signed ‘H. M.’. ‘Summary of Principles illustrated in this and the preceding
Volume’ occupies pp. 143–144. Printer’s mark and colophon of William
Clowes, Stamford Street. Running title varies according to chapter headings.
Vol. 6 of series (3 of 3).
A:
19 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
SOWERS NOT REAPERS. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
viii, 148p. 18mo.
Corvey.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. No. XIX. Sowers not Reapers. A Tale. By Harriet
Martineau. London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1833.’ List of
contents of ‘Sowers not Reapers’ verso of t.p. proper followed by another
series-t.p. reading ‘Illustrations of Political
Economy. By Harriet Martineau. Sowers not Reapers. Cinnamon and Pearls.
A Tale of the Tyne. In Nine Volumes. Vol. VII. London: Charles Fox,
67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’ List of contents (1 p. unn.) of ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. […]. Vol. VII. […]’ precedes Preface, pp. [v]–viii,
signed ‘H. M.’. ‘Summary of Principles illustrated in this Volume’ occupies
pp. 145–148. Printer’s mark and colophon of William Clowes, Duke
Street, Lambeth. Vol. 7 of series (1 of 3).
A: 20 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
CINNAMON AND PEARLS. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
125p. 18mo.
Corvey.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. No. XX. Cinnamon and Pearls. A Tale. By Harriet
Martineau. London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1833.’ List of
contents verso of t.p.. ‘Summary of Principles illustrated in this Volume’
occupies pp. 124–125. Printer’s mark and colophon of William Clowes,
Duke Street, Lambeth. Running title varies according to chapter headings.
Vol. 7 of series (2 of 3).
A:
21 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
A TALE OF THE TYNE. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
135p. 18mo.
Corvey.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. No. XXI. A Tale of the Tyne. A Tale. By Harriet
Martineau. London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1833.’ List of
contents verso of t.p.. ‘Summary of Principles illustrated in this Volume’
occupies pp. 134–135. Printer’s mark of William Clowes, Stamford
Street. Colophon reads; ‘London: Printed by William Clowes, Duke-street
Lambeth’. Running title varies according to chapter headings. Vol. 7
of series (3 of 3).
A:
22 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
BRIERY CREEK. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
155p. 18mo.
Corvey.
Notes. Two series-t.ps. precede t.p. proper. First series-t.p.
reads: ‘Illustrations of Political Economy. No. XXII. Briery
Creek. A Tale. By Harriet Martineau. London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row.
1833.’ Second series-t.p. reads: ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. By Harriet Martineau. Briery Creek. The Three
Ages. In Nine Volumes. Vol. VIII. London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row.
1834.’ List of contents (1 p. unn.) of ‘Illustrations of Political
Economy. […]. Vol. VIII. [ …]’ precedes t.p. proper. List of contents
of ‘Briery Creek’ verso of t.p. proper. ‘Summary of Principles illustrated
in this Volume’ occupies pp. 153–155. Printer’s mark, verso of
first series-t.p., and colophon read: ‘London: Printed by William Clowes,
Stamford Street’. Printer’s mark verso of second series-t.p. reads:
‘London: Printed by William Clowes, Duke-street, Lambeth’. Running title
varies according to chapter headings. Vol. 8 of series (1 of 2).
A:
23 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
THE THREE AGES. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
126p. 18mo.
Corvey.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. No. XXIII. The Three Ages. By Harriet Martineau.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1833.’ List of contents verso
of t.p.. ‘Summary of Principles illustrated in this Volume’ occupies
pp. 125–126. Printer’s mark and colophon of William Clowes, Duke
Street, Lambeth. Running title varies according to chapter headings.
Vol. 8 of series (2 of 2).
A: 24 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
THE FARRES OF BUDGE-ROW. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.
136p. 18mo.
Corvey.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. No. XXIV. The Farres of Budge-Row. A Tale. By
Harriet Martineau. London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’
Another series-t.p. follows t.p. proper: ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. By Harriet Martineau. The Farres of Budge-Row.
The Moral of Many Fables. In Nine Volumes. Vol. IX. London: Charles
Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’ List of contents of ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. […] Vol. IX’ precedes list of contents of ‘The
Farres of Budge-Row’ (1 p. unn. each). ‘Notice’ (1 p. unn.),
signed ‘H. M.’, states: ‘No. XXV. will close the Series of “Illustrations
of Political Economy.”’ ‘Summary of Principles illustrated in this Volume’
occupies pp. 135–136. Printer’s marks and colophons of William
Clowes, Duke Street, Lambeth. Running title varies according to chapter
headings.Vol. 9 of series (1 of 2).
