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Lady Sarah Davison Nicolas
A little-known 19th-century English writer, she is remembered for The Cairn: A Gathering of Precious Stones from Many Hands, a reflective collection first published in the 1840s. The surviving record is sparse, which gives her work an added sense of quiet mystery.
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The cairn : A gathering of precious stones from many hands
by Lady Sarah Davison Nicolas
About the author
Available sources identify her as Sarah Davison Nicolas, often styled Lady Sarah Davison Nicolas, and as the author of The Cairn: A Gathering of Precious Stones from Many Hands. Project Gutenberg lists that work under her name, and archival records of the book point to its mid-19th-century publication.
A memorial record for Sarah Davison Nicolas gives her dates as 1800–1867 and says she was the daughter of John Davison of Loughton, Essex. The same record says she married Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas in London in 1822 and had eight children.
Beyond those basic facts, reliable biographical details appear to be limited. What remains clearest is the presence of The Cairn itself, a book that has continued to circulate through digital archives and reprints, keeping her name alive for modern readers.