author
M. H. (Mabel Henrietta) Spielmann
1862–1938
Best known for imaginative children's stories like The Rainbow Book, this British writer also moved easily between fantasy, literary biography, and art writing. Her work has a warm late-Victorian charm, with a playful streak that still feels inviting.
1 Audiobook
The Rainbow Book: Tales of Fun & Fancy
by M. H. (Mabel Henrietta) Spielmann
About the author
Born Mabel Henrietta Samuel in Liverpool in 1862, she was educated in Brussels and later married Marion Harry Spielmann in 1880. Reliable library and public-domain sources identify her as a British writer, and she published under the name M. H. Spielmann.
She is most closely associated with children's writing, especially The Rainbow Book: Tales of Fun & Fancy, which remains her best-known title. Catalog and author records also connect her with writing on Charlotte Brontë and with books related to art, showing a range that went beyond nursery-room fantasy.
She died in 1938. Although not as widely remembered as some of her contemporaries, her surviving books suggest a versatile author who could write with both lightness and literary curiosity.