As an adult, she read works of philosophy, natural science and political economy.
Her study of the literature of the Middle English period enabled her to supply the editor of the Century Dictionary with 500 new words and definitions.
In 1877, she married Elwyn Seelye, and since that time, lived on or near Lake George, New York.
She wrote four of the five volumes in the "Famous American Indian Series", Tecumseh (New York, 1878); Pocahontas (New York, 1879); Brant and Red Jacket (New York, 1879), and Montezuma (New York, 1880).
Seelye also published The Story of Columbus (New York, 1892), illustrated by her sister, Allegra Eggleston.
As an adult, she read works of philosophy, natural science and political economy. Her study of the literature of the Middle English period enabled her to supply the editor of the Century Dictionary with 500 new words and definitions. In 1877, she married Elwyn Seelye, and since that time, lived on or near Lake George, New York. She wrote four of the five volumes in the "Famous American Indian Series", Tecumseh (New York, 1878); Pocahontas (New York, 1879); Brant and Red Jacket (New York, 1879), and Montezuma (New York, 1880). Seelye also published The Story of Columbus (New York, 1892), illustrated by her sister, Allegra Eggleston.
Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye