I’m always on the lookout for issues of old magazines or newspapers that might contain Isabella Alden stories that I can share on her blog. And if I do find one of her stories, I count myself lucky indeed!

But every once in a while I come across something unexpected—a never-before-published short story or novel by Isabella’s niece, Grace Livingston Hill.

That was the case with The Governor’s Son, a serialized novel Grace wrote for a Christian magazine in 1904.

A few months later, I discovered a short story Grace wrote for the same magazine.

Written with a Thanksgiving theme, Grace wrote “The Kitchen’s Thanksgiving” in 1892, the same year she married her first husband, Frank Hill.

The magazine published the story with some fun illustrations. Here’s a sample:

As far as I can tell, “The Kitchen’s Thanksgiving” was never published in book form, either on its own or as part of an anthology.

Finding that story sent me off on another search through yet another series of old magazines to see if I could find more. The result was …

I discovered eight more short stories by Grace Livingston Hill! 

Since all the stories I found are now in the public domain, I thought it would be a good idea to combine them and publish them together, along with their original illustrations.

The Kitchen’s Thanksgiving and Other Stories is now available on Amazon! You can click here or on the book cover below to find out more:

In the meantime, if you’re looking for some wonderful Christian fiction, I hope you’ll check out the Free Reads page on the Isabella Alden blog. There you’ll find novels and short stories of faith written by Isabella, Grace, Marcia Livingston (Grace’s mother), and Faye Huntington (Isabella’s best friend).

Happy reading!