author
Henry Van Dyke
1852–1933
A minister, teacher, and diplomat as well as a bestselling man of letters, he wrote with warmth and clarity about faith, nature, and everyday grace. His stories and essays helped make him one of the most widely read American authors of the early 20th century.
35 Audiobooks
Music, and Other Poems
by Henry Van Dyke
The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France
by Henry Van Dyke
The Story of the Other Wise Man
by Henry Van Dyke
Songs out of Doors
by Henry Van Dyke
The Mansion
by Henry Van Dyke
The Unruly Sprite: A Partial Fairy Tale
by Henry Van Dyke
Joy and Power: Three Messages with One Meaning
by Henry Van Dyke
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
by Henry Van Dyke
The Story of the Other Wise Man
by Henry Van Dyke
What Peace Means
by Henry Van Dyke
The Blue Flower
by Henry Van Dyke
The Poems of Henry Van Dyke
by Henry Van Dyke
The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
by William Dean Howells, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Henry James, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry Van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse, Edith Wyatt
The Americanism of Washington
by Henry Van Dyke
The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time
by Henry Van Dyke
The Mansion
by Henry Van Dyke
Golden Stars, and Other Verses Following "The Red Flower"
by Henry Van Dyke
The White Bees
by Henry Van Dyke
The First Christmas Tree: A Story of the Forest
by Henry Van Dyke
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
by Henry Van Dyke
The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago
by Henry Van Dyke
Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land: Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit
by Henry Van Dyke
The Spirit of America
by Henry Van Dyke
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
by Henry Van Dyke
Fighting for peace
by Henry Van Dyke
The Sad Shepherd: A Christmas Story
by Henry Van Dyke
The Ruling Passion: Tales of Nature and Human Nature
by Henry Van Dyke
The Unknown Quantity: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales
by Henry Van Dyke
The Story of the Other Wise Man
by Henry Van Dyke
Thy Sea is Great, Our Boats are Small, and Other Hymns of To-Day
by Henry Van Dyke
The Spirit of Christmas
by Henry Van Dyke
Companionable Books
by Henry Van Dyke
The Valley of Vision : A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales
by Henry Van Dyke
The House of Rimmon: A Drama in Four Acts
by Henry Van Dyke
Days Off, and Other Digressions
by Henry Van Dyke
About the author
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1852, Henry van Dyke became known as an American writer whose work ranged across poems, essays, short stories, and devotional pieces. He studied at Princeton and Princeton Theological Seminary, then served as a Presbyterian minister before building a broader literary reputation.
Van Dyke was also a longtime professor of English literature at Princeton, where he taught from 1899 to 1923. Beyond the classroom and pulpit, he entered public service and served as U.S. minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg during the Woodrow Wilson administration.
Readers have often remembered him for the gentle, reflective tone of his writing. Whether he was writing fiction, sermons, or essays, he had a gift for making moral and spiritual themes feel approachable, and his popularity during his lifetime carried well into the early decades of the 20th century. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, on April 10, 1933.