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Harriet Prescott Spofford

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Selected Works Available Online "Circumstance" Mrs. Claxton's Skeleton . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 66, issue 394 (March 1883). Newburyport and Its Neighborhood . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 51, issue 302 (July 1875). Nocturne . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 30, issue 181 (November 1872). The Nun and Harp . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 36, issue 215 (September 1875). O Music . The Century , vol. 36, issue 6 (Oct 1888). Old Madame . The Century , vol. 23, issue 3 (Jan 1882). The Old Poet and his Wife . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 37, issue 223 (May 1876). An Old Song . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 42, issue 253 (November 1878). One of Many . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 49, issue 290 (July 1874). Ordronnaux . Scribner's Monthly , vol. 8, issue 5 (September 1874). Ordronnaux . Scribner's Monthly , vol. 8, issue 6 (October 1874). Our Neighbor . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 42, issue 249 (July 1878). Parlor Magic . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 57, issue 340 (September 1878). A Pleasant Morning . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 35, issue 208 (September, 1867). The Price . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 35, issue 209 (October, 1867). The Quaker Poet . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 68, issue 404 (January 1884). The Queen's Bead . The Century , vol. 32, issue 2 (June 1886). The River . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 19, issue 113 (March 1867). Romance of a Barnyard . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 54, issue 321 (February 1877). San Antonio de Bexar . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 55, issue 330 (November 1877). Shall Our Daughters Have Dowries? . The North American Review , vol. 151, issue 409 (December 1890). Sorrow . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 36, issue 211 (December 1867). The Star in the East . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 55, issue 327 (January 1885). Streets of Washington . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 37, issue 219 (August 1868). A Thanksgiving Breakfast. A Story . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 91, issue 546 (November, 1895). Three Quiet Ladies of the Name of Luce . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 69, issue 414 (November 1884). The Tragic Story Of Binns . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 73, issue 438 (November 1886). Trumpets In Lohengrin . Scribner's Magazine , vol. 16, issue 3 (September, 1894). The Tryst . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 80, issue 477 (February, 1890). Two Hearts . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 41, issue 243 (August 1870). Flower Songs . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 37, issue 222 (November 1868). Footpads . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 27, issue 162 (April 1871). A Four-o'clock . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 22, issue 129 (July 1868). Furniture, Etc, In the Renaissance . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 54, issue 323 (April 1877). Gramarye . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 86, issue 514 (August 1900). "Hear, O Israel" . The Century , vol. 51, issue 2 (Dec 1895). High Days and Holidays . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 71, issue 422 (July 1885). A Hint of Dawn . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 43, issue 253 (June 1871). In A Storm . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 57, issue 337 (June 1878). In April Days . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 76, issue 455 (April 1888). In the Maguerriwock . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 37, issue 219 (August 1868). Inside Plum Island . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 55, issue 327 (August 1877). Intermezzo . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 45, issue 267 (January 1880). Jean Ingelow's New Volume . The Galaxy , vol. 4, issue 5 (Sept 1867). The Knight of Pentecost . The Century , vol. 46, issue 1 (May 1893). Lament . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 72, issue 428 (January 1886). Left Ashore . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 49, issue 290 (July 1874). A Lion in the Way . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 50, issue 299 (April 1875). Listening . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 34, issue 204 (October 1874). Little Ben . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 26, issue 155 (September 1870). The Little People's New-Year . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 54, issue 320 (January 1877). Lost and Found . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 22, issue 130 (August 1868). Lover's Garden . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 37, issue 219 (August 1868). The Making of the Pearl . The Century , vol. 40, issue 4 (Aug 1890). The Marshes . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 35, issue 205 (June, 1867). Mediaeval Furniture . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 53, issue 318 (November 1876). Miss Moggaridge's Provider . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 27, issue 159 (January 1871). Miss Susan's Love Affair . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 53, issue 313 (June 1876). The Moonstone Mass . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 37, issue 221 (October 1868). The Mount of Sorrow . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 67, issue 397 (June 1883). Spofford, Harriet , Nagging Women. A Reply to Dr. Edson . The North American Review , vol. 160, issue 460 (March 1895). The Pine-Tree . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 58, issue 346 (March 1879). Rats . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 52, issue 312 (May 1876). Ali . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 55, issue 328 (September 1877). An Apple of Sodom . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 51, issue 303 (August 1875). At Last . Scribner's Monthly , vol. 8, issue 1 (May 1874). At Twilight . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 36, issue 216 (May 1868). At the Bridal . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 48, issue 288 (May 1874). Best Laid Schemes . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 67, issue 399 (August 1883). A Birthday . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 43, issue 255 (January 1879). The Black Bess . The Galaxy , vol. 5, issue 5 (May 1868). Boys . The Galaxy , vol. 6, issue 6 (Dec 1868). Bronte . The Century , vol. 43, issue 1 (Nov 1891). By the Winter's Moon . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 64, issue 381 (February 1882). Captive . The Century , vol. 52, issue 3 (July 1896). The Christmas Peal. . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 84, issue 499 (December, 1891). Clairvoyance . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 72, issue 432 (May 1886). The Colonel's Christmas. A Story . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 90, issue 535 (December, 1894). Daybreak . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 37, issue 217 (June 1868). The Drift-Wood Fire . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 61, issue 366 (November 1880). Elizabethan and Later English Furniture . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 56, issue 331 (December 1877). Elizabeth's Christmas . The Galaxy , vol. 5, issue 1 (Jan 1868). Evanescence . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 50, issue 297 (February 1875). Fancy . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 36, issue 212 (January 1868). A Fear . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 55, issue 325 (June 1877). The First Mrs. Petersham . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 59, issue 351 (August 1879). Flotsam and Jetsam. I . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 21, issue 123 (January 1868). Flotsam and Jetsam. II . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 21, issue 124 (February 1868). Flotsam and Jetsam. III . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 21, issue 125 (March 1868). A Flower Piece . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 41, issue 242 (July 1870). Spofford, H. P, Mrs. , Petticoat Government . The North American Review , vol. 163, issue 476 (July 1896). Spofford, H. Prescott, Mrs. , Yesterday . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 18, issue 107 (September 1866). Two Songs . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 79, issue 469 (June, 1889). Valentine's Birthday . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 36, issue 213 (February 1868). Vanity . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 35, issue 205 (June, 1867). The Violin . Scribner's Magazine , vol. 13, issue 3 (March, 1893). The Wanderers . Scribner's Magazine , vol. 17, issue 1 (January, 1895). A Watch in the Night. A Story . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 88, issue 523 (December, 1893). Witchwork . The Atlantic Monthly, vol. 43, issue 259 (May 1879). With a Book . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 37, issue 222 (November 1868). With a Flower . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 41, issue 244 (September 1870). Alive . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 45, issue 267 (August 1872). At An Old Grave . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 47, issue 280 (September, 1873). At an Old Grave . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 47, issue 280 (September, 1873). Aunt Pen's Funeral . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 45, issue 265 (June 1872). The Beautiful Miss Vavasour . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 46, issue 276 (May, 1873). Bella's Beginnings . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 44, issue 259 (December 1871). Dead . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 45, issue 267 (August 1872). Delgrado . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 48, issue 283 (December 1873). Ebb and Flow . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 47, issue 277 (June, 1873). Jo and I . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 48, issue 286 (March 1874). Lovers . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 45, issue 268 (September 1872). Music In the Night . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 43, issue 254 (July 1871). A Pilot's Wife . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 41, issue 246 (November 1870). Reprieve . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 46, issue 271 (December, 1872). The Shadow of Candlemas Night . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 42, issue 249 (February 1871). Siesta . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 42, issue 250 (March 1871). A Sigh . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 41, issue 246 (November 1870). Under the Rose . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 42, issue 247 (December 1870). Wedding Presents . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 44, issue 261 (February 1872). Witnesses . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 44, issue 259 (December 1871). Spofford, Harriett , Stars . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 38, issue 225 (February 1869). Day Dreams . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 35, issue 205 (June, 1867). , Hereafter . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 35, issue 208 (September, 1867). , The Hungry Heart . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 35, issue 210 (November, 1867). , The Insurance on the "Highflyer" . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 38, issue 225 (February 1869). , Magdalen . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 38, issue 228 (May 1869). , The Morning Hour . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 38, issue 225 (February 1869). , A Public Building . Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 38, issue 224 (January 1869). Comments to D. Campbell. About this site