A:
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THE MORAL OF MANY FABLES. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.
vii, 144p. 18mo.
Corvey.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Political Economy. No. XXV. The Moral of Many Fables. By Harriet
Martineau. London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’ List of
contents verso of t.p. followed by Preface, [v]–vii, signed ‘H. M.’
and dated ‘February, 1834’. Printer’s mark and colophon of William Clowes,
Duke Street, Lambeth. Vol. 9 of series (2 of 2).
B. Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated
(1833–4)
ECB 371 (1833–4), 4 parts, 4s each.
NSTC 2M17438 (BI BL, C, Dt, O; NA DLC); OCLC 2220300 (28 libs).
Published in the US as a set, Boston [1833–?] (OCLC).
B: 1 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
POOR LAWS AND PAUPERS ILLUSTRATED. I. THE PARISH. A TALE. BY HARRIET
MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
216p. 18mo. 4s.
O 80.d.457,458.
Notes. Header at top of t.p reads: ‘Under the Superintendence
of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge’. Details of the
Committee of the Society appears on t.p. verso. List of contents (1
p. unn.) follows, with prefatory address on verso, noting: ‘The
pleasantest part of philanthropy is, doubtless, to set forth perusasively
what is pure in human nature, and lofty in social character; but there
is a satisfaction amidst the pain of exhibiting the the reverse of the
picture, when vice and misery can be indisputably referred to the errors
of a system rather than to the depravity of individuals.’ Colophon of
William Clowes, Stamford Street. BL copy lacks t.p. and preliminaries,
and begins on p. [1] with drop-head title.
B: 2 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
THE HAMLETS, A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
164p. 18mo.
BL 1027.a.26.
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Harriet.
THE TOWN. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
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170p. 18mo.
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Notes. Main t.p. preceded by series-t.p., which reads: ‘Under
the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated. III. The Town. A Tale. By Harriet
Martineau. London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.’ List of
contents (1 p. unn.) appears on verso of main t.p.
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Harriet.
THE LAND’S END. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.
179p. 18mo.
BL 1027.a.26.
Notes. Individual t.p. preceded by series-t.p., which reads:
‘Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge. Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated. No. IV. The Land’s End.
A Tale. By Harriet Martineau. London: Chales Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row,
1834.’ List of contents (1 p. unn.) appears on verso of main t.p.
Printer’s mark and colophon of William Clowes, Duke Street, Lambeth,
London.
C. Illustrations of Taxation,
5 parts (1834)
NSTC 2M17419 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA DLC); OCLC 10408567 (47 libs).
C: 1 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
THE PARK AND THE PADDOCK. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.
140p. 18mo.
BL 1027.a.25; NSTC 2M17419 (BI C, Dt, E, O; NA DLC, MH); OCLC 3288222
(2 libs).
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Taxation. No. I. The Park and the Paddock. A Tale. By Harriet Martineau.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’ List of contents on
verso of t.p. proper. Printer’s mark and colophon of William Clowes,
Duke Street, Lambeth.
C: 2 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
THE TENTH HAYCOCK. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.
144p. 18mo.
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Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Taxation. No. II. The Tenth Haycock. A Tale. By Harriet Martineau.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’ List of contents on
verso of t.p. proper. Printer’s mark and colophon of William Clowes,
Duke Street, Lambeth.
C: 3 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
THE JERSEYMEN MEETING. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.
122p. 18mo.
BL 1027.a.25.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Taxation. No. III. The Jerseymen Meeting. A Tale. By Harriet Martineau.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’ List of contents on
verso of t.p. proper. Note on p. 122 reads: ‘End of the First Part’.
Printer’s mark of William Clowes, Duke Street, Lambeth.
C: 4 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
THE JERSEYMEN PARTING. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.
136p. 18mo.
BL 1027.a.25.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Taxation. No. IV. The Jerseymen Parting. A Tale. By Harriet Martineau.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’ List of contents (1
p. unn.) and note (1 p. unn.), signed ‘H. M.’, precede main
text. Note reads: ‘For some of the materials of this and the preceding
No., I am indebted to Mr. Inglis’s very interesting volumes on the Channel
Islands. The next No. will conclude my work.’ Printer’s mark of William
Clowes, Duke Street, Lambeth.
C: 5 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
THE SCHOLARS OF ARNESIDE. A TALE. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1834.
vi, 134p. 18mo.
