Margaret Elizabeth Sangster, born at New Rochelle, New York, February
22, 1838. Educated privately, chiefly in New York. Became contributor
to leading periodicals; also editor of _Hearth and Home_, 1871-73;
_Christian at Work_, 1873-79; _The Christian Intelligencer_ since
1879; postmistress _Harper's Young People_, 1882-89; editor _Harper's
Bazar_, 1889-99; staff contributor _Christian Herald_ since 1894;
_Ladies' Home Journal_, 1899-1905; _Woman's Home Companion_ since
1905. Author _Poems of the Household_; _Home Fairies and Heart
Flowers_; _On the Road Home_; _Easter Bells_; _Winsome Womanhood_;
_Little Knights and Ladies_; _Lyrics of Love_; _When Angels Come to
Men_; _Good Manners for All Occasions_; _The Story Bible_; _Fairest
Girlhood_; _From My Youth Up_; _Happy School Days_. She died June 4,
1912.