Sallie Bridges

Sarah Bridges Stebbins, a Philadelphian better known under the pen name Sallie Bridges, was an American poet, best known today for her adaptations of Arthurian legend.

Writing career

Bridges's Marble Isle is a collection of poetic adaptations from Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. According to Daniel Helbert, she is the first American writer "to truly adapt and interpret Malory's text as a comprehensive literary enterprise".
Annals of a Baby, was first published anonymously in 1877 and was written by John Habberton. It is a humorous look at motherhood and family life; it tells of the birth and growth of a nameless baby in a world of stock characters--the Young Mother, the Young Aunties, the Fat Nurse, etc. The book was published in the "Helen's Babies" series.