Trail, Florence (1854-1905)
 | Florence Trail was born in 1854 in Frederick, Maryland. She was a highly educated member of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore, attending the Frederick Female Seminary and the Mount Vernon institute, where she graduated with honors. Despite an illness that left her with impaired hearing, she studied music at the Peabody Conservatory, which likely contributed to her book of musical criticism, Meanings of Music (1918). Trail never married and advocated for women's suffrage. She was a non-resident member of the WLCB from 1899-1908. Trail received a letter of recognition from King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy for her book, History of Italian Literature (1903). This high distinction was recognized both by the Club and the Baltimore Sun, which regularly recognized her for her literary accomplishments. |
My Journal in Foreign Lands (Baltimore: W.L. Stork & Co., 1884). full-text
"Musings in a Crowd" (Lexington Intelligencer July 10, 1886); poetry.
Studies in Criticism (New York: Worthington, 1888). full-text
A History of Italian Literature (New York, Vincenzo Ciocia Stamperia Italiana, 1903); full-text
History and Democracy: Essays in Interpretation (Baltimore: Falconer, 1916)
Meanings of Music (Boston: R. G. Badger, 1918). full-text
The Scholar's Italy (Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1923)
An Italian Anthology (Boston: R. G. Badger, 1926)
A Memorial of Ariana McElfresh Trail (Boston: R.G. Badger, 1929)
Modern Italian Culture (Philadelphia: Westbrook, 1931)
Under the Second Renaissance (Buffalo: Charlie Wells Moulton, 1894); novel. full-text
Foreign Family Life in France in 1891 (Boston: B. Humphries, 1944)