to correspond to numbers which are to be taken at random." After Dr. Gilman's death in 1858, she resided for a time at Charleston, Cambridge, and subsequently at Tiverton, Long Island, Nova Scotia with her daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Bowen, and other members of the family circle. In 1872, she and her daughter, Mrs. Caroline H. Jervey, published a small book of Stories and Poems for children, for whom Gilman, all through her life, rendered a literary service. Caroline Jervey was also the author of Poetry and Prose for the Young, 1856, as well as the stories "Vernon Grove", 1859, and "Hannah Courtenay", 1866. Gilman shared with her husband the toils and satisfactions of his long ministry at Charleston, and shared with him also the gift of song. Several of her hymns have, like his, were used during the service of praise. She was the author of the following hymns: "Is there a lone and dreary hour?" (Providence.) Contributed to Sewall's Unitarian Collection, New York City, 1820, in four stanzas of four lines. In 1867, Gilman added a stanza thereto for the Charlestown Services & Hymns. The original hymn was in extensive use amongst the Unitarians in Great Britain and the United States. "We bless Thee for this sacred day". (Sunday.) Also contributed to Sewall's Collection, 1820, in four stanzas of four lines, to which another was added by Gilman, for the Charlestown Services & Hymns, 1867. In extensive use. Caroline Howard Gilman died in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 1888. Selected works Recollections of a New England Housekeeper (1835) (written as Mrs. Clarissa Packard) Recollections of a Southern Matron (1836) Poetry of Traveling in the United States (1838) Tales and Ballads (1839) Letters of Eliza Wilkinson, as editor. (1839) Ruth Raymond (1840) Verses of a Life Time (1849) Poems and Stories by a Mother and Daughter (1872), written with her daughter, Mrs. Jervey References Attribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Gilman, Caroline Howard". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Gilman, Caroline Howard". Encyclopedia Americana. External links Recollections of a Southern Matron. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1838. 1794 births 1888 deaths 19th-century American poets 19th-century American women writers Writers from Boston