The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Wells, Carolyn
WELLS, Carolyn, American humorous
writer: b. Rahway, N. J., about 1873. She took
up literary work in 1895, and her many publications,
which are chiefly for juvenile readers,
include “At the Sign of the Sphinx” (1896); “The
Story of Betty” (1899); “Folly in Fairyland”
(1901); “Eight Girls and a Dog” (1902); “The
Pete and Polly Stories” (1902); “Rainy Day
Diversions” (1907); “The Clue” (1909); “The
Lovers' Baedecker” (1912); “The Maxwell
Mystery” (1913); “Anybody but Anne” (1914);
“Bride of a Moment” (1916); “Faulkner's
Folly” (1917); “The Room with the Tassels”
(1918).