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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Ellen Warner Olney Kirk (1842–1928)

Kirk, Ellen Warner (Olney). An American novelist, wife of John Foster Kirk; born at Southington, CT, Nov. 6, 1842; died in 1928. Of her books, ‘A Midsummer Madness’ (1885), and ‘A Daughter of Eve’ (1889), created a marked impression. ‘The Story of Margaret Kent’ (1885), published under the pseudonym “Henry Hayes,” passed rapidly through many editions. Her latest work is ‘Marcia’ (1907).