Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Whitney, Adeline Dutton (Train)

WHITNEY, ADELINE DUTTON (TRAIN), an American author; born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 15, 1824. Besides writing a great deal for magazines, she published: &ldquo;Footsteps on the Seas: A Poem&rdquo; (1857); &ldquo;Mother Goose for Grown Folks&rdquo; (1860; revised ed. 1882); &ldquo;The Boys at Chequasset&rdquo; (1862); &ldquo;Faith Gartney's Girlhood&rdquo; (1863); &ldquo;The Gayworthies: A story of Threads and Thrums&rdquo; (1865); &ldquo;A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life&rdquo; (1866); &ldquo;Patience Strong's Outings&rdquo; (1868); &ldquo;Hitherto: A Story of Yesterdays&rdquo; (1869); &ldquo;Real Folks&rdquo; (1872); &ldquo;Pansies&rdquo; (1872), verse; &ldquo;The Other Girls&rdquo; (1873); &ldquo;Sights and Insights&rdquo; (1876); &ldquo;Bonnyborough&rdquo; (1885); &ldquo;Homespun Yarns&rdquo; (1887); and two volumes of poems, &ldquo;Bird Talk&rdquo; (1887) and &ldquo;Daffodils&rdquo; (1887); &ldquo;Square Pegs.&rdquo; She died March 20, 1906.