The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Champney, Elizabeth Williams

CHAMPNEY, Elizabeth Williams, American author: b. Springfield, Ohio, 6 Feb. 1850. She was graduated at Vassar College 1869, has traveled extensively in Europe and written many papers for Harper's and the Century. She is president of the board of managers of the Messiah Home for Children. She has published ‘The Bubbling Teapot’; ‘Howling Wolf and His Trick Pony’; ‘All Around a Palette’; ‘Bourbon Lilies’; ‘Rosemary and Rue’; ‘In the Sky Garden’; ‘Vassar Girls Abroad’; ‘Witch Winnie’ series (7 vols.); ‘Dames and Daughters of Colonial Days’; ‘Romance of the Feudal Châteaux’ (1900); ‘Romance of the Renaissance Châteaux’ (1901); ‘Romance of the Bourbon Châteaux’ (1903); ‘Romance of the French Abbeys’ (1905); ‘Romance of Italian Villas’ (1906); ‘Romance of Roman Villas’ (1908); ‘Romance of Imperial Rome’ (1910); ‘Romance of Old Belgium’ (1915).