HANNAH FOSTER (WEBSTER)
\hˈanə fˈɒstə wˈɛbstə], \hˈanə fˈɒstə wˈɛbstə], \h_ˈa_n_ə f_ˈɒ_s_t_ə__ w_ˈɛ_b_s_t_ə]\
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An American novelist; born 1759; died at Montreal, Canada, April 17, 1840. Her published works are: "The Coquette, or the History of Eliza Wharton", one of the earliest of American novels; "The Boarding School" (1796); and "Lessons of a Preceptress" (1798).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.