BL 1027.a.25.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘Illustrations
of Taxation. No. V. The Scholars of Arneside. A Tale. By Harriet Martineau.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row. 1834.’ Preface, pp. [v]–vi,
signed ‘H. M.’ and dated ‘July 1st, 1834’, followed by list of contents
(1 p. unn.). Printer’s mark of William Clowes, Duke Street, Lambeth.
APPENDIX 2 (Additional Titles Not Included in Main Section)
Appendix 2 is not intended as an overflow for works of fiction that should have been included in the main listings, nor is it necessarily an entirely comprehensive survey of works from each category. Sections A–E detail types of fiction in the period which are considered not to represent novels in the sense required for entry in the main listings, while nevertheless containing a significant amount of fictional matter. Section A provides entries for works which would have been directed principally towards a juvenile (i.e. post-pubescent) audience. Section B supplies details of miscellanies, occasional works, and multi-genre collections, which have a significant prose fiction content, but are nonetheless too varied to be considered ‘mainstream’ fiction. Works included in Section C have a heavily didactic and/or religious component, which subsumes or overrides the fictional elements of the narrative. Section D describes fictional titles aiming to illustrate local histories and manners, areas of topographical interest, or travel writings, within which the fictional component appears to play a subordinate part in the matter being described. Section E contains a sampling of biographical accounts and memoirs that have seemingly fictionalized elements. Section F includes one title which, apparently not having survived, leaves an element of doubt about its existence or suitability for entry.
A: Juvenile
A: 1 ANON.
TALES OF THE CLASSICS: A NEW DELINEATION OF THE MOST POPULAR FABLES,
LEGENDS, AND ALLEGORIES COMMEMORATED IN THE WORKS OF POETS, PAINTERS,
AND SCULPTORS. SELECTED AND WRITTEN BY A LADY, FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND
INSTRUCTION OF HER OWN DAUGHTERS. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1830.
I xxiv, 302p; II iv, 302p; III iv, 370p. 12mo. 24s bound (BP); 24s
(ECB); 24s boards (LG); 27s (Star).
BP (18 Dec 1829); Star (9 Jan 1830); LG 675: 848 (26 Dec 1829); ECB
576 (Dec 1829).
Corvey; CME 3-628-52307-9; NSTC 2L1441 (BI BL, C, O; NA MH); OCLC
2802840 (13 libs).
Notes. Dedication, p. [iii], to ‘Her Royal Highness the
Princess Victoria of Kent’, signed ‘the Author’ and dated ‘Wadlands,
July 1829’. ‘Advertisement’, pp. [v]–vi, notes that the work
was undertaken ‘for the purposes of education in schools and families;
besides forming a compendium suited to the cabinet or study of the
amateur of the fine arts, and an interesting Vade Mecum for
the young traveller in his tour through Italy and other countries
of classic interest’ (pp. [v]–vi). ‘Introduction’, pp. [vii]–xxi,
followed by list of contents of vol. 1, pp. [xxiii]–xiv. Lists
of contents occupy pp. [iii]–iv in vols. 2 and 3. Vol. 1 comprises:
‘Chaos—The Creation’, pp. [1]–6; ‘The Golden Age’, pp. 7–11;
‘The Silver Age’, pp. 12–14; ‘The Brazen Age’, pp. 15–17;
‘The Iron Age’, pp. 18–20; ‘The Wars of the Giants’, pp. 21–24;
‘The Council of the Gods’, pp. 25–31; ‘The Deluge’, pp. 32–35;
‘Deucalion and Pyrrha’, pp. 36–39; ‘Python Slain by Apollo’,
pp. 40–46; ‘Apollo and Daphne’, pp. 47–56; ‘Adventures of
Io’, pp. 57–69; ‘Phaeton’, pp. 70–79; ‘Calisto’, pp. 80–85;
‘Erichthonius’, pp. 86–94; ‘Death of the Thessalian Coronis—Birth
