Smith, Harriet Lummis (?–1947)
 | Born in Auburndale, Massachussets, Harriet Lummis Smith was a WLCB club member from 1909 until at least 1915. Smith was the daughter of Jennie Brewster Lummis and Henry Lummis Smith, who had been the head of the Greek department at Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin, where Lummis received her BA degree in 1889. She went on to teach high school, work as an editor, eventually becoming a successful novelist and short story writer. She served in various leadership positions within the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore from 1909-1910, and eventually, was president of the club from 1914-1915. She was a prolific writer of short stories and became known for authoring installments in the Pollyanna and Friendly Terrace/Peggy Raymond series of novels for girls.. She passed away on May 9, 1947 in her Philadelphia home. |
"Matilda's Good Impression" (Youth's Companion, 1906); fiction.
"A Rush Order" (Zion's Herald, 1907); fiction.
"The Boy's Christmas Tree" (Zion's Herald, 1907); fiction.
"The Flowering of Vengeance" (Munsey's, 1908); fiction.
Harriet Lummis Smith, "The Maze," Baltimore Sun, Sept. 10, 1908
"The Picture on the Bare Wall" (Zion's Herald, 1908); fiction.
"The Promise" (Independent, 1908); fiction.
"How Wallace Got Even" (Christian Observer, 1909); fiction
"Through the Fire" (Munsey's, 1909); fiction.
"A Departure in Missionary Work" (Zion's Herald, 1909); fiction.
"The Telephone" (Christian Observer, 1909); fiction.
"The Peculiar Choice of Persis" (Presbyterian of the South, 1909); fiction.
"The Peculiar Choice of Persis" (New York Observer and Chronicle 1909); fiction.
"Reputation of the 'Bella B'" (McClure's, 1909); fiction.
Harriet Lummis Smith, "A Previous Engagement," Baltimore Sun, April 22, 1909
"A Practical Joke" (Christian Observer, 1909); fiction
"Victory" (Youth's Companion, 1909); fiction.
Harriet Lummis Smith, "Blind Man's Buff," Baltimore Sun, April 29, 1909
Harriet Lummis Smith, "Jimmy's Opportunmity," Baltimore Sun, July 21, 1909
Harriet Lummis Smith, "On the Roof," Baltimore Sun, Aug. 28, 1909
Harriet Lummis Smith, "The Panama Hat," Baltimore Sun, Sept. 24, 1909
"The Sister of a Genus" (Youth's Companion, 1909); fiction.
Harriet Lummis Smith, "Atwater's Aunt," Baltimore Sun, Dec. 21, 1909
Harriet Lummis Smith, "Deaf and Dumb!," Baltimore Sun, Jan. 11, 1910
"Old Joe's Apostasy" (Zion's Herald, 1910); fiction.
"The Interruption" (Youth's Companion, 1910); fiction
"Boys and Girls" (Zion's Herald, 1910); fiction.
"The Problem of the Destructive Child" (Zion's Herald, 1910); nonfiction.
"Home Circle: Her Own" (Christian Observer, 1910); fiction.
"Home Circle: Ann and the Temperance Reform" (Christian Observer, 1910); fiction.
Harriet Lummis Smith, "At the Matinee," Baltimore Sun, Mar. 1, 1910
Harriet Lummis Smith, "How Two Wrongs Made a Right," Baltimore Sun, March 1910
"A Debt of Gratitude" (Smart Set, 1910); fiction.
"Home Circle: Two Girls Who Changed Places" (Christian Recorder, 1910); fiction.
Harriet Lummis Smith, "A Random Shot," Baltimore Sun, Oct. 13, 1910
Harriet Lummis Smith, "Fifty Dollars Reward," Baltimore Sun, Nov. 16, 1910
Harriet Lummis Smith, "Man Wanted," Baltimore Sun, Dec. 19, 1910
Harriet Lummis Smith, "Cornelia's Customer," Baltimore Sun, Nov. 23, 1911
Harriet Lummis Smith, "Destiny Decides," Baltimore Sun, Sept. 19, 1915
"The Remedy" (Youth's Companion, 1912); fiction.
The Girls of Friendly Terrace; or, Peggy Raymond's Success (Boston: L. C. Page, 1912); novel. full-text
"The First Children's Day" (Herald of Gospel's Liberty, 1914); fiction.
"A Study in Hospitality" (Youth's Companion, 1915); fiction.
Peggy Raymond's School Days (1916?); novel.
"Food for Thought" (Life, 1915); fiction.
Other People's Troubles (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1916); novel. full-text
"An Outlet for Miss Jane" (Youth's Companion, 1917); fiction.
Agatha's Aunt (Bobbs-Merrill, 1920) full-text
"A Golden Silence" (Youth's Companion, 1920); fiction.
"Taking After Grandmother" (Youth's Companion, 1921); fiction.
"Profit and Loss" (Youth's Companion, 1924); fiction.
"High Water" (Youth's Companion, 1924); fiction.
"Twenty-five Dollars Reward" (Youth's Companion, 1925); fiction.
"Lizzie to the Rescue" (Youth's Companion, 1925); fiction.
"Muddy Creek Overflows" (Youth's Companion, 1925); fiction.