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Mrs. George A. Paull

1859–1895

Best known for warm, morally centered books for children and families, this late 19th-century writer published as Mrs. George A. Paull and also under her own name, Minnie E. Kenney Paull. Her work ranges from child sketches and the Ruby stories to devotional reading meant to comfort people facing illness or isolation.

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Ruby at School

Ruby at School

by Mrs. George A. Paull

About the author

Writing in the 1890s, she published under the married name Mrs. George A. Paull, while library and bookseller records also identify her as Minnie E. Kenney Paull. The dates commonly attached to her in catalog records are 1859–1895, and surviving editions show that she was active right up to the year of her death.

Her books suggest a versatile, deeply earnest author. She wrote child-centered fiction such as Aschenbrödel: A Child Sketch (1894) and Lassie: A Child Sketch (1895), and she is also linked with the Ruby series for younger readers, including Ruby and Ruthy, Ruby’s Ups and Downs, Ruby at School, and Ruby’s Vacation. Alongside fiction, she published Sunshine for Shut-Ins (1895), a collection designed to encourage readers who were sick, homebound, or in need of comfort.

That mix of gentle storytelling and devotional warmth gives her work a distinctive feel. Even from the small record that survives online, she comes across as a writer interested in childhood, character, kindness, and everyday resilience.