In her youth, with the help of a few friends, she published a short-lived periodical called Home Sunshine , which was printed at Newcastle Emlyn . In 1894 she shared a prize offered at the Caernarvon national eisteddfod for a serial dealing with Welsh life, and this was later published in the North Wales Observer under the title ‘ Ynysoer .’ In June 1896 she finished writing a novel called ‘ Mifanwy ,’ but having had it rejected by six publishers, she changed the title to ‘ A Welsh Singer , by Allen Raine .’ She dramatised this novel, but it was only performed on one occasion. After this she produced one novel after another in quick succession, Torn Sails , 1898 ; By Berwyn Banks , 1899 ; Garthowen , 1900 ; A Welsh Witch , 1902 ; On the Wings of the Wind , 1903 ; Hearts of Wales , 1905 ; and Queen of the Rushes , 1906 (which depicts a number of incidents of the religious revival of 1904 and 1905 ). Published posthumously were Neither Store-house nor Barn , 1908 (which had already appeared in serial form in the Cardiff Times ); All in a Month , 1908 (treating of her husband's malady); Where Billows Roll , 1909 ; Under the Thatch , 1910 (dealing with cancer , from which the author died). In 1909 there was published An Allen Raine Birthday Book . She contributed a number of short stories to various periodicals, and in Wales , 1897 , vol. iv, there appears an English translation by her of Ceiriog 's poem ‘ Alun Mabon .’