Marie Harriette Frary

Marie Harriette Frary was an American author born in 1883. She is credited on surviving editions and library records as the author of The Crystal Palace and Other Legends (1909), a collection of retold legends published in New York.

Her name also appears on a number of individual folk and legend pieces that have circulated widely in public-domain collections and audiobook anthologies, including stories such as "The Lorelei," "The Giant Maiden," "The Magic Ring," "The Sunken City," and "The Bird of Paradise." These works point to a writer interested in adapting traditional tales—especially Germanic material—into short, accessible reading for general audiences.

Little biographical information seems to be readily available beyond those publication records. Because of that, she is remembered mainly through the stories themselves: compact retellings that helped preserve old legends for later readers and listeners.