Margaret Smith's Journal: Tales and Sketches is a collection of short stories and sketches written by American poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier. The book was first published in 1889 and is presented as a fictional journal kept by Margaret Smith, a young woman living in New England in the mid-19th century.The stories and sketches in the book cover a range of topics, including love, friendship, family, and social justice. Many of the tales...