British literature Series", A. A. Milne, "Winnie-the-Pooh", and P. L. Travers' "Mary Poppins". Prolific children's author Enid Blyton chronicled the adventures of a group of young children and their dog in "The Famous Five". T. H. White wrote the Arthurian fantasy "The Once and Future King", the first part being "The Sword in the Stone" (1938). Mary Norton wrote "The Borrowers", featuring tiny people who borrow from humans. Inspiration for Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel "The Secret Garden". In Kent. Hugh Lofting created the character Doctor Dolittle who appears in a series of twelve books, while Dodie Smith's "The Hundred and One Dalmatians"
Frances Hodgson Burnett the distraction of charity work and formed the Drury Lane Boys' Club, hosting an opening in February 1892. Also during this period she wrote a play with a starring role for Stephen Townsend in an attempt to begin his acting career. After a two-year absence from her Washington, D.C. home, her husband, and her younger son, Burnett returned there in March 1892, where she continued charity work and began writing again. In 1893, Burnett published an autobiography, devoted to her eldest son, titled "The One I Knew Best of All". Also in that year, she had a set of her