Mary Dow Brine

Mary Dow Brine (1838-1925) was an American poet, novelist, and lyricist. Her best-known poem is "Somebody's Mother," and her most noteworthy book was "My Boy and I or On the Road to Slumberland," an elegant book illustrated by Dora Wheeler and produced as part of a brief foray into publishing by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Mary Dow Brine (1838-1925) was an American poet, novelist, and lyricist. Her best-known poem is "Somebody's Mother," and her most noteworthy book was "My Boy and I or On the Road to Slumberland," an elegant book illustrated by Dora Wheeler and produced as part of a brief foray into publishing by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Personal life
Brine was born in New York City to William and Caroline Northam. She had two sisters, Lucia Anna Northam (d. 1913) and Caroline Augusta Northam, an illustrator of children's books, whose work appears alongside Brine's from time to time.

She had a daughter, Carrie Louise Brine (d. 1900).

Publications

 * Bessie and Bee
 * Bessie the Cash Girl
 * Grandma's Attic Treasures
 * Grandma's Memories (Dutton, 1888), with illustrations by Walter Paget
 * Jack
 * Little Lad Jamie
 * Margaret Arnold's Christmas
 * Mother's Song
 * Sunshine
 * Sunny Hours
 * What Bobbie Was Good For.
 * From Gold to Grey
 * Memories of Home
 * Thoughts and Fancies
 * Poor Sallie and her Christmas and Other Stories
 * The Doings of a Dear Little Couple
 * How a Dear Little Couple Went Abroad
 * Dan: A Story for Boys
 * Little Miss Tippet and Other Stories
 * Four Little Friends, or Papa's Daughters in Town
 * Jingles and Joys for Wee Girls and Boys
 * Christmas Rhymes and New Years Chimes
 * The Little New Neighbor (Dutton, 1891), illustrated by Almira George Plympton