Maud's Short Stories

 

Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Ocean: The Last Story
$2.00

In 1971, Maud and Frances Kenney Kirch (Tacy) visit Spain and continue their adventures in their mature years. 2 pages.


 

 

A Man in her Room
$4.00

An unpublished story found by Merian Lovelace in a box of background materials for the Betsy-Tacy series. A girl named Betsy Ray spends her first Christmas away from her family.

9 pages


 

 

Engaged!
$4.00

Two young people decide to pretend an engagement to stop their relatives' matchmaking, and the plan falls short of its desired outcome. Reprinted from The Ladies World, December, 1916.

4 pages


 

 

An Errand for Miss Canning
$4.00

Miss Canning uses very big words Betsy just doesn't understand when sending her on an errand. Printed in Woman's Day, January, 1944, and reprinted in the Betsy-Tacy Society Journal #26.

8 pages


 

 

Her Story
$4.00

Published in the U of M Minnesota Magazine, May 1912. Includes an article on Professor Maria Sanford from the U of M who was very supportive of Maud's writing talent.

8 pages


 

 

The Daring of Daphne
$4.00

A proper young woman dares to propose to a man the next day, yet plans go awry for a surprise ending to the story. Originally in Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 10, 1921, and reprinted in the BTS Journal #27.

6 pages


 

 

Number Eight
$4.00

Three young people take a mysterious street car ride which ends unexpectedly. This was Maud's first published story, appearing in the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, June 4, 1911, & reprinted BTS Journal #28.

5 pages


 

 

Betty and Bick Visit a Hermit
$3.00

An unpublished story written by Maud Palmer Hart, circa 1906-1910. Maud sent the story to her editor with a note: "I wrote this in high school days, I think, and must have typed it out at Uncle Frank's. It shows that the theme of Betsy-Tacy was a long time in my head."

9 pages


 

 

The Fires of Genius
$4.00
Written by Maud Palmer Hart and published in the February 1916 issue of Ladies World magazine. Maud submitted this story to the magazine and was one of 10 short story prize winners. 9 pages.

 

 

Selections from the Poems of Maud Palmer Hart
$2.00
Maud's father, Thomas Hart, had this booklet of her poems printed at the Free Press Company when she was ten years old. 10 pages