of Esculapius’, pp. 95–103; ‘Mercury and Battus’, pp. 104–108;
‘The Loves of Mercury and Herse’, pp. 109–115; ‘Jupiter and Europa’,
pp. 116–122; ‘Cadmus in Search of his Sister Europa’, pp. 123–127;
‘Acteon’, pp. 128–133; ‘Semele’, pp. 134–138; ‘Narcissus’,
pp. 139–144; ‘Bacchus—Pentheus—The Orgies’, pp. 145–152;
‘The Mineides—Pyramus and Thisbe’, pp. 153–157; ‘Vulcan’s Net’,
pp. 158–163; ‘Phœbus and Leucothoe’, pp. 164–168; ‘The Fountain
of Salmacis—The Mineides Punished by Bacchus’, pp. 169–174; ‘Juno
Visits the Infernal Regions’, pp. 175–183; ‘Tisiphone in the
Palace of Athamas’, pp. 184–187; ‘Metamorphoses of Cadmus and
Hermione’, pp. 188–191; ‘Jupiter—Danæ—The Gorgon’s Head’, pp. 192–198;
‘Perseus and Atlas’, pp. 199–204; ‘Perseus and Andromeda’, pp. 205–213;
‘Marriage of Perseus and Andromeda’, pp. 214–218; ‘Conclusion
of the Story of Perseus’, pp. 219–223; ‘Pallas Visits the Muses’,
pp. 224–229; ‘Pyreneus and the Muses’, pp. 230–232; ‘Pluto
Wounded by Cupid’, pp. 233–235; ‘Pluto Carries off Proserpine’,
pp. 236–241; ‘Ceres Changes a Boy into a Lizard’, pp. 242–247;
‘Ceres and Arethusa’, pp. 248–252; ‘The Visit of Ceres to her
Daughter, and Consequent Expedition of Triptolemus’, pp. 253–257;
‘Arachne’, pp. 258–261; ‘Niobe’, pp. 262–269; ‘The Frogs’,
pp. 270–274; ‘Marsyas’, pp. 275–281; ‘Marriage of Tereus
and Progne’, pp. 282–286; ‘The Injuries of Philomela Revenged’,
pp. 287–290; ‘Boreas and Orithyia—Phryxus and Helle’, pp. 291–295;
‘Jason’, pp. 296–302). Vol. 2 consists of: ‘Voyage of the Argonauts’,
pp. [1]–15; ‘The Argonauts at Colchis’, pp. 16–28; ‘The
Golden Fleece Obtained—The Argonauts Return to Colchis’, pp. 29–44;
‘Aeson Restored to the Vigour of Youth’, pp. 45–50; ‘Medea Destroys
Pelias, Creon, and her own Children’, pp. 51–59; ‘Theseus’, pp. 60–66;
‘Origin of the Herb Myoctonon or Aconite’, pp. 67–72; ‘The Myrmidons’,
pp. 73–79; ‘Cephalus and Procris’, pp. 80–90; ‘Siege of
Megara’, pp. 91–97; ‘The Minotaur—The Crown of Ariadne’, pp. 98–110;
‘Dædalus and Icarus’, pp. 111–116; ‘The Calydonian Boar’, pp. 117–124;
‘Death of Meleager’, pp. 125–130; ‘The Grotto of Achelous’, pp. 131–134;
‘Lelex Relates the Story of Baucis and Philemon’, pp. 135–140;
‘Achelous Relates the Story of Erisichthon’, pp. 141–152; ‘Marriage
and Death of Hercules’, pp. 153–160; ‘Alcmena Discoursing with
Iole about the Birth of Hercules’, pp. 161–165; ‘Dryope’, pp. 166–171;
‘Caunus and Biblis’, pp. 172–177; ‘Iphis’, pp. 178–191;
‘Orpheus and Eurydice’, pp. 192–201; ‘Death of Orpheus’, pp. 202–210;
‘Cyparissus’, pp. 211–213; ‘Celestial Cup-Bearers’, pp. 214–220;
‘Hyacinthus’, pp. 221–224; ‘Pygmalion’, pp. 225–228; ‘Adonis’,
pp. 229–236; ‘Atalanta and Hippomenes’, pp. 237–243; ‘Midas’,
pp. 244–251; ‘The Walls of Troy’, pp. 252–257; ‘Marriage
of Peleus and Thetis’, pp. 258–263; ‘Chione and Dædalion’, pp. 264–268;
‘The Petrified Wolf’, pp. 269–273; ‘Parting of Ceyx and Halcyone’,
pp. 274–277; ‘Cavern of Somnus—Metamorphosis of Ceyx and Halcyone’,
pp. 278–284; ‘Metamorphosis of Æsacus’, pp. 285–288; ‘Iphigenia’,
pp. 289–296; ‘Cycnus and Achilles’, pp. 297–302. Vol. 3
contains: ‘Battle of the Lapithæ and the Centaurs’, pp. [1]–7;
‘Death of Achilles—Description of his Armour’, pp. 8–14; ‘Ajax
Pleads for the Arms of Achilles’, pp. 15–30; ‘Ulysses Pleads
for the Arms of Achilles’, pp. 31–46; ‘Death of Ajax’, pp. 47–52;
‘The Fall of Troy’, pp. 53–56; ‘Treachery of Polymnestor—Death
of Hecuba’, pp. 57–62; ‘Memnon’, pp. 63–68; ‘Æneas at the
Island of Delos’, pp. 69–74; ‘Voyage of Æneas to Sicily’, pp. 75–78;
