Litchfield, Grace Denio (1849-1944)
 | Grace Denio Litchfield was born in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. She spent much of her life traveling throughout Europe, and resided in Washington DC upon her return to the United States. Though she suffered from chronic ill health, she was known for her optimistic outlook and her humility. Litchfield was a prolific poet and short fiction writer, treating themes of nature, love, and pain. Litchfield was an honorary member of the Woman’s Literary Club of Baltimore throughout the early years of the Club and became an active member in the 1914-1915 season. Litchfield was the sister of the Club’s first President, Francese Hubbard Litchfield Turnbull. |
"The Lost Rose" (The Post, Jan. 21, 1881); poetry
"The Milky Way" (Lippincott's, Nov. 1882); poetry
Only an Incident (NY: Putnam, 1883); fiction full-text
"To a Hurt Child" (Atlantic Monthly, March 1883); poetry
"One Chapter" (Century Magazine, Dec. 1883); fiction
"The Price I Paid for a Set of Ruskin" (Century Magazine, Oct. 1884); fiction
"My Lost Baby" (Youth's Companion, Nov. 6, 1884); poetry
"An American Flirtation" (Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1884); fiction
Criss-Cross (NY: Putnam, 1885); fiction. full-text
In the Hospital (NY: Putnam, 1885); poetry. full-text
"A Mystery" (Independent, Apr. 16, 1885); poetry
"Hilary's Husband" (Century Magazine, June 1885); fiction
The Knight of the Black Forest (NY: Putnam, 1885); fiction. full-text
"The Song of the Cricket" (Independent, July 9, 1885); poetry
"Sweet Mother of My Dreams" (Independent, Aug. 27, 1885); poetry
"The Snow-Storm" (St. Nicholas, Dec. 1885); poetry
"Little Delia's Shoes" (Independent, Dec. 24, 1885); fiction
"Love, Now" (Independent, Jan. 7, 1886); poetry
"The Stray Angel" (Independent, Jan. 28, 1886); fable
"The Storm-King" (Independent, March 11, 1886); poetry
"Almost" (Independent, Apr. 8, 1886); fiction
"The Top of the Ladder" (The Wide Awake, May 1886); fiction
"Day-Dreams" (Independent, May 20, 1886); poetry
"Daisy-Song" (St. Nicholas, July 1886); poetry
"La Rochefoucauld's Saying" (Independent, Aug. 12, 1886); fiction
"Tick, Tack" (Independent, Dec. 2, 1886); fiction
"Death of the Old Year" (Independent Dec. 30, 1886); poetry
"Sympathy" (Independent, Jan 27, 1887); poetry
"The Earthquake at Menton" (publication unknown, Feb. 27, 1887); nonfiction
"Only a Match" (Independent, April 14, 1887); fiction
"To a Rosebud" (The Acorn, June 1887); poetry
"In the Line of the Earthquake" (The Wide Awake, Apr. 1888); nonfiction
"The Song of the Mosquito" (St. Nicholas, June 1887); poetry
"Tweedledee and Tweedledum" (Independent, July 14, 1887); fiction
"An Enigma" (Independent, July 28, 1887); poetry
"How It Really Was" (Independent, Aug. 18, 1888); dramatic fiction
"The Grace of Love" (Independent, Aug. 18, 1887); fiction
"My Other Me" (St. Nicholas, Nov. 1887); poetry
"My Sun-Lover" (The Acorn, Nov. 1, 1887); poetry
"Time's Warehouse" (Independent, Dec. 12, 1887); fiction
"Selina's Singular Marriage" (Century Magazine, 1888); fiction
A Hard-Won Victory (NY: Putnam, 1888); fiction
"Listening" (Independent, Feb. 2, 1888); poetry
"Master Shadow" (The Wide Awake, April 1888); fiction
"Wardrobe Talk" (Independent, April 18, 1888); fiction
"A Desecrated Memory" (Independent, June 13, 1889); fiction
"Bin" (The Wide Awake, Aug. 1889); fiction
"What the Roses Said" (Independent, Nov. 11, 1889); fiction
Little He and She (Boston: D. Lothrop, 1890); fiction
"Flowertime Weather" (Independent, March 20, 1890); poetry
"Pain" (Independent, May 1, 1890); poetry
"Swinging" (St. Nicholas, June 1890); poetry
"The Fairy Needle" (Far and Near, Dec. 1890); fiction
"Love's Young Dream" (Century Magazine, May 1891); poetry
"Song of the Goldenrod" (St. Nicholas, Sept. 1891); poetry
Little Venice and Other Stories (NY; Putnam, 1890); full-text
"An Afternoon's Drama" (Independent, Nov. 3, 1892); fiction
"In Life's Tunnel" (Century Illustrated 1893); fiction. full-text
Mimosa Leaves (NY: Putnam, 1895); poetry. full-text
"Courage" (originally published in the Independent, Aug. 1893; Dial, Feb. 16, 1896); poetry
In the Crucible (NY: Putnam, 1897); fiction. full-text
The Moving Finger Writes (NY: Putnam, 1900); fiction. full-text
"Song" (Century Magazine, May 1901); poetry
"The Bend of the Road" (Century Magazine, Feb. 1902); poetry
The Letter D (Indianapolis: Dodd, Mead, 1904); fiction. full-text
Vita: A Drama in Five Acts (Boston: R. G. Badger, 1904); full-text
"Song of the Sunrise" (Independent, Feb. 2, 1905); poetry
"The Closed Door" (Independent, Oct. 24, 1907); poetry
"Birthday Song" (Century Magazine, Dec. 1907); poetry
Narcissus and Other Poems (NY: Putnam, 1908). full-text
The Supreme Gift (Boston: Little, Brown, 1908); fiction. full-text
Baldur, the Beautiful (NY: Putnam, 1910); poetry. full-text
"Icarus" (Century Magazine, July 1910); poetry
The Nun of Kent: A Drama in Five Acts (Putnam, 1911). full-text
"Semele" (Century Magazine, Jan. 1913); poetry
Collected Poems (NY: Putnam, 1913). full-text
The Burning Question (NY: Putnam, 1913); fiction. full-text
"Where Am I While I Sleep?" (Century Magazine, March 1913); poetry
"Sleep" (North American Review, April 1913); poetry
"A Last Message" (Century Magazine, May 1913); poetry
"The Hermit Thrush" (North American Review, Nov. 1915); poetry
The Song of the Sirens (NY: Putnam, 1917); fiction. full-text
"To a Thistledown" (Art World, March 1917); poetry
As a Man Sows and Other Stories (NY: Putnam, 1926)