The Hidden Hand: Or, Capitola the Madcap by E. D. E. N. SouthworthE. D. E. N. Southworth was one of the most popular and prolific writers of the nineteenth century and her Capitola Black, or Black Cap a cross dressing, adventure seeking girl woman was so well loved that the book was serialized three times between 1859 and 1888 and was dramatized in forty different versions. When we first meet sharp and witty Capitola she is living among beggars and street urchins, and dressed as a boy because a boy can get work and