‘Polyphemus’, pp. 79–87; ‘Scylla and Glaucus’, pp. 88–94;
‘Æneas and the Cumæan Sybil’, pp. 95–103; ‘Hogs in the Palace
of Circe’, pp. 104–108; ‘Ulysses—Circe—Picus—Canente’, pp. 109–122;
‘Turnus Sends an Embassy to Diomedes’, pp. 123–127; ‘Apulus and
Nymphs—Death of Æneas’, pp. 128–133; ‘Pomona and Vertumnus, pp. 134–140;
‘Romulus and Rome’, pp. 141–147; ‘Ora’, pp. 148–151; ‘Crotona
Founded by Myscellus’, pp. 152–158; ‘Phythagoras Teaches the
Metempsychosis’, pp. 159–175; ‘Numa, Egeria, Virbius’, pp. 176–181;
‘Metamorphosis of Egeria—Cippus’, pp. 182–190; ‘Æsculapius Conducted
to Rome’, pp. 191–199; ‘Julius Cæsar’, pp. 200–207). Appendix
occupies pp. [209]–364 of vol. 3, and contains: ‘Cupid and Psyche’,
pp. [211]–230; ‘Osiris and Isis. A Tale of Egyptian Mythology’,
pp. 231–244; ‘Osiris and Isis. Part the Second’, pp. 245–260;
‘Conquests of Bacchus’, pp. 261–275; ‘Conquests of Bacchus Continued’,
pp. 276–291; ‘Bacchus Returns from his Conquests’, pp. 292–302;
‘The Twelve Labours of Hercules’, pp. 303–326; ‘Other Adventures
of Hercules’, pp. 327–342; ‘Venus Urania and Adonis’, pp. 343–364.
‘Conclusion’ occupies pp. 365–370. Printer’s marks and colophons
of A. J. Valpy, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. BP notes that the price
was initially ‘24s., then reduced to 15s.’. Originally adv. in Star
(4 Aug 1829) as ‘nearly ready’.
A: 2 FRY,
Caroline.
THE LISTENER. BY CAROLINE FRY, AUTHOR OF “THE ASSISTANT OF EDUCATION,”
&C. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: James Nisbet, Berners Street, 1830.
I iv, 365p; II 344p. 12mo. 12s (ECB); 12s cloth boards (Star).
Star (20 Sept 1830); ECB 220 (Mar 1830).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51189-5; NSTC 2F17869 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O); OCLC
9164828 (8 libs).
Notes. OCLC notes that this work consists of essays and tales
compiled from the Assistant of Education, a periodical edited
and almost entirely written by Fry. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, in
which the authoress addresses the readers as her ‘young friends’ (p. iv).
Lists of contents (2 pp. unn.) in each vol. preceding main text.
Vol. 1 comprises: ‘Music’, pp. [1]–8; ‘Time’, pp. 9–18;
‘Conversation’, pp. 18–29; ‘Poll Peg’, pp. 30–40; ‘Truth’,
pp. 41–50; ‘Christmas Time’, pp. 51–63; ‘Fears’, pp. 64–75;
‘The Sabbath’, pp. 76–86; ‘Friendship’, pp. 87–99; ‘A Fable’,
pp. 100–112; ‘Emulation’, pp. 113–124; ‘Evil Speaking’,
pp. 125–139; ‘Peggy Lum’, pp. 140–174; ‘Social Kindness’,
pp. 175–188; ‘Politeness’, pp. 189–202; ‘The Two Invitations’,
pp. 203–251; ‘Lent’, pp. 252–270; ‘The Children of Abraham’,
pp. 271–286; ‘Inconsistencies’, pp. 287–313; ‘More Inconsistencies’,
pp. 314–327; ‘Consistency’, pp. 328–338; ‘A Fable’, pp. 339–352;
‘Egotism’, pp. 353–365. Vol. 2 contains: ‘School Education’,
pp. [1]–14; ‘Maternal Education’, pp. 15–31; ‘Good Humour’,
pp. 32–45; ‘Good Temper and Good Humour’, pp. 46–57; ‘Self
Examination’, pp. 58–71; ‘Conversation’, pp. 72–84; ‘Cousin
Mabel’, pp. 85–95; ‘Sacred Music’, pp. 96–109; ‘Goodman
Hodge’, pp. 110–121; ‘The Three Sabbaths’, pp. 122–140;
‘Janet Bevoir’, pp. 141–154; ‘Hester Eden’, pp. 155–167;
‘Alms-Giving’, pp. 168–183; ‘Humility’, pp. 184–197; ‘Julia
Macdugal Arnot’, pp. 198–215; ‘A Difficult Question’, pp. 216–231;
‘Easily Decided’, pp. 232–245; ‘The Retrospect’, pp. 246–264;
‘The Stage Coach’, pp. 265–270; ‘Harvest–Home’, pp. 271–286;
‘Disappointments’, pp. 287–311; ‘Dress’, pp. 312–324; ‘An
Allegory’, pp. 325–338; ‘Sarcasm’, pp. 339–344. In Corvey
copy sheets M (pp. 241–264) and N (pp. 265–288) in vol.
