Introduction

Biography

Emily was the daugh­ter of Sam­uel Tay­lor of New Buck­en­ham, niece of hym­nist John Tay­lor of Norwich, and great-grand­daugh­ter of He­bra­ist Dr. John Tay­lor.

She wrote nu­mer­ous child­ren’s sto­ries, main­ly his­to­ri­cal, and va­ri­ous works of in­struct­ion and des­cript­ive na­tur­al his­to­ry, and con­trib­ut­ed to Mag­net Sto­ries (1860, etc.) and Rain­bow Sto­ries (1870, etc.).

Works

• Letters to a Child on Ma­ri­time Dis­co­ve­ry, 1820
• Vision of Las Ca­sas, and Oth­er Po­ems, 1825
• Poetical Il­lus­tra­tions of Pas­sag­es of Scrip­ture, 1826
• Sabbath Re­cre­ations, 1826 (ed­it­or)
• Tales of the Sax­ons, 1832
• Tales of the Eng­lish, 1833
• Memoir of Sir T. Moore, 1834
• The Boy and the Birds, 1835
• Flowers and Fruit in Old Eng­lish Gar­dens, 1836 (ed­it­or)