The New Student's Reference Work/Dodge, Mary Abigail

Dodge, Mary Abigail, an American author, born in Hamilton, Mass., about 1830. She was an instructor in the high-school at Hartford, Conn., and afterwards became a governess at Washington, D. C. She also wrote frequently for magazines under the name of Gail Hamilton, derived from the last syllable of her middle name and the name of her birthplace. She wrote several books, among them Country Living and Country Thinking, Gala Days, Wool Gathering, Red Letter Days and A Battle of the Books. She died in Massachusetts on Aug. 17, 1896.