1 are misbound (exchanged: N before M). Advs. (3 pp. unn.) follow
main text in vol. 1. One of them reads: ‘By the same Author, The Scripture
Reader’s Guide to the Devotional Use of the Holy Scriptures. Second
Edition’. Advs. (23 pp.) of further religious works and list of ‘New
Publications on Prophecy’ (1 p. unn.) follow main text in vol.
2. Printer’s marks and colophons of J. Dennett, Leather Lane, Holborn.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1831 (OCLC); 3rd edn. 1832 (NSTC, OCLC); 4th
edn. 1833 (OCLC); 5th edn. 1834 (NSTC, OCLC); 6th edn. 1836 (NSTC,
OCLC); [at least 7 more edns. to 1870]; Philadelphia 1832 (NSTC);
French trans., 1844 [as Sophie l’ecouteur: critique de moeurs et
d’éducation].
A: 3 [GRIFFIN,
Gerald Joseph].
THE CHRISTIAN PHYSIOLOGIST. TALES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE FIVE SENSES:
THEIR MECHANISM, USES, AND GOVERNMENT; WITH MORAL AND EXPLANATORY
INTRODUCTION. ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG FRIEND. EDITED BY THE AUTHOR OF
“THE COLLEGIANS,” &C.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1830.
xxvi, 376p. 12mo. 10s 6d (ECB).
Star (11 Feb 1830); ECB 113 (Feb 1830).
Corvey; CME 3-628-52902-6; NSTC 2G22638 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 23452933 (9 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–xvi, notes: ‘the purchaser of
the book should be made aware, that one of the tales, The Day of Trial,
has appeared already, under the title of The Deaf Filea [sic],
in Mr. Roscoe’s Juvenile Keepsake’ (p. xv). The preface also
suggests that the work was written for the amusement and instruction
of young persons’. ‘Lines to a Departed Friend’ (verse), pp. [xvii]–xxiii,
followed by list of contents, pp. [xxv]–xxvi. Running title varies
according to chapter headings. The Tales are mixed with more essayistic
items. List of ‘New and Interesting Works Published by Edward Bull,
26, Holles Street, Cavendish Square’ (5 pp. unn.), and notice
with terms for the ‘British and Foreign Public Subscription Library’
(1 p. unn.), follow main text. The latter of these ends with
an adv. for ‘A Catalogue of Books, chiefly modern, which are all in
perfect condition, and equal to new copies, and are sold at the prices
affixed, which will be found to be less than one-half, and in many
instances less than one-third of their published price’. Printer’s
marks and colophons of Gunnell and Shearman, Salisbury Square. Announced
in Star as ‘Tales of the Five Senses’.
Further edns: Dublin 1830 (OCLC); Dublin 1854 as The Offering of
Friendship; or, Tales of the Five Senses (OCLC); Dublin 1860 (NSTC,
OCLC); New York and Boston 1853, as Tales of the Five Senses
(NSTC); stories also reprinted separately.
A: 4 [?MARCET,
Jane Haldimand or ?BEAUFORT, Henrietta].
BERTHA’S VISIT TO HER UNCLE IN ENGLAND. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1830.
I iv, 321p; II 291p; III 255p. 18mo. 10s 6d (ECB).
ECB 42 (Dec 1829).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47118-4; NSTC 2M13853 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC
13323595 (10 libs).
Notes. Attributed by Rolf Loeber and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
(‘Bibliography of Irish Fiction’—work in progress) to Beaufort, though
catalogues conventionally attribute to the prolific children’s author,
Jane Marcet. ‘Advertisement’, pp. [iii]–iv, notes that ‘These
little volumes consist of extracts from the Journal of a young person,
who, having passed her childhood at Rio Janeiro, was sent, at the
close of that period, on a visit to her English friends’ (p. [iii]).
