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Dorr, Mrs. Julia Caroline

author, poet, was born Feb. 13, 1825, in Charleston, S. C. She is a poet and novelist of Rutland, Vt. Her verse, much of which reaches a high degree of excellence, includes Daybreak, an Easter poem; Vermont; Friar Anselmo; Afternoon Songs; Legend of the Baboushka; and Poems.

Her other writings comprise four novels, Lanmere; Sibyl Huntington; Expiation; Farmingdale; Bermuda, a volume of travel; Bride and Bridegroom, or Letters to a Young Married Couple; The Flower of England's Face; and A Cathedral Pilgrimage.

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