Elisabeth Cavazza

Elisabeth Cavazza (, Jones; after first marriage, Cavazza, after second marriage, Pullen; 1849 – July 14, 1926) was an American author, journalist, and music critic. She was also taught journalism by Stanley Pullen, then the owner and chief editor of the Portland Press, for whose columns she wrote unsigned verse, sketches and book reviews, acting also as musical critic. A parody in the manner of Algernon Charles Swinburne's Atalanta, "Algernon in London" deceived some leading members of the Century Club of New York City, from whom she received a card of admission to that club, sent on the supposition that the drama was the work of a man. A second parody, in which Robert Browning figured was not only forgiven by the poet, but also rewarded by a letter. Married for a year before she was widowed, Cavazza resumed writing, becoming known to readers of magazines as "E. Cavazza", and published a volume of stories of Calabrian peasant life, entitled Don Finimondone. She was editor of the Italian department of the Transatlantic, and on the editorial staff of the Boston Literary World, also contributing to many periodicals. After a second marriage in 1894, she signed her writings as Elisabeth Pullen. Cavazza was the author of The Man from Aidone, Rocco and Sidora, and Mr. Whitman, as well as translations from the Italian and the French. Her poetical tragedies, Algernon in London and Algernon the Footstool-Bearer, published in the Portland Transcript, attracted wide attention in the United States and England.

Early years and education Elisabeth Stuart Jones was born in Portland, Maine, 1849. She was the daughter of Charles (1801–1859) and Anna T. (Davies) Jones.