Author Ewing Juliana Horatia Gatty

Juliana Horatia Ewing (née Gatty) (1841–1885) was an English writer of children's stories. She was the second of ten children of the Reverend Alfred Gatty, the vicar of Ecclesfield in Yorkshire, and Margaret Gatty, who was herself a children's author. On 1 June 1867, she was married to Major Alexander Ewing (1830-1895) of the army pay department. Within a week of their marriage, Ewing left England for Nova Scotia, Canada, where her husband had received a new posting. They remained there for two years, before returning to England in 1869. Though her husband was sent overseas again, to Malta in 1879 and Sri Lanka in 1881, her poor health would not allow her to accompany him. In 1885, she moved to Bath, in the hopes that the change of air would do her good. However, her health continued to deteriorate, and after an unsuccessful operation, she died there on 13 May 1885. She was given a military funeral at Trull, Somerset, three days later. Roger Lancelyn Green calls her works the "first ou