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Hattie Howard
A 19th-century Hartford writer whose poems mix sentiment, humor, and a bright, conversational ease. Her work feels warm and approachable, with lyric pieces alongside playful verses and reflections on everyday life.
1 Audiobook
Poems, Vol. IV
by Hattie Howard
About the author
Known from surviving editions of her books as a Hartford, Connecticut author, Hattie Howard published Poems in 1886 and Later Poems in 1887. The title pages and contemporary notices tied to those editions also describe her as the author of works including Poverty vs. Pauperism, Our Girls, Vive la Republique, Keeping a Secret, and Little Jo.
The poetry associated with her is often described as natural, direct, and cheerful in tone. Across the collections, she moves between love lyrics, meditations on friendship and loss, and lighter pieces with a touch of wit, giving her writing an easy charm that still reads clearly today.
Little biographical information appears to be readily documented online beyond her publications and connection to Hartford. Even so, the books that remain suggest a prolific late-19th-century writer with a steady interest in both verse and fiction, and a voice shaped more by warmth and readability than by grand literary showmanship.