JOHNSTON, Annie Fellows, American author: b. Evansville, Ind., 1863; sister of Al bion Fellows Bacon (q.v.). She is one of two noted sisters, daughters of Rev. Albion Fel lows. She was educated at the State Univer sity of Iowa and early went into literature and became known as a writer of stories for young people. Her husband, W. L. Johnston, dying in 1892, she was thrown upon the resources of her pen, and. thereafter she produced in rapid successionjuvenile stories fhat became very popular and are still extensively read. Among these stories are 'Big
(1893) ; 'The Little Colonel> (1895), which later, on account of its
gave its name to a long series; 'A. Boy of
(1895); 'In League with Israel) (18%) •
Mammy's Torment) (1897) ; (Songs Ysame'twith her sister Albion Fellows Bacon, 1897) ; 'The Gate of the Giant Scissors) (1898) ; 'Two Little Knights of Ken tucky) (1899) ; 'The Little Colonel's House Party' (1900) ;
Little Colonel's Holidays' (1901) ;
Little Colonel's Hero' (1902) ;
(1902) ;
Holmes' (1902) ; 'Is lands of Providence' (1903);
Colonel at Boarding School' (1903);
Colonel in Arizona' (1904) ; 'The Quilt that Jack Built' (1904) ; 'Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation' (1905) ;
the Desert of Waiting' •
Weavers);
Inheritance);
of Honor); 'The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding' (1907);
Ware' (1908) ; 'Legend of the
Heart' (1908) ;
Tryst); (Rescue of the Princess Winsome); 'The Jester's Sword' (1909) ; 'Good Times Book' (1910) : 'Mary Ware in Texas' (1910) ; (Travelers Five) (1911) ;