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Helen A. Wilmot-Buxton
A little-known Victorian contributor to children’s story collections, remembered today through a handful of charming anthology pieces from the 1880s. The surviving record is sparse, which gives her work a quiet sense of discovery.
1 Audiobook
Stories jolly: stories new: stories strange & stories true : A series of new and original tales for boys and girls from six to fourteen years old
by H. C. (Henry Cadwallader) Adams, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne, S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould, Fanny Barry, Frances Clare, Alice Corkran, George Manville Fenn, Agnes Giberne, Mrs. A. M. Goodhart, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid, Mrs. Molesworth, Helen A. Wilmot-Buxton, Emma Wood, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
About the author
Helen A. Wilmot-Buxton appears in library and public-domain records as a contributor to late 19th-century children’s story anthologies. Confirmed listings connect her with Please Tell Me a Tale (first published in 1885), Just One More Tale (1886), My Birthday Present (1886), and Stories Jolly.
The available sources suggest that she was part of the lively Victorian tradition of collaborative annuals and gift books for young readers, sharing space with many well-known writers for children. Beyond those publication records, however, reliable biographical details about her life have been hard to confirm.
Because the documented record is so limited, she is best introduced through the books themselves: short, imaginative story collections created for boys and girls and built around the pleasure of being read aloud.