Louey Chisholm

Louey Chisholm (Louise Charlotte Jack, née Steinitz; 1863 – 28 October 1948) was a British writer, editor, and publisher of books for children.

Life Louise Charlotte Steinitz was born in 1863, the daughter of German and Scottish parents. She was educated in Dollar and Edinburgh. and Shown to the Children series which, according to The Scotsman, "had a great vogue, and became, and continued, for many years a model of what such things might and could be". Told to the Children included works by Lena Dalkeith and Janet Harvey Kelman. The Shown to the Children series included works on animals, flowers, birds, the sea-shore, the farm, trees, nest and eggs, butterflies and moths, stars, gardens, and bees.

In 1910, The Bookman described Chisholm as:an excellent hand at the retelling of familiar fairy tales... While retaining the spirit and poetry of the stories, she contrives to express them in language suitable for the comprehension of a youthful audience... The couple's daughter, Marie Winifred Jack (1895–1988), was the subject of a portrait by Henry John Lintott, exhibited at the RSA Annual Exhibition of 1920. She left money to The Thistle Foundation, Edinburgh Old People's Welfare Council, Mothers’ Welfare Clinic, and St Saviour's Child Garden, Canongate, Edinburgh.

Selected bibliography

In Fairyland (1904) Told to the Children Series, edited by Louey Chisholm (1905–1909) Shown to the Children Series, edited by Louey Chisholm (from 1906) The Enchanted Land, with pictures by Katharine Cameron (1906) The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, chosen by Louey Chisholm, with Pictures by M. Dibdin Spooner (1907) Simple Susan, re-told by Louey Chisholm (1910) Wordsworth Thoughts, selected by Louey Chisholm (1910) Nursery Rhymes, chosen by Louey Chisholm, with pictures by F.M.B. Blaikie (1911) Nursery Rhymes, chosen by Louey Chisholm, and Fables, re-told for children by Lena Dalkeith (1940)