Mary Howitt

Mary Howitt (1799-1888) was a Quaker poet and novelist and the wife of William Howitt (1791-1879), also a Quaker writer. She was best known for Hymns and Fireside Verses (1839); she began as a Quaker; later became associated with Unitarians, and died a Roman Catholic in Rome. She and her husband produced two joint collections of verses, The Forest Minstrel (1823) and The Desolation of Eyam (1827). Other works by Mary include Sketches of Natural History (1834), The Seven Temptations (1834), Wood Leighton (1836); and Ballads and other Poems (1847).