May Sarton, the only child of George and Mabel Elwes Sarton, was born in Wondelgem, Belgium in 1912. In that same year George Sarton, a historian of science, founded the journal Isis and, as May Sarton described, My father always referred to us together and dedicated one of his books to Eleanor Mabel, mother of those strange twins, May and Isis. 1 From her father May learned about discipline and a fierce dedication to work and from her mother, an artist and designer, she learned about dedication and creativity, whether applied to gardening or to life. In 1916 the Sartons arrived in the United States after fleeing Belgium and the advancing Germans, settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts where George Sarton took up a post at Harvard as a parttime instructor and, with financial assistance from the Carnegie Institute, as a full time scholar, devoting his life to the study of the history of science. At her death, May Sarton had written 53 books: 19 novels, 17 books of poetry, 15 nonfiction works including her acclaimed journals, 2 childrens books, a play, and some screenplays. Ive tried to list first editions here, whenever possible, or at least to give the copyright date if I couldnt find a complete reference to the first edition.

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