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Coolidge, Susan, 1835-1905

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Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (January 29, 1835 - April 9, 1905) was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio and spent much of her childhood in New Haven Connecticut. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War (1861-1865), after which she started to write. Woolsey never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, R.I., until her death. She edited The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney (1879) and The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney (1880). She is best known for her classic children's novel What Katy Did. The fictional Carr family was modeled after the author's own, with Katy Carr inspired by Susan (Sarah) herself, and the brothers and sisters modeled on Coolidge's Woolsey siblings. (1872).

Works


Books

Katy Series

  • 1872: What Katy Did or What Katy did at Home [1]#
  • 1873: What Katy Did at School [2]
  • 1886: What Katy Did Next [3]
  • 1888: Clover [4]
  • 1890: In the High Valley

Single Books

  • 1871: New-Year's Bargain, The [Tales.], edited by Louisa May Alcott
  • 1874: Mischief's Thanksgiving, and other stories
  • 1874: Little Miss Mischief, and other stories
  • 1875: Nine Little Goslings
  • 1875: Curly Locks
  • 1876: For Summer Afternoons [Tales.]
  • 1879: Eyebright A story
  • 1880: Verses [5], [6]
  • 1880: A Guernsey lily or, How the feud was healed. A story for girls and boys.
  • 1881: Cross Patch, and other stories Adapted from the myths of Mother Goose
  • 1884: Toinette and the Elves
  • 1885: A Little Country Girl
  • 1886: One day in a baby's life (adapted from the French book by M. Arnaud, Illustrations by Firmin Bouisset published by Roberts Brothers, Boston 1886. 31 pages)
  • 1887: Ballads of Romance and History
  • 1887: A Short History of the City of Philadelphia from its foundation to the present time [7]
  • 1888: Cross Patch, and other stories Adapted from the myths of Mother Goose
  • 1889: A Few More Verses (verse)
  • 1889: Just Sixteen
  • 1890: The Day's Message Chosen and arranged by Susan Coolidge, Roberts Brothers, Boston
  • 1892: Rhymes and Ballads for Girls and Boys
  • 1893: The Barberry Bush (short stories)
  • 1894: Not Quite Eighteen
  • 1895: An Old Convent School In Paris
  • 1899: A little knight of labor
  • 1900: Little Tommy Tucker
  • 1900: Two Girls
  • 1901: Little Bo-Beep
  • 1902: Uncle and Aunt
  • 1904: The Rule of Three
  • 1906: Last Verses [With a biographical sketch of the author signed: E. D. W. G.]
  • 1906: A Sheaf of Stories
  •  ????: Twilight Stories (as Contributor) [8], [9]