Identifying her father as one Colonel Montague, who had died while
in Brazil, it adds that ‘Bertha promised to keep a constant Journal
[…] and such parts of that Journal have been selected by the Editor,
as it is hoped may be found useful or interesting’ (p. iv). Index
of subjects referred to (e.g. ‘bear, polar, or white’), pp. [239]–255
of vol. 3. Advs. (1 p. unn.), listing ‘Volumes of the Family
Library, already Published’, at end of vol. 2. Printer’s marks and
colophons of William Clowes, Stamford Street. LG 730: 44 (15 Jan 1831)
lists 2nd edn. at ‘10s. 6d. hf.-bds.’.
Further edns: 1831 (NSTC, OCLC); 3rd edn. 1836 as Bertha’s Journal
while on a Visit to her Uncle in England (NSTC, OCLC); 5th edn.
1843 as Bertha’s Journal during a Visit to her Uncle in England
(OCLC); 6th edn. 1846 as Bertha’s Journal during a Visit to
her Uncle in England (NSTC, OCLC); Boston 1831 (NSTC, OCLC).
A: 5 [PAGET],
Eliza.
THE IDOLATRY OF THE HEART, A TALE, BY ELIZA *****.
Derby: Printed by and for H. Mozley, Brook-Street; and sold by Cowie,
Low and Co. 31, Poultry, London, n.d. [1830].
239p, ill. 18mo.
BL 1362.f.35; NSTC 2E6814; xOCLC.
Notes. BLC provides conjectured imprint date. Adv. (1 p. unn.)
at end of vol. reads: ‘Just Published, by the same Author, price 1s.
6d. The Cousins, a Tale, with a neat frontispiece. Also just Published,
price 1s. 6d. Little Sophy, a True Story, with a neat frontispiece.’
Colophon of Henry Mozley, Derby.
A: 6 [PAGET],
Eliza.
THE ORPHAN’S CHOICE. A TALE. BY ELIZA *****, AUTHOR OF “THE COUSINS,”
“THE WAY OF PEACE,” &C.
London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, 1830.
101p, ill. 18mo. 1s 6d (ECB); ‘1s. 6d. hf.-bd.’ (LG).
LG 701: 421 (26 June 1830); ECB 425 (June 1830).
BL 942.a.28; NSTC 2E6815 (BI O); OCLC 31956379 (2 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece precedes t.p. Printer’s mark and colophon
of Joseph Rickerby, 3, Sherbourn Lane, City. Advs. (4 pp. unn.) at
end of vol. list ‘Books for Youth, Published by Harvey and Darton’.
Further edn: New York 1832 (OCLC).
A: 7 PERCY,
Clara.
THE CHANGELING OF FORTUNE. A SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE. BY CLARA PERCY.
London: Printed by and for William Cole 10, Newgate Street, n.d. [1830?].
144p, ill. 18mo. 2s half-bound (t.p.).
BL 012803.de.35; NSTC 2P11125; OCLC 4764879 (1 lib).
Notes. BLC provides conjectured imprint date. Preface, pp. [3]–5,
notes: ‘It is generally remarked, that when a tale of either amusement
or instruction, founded on facts, is submitted to the introspective
eye of an enlightened public, that the same inspires a greater feeling
or interest than could be naturally excited by a narration fabled
by the vivid ideas of a descriptive fancy’ (p. [3]). It later
adds: ‘In the following pages, the author humbly observes, that it
must go forth to the world with no other recommendation, than that
its contents are merely a simple statement of facts […] in order to
warn the young and generous breast, that however flattering their
future prospects may appear, the bright sun of their hopes may […]
be overshadowed by the dark cloud of adverse fortune’ (p. 4).
The last page is mistakenly numbered 441. Colophon of William Cole,
10, Newgate Street.
A: 8 STEWART,
J[ohn].
THE KILLARNEY POOR SCHOLAR. COMPRISING THE MOST REMARKABLE FEATURES
OF THE ENCHANTING SCENERY OF THE IRISH LAKES; ENLIVENED WITH SKETCHES
OF REAL CHARACTER AND ANECDOTES FROM REAL LIFE. BY THE REV. J. STEWART,
AUTHOR OF ‘BIBLE GEMS.’
Swaffham: Printed by and for F. Skill, 1830.
iv, 186p. 18mo. ‘2s. 6d. hf.-bd.’ (LG).
LG 729: 28 (8 Jan 1831); ECB 562 (1830).
