- Source: Mary Dow Brine
Mary Dow Brine (1838-1925) was an American poet, novelist, and lyricist. Her best-known poem is "Somebody's Mother," and her most noteworthy book was "My Boy and I or On the Road to Slumberland," an elegant book illustrated by Dora Wheeler and produced as part of a brief foray into publishing by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Personal life
Brine was born in New York City to William and Caroline Northam. She had two sisters, Lucia Anna Northam (d. 1913) and Caroline Augusta Northam, an illustrator of children's books, whose work appears alongside Brine's from time to time.
She had a daughter, Carrie Louise Brine (d. 1900).
Publications
Bessie and Bee
Bessie the Cash Girl
Grandma's Attic Treasures
Grandma's Memories (Dutton, 1888), with illustrations by Walter Paget
Jack
Little Lad Jamie
Margaret Arnold's Christmas
Mother's Song
Sunshine
Sunny Hours
What Bobbie Was Good For.
From Gold to Grey
Memories of Home
Thoughts and Fancies
Poor Sallie and her Christmas and Other Stories
The Doings of a Dear Little Couple
How a Dear Little Couple Went Abroad
Dan: A Story for Boys
Little Miss Tippet and Other Stories
Four Little Friends, or Papa's Daughters in Town
Jingles and Joys for Wee Girls and Boys
Christmas Rhymes and New Years Chimes
The Little New Neighbor (Dutton, 1891), illustrated by Almira George Plympton