Short Stories, Poems and other publications

  • 1869: The Funeral Flee, Hearth and Home illustrated weekly magazine, Vol 1, No 52, page 824, December 18, 1869
  • 1872: Two Ways to Love, scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland, October 1872
In the Book, scriber's monthly, vol. 3, issue 5, page 567-572, 1872
  • 1874: How St. Valentine Remembered Milly, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1874
  • 1975 Little One's Birthday - A christmas story, Little Corporal Children's Magazine January 1875 Vol. XX, No. 1, Edited by Emily Huntingston Miller, published by John E. Miller, Chicago, 40 pages
Blue and Pink (A Valentine Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1875
Queen Blossom (A May-Day Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1875
The Horse and the Wolf, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jul 1875
The Fortunes of a Saucer Pie, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1875
The "Cradle Tomb" at Westminster, by Susan Coolidge (pp. 678-679), scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland
  • 1876: Toinette and the Elves (A Christmas Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1876
The Two Goats, St. Nicholas cribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge
The Little Maid of Domremy, (bg) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1876
Ready for Europe, (nF) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1876
How the Storks Came and Went, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jul 1876
At Fiesole, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Oct 1876
A Queen, and Not a Queen, (bg) St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1876
The Secret Door (A Christmas Story of Two Hundred Years Ago), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1876
  • 1877: The Two Wishes: A Fairy Story, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Mar 1877
Illustrated Texts, (nF) St. Nicholas Magazine Apr 1877
The Mother in the Desert, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1877
  • 1878: Solimin: A Ship of the Desert, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1878
The Fox and the Turkeys; or Charley and the Old Folks, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Sep 1878
  • 1879: The Old Stone Basin, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1879
Mignonette, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1879
Eyebright, (sl) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept(chapter 10), Oct 1879
Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany, revised from Lady Llanover's Edition and Edited by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, Roberts Brothers, Boston
  • 1880: The Boy and the Giant, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1880
The Fox and the Stork, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Aug 1880
The Isle of Peace A History of Newport Rhode Island, 17 pages, 1881
  • 1881: In the Tower- AD 1554, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1881
The Mastiff and His Master, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1881
The Isle of Peace, by Susan Coolidge (pp. 481-498), scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland
  • 1882: Concord, Atlantic Monthly magazine from July 1882
  • 1884: Lydia Maria Child in Our famous women, Comprising the Lives and Deeds of American Women," by Several Authors, A.D. Worthington and Company 1884
Reply, The Century - Illustrated Monthly Magazine May to October 1884, p. 744
  • 1885: Uncle and Aunt, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1885
The Little Christmas Tree, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1885
  • 1886: The Secret of It, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1886
  • 1887: Lohengrin,SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE May 1887 - Volume I, pp. 614-615
In her garden SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE November 1887 - Volume II, No. 5
Little Alix: a story of the children's Crusade Ballads Of Romance And History. 111 pages, illustrated. Boston D. Lothrop 1887.
A year, verse, Ladies' World New York September 1887 Vol VIII No 9
  • 1888: Charlotte Bronte, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1888
  • 1889: A Coming Out illustrated by Graves, Ladies Home Journal Sep 1889
  • 1891: Guests Of The Heart, Edited By A. Craig. Augusta, Maine: E. C. Allen 1891
  • 1892: How Bunny Brought Good Luck (Bunny is a doll, whose loss leads to the discovery of a lost silver mine). Illustrated by Walter Bobbett. St. Nicholas - An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Volume XX. Part 1 November 1892 - April 1893
  • 1893: title unknown, R. Tuck Year book 12, 1894
The Wolves of St. Gervas, Famous Stories and Poems edited by D. Lothrop Company, Boston
A Good Bad Horse, Famous Stories and Poems edited by D. Lothrop Company, Boston
  • 1899: The Better Way, Poem at head of THE INDIAN HELPER, November 3, 1899
  • 1901: Thoughts by Susan Coolidge in Thoughts edited by Jessie K Freeman Sarah S. B. Yule, Dodge publishing company, NY, 1901
  • 1903: Dr. Johnson and Hodge His Cat, United Presbyterian Youth Evangelist Paper, No. 28, July 12 1903
  • 1904: A group of New England dishes furnished by Susan Coolidge, Mary Ronald's CENTURY COOK BOOK 1897 + New York 1904 [10]
  • 1909: In April, (pm) The All-Story Magazine Apr 1909
Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. Introduction by Susan Coolidge 1909
  • 1920: The Cavalier's Escape, The treasure chest of my bookhouse, Edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, Chicago, The Bookhouse for children, Olive Beaupre Miller 1920
The Secret Door, The treasure chest of my bookhouse, Edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, Chicago, The BOOKHOUSE for CHILDREN, Publishers 1920, 448 pages
  • 1928: Beginning again, Woman's World September 1928
  • 1934: Toinette and the Elves- Christmas, a book of stories ald and new, Selected by Alice Dalgliesh, Illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, published by Charles Scribner, New York
Imogen Comes to Tea, The golden wonder book for children by John R. Crossland & J.M. Parrish, Published by Odhams press LTD 1934
  • 1935: Cousin Helen's Visit, The Mammoth Wonder Book edited by John Crossland & J.M. Parrish, London: Odhams Press 1935
  • 1???: How the Leaves Came Down, Poem in The Home Book of Verse by Burton Stevenson [11]
  • 18??: New Every Morning Poem ("Every day is a fresh beginning! / Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain,/ And spite of old sorrow and older sinning / And puzzles forecasted and possible pain, / Take heart with the day, and begin again.")

Translations

German

  • Wenn morgen heute ist..., Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1956 = What Katy Did

Finnish

  • Katyn toimet = What Katy Did
  • Katy koulussa = What Katy Did at School
  • Katyn myöhemmät toimet = What Katy Did Next
  • Clover = Clover
  • Alppilaakson maja = In the High Walley

Swedish

  • Katy i hemmet = What Katy Did
  • Katy i skolan = What Katy Did at School
  • Vad Katy gjorde sedan = What Katy Did Next
  • Clover : Berättelse för flickor. = Clover

Norwegian

  • Katy, den eldste av seks = What Katy Did
  • Katy på skolen = What Katy Did at School
  • Hva Katy gjorde siden = What Katy Did Next
  • Katy på reise
  • Katy hjemme
  • Clara, Katys søster = Clover
  • Øientrøst : fortælling
  • Høiendal

Spanish

  • Las cosas de Katy = What Katy Did

Portuguese

  • O que Katy fez = What Katy Did
  • O que Katy fez a seguir = What Katy Did Next
  • Os sonhos de Katy

Italian

  • Cio che fece Katy = What Katy Did

Danish

  • Katy, den ældste af seks = What Katy Did
  • Katy-bøkerne
  • I Fiesole
  • Den hemmelige Dør

Articles on Susan Coolidge

1959: Susan Coolidge, the Horn Book Magazine of books and reading for children and young people. 14 pages in June 1959

External links

Persondata
NAME Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coolidge, Susan (literary pseudonym)
SHORT DESCRIPTION writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1905
PLACE OF DEATH

This biographical information was gathered from the Susan_Coolidge page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project.

Books

Clover
Twilight Stories
Verses
What Katy Did
What Katy Did Next
What Katy Did at School

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