American

Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz

1851–1933


Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz (1851–1933) was an American poet, journalist and editor, born in Caledonia, New York. She joined the staff of the New York Tribune, where she looked after the literary department of its Sunday supplement.

With Edmund Clarence Stedman she edited A Library of American Literature (1888–90). She published Songs and Lyrics in 1881, and her ballads and lyrics with colonial and eighteenth-century settings were much admired. She married the art critic Royal Cortissoz.

  1. Her Picture
  2. On Kingston Bridge
  3. So Wags the World
  4. Praise-God Barebones
  5. Pamela in Town
  6. April Fantasie
  7. Quaker Ladies
  8. The Bride's Toilette
  9. A Cry from the Shore
  10. Sea-Way
  11. Harvest

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