Harriet Mabel Spalding (January 10, 1862 – August 14, 1935) was an American litterateur and poet.

N. G. Spalding, a prominent clergyman in the Troy conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Her mother, Harriet Dorr, was a graduate of Mrs. Willard's Troy Seminary, and an artist of merit.

[3] In 1877, she was graduated in the Albany Female Academy, where she won six gold medals offered by the alumni in various branches of composition.

Its art was always sure, her methods of composition being invariably conscientious and painstaking, while its spirit –whether dealing with pathos or passion– is of rare grace and beauty.