An American author whose most famous work is "What Katy Did" (1872).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Katy_Did

For linguistic relevance Crystal quotes a poem by her, called "Words",
which you should be able to find here:

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/49518/pg49518-images.html#Page_39

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