The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Wister, Annis Lee

WISTER, Annis Lee, an American authoress, born in Philadelphia about 1840. She is a daughter of the Rev. William Henry Furness, and the wife of Caspar Wister, a physician of Philadelphia. She has translated from the German &ldquo;Seaside and Fireside Fairies,&rdquo; by Georg Blum and Ludwig Wahl (Philadelphia, 1864); &ldquo;The Old Mamselle's Secret&rdquo; (1868) &ldquo;Gold Elsie&rdquo; (1868), and &ldquo;The Countess Gisela&rdquo; (1869), by Eugenie John (E. Marlitt); &ldquo;Only a Girl, or a Physician for the Soul,&rdquo; by Wilhelmine von Hillern (1870); and Hackländer's &ldquo;Enchanting and Enchanted&rdquo; (1870).