Gentlemen from England - Borealis Books Author:Maud Lovelace, Delos Lovelace Maud Hart Lovelace-internationally famed author of the Betsy-Tacy children's books-joined literary forces with her husband, Delos, to produce this novel, first published in 1937. It is the fictionalized story of a real 19th-century English colony near Fairmont, Minnesota, located not far from Maud Lovelace's Hometown of Mankato.