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Toofie Lauder
1833–1922
A Canadian writer, teacher, and linguist who turned wide-ranging European travels into lively books of stories, poems, and travel writing. Best known by the pen name Toofie Lauder, she also devoted energy to philanthropy and the temperance movement.
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Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains
by Toofie Lauder
About the author
Born on February 20, 1833, in Saint-Armand, Canada East, Maria Elise Turner Lauder wrote under the name Toofie Lauder. She was known as a teacher, linguist, and author, and she spent many years traveling in Europe, experiences that shaped much of her writing.
Her work included novels, poetry, and especially travel writing. Among the books associated with her are Evergreen Leaves and Legends and Tales of the Harz Mountains, which reflect her interest in place, culture, and storytelling gathered from life abroad.
Lauder was also active beyond literature. Contemporary reference sources describe her as a philanthropist who supported the temperance movement. She died on June 1, 1922, leaving behind a body of work that connects Canadian literary history with a wider nineteenth-century world of travel and letters.