Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

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Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (January 29, 1835 - April 9, 1905) was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. She was born into a wealthy, influential family in Cleveland, Ohio, and spent much of her childhood in New Haven Connecticut. She worked as a nurse during the American Civil War (1861-1865), after which she started to write.

Woolsey never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, R.I., until her death. She edited The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney (1879) and The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney (1880). She is best known, however, for her classic children's novel What Katy Did. The fictional Carr family was modeled after the author's own, with Katy Carr inspired by Susan (Sarah) herself, and the brothers and sisters modeled on Coolidge's Woolsey siblings. (1872).

Sarah Chauncey Woolsey was the aunt of Gamel Woolsey, a noted author and poet.

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[edit] Works

[edit] Books

[edit] Katy Series

1872: What Katy Did or What Katy did at Home [1]#
1873: What Katy Did at School [2]
1886: What Katy Did Next [3]
1888: Clover [4]
1890: In the High Valley

[edit] Single Books

1871: New-Year's Bargain, The [Tales.], edited by Louisa May Alcott
1874: Mischief's Thanksgiving, and other stories
1874: Little Miss Mischief, and other stories
1875: Nine Little Goslings
1875: Curly Locks
1876: For Summer Afternoons [Tales.]
1879: Eyebright A story
1880: Verses [5], [6]
1880: A Guernsey lily or, How the feud was healed. A story for girls and boys.
1881: Cross Patch, and other stories Adapted from the myths of Mother Goose
1884: Toinette and the Elves
1885: A Little Country Girl
1886: One day in a baby's life (adapted from the French book by M. Arnaud, Illustrations by Firmin Bouisset published by Roberts Brothers, Boston 1886. 31 pages)
1887: Ballads of Romance and History
1887: A Short History of the City of Philadelphia from its foundation to the present time [7]
1888: Cross Patch, and other stories Adapted from the myths of Mother Goose
1889: A Few More Verses (verse)
1889: Just Sixteen
1890: The Day's Message Chosen and arranged by Susan Coolidge, Roberts Brothers, Boston
1892: Rhymes and Ballads for Girls and Boys
1893: The Barberry Bush (short stories)
1894: Not Quite Eighteen
1895: An Old Convent School In Paris
1899: A little knight of labor
1900: Little Tommy Tucker
1900: Two Girls
1901: Little Bo-Beep
1902: Uncle and Aunt
1904: The Rule of Three
1906: Last Verses [With a biographical sketch of the author signed: E. D. W. G.]
1906: A Sheaf of Stories
????: Twilight Stories (as Contributor) [8], [9]

[edit] Short Stories, Poems and other publications

[edit] published during her lifetime

1869: The Funeral Flee, Hearth and Home illustrated weekly magazine, Vol 1, No 52, page 824, December 18, 1869
1871: Girls of the Far North, part 1; The Little Corporal Magazine Vol. XII, No. 4, April 1871, Published by John E. Miller, Chicago

Girls of the Far North, part 4; The Little Corporal Magazine Vol. XIII, No. 1, July 1871, Published by John E. Miller, Chicago

1872: Two Ways to Love (Poem), scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland, October 1872; Vol. IV, No. 6

In the Book, scriber's monthly, vol. 3, issue 5, page 567-572, 1872

1973: the white flag (poem), Scribner's Monthly, May 1873 to Oct. 1873, Volume 6

A few hints on the california journey, Scribner's Monthly, May 1873 to Oct. 1873, Volume 6

1874: How St. Valentine Remembered Milly, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1874
1875 Little One's Birthday - A Christmas story, Little Corporal Children's Magazine January 1875 Vol. XX, No. 1, Edited by Emily Huntingston Miller, published by John E. Miller, Chicago, 40 pages

Blue and Pink (A Valentine Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1875

Queen Blossom (A May-Day Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1875

The Horse and the Wolf, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jul 1875

The Fortunes of a Saucer Pie, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1875

The "Cradle Tomb" at Westminster, by Susan Coolidge (pp. 678-679), scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland

1876: Toinette and the Elves (A Christmas Story), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1876

The Two Goats, St. Nicholas cribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge

The Little Maid of Domremy, (bg) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1876

Ready for Europe, (nF) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1876

How the Storks Came and Went, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Jul 1876

At Fiesole, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Oct 1876

A Queen, and Not a Queen, (bg) St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1876

