Constance Cary Harrison, who is better known to the reading public as
Mrs. Burton Harrison, was born in Fairfax county, Virginia, April 25,
1846. She was educated by private governesses, and while under their
tuition gave proofs of being the possessor of literary ability. During
the Civil war she lived with her family in Richmond, Virginia. At the
end of the conflict she went abroad with her mother to complete her
studies in music and languages. Mrs. Harrison has traveled much and has
lived in nearly all of the continental capitals. She married Burton
Harrison, a well-known New York lawyer, and since her union to him has
resided in the metropolis. Her works are many and range from children’s
fairy stories to works on social questions, and again from small
comedies to books on municipal problems.