Grace Livingston Hill's Short Stories & Collections
Before she became famous as a novelist, Grace Livingston Hill wrote short stories for many publications. Over the years, many of these stories have been collected and published in book form. The earliest of these, "Katherine's Yesterday", was one of the first Grace Livingston Hill books ever published.
In the 1930's, J. B. Lippincott published a series of small Grace Livingston Hill booksthey called "pamphlets". These short stories were published in addition to Grace's regular novels in both hardback and softback editions and are very rare. We list them as books in our GLH book lists, since they were produced individually. However, these short stories appear in many of the short story collections published in later years. Since they were published during the Great Depression, we suspect they were meant for readers whose budget was tight. Inside the jacket of one of these treasures (a hardback edition) is the price of the book—50¢.
After Grace's death in 1947, her daughters published a collection entitled, "Miss Lavinia's Call". Since then, many of those stories and quite a few others have been collected, published, and re-published for eager Grace Livingston Hill readers to enjoy. Here is our listing. Have we missed one? This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Forgotten Friend
The Forgotten Friend is a Christmas Story, published in 1916 by The Congregational Christmas Offering Committee. This short story was published as a paper pamphlet and came with a beautiful full-color, fold-out, die-cut bank. This is an unusual example of Grace's work used to promote a missionary campaign.
The text inside the front cover of the pamphlet tells about the campaign:
The Six Congregational Missionary Societies have united in a campaign to secure a free-will offering from the Christian Church during the coming Christmas season. Christmas Gift Boxes, artistically lithographed in colors and gold, will be provided for family gifts.
During the weeks immediately preceding Christmas, as presents are being purchased for friends and relatives, this Christmas box, having been placed in the home, will be a reminder of the debt of gratitude owed to the truest and best of Friends, and the question will come,
"What offering can we make that will be most pleasing to Him who gave Himself for a lost world?"
The hearty, personal co-operation of all members of Congregational Churches will guarantee a missionary gift that will greatly honor Him who said: "As my Father hath sent me into the world even so send I you into the world."
Katherine's Yesterday
1895 • Lothrop Publishing Company
This short story collection, whose long title is "Katherine's Yesterday and Other Christian Endeavor Stories", is one of Grace's earliest published in book form. She wrote for numerous Christian publications in her early career and this volume collects many of them in one place.
Intro
ductory Chapter - One Day
Katherine's Yesterday
Christian Endeavor Leaven
Some Peculiar People in Our Society
How Adelaide Went to the Convention
Why Adelaide Stayed Home from the Convention
John Chamberlain's Easter Coat
They Might, But They Didn't
Pledge-Makers and Pledge-Breakers
An Old Missionary Meeting
Some Carols for the Lord
"Because of the Pharisees"
"For Whom Christ Died"
"Living Epistles"
The Unknown God
Under the Window
The Minister's Bonnet
A selection of these stories were republished in 1984 by Tyndale House
Katherine's Yesterday
1984 • Living Books/Tyndale House • ISBN 0-8423-2030-X
Katherine's Yesterday
An Excuse for Christ (Originally Christian Endeavor Leaven)
John Chamberlain's Easter Coat
A Voice Unheard (Originally They Might, But They Didn't)
The Pledge (Originally Pledge-Makers and Pledge-Breakers)
A Missionary Meeting (Originally An Old Missionary Meeting)
Some Carols for the Lord
The Praise of Men (Originally "Because of the Pharisees")
The Love Gift (Originally The Minister's Bonnet)
"Living Epistles"
The Unknown God
Under the Window
Other stories from the original "Katherine's Yesterday" appeared in other collections:
How Adelaide Went to the Convention
and
Why Adelaide Stayed Home from the Convention
appeared in The Forgotten Friend
1994 • Living Books/Tyndale House • ISBN 0-8423-1391-5
"My Brother's Keeper" (Originally "For Whom Christ Died") appeared in
The Honeymoon House
1984 • Living Books/Tyndale House • ISBN 0-8423-1366-4
Five stories appeared in The Love Gift (Cameo Series #1)
1984 • Robert L. Munce Publishing Co. • ISBN 0-8423-3846-2
The Love Gift (Originally The Minister's Bonnet)
"My Brother's Keeper" (Originally "For Whom Christ Died")
"Living Epistles"
The Unknown God
Under the Window
Miss Lavinia's Call
1949 • J. B. Lippincott and Harper & Row
Later reprinted by Grosset & Dunlap
In Paperback: Bantam Books (1982) and Living Books/Tyndale House (1991) as #64
Miss Lavinia's Call
Something Quite Forgotten
A Government Position
Star of Wonder
The Ransomers
The Esselstynes
Safety First
Quet Hands
A Journey of Discovery
A King to Rule
The Call
Majority's Hearth
A Fair Foreclosure
The Forgotten Friend
This collection of stories was published after Grace's death by her daughters and includes her first book, "The Esselstynes". Most of the stories were written for Chrstian magazines or papers, but "The Forgotten Friend" was published as a booklet that accompanied a small paper folding bank. It was part of a Christmas campaign for The Congregational Christmas Offering Committee and you can read more about it here.
The Short Stories of Grace Livingston Hill
1976 • The American Reprint Company
Beggarman
The Story of the Lost Star
Her Wedding Garment
The House Across the Hedge
This book's pages are exact copies of the 1930's "pamphlets" or small short story books published by J.B. Lippincott..
Christian Endeavor Stories
1983 • Amereon Ltd.
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The Honeymoon House
1984 • Living Books/Tyndale House • ISBN 0-8423-1366-4
The Honeymoon House (Originally Dwelling)
Life out of Death
The Minister's Son
The Old Guard
The House Across the Hedge
The Wedding Garment
The Divided Battle
The Strange God
The Lost Message
"My Brother's Keeper" (Originally "For Whom Christ Died")
"My Brother's Keeper" originally appeared as "For Whom Christ Died" in "Katherine's Yesterday" published by D. Lothrop Company
The rest of the stories in this collection were published individually by J.B. Lippincott Co. in the 1930's as what they called "pamphlets". These small-sized books each contained one story and sold for as little as 50 cents.
The Love Gift
1984 • Tyndale House (Cameo Series #1) • ISBN 0-8423-3846-2
The Love Gift (OriginallyThe Minister's Bonnet)
"My Brother's Keeper"
(Originally "For Whom Christ Died")
"Living Epistles"
The Unknown God
Under the Window
All of these stories originally appeared in "Katherine's Yesterday" published in 1895 by D. Lothrop Company.
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Collectors Take Note
Contrary to what you may read on eBay and bookseller websites, Grace Livingston Hill books published by Grosset & Dunlap are NOT FIRST EDITIONS. Check our book list for the first edition publisher of each title.
Any Grosset & Dunlap edition is at best a second edition. Many are much later reprints. Don't be fooled by book sellers who are uninformed.
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