Louise Stockton

Louise Stockton (August 12, 1838 – June 12, 1914) was an American author, journalist, and club organizer. Her parents were William Smith, an author and reformer, and Emily Hepzibeth (Drean) Stockton. Subsequently, Stockton was associated with various leading journals as editorial writer, book editor, and music critic.

Stockton was the author of Dorothea, a novel (1882) ; A Sylvan City (1883); republished as Quaint Corners; Apple Seed and Briar Worn (1887), and of several novelettes, many short stories, and historical essays in magazines. "A Dead Vashti" (April 1877, Galaxy). "Sylvia's Suitors" (August 1880, Atlantic). "The Occultation of a Honeymoon" (January 1881, Lippincott's). "Caspipina, the Story of a Mother Church" (A Sylvan City, 1883) (text) "The Old Philadelphia Library" (A Sylvan City, 1883) "The Bettering-House and Other Charities" (A Sylvan City, 1883) "Stephen Girard, Mariner and Merchant" (A Sylvan City, 1883) "Her Lover" (April 1884, Lippincott's). "A Devil's Passage" (December 1888, Atlantic).