(1783–1824) and (1782–1866)
The Taylor sisters were both poets, but it is believed that Jane wrote the lyrics for the infamous lullaby, ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ (originally named, ‘The Star’) in 1806 and published in the poetry collection Rhymes for the Nursery.
A few years earlier the sisters had published Original Poems for Infant Minds with an extended volume published in 1805 due to its success. Throughout the following years both worked on further children’s poetry volumes.
Jane was also a novelist. When Ann married, Jane moved to Devon to live with her brother and wrote solo, publishing the children’s book Display: A Tale for Young People in 1814, Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners (1816) and Correspondence between a Mother and Her Daughter at School in 1817 – a collaboration with her own mother. In 1819 The Family Mansion. A Tale appeared followed by Practical Hints to Young Females some time after and before her death in 1824.
After her passing many of her works were collected and published in five volumes by her brother in 1832. However much of her output in essays, plays, stories, poems, and letters have never been published.
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