Ellye Howell Glover

Ellye Howell Glover was an American author born in 1868. She wrote a wide range of popular books in the early 1900s, including etiquette, entertaining, games, beauty, and household guides, often published under the cheerful "Dame Curtsey's" banner.

Her best-known title for many modern readers is How the Piano Came to Be (1913), a readable introduction to the history and development of the piano. That book shows the style that seems to run through much of her work: clear, friendly, and aimed at making culture or practical skills feel approachable.

Reliable biographical details about her life beyond her birth year are limited in the sources I could confirm here, but her surviving books suggest a versatile writer who understood the tastes of everyday readers and knew how to present useful information in an inviting way.