“ Although a prolific writer, she has always written carefully and in finished style, and her contributions to the literature of early New England possess a rare value from her intimate knowledge of the pioneers of the eastern colonies gained from thorough reading and tradition. Her work is distinctly American in every essential. Mrs. Austin was married in 1850 to Loring H. Austin, a descendant of the fine old Boston family which figured so largely in the Revolution. ”

“ She is instinctively gracious, and those who know her not only admire her work, but give her a warm place in their affections. Her name is with a married daughter in Roxbury, although she passes a part of the winter in Biwton, in order to be near her church, and every summer finds her ready to return to Plymouth, where she constantly studies not only written records, but crumbling gravestones and oral tradition. ”

“ She has written a great number of: magazine stories and some poems. Her principal books with the date of their publication are as follows: "Fain-Dreams" (Boston, 1859) ; "Dora Darling" (Boston, 1865) ; "Outpost" (Boston, 1866) ; "Tailor Boy" (Boston, 1867) ; "Cypher" (New York, 1869) ; "The Shadow of Moloch Mountain" (New York, 1870) ; "Moon-Folk" (New York, 1874) ; "Mrs. Beauchamp Brown" (Boston, 1880) ; "The Nameless Nobleman" (Boston, 1881) "Nantucket Scraps" (Boston, 1882) ”