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Isabel Thompson Hopkins
A 19th-century writer of moral and domestic fiction, remembered for stories written for young readers and families. Her books include Christmas at the Beeches, Ruthie's Venture, and Harry Fenimore's Principles.
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Harry Fenimore's Principles
by Isabel Thompson Hopkins
About the author
Isabel Thompson Hopkins was an American author whose known work appeared in the second half of the nineteenth century. Surviving library and catalog records link her to titles such as Christmas at the Beeches (1866), Ruthie's Venture; or, Flowers, Fruit, and Thorns in Glenbury (1876), The Signal-Flag (1879), The Blue Badge Boys (1880), Harry Fenimore's Principles, and The Tall Chestnuts of Vandyke (1886).
Her books were published by or associated with the American Tract Society, which helps place her within a tradition of fiction shaped by moral instruction, family life, and character-building themes. The surviving evidence suggests she wrote especially for younger readers, with stories centered on conduct, faith, and everyday choices.
Very little biographical information appears to be readily documented online beyond her bibliography, and I couldn't confirm reliable details such as her birth and death dates or a fuller personal history. Because of that, she is best introduced through the body of work that still survives in library catalogs and digital archives.