Introduction

Biography

At age 13, Burn­side went deaf due to an at­tack of scar­let fever, which led her to start writing poetry. She is said to have written some 6,000 Christ­mas card verses between 1874 and 1900.

Works

• The Arabian Nights
• Gold­en Buttercups (Ra­pha­el Tuck & Sons, 1890)
• A Summer Day Dream, with Lou­isa Gray, 1892
• Doggie and I, with Lou­isa Gray, 1892
• Sunny Tales for Snowy Days (Lon­don: Ra­ph­ael Tuck & Sons, 1893)
• Love for Love’s Sake, 1904
• The Little V. C. (Tho­mas Nel­son & Sons, 1919)
• Only a Doll
• The Three An­gels
• Happy Days in the Country (E. P. Dut­ton, 1900)
• The Lost Letter (Thomas Nel­son, 1912)
• An Old Garden (Lon­don: Boo­sey & Com­pa­ny)
• Our Saviour (Lon­don: Ra­pha­el Tuck & Sons, 1900)
• The Christ Child (Lon­don: Ra­pha­el Tuck & Sons, cir­ca 1900)