“ She has published prose and verse from her under-graduate days to the present time, but irregularly and often too hastily. In prose she wrote stories and sketches as an undergraduate for the Springfield "Republican" and a few other papers, and has since contributed to the "Chautauquan," "Independent." ”

“ Youth's Companion," and other publications. She took the first prize, $700, offered by the Congregational Publishing Society for a young people’s story, to be published in book form, with "Rose and Thorn" (Boston, 1889) . This volume was followed by another juvenile story, "Hermit Island*' (Boston, 1890) . In verse she took a college prize for a Latin boat-song, another for an English poem, was class poet, and has since served as commencement poet. ”