author
Lucy Hamilton Warner
A late-19th-century writer of children's books, she is known for imaginative, gently whimsical stories such as The Five Little Finger Stories and The Little Elves Seeking the Beautiful World. Her work belongs to the warm, illustrated tradition of Victorian-era reading for young 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 was an American children's author active in the 1890s. Library and catalog records connect her with books including The Five Little Finger Stories (published in 1892) and The Little Elves Seeking the Beautiful World, both written for young readers and shaped by the playful, moral, storybook style popular at the end of the 19th century.
Available records suggest she was born in 1856 and died in 1905, later appearing in memorial records as Lucy Hamilton Warner Tyler. While detailed biographical information is scarce, her surviving books show a clear gift for child-friendly fantasy and for the kind of illustrated storytelling that invited reading aloud.
Today, Warner is remembered mainly through reprints, library holdings, and public-domain archives that preserve her small but charming contribution to classic children's literature.