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Emily Mayer Higgins
A 19th-century American writer remembered for warm, home-centered entertainment, she wrote stories and games meant to bring families together around the parlor fire. Her best-known work captures the cheerful spirit of domestic reading in an era when books were often shared aloud.
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Holidays at the Grange; or, A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside
by Emily Mayer Higgins
About the author
Emily Mayer Higgins was an American author associated with Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in the 19th century. Available records place her life from September 19, 1817, to June 28, 1901, and surviving catalog and memorial sources connect her with Philadelphia.
She is best known for A Week's Delight; or, Games and Stories for the Parlor and Fireside, also published as Holidays at the Grange; or, A Week's Delight. The book blends fiction, games, and fireside amusements, offering a glimpse into the kind of wholesome family recreation that appealed to young readers and households of her time.
Some bookseller and library records describe her as an educator as well as a writer, though detailed biographical information appears to be scarce. What is clear is that her work survived through later reprints and public-domain editions, giving modern readers a small but vivid window into everyday literary life in 19th-century America.