Caroline Chesebro'

Caroline Chesebro' (March 30, 1825 – February 16, 1873) was a 19th-century American writer of fiction, including short stories, juvenile literature, and novels. Born "Caroline Chesebrough", but known by her preferred spelling of "Caroline Chesebro'", she was the founder of The Packard Quarterly.

Chesebro first became known as a writer in 1848, when she was engaged as a contributor to Graham's American Monthly Magazine. Subsequently, she was connected as a sketch writer with many prominent monthly magazines and other periodicals. In 1851, she published a volume of short stories under the collective head of Dreamland by Daylight, a Panorama of Romance, and a year later, she wrote her debut novel, Isa, a Pilgrimage, followed by another novel, Victoria, or the World Overcome, in 1856. Chesebro' also wrote The Beautiful Gate, and Other Tales, and was an occasional contributor to some of the daily newspapers. In later years, her short stories were attractive to the readers of Harper's Magazine and The Atlantic monthlies and Appletons' Journal. Her funeral took place at Canandaigus.

Critical reception On March 11, 1852, Alice Cary, wrote to the Cincinnati Gazette regarding Chesebro's Isa:—

Chesebro responded two months later in the Richmond Weekly Palladium:—

Selected works

As to Duty Captain Ben Good-Will's Sexton Five-Ten Mr. Bronson's Fall Engagements Philly and kit The Drake Difficulty The Feast of the Lord The Rivals The Scape-Goat The warrior and the poet Two Lives Discovered Victoria : or, the world overcome. Dream-land by daylight : a panorama of romance, 1851 Isa : a pilgrimage, 1852 The children of light : a theme for the time, 1853 The little cross-bearers, 1854 Getting along : a book of illustrations. : "Know thyself." : In two volumes. Vol. I[-II]., 1855 Susan, the fisherman's daughter, or, Getting along : a book of illustrations, 1855 The beautiful gate : and other tales, 1855 Philly and Kit or, Life and raiment, 1856 Blessings in disguise : or, Pictures of some of Miss Haydon's girls, 1863 Peter Carradine or, The Martindale pastoral, 1863 Annointed, 1864., 1864 The glen cabin, or, Away to the hills., 1865 The fishermen of Gamp's Island; or Ye are not your own., 1865 Amy Carr, or, The fortune-teller, 1868 The foe in the household, 1871 The missionary's Christmas-box, 1878 The sparrow's fall, or, Under the willow : and other stories, 1879 The poacher's sons, 1879