Maria Susanna Cummins

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Maria Susanna Cummins (April 9, 1827 - October 1, 1866), born at Salem, Massachusetts, was well-known as the author of The Lamplighter, a somewhat sentimental tale which had very wide popularity. She wrote others, including Mabel Vaughan, none of which had the same success.

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[edit] Primary sources

  • Cummins, Maria S. 1988. The Lamplighter. Ed. and Intro. Nina Baym. New Brunswick, NJ. Rutgers UP.

[edit] Secondary sources

  • Dictionary of Literary Biography. 1978ff. Detroit. Gale Research Company.
  • Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. 1971. Ed. Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James & Paul S. Boyer. 3 Bde. Cambridge, MA. The Belknap Press of Harvard UP.

This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.