Mrs. E. M. Field

Louise Frances Field (née Story, 1856–1940)^[1] was an Irish novelist and literary critic who wrote an early historical study of children's literature in England.^[2][3][4][5]

Louise Frances Field
Born	Louise Frances Story 1856 Cavan, Ireland
Died	c. 1940
Nationality	Irish
Other names	Mrs E. M. Field, Louisa Frances Field, Louise Frances Story Field
Occupation	writer

Life and work

Born Louise Frances Story in 1856 to a Justice of the Peace in Bingfield, Crossdoney, County Cavan, Field wrote under the name Mrs Field or Mrs E. M. Field, and is occasionally listed as Louisa.^[6][7] She wrote stories for and about children and was known for her writings on the Sepoy Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Irish Famine.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Works

• A Brave Girl: The Beginning of Trouble
• Bryda: A Story of the Indian Mutiny
• The Way Thither, 1882
• Denis, 1896
• Bryda, 1889
• Ethne, 1889
• The Child And His Book, 1891/95
• Little Count Paul, 1894
• Master Magnus; Or The Prince, The Princess And The Dragon, 1895
• The Child And His Book, 1896
• Bid Me To Live, 1898
• Our Village Candidates Class, 1898
• At The King's Right Hand, 1904
• Two Are Company, 1905
• Castle Dangerous Of Canada, 1913
• Addresses To Mothers, 1926
• Mixed Pickles, 1886

References

1. "Mrs. E. M. Field - Oxford Reference". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. Johanna Bradley (2007). From Chapbooks to Plumb Cake: The History of Children's Literature. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-549-34070-6.
3. C. Butler (20 March 2006). Teaching Children's Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-230-37940-4.
4. Suzanne Le-May Sheffield (5 September 2013). Revealing New Worlds: Three Victorian Women Naturalists. Routledge. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-134-69846-2.
5. Jarndyce Booksellers' catalogue Women Writers 1795–1927 Part I: A–F (London, Summer 2017).
6. "Bryda. By Mrs. E. M. Field. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and » 10 Nov 1888". The Spectator Archive. 10 November 1888. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
7. "E. M. Field". Ricorso. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
8. "Book Review: The Mutiny Novels: A Series". Rupkatha.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
9. Angela Bourke (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. NYU Press. pp. 924–. ISBN 978-0-8147-9907-9.
10. "Madras Musings - We care for Madras that is Chennai". Madras musings. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
11. "Author Information At the Circulating Library". Victorian research. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
12. Charlie Lovett (17 May 2005). Lewis Carroll Among His Books: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Private Library of Charles L. Dodgson. McFarland. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2105-3.
13. Daniel Hahn (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-0-19-969514-0.
14. Charles Allen (5 November 2015). Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling 1865-1900. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 267–. ISBN 978-0-349-14215-9.

Further reading

• Uncle Jack's Story By Mrs. E. M. Field
• "Fi - New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
• "Catalog Search Results". Https. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
• Catalog Record: The child and his book. Some account of the... W. Gardner, Darton & co. 1892. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
• "Catalog Search Results". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
• Gillian Lathey; Reader in Children's Literature Gillian Lathey (13 September 2010). The Role of Translators in Children's Literature: Invisible Storytellers. Routledge. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-1-136-92575-7.