The Secret Door (A Christmas Story of Two Hundred Years Ago), (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1876 (also published in The Golden Pathway Circ. 1930 section IV Romance and Reality)

1877: The Two Wishes: A Fairy Story, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Mar 1877

Illustrated Texts, (nF) St. Nicholas Magazine Apr 1877

The Mother in the Desert, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1877

Mrs. June's Prospectus, Young Folks' Readings, for Social and Public Entertainment. Edited by Lewis B. Monroe. Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. New York: Charles T. Dillingham

1878: Solimin: A Ship of the Desert, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1878

The Fox and the Turkeys; or Charley and the Old Folks, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Sep 1878

1879: The Old Stone Basin, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1879

Mignonette, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1879

Eyebright, (sl) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept(chapter 10), Oct 1879

Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delany, revised from Lady Llanover's Edition and Edited by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, Roberts Brothers, Boston

1880: The Boy and the Giant, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine May 1880

The Fox and the Stork, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Aug 1880

1881: In the Tower- AD 1554, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Feb 1881

The Mastiff and His Master, (vi) St. Nicholas Magazine Jun 1881

The Isle of Peace, by Susan Coolidge (pp. 481-498), scriber's monthly an illustrated magazine for the people, conducted by J.G. Holland

1882: Concord, Atlantic Monthly magazine from July 1882

Golden-Rod, Purple and Gold, Arranged by Kate Sanborn, Illustrated by Rosina Emmet: Boston, James R. Osgood and Company

Cross Patch pp. 474, The Century Illustrated monthly magazine. November 1881 to April 1882, Vol. XXIII, New Series Vol. I, THE CENTURY CO., NY

New Every Morning in "Golden Thoughts on Mother, Home, and Heaven from Poetic and Prose Literature of all Ages and All Lands." E.B. Treat, New York

1884: Lydia Maria Child in Our famous women, Comprising the Lives and Deeds of American Women," by Several Authors, A.D. Worthington and Company 1884

Reply, The Century - Illustrated Monthly Magazine May to October 1884, p. 744

When (poem), pp. 249 ,Illustrated Home Book of Poetry and Song, Caxton Publishing Co., Chicago

1885: Uncle and Aunt, (ss) St. Nicholas Magazine Nov 1885

"Who ate the sweetmeat" Christmas hearth library, Boston, D. Lothrop and Company

The Little Christmas Tree, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1885

1886: The Secret of It, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Jan 1886
1887: Lohengrin,SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE May 1887 - Volume I, pp. 614-615

In her garden SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE November 1887 - Volume II, No. 5

Little Alix: a story of the children's Crusade Ballads Of Romance And History. 111 pages, illustrated. Boston D. Lothrop 1887.

A year, verse, Ladies' World New York September 1887 Vol VIII No 9

1888: Charlotte Bronte, (pm) St. Nicholas Magazine Dec 1888
1889: A Coming Out illustrated by Graves, Ladies Home Journal Sep 1889

A Little Knight of Labor, Chapter II, with illustration by Edmund H. Garrett, WIDE AWAKE An Illustrated Magazine October 1889, Volume 29 Number 5, (Editors: Charles Stuart Pratt & Ella Farman Pratt, Publishers: D. Lothrop Company, Boston, U. S. A.)

1891: Guests Of The Heart, Edited By A. Craig. Augusta, Maine: E. C. Allen 1891
1892: How Bunny Brought Good Luck (Bunny is a doll, whose loss leads to the discovery of a lost silver mine). Illustrated by Walter Bobbett. St. Nicholas - An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks. Volume XX. Part 1 November 1892 - April 1893
1893: The Wolves of St. Gervas, Famous Stories and Poems edited by D. Lothrop Company, Boston

A Good Bad Horse, Famous Stories and Poems edited by D. Lothrop Company, Boston

a heroic poem, Wide Awake Illustrated Magazine, June 1893, D. Lothrop Company

Angels is as Angels Does, 52 Other Stories for Girls, edited by Alfred H. Miles, published by Hutchinson & Co., London

