author
S. B. C. (Susan Blagge Caldwell) Samuels
1848–1931
A 19th-century American writer of children’s stories, she published lively moral and adventure fiction for young readers and was especially associated with the popular Springdale series. Her work appeared in books, juvenile magazines, and religious periodicals during the late 1800s.
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Eric or, Under the Sea
by S. B. C. (Susan Blagge Caldwell) Samuels
About the author
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Susan Blagge Caldwell Samuels wrote under the name Mrs. S. B. C. Samuels. Available biographical sources describe her as the daughter of U.S. Navy Commodore Charles H. B. Caldwell, and note that before her marriage she taught in Waltham and Boston.
She married naturalist and writer Edward Augustus Samuels in 1869. She went on to publish numerous stories for young readers, including Adele, Eric; or, Under the Sea, Cherry, the Singer, and the Springdale Stories, a series remembered as part of 19th-century American juvenile fiction.
Some details of her life remain thinly documented, but the surviving record shows a steady literary career centered on fiction for children and families. Her books often mix domestic feeling, moral lessons, and adventure, which helped make them lasting enough to be preserved in digital libraries and reprint collections.