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Louise Seymour Houghton

1838–1920

A busy 19th-century writer and editor, she wrote widely on religion, history, and storytelling while also bringing European works to English-language readers. Her books range from Bible retellings and devotional writing to folklore and studies of French Protestant life.

1 Audiobook

The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales

The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales

by Louise Seymour Houghton, Friedrich S. (Friedrich Salomo) Krauss

About the author

Born on November 22, 1838, and dying on August 2, 1920, Louise Seymour Houghton was an American author best remembered for writing on religious subjects. She also worked in journalism, serving as an associate editor of The Evangelist and later Christian Work.

Her career was notably varied. Alongside many newspaper and magazine contributions, she wrote books on Christian themes and history, including works connected to the life of Jesus, St. Francis of Assisi, and Protestant communities in France and Belgium. She also translated from French and German, which helps explain the broad, international range of her published work.

Readers who come across her today may know her through titles such as The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales or Our Debt to the Red Man. Taken together, her writing shows a strong interest in faith, education, and bringing stories and ideas from different traditions to a general audience.