Maria Arthington

Maria Arthington is an obscure 19th-century British author whose name survives mainly through a handful of published works and library records. The clearest match found is Rhymes for Harry and His Nurse-Maid, a children's book issued in London by William Darton and Son, with catalog records identifying her as "Maria Arthington, d. 1863."

That book appears to date from the period between about 1825 and 1837 and centers on infancy, conduct, and child care. Another record links her to Queries for Women Friends from 1847, suggesting an interest in religious or moral writing as well as children's literature.

Because reliable biographical information on her is scarce, little more can be confirmed with confidence about her life beyond her authorship and the death year attached in cataloging records. Even so, the works associated with her point to a writer concerned with everyday behavior, instruction, and the moral world of family life in the Victorian era.