EAF Author: Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
Works in the Collection Manuscript Materials Biographies Other Resources
Mary Jane Holmes, a resident of New York, wrote many popular works of "domestic" fiction.
Works in the EAF Collection
The Cameron Pride; or, Purified by Suffering. A Novel (1867) (Restricted)
Cousin Maud and Rosamond (1860) (Restricted)
Darkness and Daylight: A Novel (1864)
Dora Deane, or, The East India Uncle; and Maggie Miller, or, Old Hagar's Secret (1859) (Restricted)
Edna Browning; or, The Leighton Homestead. A Novel (1872) (Restricted)
The English Orphans, Or, A Home in the New World (1855) (Restricted)
Ethelyn's Mistake; or, The Home in the West; A Novel (1869) (Restricted)
The Homestead on the Hillside, and Other Tales (1856) (Restricted)
Hugh Worthington (1865) (Restricted)
'Lena Rivers (1856) (Restricted)
Marian Grey; or, The Heiress of Redstone Hall (1863) (Restricted)
Millbank; or, Roger Irving's Ward. A Novel (1871) (Restricted)
Rose Mather: A Tale (1868) (Restricted)
Tempest and Sunshine or, Life in Kentucky (1854) (Restricted)
West Lawn and The Rector of St. Mark's (1874) (Restricted)
EAF Manuscript Materials
Letter: Holmes 1884 to Mr. Derby (March 20, no year)
Letter: Holmes to Mrs. Halloway (March 20, 1888)
Photo: Mary J. Holmes, profile
Contemporary Biographies
From Oscar Fay Adams, A Dictionary of American Authors (1901)
From Samuel Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1900)
Other Resources
Guides to Mary Jane Holmes manuscript holdings from UVA Special Collections :Holmes, Mary Jane, Letters of: #7728
Holmes, Mary Jane, Letter of: #7728-a
Holmes, Mary Jane, Letters of: #7728-b
Holmes, Mary Jane, Autograph of: #7728-c
Holmes, Mary Jane, Letter to Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune: #7728-d