The Professor's Sister: A Romance is a novel written by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1888. The story revolves around the lives of two siblings, Professor Herbert Lathrop and his sister, Rose. Rose is a beautiful and intelligent woman who falls in love with a young man named James Drummond, who is also a student of her brother's. The two begin a secret romance, but their happiness is threatened by the disapproval of Herbert, who believes...