lover and Husband, She was Young and lie was Old, Cicely, Hatliercourt Rectory, and Miss Bouverie. She has also written much in magazines for the young, one of the most noted of her tales for children being Carrots.