Virginia Frances Townsend

TOWNSEND, Virginia Frances, author, born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1836. She has passed her life in literary pursuits, edited "Arthur's Home Magazine " for several years, and has contributed much to journals and magazines. Her writings include "While it was Morning" (New York, 1859); "Buds from Christmas Boughs" (1859) ; " By and By" (1859); "Amy Dearie, and other Tales" (1862); "The Well in the Rock, and other Tales " (1863) ; "The Temptation and Triumph, and other Tales" (Cincinnati, 1863) ; "The Battle-Fields of Our Fathers" (New York, 1864); "Janet Strong" (Philadelphia, 1865) ; "Darryl Gap" (Boston, 1866) ; "The Hollands" (1869) ; "Max Meredith's Millennium" (1870) ; "One Woman's Two Lovers" (1872) ; "Elizabeth Tudor" (1874) ; "Only Girls" (1876) ; and " Six in All" (1878).

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