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Lucy Hamilton Warner
A little-known children's writer from the late 19th century, remembered today for imaginative fairy tales and story collections for young readers. Her surviving work has a gentle, old-fashioned charm, with playful fantasy and a clear love of storytelling for children.
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The little elves seeking the beautiful world : A book for children
by Lucy Hamilton Warner
About the author
Lucy Hamilton Warner appears to have been an American children's author whose work is now mostly known through digitized editions and library records. Reliable online listings connect her with books including The Five Little Finger Stories and The Little Elves Seeking the Beautiful World, both written for young readers.
Her best-known surviving work, The Little Elves Seeking the Beautiful World, was published in 1895. The title suggests the kind of fiction she is associated with today: imaginative, moral, and whimsical children's literature from the late Victorian era.
Very little confirmed biographical information about her is easy to find in major public sources, so much of her life remains unclear. What does remain is a small but distinctive body of children's writing that continues to circulate through archives and reprints.