Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet, novelist, children’s writer. Pseudonyms: “Mrs. Jerningham,” “Mrs. Fanny Wheeler Hart,” “A.” Daughter of Edward Smedley, younger sister of Menella Bute Smedley (with whom she co-authored Poems Written for a Child [1868]), and cousin of Lewis Carroll. Her prolific publications include Mrs Jerningham’s Journal (1869). Biographical information: Orlando; Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 209. (AC)