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King, Grace

Grace King (1852-1932)

Image reproduced from Memories of a Southern Woman of Letters by Grace King (1932)

Selected Bibliography on Grace King

Description of the Grace King papers at the University of North Carolina
Biographical sketch at the Heath Anthology site
A picture of King’s house in New Orleans 
Index to Grace King’s Autobiography

Grace King

 

 

Images
The Louisiana Digital Library includes pictures of King:

 

 

 

Works Available Online 

New Orleans: The Place and Its People Illustrated HTML from Bill Thayer’s American history site.

Monsieur Motte (1888)

Balcony Stories (1892; 1914 edition)

THE BALCONY . . . .1 
A DRAMA OF THREE . . . .5 
LA GRANDE DEMOISELLE . . . .21 
MIMI’S MARRIAGE . . . .37
THE MIRACLE CHAPEL . . . .55 
THE STORY OF A DAY . . . .67 
ANNE MARIE AND JEANNE MARIE . . . .89 
 A CRIPPLED HOPE . . . .103 
 “ONE OF US” . . . .125 
 THE LITTLE CONVENT GIRL . . . .141 
 GRANDMOTHER’S GRANDMOTHER . . . .163 
THE OLD LADY’S RESTORATION . . . .175 
A DELICATE AFFAIR . . . .191 
 PUPASSE . . . .221 

Page Images at MOA

  1. An Affair of the Heart. A Story. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 88, issue 527 (April, 1894).
  2. At Cheniere Caminada. A Story. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 88, issue 528 (May, 1894).
  3. Balcony Stories. A Crippled Hope. The Century, vol. 46, issue 3 (July 1893).
  4. Balcony Stories. A Delicate Affair. The Century, vol. 46, issue 6 (Oct 1893).
  5. Balcony Stories. A Drama of Three. The Century, vol. 45, issue 2 (Dec 1892).
  6. Balcony Stories. Anne Marie and Jeanne Marie. The Century, vol. 46, issue 3 (July 1893).
  7. Balcony Stories. La Grande Demoiselle. The Century, vol. 45, issue 3 (Jan 1893).
  8. Balcony Stories. Mimi’s Marriage. The Century, vol. 45, issue 4 (Feb 1893).
  9. Balcony Stories. One of Us. The Century, vol. 46, issue 4 (Aug 1893).
  10. Balcony Stories. Pupasse. The Century, vol. 46, issue 6 (Oct 1893).
  11. Balcony Stories. The Balcony. The Century, vol. 45, issue 2 (Dec 1892).
  12. Balcony Stories. The Miracle Chapel. The Century, vol. 45, issue 4 (Feb 1893).
  13. Balcony Stories. The Old Lady’s Restoration. The Century, vol. 46, issue 5 (Sept 1893).
  14. Balcony Stories. The Story of the Day. The Century, vol. 46, issue 2 (June 1893).
  15. Balcony Stories. Grandmother’s Grandmother. The Century, vol. 46, issue 5 (Sept 1893).
  16. Balcony Stories. The Little Convent Girl. The Century, vol. 46, issue 4 (Aug 1893).
  17. Bayou L’Ombre. An Incident of the War. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 75, issue 446 (July 1887).
  18. Bonne Maman. A Story. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 73, issue 434 (July 1886).
  19. The Christmas Story of a Little Church. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 78, issue 463 (December, 1888).
  20. A Domestic Interior. A Story. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 90, issue 537 (February, 1895).
  21. The Evening Party. A Story. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 89, issue 530 (July, 1894).
  22. Iberville and the Mississippi. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 89, issue 533 (October, 1894).
  23. An Interlude. A Story. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vol. 89, issue 534 (November, 1894).
  24. Madrilene, or the Festival of the Dead, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, vo. 81, issue 486  (June 1890) 

Other works

Gayarré, Charles, Grace Elizabeth King, and William Beer. History of Louisiana. 4th ed. New Orleans,: F.F. Hansell & Bro., 1903.
King, Grace Elizabeth. Balcony Stories. New York,: The Century co., 1893.
—. Memories of a Southern Woman of Letters. New York: The Macmillan company, 1932.
—. Monsieur Motte. New York,: A. C. Armstrong and Son, 1888.
—. New Orleans : The Place and the People. New York: Macmillan, 1895.
—. Tales of a Time and Place. New York,: Harper & Brothers, 1892.
King, Grace Elizabeth, and John Rose Ficklen. A History of Louisiana, by Grace King and John R. Ficklen. Rev. ed. New York, New Orleans,: University Pub. Co., 1893.
King, Grace Elizabeth, and Edward Woodward. Creole Families of New Orleans. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1921.
Wagner, Charles, and Mary Louise Hendee. The Simple Life. New York,: The American news Co., 1901. [Introduction and biographical sketch by Grace King]