Saturday Night
Teaching children to appreciate the gifts of the five senses and God.
A mother tells her children a bedtime story about a mysterious Friend who gives children precious gifts, and teaches a lesson about gratitude and prayer.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
Stories for Young Persons, 146-52.
Harper & Brothers
1840
Heather Harman, Nicole Wheatley, D, Gussman
Originally published "by Stockbridge S." in the Juvenile Miscellany, [edited by Lydia M. Child] (January 1827): 31-39. Collected in A Short Essay to Do Good, 18-24, 1828
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Matty Gore
Christian faith and the misfortunes that result from neglect of religion.
A young woman's Christian faith sustains her through life's trials, while her father's and brother's lack of faith and duty lead to unhappiness and tragedy.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. [Miss C. E. Sedgwick]
The Religious Souvenir, edited by Lydia Howard Sigourney, pp. 50-90.
New York: Scofield & Voorhies
1840 [pub. 1839]
D. Gussman
Annual reissued as The Religious Souvenir. Hartford, Conn.: S. Andrus and Son, 1846.
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The Beauty of Soninberg. A Letter from Wiesbaden.
Germany, travel, love and devotion.
The narrator writes a letter describing her travels in Germany, and recounts a love story about a beautiful young woman in the town of Soninberg.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. [Miss Catharine M. Sedgwick, Author of 'Hope Leslie' &c.]
The Evergreen (May 1840), pp. 234-37.
New York: J. Winchester
1840
D. Gussman
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Second Thoughts Best
Courtship, marriage, love, duty.
An engagement is jeopardized by the couple's conflicting values and attitudes towards love and duty.
Sedgwick, Catharine M. [By Miss Sedgwick]
The Token, edited by Samuel G. Goodrich, pp. 201-258.
Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Company
1840 [pub. 1839]
L. Damon-Bach with Asa Anderson, Deanna Depaz, Megan Hennessey, Emily Moss, Kevin White, and Dr. Jenifer Elmore with Adriana Duebel, Ariana Fernandez, Lauren Sumner, and Julianna Weiss
Volume reissued as The Moss Rose, New York: 1846; and as The Honeysuckle, New York: 1848. Story reprinted in New-Yorker (31 August and 14 September 1839, pp: 386 and 406, and in The Rural Repository, 28 September 1839, pp 57-60 and 12 October 1839, pp. 65-69.
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Marietza
1822 Greek uprising on the island of Chios, cross-cultural romance.
A Greek/Chian girl witnesses the destruction of her home/island as a consequence of the 1822 uprising against Turkish domination, and subsequently marries her English protector.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria [by the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live & Let Live," &c]
<em>Stories for Young Persons</em>, pp. 52-66.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1840
D. Gussman
Collected in <em>Stories for Young Persons</em>, 1840, 52-66, reprinted 1841, 1842, 1846, 1855, 1860; reprinted 184? By the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live and Let Live," &c. London: W. Smith. <br /><br />Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867, and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. <em>Stories for Young Persons</em> ... New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. HathiTrust Digital Library https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007092366 Accessed 11 July 2019.
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The Deformed Boy
Charity, virtue, and honesty.
A poor young boy, whose legs have been affected by rickets, attracts the attention and charity of kind friends due to his good humor and virtue.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria [by the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live & Let Live," &c.]
<em>Stories for Young Persons,</em> pp. 9-38.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1840
Angie Lydon, Michael Nicosa, Cyntheara Tham, L. Damon Bach, D. Gussman
Originally published as <em>The Deformed Boy. </em>By the author of "Redwood," &c. Brookfield: E. and G. Merriam Printers, 1826. <br />Reprinted as <em>The Deformed Boy.</em> By the author of "Redwood." Springfield: Merriam, Little & Co, 1831.<br />Collected in Stories for Young Persons, 1840, 9-38, reprinted 1841, 1842, 1846, 1855, 1860; reprinted 184? By the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live and Let Live," &c. London: W. Smith.
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Eighteen Hundred Thirty-Eight's Farewell
New Year's eve, girlhood, self-examination, the language of flowers.
A visit from a mysterious old woman on New Year's eve leads a group of school girls to try a truth serum that enables them to see their faults and virtues on the flowers of a magical bush.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria [by the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live & Let Live," &c.]
<em>Stories for Young Persons</em>, pp. 39-51.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1940
D. Gussman
Collected in <em>Stories for Young Persons</em>, 1840, 39-51, reprinted 1841, 1842, 1846, 1855, 1860; reprinted 184? By the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live and Let Live," &c. London: W. Smith. <br /><br />Also collected in <em>Pretty Little Stories for Pretty Little People</em> by Miss Sedgwick. London: William McKenny, 1849, pp. 40-55; reprinted 1850. <br /><br />Online in the Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. <em>Stories for Young Persons</em> ... New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. HathiTrust Digital Library https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007092366 Accessed 22 July 2019.
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Skepticism
Skepticism vs. unbelief, faith vs. works.
A young boy has a conversation with his mother in order to understand the meaning of skepticism.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria [by the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live & Let Live," &c.]
Stories for Young Persons, pp. 91-94.
New York: Harper & Brothers
1840
D. Gussman
Collected in Stories for Young Persons, 1840, pp. 91-94, reprinted 1841, 1842, 1846, 1855, 1860; reprinted 184? By the author of "The Linwoods," "Poor Rich Man," "Love Token," "Live and Let Live," &c. London: W. Smith.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867, and Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. Stories for Young Persons ... New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. HathiTrust Digital Library https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007092366 Accessed 11 July 2019.
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