Florence Caddy (born 1837) was an English woman writer about whom public information is limited, and few details of her life are recorded. One work by her is held in the collection, Household Organization, whose title and existing description indicate that her writing concerned two main areas: household management and essays on natural science. Writing of this kind was common in nineteenth-century Britain and was usually addressed to family readers, combining the practical arrangement of daily life with observation and reflection on natural phenomena, at once useful in purpose and relaxed in the manner of the familiar essay. Caddy belongs to this tradition, and her work offers a useful text for understanding the household ideas and popular-science essays of her time.