1894: title unknown, R. Tuck Year book 12, 1894
1899: The Better Way, Poem at head of THE INDIAN HELPER, November 3, 1899
1901: Thoughts by Susan Coolidge in Thoughts edited by Jessie K Freeman Sarah S. B. Yule, Dodge publishing company, NY, 1901
1902: Paradise, Young Folks' Library in Twenty Volumes. Volume VII: School and College Days. Edited by Kirk Munroe and Mary Hartwell Catherwood
1903: Dr. Johnson and Hodge His Cat, United Presbyterian Youth Evangelist Paper, No. 28, July 12 1903

unknown title, The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children, Chosen and Classified by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co

1904: A group of New England dishes furnished by Susan Coolidge, Mary Ronald's CENTURY COOK BOOK 1897 + New York 1904 [10]
1905: Susie's Letter About Chipmonks, Twilight Stories published by Saalfild publishing Co
undated: God rules the year, A new year's message of love, printed in Berlin, Germany.

12 stories of heroism, Magna Charta Stories. World-Famous Struggles for Freedom in Former Times. Recounted for Youthful Readers Edited by Arthur Gilman, A.M. Published by Blackie and Son Limited

[edit] published after her death

1908: How the Leaves Came Down, A Treasury of Verse for Little Children selected by M.G. Edgar Illustrated by Willy Pogany, Published by George G. Harrap & Co., London
1909: In April, (pm) The All-Story Magazine Apr 1909

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. Introduction by Susan Coolidge 1909

A 4 line verse (THANK God for death : bright thing / with dreary name, / We wrong with mournful flowers her / pure, still brow) in A LITTLE BOOK OF COMFORT, Compiled by Rev. Albert E Sims; THE CHOICE BOOKS LONDON: GEORGE G HARRAP & CO LTD; THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH, GREAT BRITAIN

How the Leaves Came Down (poem), p85, The Ontario Readers Second Book, authorized by the Minister of Education

1920: The Cavalier's Escape, The treasure chest of my bookhouse, Edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, Chicago, The Bookhouse for children, Olive Beaupre Miller 1920

The Secret Door, The treasure chest of my bookhouse, Edited by Olive Beaupre Miller, Chicago, The BOOKHOUSE for CHILDREN, Publishers 1920, 448 pages

1928: Beginning again, Woman's World September 1928
1934: Toinette and the Elves- Christmas, a book of stories ald and new, Selected by Alice Dalgliesh, Illustrated by Hildegard Woodward, published by Charles Scribner, New York

Imogen Comes to Tea, The golden wonder book for children by John R. Crossland & J.M. Parrish, Published by Odhams press LTD 1934

1935: Cousin Helen's Visit, The Mammoth Wonder Book edited by John Crossland & J.M. Parrish, London: Odhams Press 1935
1???: How the Leaves Came Down, Poem in The Home Book of Verse by Burton Stevenson [11]
18??: New Every Morning Poem ("Every day is a fresh beginning! / Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain,/ And spite of old sorrow and older sinning / And puzzles forecasted and possible pain, / Take heart with the day, and begin again.")
1991: Roses and thorns in School Stories ISBN 0600570967

[edit] Translations

[edit] German

Wenn morgen heute ist..., Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1956 = What Katy Did

[edit] Finnish

Katyn toimet = What Katy Did
Katy koulussa = What Katy Did at School
Katyn myöhemmät toimet = What Katy Did Next
Clover = Clover
Alppilaakson maja = In the High Walley

[edit] Swedish

Katy i hemmet = What Katy Did
Katy i skolan = What Katy Did at School
Vad Katy gjorde sedan = What Katy Did Next
Clover : Berättelse för flickor. = Clover

[edit] Norwegian

Katy, den eldste av seks = What Katy Did
Katy på skolen = What Katy Did at School
Hva Katy gjorde siden = What Katy Did Next
Katy på reise
Katy hjemme
Clara, Katys søster = Clover
Øientrøst : fortælling
Høiendal = In the High Walley

[edit] Spanish

Las cosas de Katy = What Katy Did

[edit] Portuguese

O que Katy fez = What Katy Did
O que Katy fez a seguir = What Katy Did Next
Os sonhos de Katy

[edit] Italian

Cio che fece Katy = What Katy Did

[edit] Danish

Katy, den ældste af seks = What Katy Did
Katy-bøkerne
I Fiesole
Den hemmelige Dør

[edit] Articles on Susan Coolidge

1959: Susan Coolidge, the Horn Book Magazine of books and reading for children and young people. 14 pages in June 1959

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