Catharine Parr Traill

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Standard Name: Traill, Catharine Parr
Birth Name: Catharine Parr Strickland
Married Name: Catharine Parr Traill
CPT , sister of the writers Elizabeth and Agnes Strickland and Susanna Moodie , is best known for her naturalist writing about nineteenth-century Upper Canada. She was a letter-writer widely respected and eventually rewarded for her skills in botany. Commenting on CPT 's outpouring of practical advice to female settlers, contemporary critic Clara Thomas dubs her the Mrs Beeton of nineteenth century Canada.
qtd. in
New, William H., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 99. Gale Research, 1990.
335
Traill also published a number of stories for children; the best of these incorporate her scientific observations. Characteristically, she wrote: Nothing that exists in the animal, vegetable or mineral world is unworthy of our attention.
qtd. in
New, William H., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 99. Gale Research, 1990.
332
Black and white photograph of Catharine Parr Traill, wearing a white cap tied under her chin. Her strong features are clearly visible, but detail around the image is blurry and fades to nothing. Her signature is reproduced below.

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Textual Production Susanna Moodie
SM imagined bringing the benefits of literature to an audience of yeomen and mechanics,
qtd. in
Gray, Charlotte. Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill. Viking, 1999.
198
a demographic that would not compete with the market sought by the Literary Garland, which continued to pay for...
Textual Production Elizabeth Strickland
The year after she moved to London, ES published her first book: Disobedience; or, Mind What Mamma Says, a slim volume written for children, giving her name as Miss Elizabeth Strickland.
The...
Textual Production Elizabeth Strickland
According to the British Library Catalogue (in 2007) ES published a book of stories for children, Prejudice Reproved; or, The History of the Negro Toy-Seller, 1826, jointly with her sisters Agnes and Catharine ...

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