A white heron, and other stories (1886). By: Sarah Orne Jewett: Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet.

"A White Heron" is a short story by Sarah Orne Jewett. First published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company in 1886, it was soon collected as the title story in Jewett's anthology A White Heron and Other Stories. It follows a young city girl named Sylvia who came to live with her grandmother in the country. She meets a young ornithologist hunter seeking to find a rare bird that he recently spotted in the area. As the story progresses, Sylvia is challenged with whether or not she should tell the...