A Year's Worth of Contributions to The Myrtle
January 5, 1884 (Vol. 33, No. 36) - December 27, 1884 (Vol. 34, No. 35)
During the thirty or more years she edited the Universalist Sunday-School magazine The Myrtle,
Elizabeth M. Bruce wrote literally hundreds of stories and poems. In her first years as editor, she sometimes wrote serials
or several pieces per issue; in her later years, she usually limited herself to
one short poem and one short story per issue. Many of her creations were occasioned by the
magazine's cost-cutting practice of using stock illustrations -- which meant Bruce needed to
supply text to match the pictures. The easiest way was apparently
to write those pieces herself, which she did.
In keeping with tradition, Bruce's contributions during her editorship appeared under
her initials, E. M. B. The list below shows her output for one year, 1884: 51 poems and 47 short stories or articles.
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January 5, 1884
A Happy New Year (poem)
1894 (poem)
Lost Treasures (short story)
January 12, 1884
Our Little Peace Man (poem)
Tommy's Bad Sport (short story)
January 19, 1884
Conquering Difficulties (poem)
Burnie (short story)
January 26, 1884
Looking for the Bee (poem)
Little Deeds of Kindness (short story)
February 2, 1884
Grandma and Grandpa (poem)
Bruin's Watch (short story)
February 16, 1884
The Young Artist (poem)
Doing Good (short story)
February 23, 1884
Nellie and Her Pets (poem)
The Dispute (short story)
March 1, 1884
She Dies for Them (poem)
The Race (short story)
March 8, 1884
Boat-Building (poem)
Growing (short story)
March 15, 1884
Katie's Trust (poem)
The Barn-Yard Convention (short story)
March 22, 1884
Primroses (poem)
Molly Eisenger's Birthday Party (short story)
March 29, 1884
The Quarrel (poem)
The Watcher (short story)
April 5, 1884
The Extemporized Picnic (short short)
April 12, 1884
Reasons (poem)
Learning: A True Story (short story)
April 19, 1884
The Welcome (poem)
The Friends Return (short story)
April 26, 1884
Footsteps (poem)
Volume 34
May 3, 1884
Hero Worship (poem)
Love's Helpfulness (short short)
May 10, 1884
He careth for His Sheep (poem)
Kind Hearted Hal (short story)
May 17, 1884
At Mother's Knee (poem)
The Musical Genius (short story)
May 24, 1884
Minnie's Chariot (short story)
Cleaning Dobbin's Feet (poem)
May 31, 1884
The Young Carpenter (poem)
Preferring One Another (short story)
June 7, 1884
Need of Wisdom (poem)
The Dead Bird (short story)
June 14, 1884
The Anxious Mother (poem)
Civilizing Indians (article)
June 21, 1884
The Wisdom of Age (short story)
The Bird's Friendship (poem)
June 28, 1884
On Fourth of July (poem)
The Fourth of July Party (short story)
July 5, 1884
Cheating the Boys (poem)
The Fourth of July Ride (poem)
The Fourth of July Birthday (short story)
July 12, 1884
The Place for Thieves (poem)
The Race (short story)
July 19, 1884
The Modest Teacher (poem)
The One Friend (short story)
July 26, 1884
The Widow's Mite (short short)
The Happy Family (poem)
August 2, 1884
Little Mission Workers (poem)
Happy Baby Nellie (short short)
August 9, 1884
God's Bounty (poem)
Summer Joys (short short)
August 16, 1884
Teaching Tip (poem)
Teaching (short story)
August 23, 1884
Teaching Morals (poem)
Judge Not (short story)
August 30, 1884
Little Bear's Disappointment (poem)
A Place for Everything (short story)
September 6, 1884
How Puss Was Caught (poem)
The Failure (short story)
September 13, 1884
Wee Folk (poem)
September 20, 1884
Limited Affection (poem)
Wicked Sport (short story)
September 27, 1884
Making Friends (poem)
Foolish Fright (short story)
October 4, 1884
Love and Be Happy (poem)
Selfishness and Loss (short story)
October 11, 1884
Sir Walter Scott (article)
In the Tree (poem)
October 18, 1884
Going to Sea (poem)
The Lesson of Patience (short story)
October 25, 1884
Caught (poem)
The Band of Mercy Boy (short story)
November 1, 1884
The Overturn (short story)
November 8, 1884
The Friends (poem)
A Boy's Decision (short story)
November 15, 1884
Touching the Hem of Christ's Garment (short short)
Sure Cure (poem)
November 22, 1884
Without Vanity (poem)
Helping Each Other (short story)
November 29, 1884
Evening Prayer (poem)
December 6, 1884
Feeding the Poor (poem)
How to Help (short story)
December 13, 1884
Down the Stair (poem)
December 20, 1884
Christmas (poem)
Christmas Joy (short story)
December 27, 1884
Bessie's Ride (poem)
Saved (short story)
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