Hattie Howard is an author about whom little public information is currently available; details such as her nationality, dates of birth and death, and full English name have not been clearly recorded. One work by her is held in the collection, namely the poetry collection Poems. Judging from this surviving work, Howard wrote primarily poetry, with subjects often drawn from daily life, natural scenery, and personal feeling. Her language is plain and her rhythms natural, and her verse has a lyrical and introspective quality. Because relevant materials are scarce, scholarly and general understanding of the full range of her writing, the stages of her development, and her literary standing remains quite limited, and it is difficult at present to offer a systematic assessment of her stylistic evolution and influence. Nevertheless, Poems, as her representative work preserved in the world, still provides readers with a basic point of entry into this author's poetic profile and serves as the main basis for further examination of her literary value.
