Whitelock, Louise Clarkson (1851-1928)
 | Louise Clarkson Whitelock was born in Baltimore in 1851, and was a founding member of the Woman’s Literary Club of Baltimore. She was an active member from 1890-1897. Whitelock’s publications were mostly poetry, specifically books of children’s poems. She had a very active publishing career under the name L. Clarkson between 1877 and 1898, and her poetry was advertised and endorsed in magazines like Publisher’s Weekly. Whitelock was also a very talented artist, illustrating her own books and raising her daughter to be an artist in her footsteps. Whitelock died in 1928. |
Children's verse
The Gathering of the Lilies (J. L. Sibole, 1877); poetry. full-text
Little Stay-at-Home and Her Friends (F.W. Robinson, 1879). full-text
Rag Fair and Other Reveries (F.W. Robinson, 1879); poetry. full-text
Buttercup's Visit to Little Stay-At-Home (E.P. Dutton, 1880); poetry full-text
Indian Summer: Autumn Poems and Sketches (E.P. Dutton, 1881). full-text
Fly-Away Fairies and Baby Blossoms (E. P. Dutton, 1882); poetry. full-text
Heartsease and Happy Days (NY: E.P. Dutton, 1883); poetry.. full-text
Violet with Eyes of Blue (J.P. Sibole, 1884?); poetry.
Violet Among the Lilies (E.P. Dutton, 1885). full-text
Fiction
The Shadow of John Wallace (White, Stokes, & Allen, 1884); novel. full-text
"The End of an Animosity" (Godey's, Jan. 1894; as L. Clarkson); fiction.
"Monsieur Vigot's Diamonds" (Harper's Monthly, May 1894; as L. Clarkson); fiction.
A Mad Madonna and Other Stories (Joseph Knight, 1895); fiction. full-text
How Hindsight Met Provincialitis (Copeland and Day, 1898); novel. full-text
