BRITTS, MATTIE DYER (MRS. JAMES H.): 1842-?
Mattie Dyer , daughter of the Rev. Sidney M. Dyer, was born on Nov. 23, 1842, in New York City and was educated at the Baptist Seminary in Indianapolis. For a time she taught school in Ladoga, Ind., but she spent most of her married life in Crawfordsville, Ind. She married James H. Britts in 1860. Mrs. Britts was an author of juvenile books and of poetry and was a writer for periodicals and newspapers.
Information from Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography and the Indianapolis Public Library.
- Edward Lee. Philadelphia, 1865.
- Harry Henderson. 1880.
- Honest and Earnest; or, Fred Norman's
Trials. Philadelphia, 1883.
- Boys and Girls of Deep Glen.
Philadelphia, 1884.
- Better Than Gold: A Temperance Story.
Philadelphia, 1885.
- Chryssie; or, Standing Alone.
Philadelphia, 1886.
- Earle Armstrong. Philadelphia,
1886.
- Marcia; or Cross Purposes.
Chicago [1886].
- Nobody's Boy; or, How Good Goes On.
Philadelphia, 1888.
- Cosy's Resolve; or, My Brother's
Keeper. Philadelphia, 1889.
- Riches Without Wings.
Philadelphia, 1889.
- Roy Kennedy's Reward; or, The Way to Win.
Philadelphia, 1893.
- Rush-Lights. Philadelphia, 1894.
- House Full of Girls.
- Halford's Luck; or, Which Is the Better.
Philadelphia.
- Mrs. Middleton's Girls.
Philadelphia.
- Today and Tomorrow.
Philadelphia.
- Love's Prayer.
- Council of Three. Philadelphia.
- Hannah. Philadelphia.
