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Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910)

American Literature Sites

Rebecca Harding Davis: Selected Secondary Bibliography
Biographical information from Janice Lassiter, Samford University
Brief biographical sketch and contexts for "Life in the Iron Mills" from the Public Media Foundation.

Description of some of Davis's writings.
Picture courtesy of Legacy's American Women Writers Site
Works Available Online (Note: Links in BOLD lead to page images at MOA; links in regular type lead to HTML or text pages.)

"Life in the Iron Mills" (from Project Gutenberg)
Life in the Iron Mills (Atlantic, April 1861)

"An Ignoble Martyr." Harper's New Monthly Magazine 80 (Mar. 1890): 604-610.
"Anne."Harper's New Monthly Magazine 78 (April 1889): 744-750.  Anne. A Story
Are Women to Blame? (North American Review, 1889)
"At The Station" (Scribner's, 1888)
Ben (Putnam's, 1870)
Bits of Gossip (1904)
"Boston in the Sixties" from Bits of Gossip (1904)
"Blind Tom." Atlantic Monthly, volume 10, November 1862.
By-Paths in the Mountains. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 61, issue 363 (August 1880).
By-Paths in the Mountains (I)  By-Paths in the Mountains (II) By-Paths in the Mountains (III)
"The Captain's Story" (after 1861) from the Gaslight site.
The Curse in Education (North American Review, 1899)
A Day With Doctor Sarah (Harper's, 1878)
Earthen Pitchers (Scribner's, Nov. 1873)
Earthen Pitchers (Scribner's, Dec. 1873)
Earthen Pitchers (Scribner's, Jan. 1874)
Earthen Pitchers (Scribner's, Feb. 1874)
Earthen Pitchers (Scribner's, Mar. 1874)
Earthen Pitchers (Scribner's, Apr. 1874)
 "A Faded Leaf of History" (Atlantic, 1873)
Frances Waldeaux (1897)
Hand to Hand (Galaxy, March 1870)
"The Harmonists" Atlantic 17 (May 1866)
Here and There In the South (Harper's, July 1887)
Here and There In the South (Harper's, Aug. 1887)
Here and There In the South (Harper's, Sept. 1887)
Here and There In the South (Harper's, Oct. 1887)
Here and There In the South (Harper's, Nov. 1887)
An Ignoble Martyr. A Story (Harper's, Mar. 1890)
In the Gray Cabins of New England (Century, Feb. 1895)
Jane Murray's Thanksgiving Story"(The Independent  30 November 1905 )
"Life in the Iron Mills" (from Project Gutenberg)
Mademoiselle Joan (Atlantic, Sept. 1886)
The Man In the Cage (Harper's, Dec. 1877)
Marcia (Harper's, Nov. 1876)
Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day (1862) (Virginia) (Project Gutenberg version )
Married People (Harper's, Apr. 1877)
"A Middle-Aged Woman." The Independent 57, No. 2909 (1 September 1904)
Natasqua (Scribner's, Nov. 1870)
Natasqua (Scribner's, Jan. 1871)
Natasqua (Scribner's, Dec. 1870)
A November Afternoon (Galaxy, Dec. 1869)
Old Landmarks in Philadelphia (Scribner's, July 1876)
"An Old-Time Love Story." Century Magazine 77 (Dec. 1908): 219-221.
Old Philadelphia (Harper's, May 1876)
Old Philadelphia (Harper's, Apr. 1876)
One Week an Editor." Galaxy 16, No. 5 (November 1873): 652-661.One Week an Editor
A Silhouette (Harper's, Sept. 1883)
Some Testimony in the Case (Atlantic, Nov. 1885)
Story of a Shadow (Galaxy, Apr. 1872)
A Story of the Plague (Harper's, Feb. 1879)
A Sunday in Limeburgh (Scribner's, Feb. 1878)
Tirar Y Soult (Scribner's, Nov. 1887)
Two Women (Galaxy, June 1870)
University Extension in Canterbury. A Story (Harper's, Apr. 1893)
 Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, 15 Feb. 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, 1 Mar. 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, 15 Mar. 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, 1 April 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, 15 April 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, May 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, June 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, July 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, Aug. 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, Sept. 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, Oct. 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, Nov. 1867)
Waiting for the Verdict (Galaxy, Dec. 1867)
"Walhalla."Scribner's Monthly 20 (May 1880): 139-145. Walhalla
"The Wife's Story" (Atlantic, 1864).
 William M. Baker (Century, May 1884)




Comments to D. Campbell.