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Mary Hornibrook Cummins

A little-known early 20th-century novelist, remembered today through surviving editions of her spiritual fiction. Her books blend faith-centered ideas with intimate, character-driven storytelling.

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A little child

A little child

by Mary Hornibrook Cummins

About the author

Mary Hornibrook Cummins was an American author whose work appeared in the 1910s. Library and catalog records confirm books including The Awakening (1912), A Little Child (1913), Renatus (1914), and The Story of Richard Trent (1915), and modern readers can still find A Little Child through Project Gutenberg.

The available records suggest that her fiction was closely connected with Christian Science themes. The Awakening is specifically cataloged under Christian Science, and periodical archives also preserve at least one article by her, showing that she wrote in a religious as well as literary setting.

Very little biographical information about her seems to be readily documented online, so many personal details remain unclear. What does stand out is the body of work itself: earnest, spiritually minded novels from the early 1900s that have continued to circulate through libraries, scans, and public-domain collections.