Introduction

Biography

Eliza was the daugh­ter of Sam­uel and Sa­rah Bar­rett, and wife of Karl (Charles) Theo­dor Chris­tian Foll­en (mar­ried 1828).

Her hus­band was a Ger­man po­et who moved to Am­eri­ca in 1824, and at one time taught his­to­ry at Harvard Uni­ver­si­ty. He died on the steam­er Lex­ing­ton, which burned and sank in Long Is­land Sound, Jan­ua­ry 13, 1840.

In her ear­ly life, Eli­za con­trib­ut­ed va­ri­ous piec­es of prose and po­et­ry to news­pa­pers and ma­ga­zines. She ed­it­ed The Child’s Friend for sev­er­al years.

Works

• Hymns for Child­ren (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Crosby, 1825)
• Poems (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Cros­by, 1839)
• The Lark and the Lin­net, 1854 (pub­lished while she was in Eng­land)
• Selections from Fe­ne­lon
• Well-Spent Hour
• Little Songs
• True Sto­ries About Dogs and Cats
• Three Lit­tle Kit­tens, with Fern Bi­sel Peat
• The Talk­ative Wig
• What the Ani­mals Do and Say
• Hymns, Songs, and Fa­bles for Young Peo­ple
• Conscience
• Piccolissima
• The Pedd­ler of Dust Sticks
• Travelers’ Sto­ries
• Two Fes­ti­vals