Sarah Pitt
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Sarah Pitt was a 19th-century English children's author. She wrote a number of children's novels published by Cassell and Co. and was active between 1881 and 1900.[1] In addition to her novels, she produced a number of short stories for the periodical Little Folks.
Reception
Reviews in the Spectator magazine in November 1886 described her novel Bear and Forbear as "one of the good things of the year,"[2] and in 1891 described The White House at Inch Gow as "a quite harmless story, prettily told".[3]
The White House at Inch Gow and A Limited Success have been reprinted by the British Library Historical Print editions series.[4]
List of works
- Dick's Hero, and Other Stories, published 1881
- Fritters, or, "It's a long lane that has no turning", published 1885
- Bear and Forbear, published 1886 (illustrated by P. McNab)
- White House at Inch Gow, published 1891 (illustrated by John Henry Frederick Bacon.[5])
- The Cost of a Mistake, published 1897 (illustrated by Hal Ludlow aka Henry Stephen Ludlow)
- A Limited Success, published 1897
- Peggy Price's Luck, published 1899
- A Pair of Primroses, published 1900
References
- ↑ "Item record for Dick's hero : and other stories / by Sarah Pitt". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ↑ "SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL CHRISTMAS BOOKS.—Lo » 6 Nov 1886 » The Spectator Archive". The Spectator Archive. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ↑ "The White House at Inch Gow. By Sarah Pitt. (Cassell » 12 Dec 1891 » The Spectator Archive". The Spectator Archive. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
- ↑ Depository, Book. "Results for sarah pitt | Book Depository". www.bookdepository.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ↑ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Image taken from page 49 of 'The White House at Inch Gow, etc. [A tale.]'". Alamy. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
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