Clara Louise Burnham, nee Root (1854-1927) was a prolific American author. Her most famous works include: 'No Gentlemen' (1881), A Sane Lunatic (1882), Dearly Bought (1884), Next Door (1886), Young Maids and Old (1889), Mistress of Beech Knoll (1890), Miss Bagg's Secretary: A West Point Romance (1892), Dr. Latimer: A Story of Casco Bay (1893), Sweet Clover: A Romance of the White City (1895), The Wise Woman (1895), Miss Archer Archer (1897), A Great Love (1898), Miss Pritchard's Wedding Trip (1901), The Right Princess (1902), Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life (1903), Jewel's Story Book (1904), The Opened Shutters (1906), Quest Flower (1908), The Leaven of Love (1908), Clever Betsy (1910), Inner Flame (1912), Right Track (1914), Instead of the Thorn (1916), In Apple- Blossom Time (1919), Key Note (1921), Queen of Farrandale (1923), The Lavarons (1925) and Tobey's First Case (1926).