Margaret Sidney was the pseudonym of American writer Harriett Mulford Stone Lothrop (June 22, 1844 - August 2, 1924). In addition to writing popular children's stories, she ran her husband Daniel Lothrop's publishing company after his death. After they bought The Wayside country house, they worked hard to make it a center of literary life. BIOGRAPHY: Harriett Mulford Stone was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1844. The daughter of New Haven architect,...