About Louisa Caroline Tuthill
Louisa Caroline Tuthill (née Huggins; July 6, 1799 – June 1, 1879) was an American writer, one of the most successful in the 19th-century. In addition to the first history of architecture published in the United States, History of Architecture from the Earliest Times (1848), she wrote numerous books for children and young adults. She contributed anonymously to magazines, and among other works published James Somers, the Pilgrim's Son (1827); Mary's Visit to Boston (1829); Ancient Architecture (1830); Calisthenics (1831); Young Lady's Home (1841); I will be a Lady (1845); I will be a Gentleman (1846); A Strike for Freedom (1848); a series of Tales for the Young (1844–50); a new series for the young (1852–54); True Manliness, or the Landscape Gardener (1865); and The Young Lady at Home and in Society (1869). With others, she prepared The Juvenile Library for Boys and Girls. She edited Young Lady's Reader (New Haven, 1840); Mirror of Life (Philadelphia, 1848); and Beauties of De Quincey (Boston, 1861). Many of her books were republished in England. == Early life and education == Louisa Caroline Huggins was born on July 6, 1799, at New Haven, Connecticut. Her parents were Ebenezer Huggins and his wife, Mary (Dickerman). Tuthill is descended, on both sides, from the early colonists of New Haven, one of her ancestors, on the father's side, being Theophilus Eaton, the first Governor of the New Haven Colony. She was educated partly at New Haven and partly at Litchfield, Connecticut.
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