In her childhood, during which she was for a time bedridden, Salaman compiled a collection of comforting scriptural texts, which were later published as an illustrated guide to the Bible entitled Footsteps on the Way of Life (1873).[2] She was also the author of "How to Earn a Good Name" (1876) and "Aunt Annette's Stories to Ada" (1876), a series of tales for children.[3]