Eight Girls and a Dog — Carolyn Wells

Wells (1862-1942) was an American writer and poet who published numerous novels and collections of poetry, her total output numbering over 170 books. During the first ten years of her writing career she concentrated on poetry, humourous works and chldren's books, but inspired by one of Anna Katharine Green's mystery novels she then devoted herself to that genre. Among her most famous mystery novels were the Fleming Stone detective stories of which she wrote 61 published between 1909 and 1942. This work of juvenile fiction was first published in book form in 1902, part of the story having previously appeared in St Nicholas Magazine under the title 'Hilarity Hall'. Includes eight full-page illustrations.