INGELOW, Jean, English poet and novelist: b. Boston, Lincolnshire, 17 March 1820; d. Kensington, London, 20 July 1897. Her first published work appeared anonymously in 1850 under the title 'Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings.' It was followed by 'Allerton and Dreux: or the War of Opinion (2 vols., 1851), a story, and 'Tales of Orris> (1860); but not till the publication of in 1863, did Miss Ingelow become famous. This volume won the enthusiastic praise of critics and the instant approval of the public. and by 1879 had passed through 23 editions. The most widely appreciated poems in it are 'The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire); 'Songs of Seven' ; and 'Supper at the Mill.) Later volumes were 'Studies for Stories' (1864) ; 'Stories told to a Child> (1865) ; Mat' (1866) ; 'A Sister's Bye Hours) (1868) ; the Fairy) (1869) ; 'Off the (4 vols., 1872), her first long story; 'The Little Wonder Horn' (1872), a new series of stories told to a child; 'Fated to be Free' (3 vols., 1881) ; 'Sarah de Beren ger> (3 vols., 1879) ;'Don John' (3 vols., 1881) ;
and 'John Jerome' (1886). A second volume of verse, 'A Story of Doom and Other appeared in 1867 and a third volume, 'Moni tions of the Unseen' in 1885. Collections of her poems were published as 'The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow' (New York 1894; London 1898). Her works have been even more popular in America than in her native country. She was at her best as a writer of children's stories, even though her popularity during her life was based chiefly on her poetry. The latter contains some few very excellent pieces, but the bulk of it has not stood the test of time. In her own days, however, she was greatly admired for her songs, and many of her poems, indeed, have considerable lyrical merit. Consult Anon., 'Some Recollections of Jean Ingelow and her Early Friends' (London 1901); Stuart, G. B., 'Personal Recollections of Jean Ingelow' (in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Vol. LXXVII, p. 306, Philadelphia 1906).