See also:

• ANN

ANN See also:

• TAYLOR
• ANN TAYLOR (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

TAYLOR (1782-1866)  , afterwards Mrs . See also:

• GILBERT
• GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
• GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
• GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
• GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
• GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
• GILBERT, J
• GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
• GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
• GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
• GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
• GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
• GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )

Gilbert, and See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

TAYLOR, JANE (1783-1824), See also:

• ENGLISH

English writers for See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, daughters of See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac Taylor (1759-1829), were See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 3oth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1782 and the 23rd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1783 respectively . In 1786 the Taylors went to live at Lavenham in See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk, and ten years later removed to See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester . Jane was a lively and entertaining See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, and composed plays and poems at a very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . Their See also:

• FATHER

father and See also:

• MOTHER

mother held advanced views on See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and under their guidance the girls were instructed not only in their father's See also:

• ART

art of See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving, but in the principles of fortification . Their poems were written in See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short intervals in the See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round of each See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day's occupations . See also:

• ANN

Ann introduced herself to the publishers Darton and See also:

• HARVEY
• HARVEY, GABRIEL (c. 1545-1630)
• HARVEY, SIR GEORGE (1806-1876)
• HARVEY, WILLIAM (1578—1657)

Harvey by a rhymed See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to a See also:

• PUZZLE

puzzle in the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor's See also:

• POCKET

Pocket See also:

• BOOK

Book for 1799, and Jane made her first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in See also:

• PRINT

print in the same periodical with u The See also:

• BEGGAR

Beggar Boy." The publishers then wrote to Isaac Taylor asking for more verses for children from his See also:

• FAMILY

family, and the result was See also:

• ORIGINAL

Original Poems for See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

Infant Minds (2 vols., 1804-5), by " several See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young persons," of whom Ann and Jane were the largest contributors . The book had an immediate and lasting success . It went through numerous See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, and was translated into See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German, Dutch and See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian . Ann and Jane Taylor wrote directly for children, and viewed events and morals from the nursery standpoint . They had many imitators, but few serious rivals in their own See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, except perhaps Mrs See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• TURNER, NAT (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

Turner . They followed up this success with Rhymes for the Nursery (1806), See also:

• HYMNS

Hymns for Infant Minds (18o8, 2nd ed .

181o), a less-known collection, Signor Tops) Turvy's Wonderful Magic See also:

• LANTERN (an adaptation of the Fr. lanterne from Lat. lanterna or laterna, supposed to be from Gr. Aa urritp, a torch or lamp, Aaµaew, to shine, cf. " lamp "; the 16th- and 17th-century form " lanthorn " is due to a mistaken derivation from " horn," as a m

Lantern; or, The See also:

• WORLD

World Turned Upside Down (1810), and Original Hymns for See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday School (1812) . In 1813 Ann married a Congregational See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, the Rev . See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah Gilbert, and Jane went to live at See also:

• ILFRACOMBE

Ilfracombe with her See also:

• BROTHER

brother Isaac . In 1816 Jane returned to Ongar, where the family had been settled for some years, and died there on the 13th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1824 . Mrs Gilbert died at See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1866 . Both sisters wrote after their separation, but none of their later See also:

• WORKS

works had the same See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue . Jane showed more wit and vivacity than her See also:

• SISTER

sister, notably in the Contributions of Q . Q . (2 vols., 1824), and in Display, a See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

Tale for Young See also:

• PEOPLE

People (1815); but, though she was generally supposed to be the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief writer of the two, some of the most famous pieces in their See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint works, such as " I thank the goodness and the See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace," " Meddlesome Matty," " The Notorious See also:

• GLUTTON, or WOLVERINE (Gulo luscus)

Glutton," &c., are by Ann . The best edition of the Poetical Works of the sisters is that of 1877 . There is an excellent edition (1903) of the Original Poems and Others, by Ann and Jane Taylor and See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

Adelaide O'Keeffe, edited by E . V .

See also:

• LUCAS, CHARLES (1713–1771)
• LUCAS, JOHN SEYMOUR (1849– )
• LUCAS, SIR CHARLES (d. 1648)

Lucas, with illustrations by F . D . See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford . Abundant See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about Ann and Jane Taylor is to be found in: Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs Gilbert (2 vols., 1874). edited by her son Josiah Gilbert; Isaac Taylor, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs ... of Jane Taylor (2 vols., 1825), and the collection by the same editor entitled The Family See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

Pen: Memorials ... of the Taylor Family of Ongar, vol. ii . (1867) .