Introduction

Biography

Grace was the daugh­ter of Charles Mont­go­me­ry Liv­ing­ston and Mar­cia B. Mac­Don­ald.

She met her hus­band Fla­vi­us at the Swarth­more Pres­by­te­ri­an Church, where he was min­is­ter of mu­sic. They mar­ried in 1904, and to­ge­ther found­ed the Swarth­more School of Mu­sic.

At the time of her death, Grace be­longed to the Leip­er Pres­by­te­ri­an Church in Swarth­more, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Works

• The Es­sel­stynes, or, Alp­hon­so and Mar­guer­ite, 1877
• A Chau­tau­qua Idyll, 1877
• Pansies for Thoughts, 1888
• A Little Ser­vant, 1890
• The Par­kers­town Del­e­gate, 1891
• Lone Point: A Sum­mer Out­ing, 1898
• A Dai­ly Rate, 1900
• The An­gel of His Pre­sence, 1902
• An Un­will­ing Guest, 1902
• The Sto­ry of a Whim, 1903
• According to the Pat­tern, 1903
• Because of Ste­phen, 1904
• The Girl from Mon­ta­na, 1908
• Marcia Schuy­ler, 1908
• Phoebe Deane, 1909
• Dawn of the Morn­ing, 1910
• Aunt Crete’s Eman­ci­pa­tion, 1911
• The Mys­te­ry of Ma­ry, 1912
• Lo, Mi­chael, 1913
• The Best Man, 1914
• The Man of the De­sert, 1914
• Miranda, 1915
• The Ob­ses­sion of Vic­tor­ia Gra­cen, 1915
• The Fin­ding of Jas­per Holt, 1916
• A Voice in the Wil­der­ness, 1916
• The Wit­ness, 1917
• The En­chant­ed Barn, 1918
• The Red Sig­nal, 1919
• The War Ro­mance of the Sal­va­tion Ar­my, 1919
• The Search, 1919
• Cloudy Jew­el, 1920
• Exit Bet­ty, 1920
• The Tryst, 1921
• The Ci­ty of Fire, 1922
• The Big Blue Sol­dier, 1923
• Tomorrow About This Time, 1923
• Re-Cre­ations, 1924
• Not Un­der the Law, 1925
• Ariel Cus­ter, 1925
• New Name, 1926
• Coming Through the Rye, 1926
• Job’s Niece, 1927
• The White Flow­er, 1927
• The Hon­or Girl, 1927
• Crimson Ros­es, 1928
• Blue Ru­in, 1928
• Found Trea­sure, 1928
• Duskin, 1929
• The Pro­di­gal Girl, 1929
• Out of the Storm, 1929
• Ladybird, 1930
• The Gold Shoe, 1930
• The White La­dy, 1930
• Silver Wings, 1931
• The Chance of a Life­time, 1931
• Kerry, 1931
• Memories of Yes­ter­day, 1931
• Happiness Hill, 1932
• The Chal­leng­ers, 1932
• The Patch of Blue, 1932
• The Ran­som, 1932
• Matched Pearls, 1933
• The Be­loved Stran­ger, 1933
• Rainbow Cot­tage, 1934
• Amorelle, 1934
• The Christ­mas Bride, 1934
• Beauty for Ash­es, 1935
• White Or­chids, 1935
• The Strange Pro­pos­al, 1935
• The Hand­maid of the Lord, 1935
• The Old Guard, 1935
• The Strange God, 1935
• Life Out of Death, 1935
• April Gold, 1936
• Mystery Flow­ers, 1936
• The Sub­sti­tute Guest, 1936
• Sunrise, 1937
• Daphne Deane, 1937
• Brentwood, 1937
• Marigold, 1938
• Homing, 1938
• Maris, 1938
• The Best Birth­day, 1938
• The Lost Mes­sage, 1938
• The Min­is­ter’s Son, 1938
• The Di­vid­ed Bat­tle 1938
• Dwelling, 1938
• Patricia, 1939
• The Se­venth Hour, 1939
• Stranger With­in the Gates, 1939
• Head of the House, 1940
• Rose Gal­braith, 1940
• Partners, 1940
• By Way of the Sil­ver­thorns (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Lip­pin­cott, 1941)
• In Tune with Wed­ding Bells, 1941
• Astra, 1941
• The Girl of the Woods, 1942
• Crimson Moun­tain, 1942
• The Sound of the Trum­pet, 1943
• Spice Box, 1943
• Through These Fires, 1943
• Lyrics to the can­ta­ta With Thank­ful Heart (mu­sic by her grand­son, F. Al­lyn Wal­ker), 1943
• More Than Con­quer­or, 1944
• Time of the Sing­ing of Birds, 1944
• All Through the Night, 1945
• A Girl to Come Home To, 1945
• Bright Ar­rows, 1946
• Where Two Ways Meet, 1947
• Mary Ar­den (pos­thu­mous), 1948