BL 1210.i.27; NSTC 2S40337 (BI C, O); OCLC 30930349 (8 libs, microform
only).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, states intention ‘to extend
the knowledge, improve the taste, and correct the judgment, of youth
of both sexes’ (p. [iii]). ‘[Entered at Stationers’ Hall]’ verso
of t.p.. Main contents comprise a juvenile travelogue with educational
emphasis. Adv. list (5 pp.) at end of vol. headed ‘The following New
Books for Youth, Printed and Published by F. Skill, May Be Had in
London of Messrs. Whittaker and Co. Ave Maria Lane, and Simpkin and
Marshall, Stationers’ Court’. Colophon reads: ‘Printed by F. Skill,
Swaffham, Norfolk.’
Further edn: 3rd edn. London 1846 (NSTC, OCLC).
A: 9 [GREY,
Elizabeth Caroline].
ALICE SEYMOUR. A TALE.
London: J. Hatchard and Son, 187, Piccadilly, 1831.
iv, 234p. 12mo. 4s 6d (ECB).
ECB 12 (Aug 1831).
BL N.860; NSTC 2G22132 (BI CE, E, O); OCLC 13356334 (5 libs).
Notes. Alternatively attributed to Charlotte Elizabeth Grey
in the Bodleian Pre-1920 Catalogue, but almost certainly erroneously.
Dedication, pp. [iii]–iv, to ‘My dear Children’, signed ‘Your
affectionate Mother, The Authoress’. It states: ‘It has been my earnest
desire , that this little history should contain such instruction
as may be of real and lasting advantage to you all. […] In the fervent
hope of seeing all the virtues and perfections of Alice Seymour reflected
in you, my dear children, I bid you adieu, in the full expectation,
from your present dispositions, that your earnest exertions will be
used to prove your filial love, and to advance stedfastly in the path
of virtue.’ Printer’s mark and colophon of Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy
Street, Strand.
Further edn: 1845 (NSTC).
A: 10 KING,
Harriot Rebecca.
NUNEHAM PARK; OR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS, A SEQUEL TO OAKDALE COTTAGE;
OR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. BY HARRIOT REBECCA KING.
London: John Souter, School Library, 73, St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1831.
151p. 12mo. 4s (ECB).
ECB 321 (1831).
BL N.1515; NSTC 2K5532 (BI C, O); xOCLC.
Notes. Dedication (2 pp. unn.) ‘To the Honourable Miss
Fox, Little Holland House’, signed ‘H. R. King’ and dated ‘Elysium
Row, Fulham; 8th July, 1831’. Printer’s mark and colophon of J. and
C. Adlard, Bartholomew Close.
A: 11 MARTINEAU,
Harriet.
FIVE YEARS OF YOUTH; OR, SENSE AND SENTIMENT. BY HARRIET MARTINEAU.
London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, 1831.
viii, 264p, ill. 12mo. 6s (ECB); ‘6s. hf.-bd.’ (LG).
LG 744: 269 (23 Apr 1831); ECB 371 (Apr 1831).
BL 12805.dd.3; NSTC 2M17377 (BI C, Dt, O; NA DLC); OCLC 21500090 (10
libs).
Notes. Frontispiece facing t.p., depicting a scene from the
narrative. Preface, pp. [v]–vi, dated ‘Norwich, 1830’, notes:
‘It is possible that, in reading books like the following, not only
motherless daughters may be interested by a narrative which comes
home to their feelings; but that some who have mothers may be roused
to such reflection’ (p. vi). List of contents, pp. [vii]–viii,
precedes main text. Printer’s mark and colophon of Joseph Rickerby,
Sherbourn Lane.
Further edns: 1846 (OCLC); Boston 1832 (NSTC, OCLC).
A: 12 MILLMAN,
…
*MILLMAN’S TALES, ADAPTED FOR THE HIGHER CLASSES OF YOUTH.
London: John Souter, School Library, 73, St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1831.
viii, 310p. 12mo. 5s 6d (ECB).
ECB 385 (Sept 1831).
O 31.208; NSTC 2M28845 (BI BL, C, E); xOCLC.
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–viii, end-dated ‘Clapham, 1830’.
This outlines ‘the publications already in existence, designed for
the instruction and amusement of youth’ (p. [iii]), with particular
reference to Maria Edgeworth, the Abbé de Berguin, and Thomas Day,
and counters the view that the field is exhausted: ‘The Authoress
of the following tales, replies, that, though the labourers are numerous,
the vineyard is much more extensive; that we live in an age in which
the intellectual horizon is continually expanding […] It is a day
of general struggle for advancement in knowledge, which is now, more
than ever, admitted to be power. The great concern with every
friend of virtue, should be, to rest this mighty lever on the fulcrum
of principle, and to direct its movements, thus poised, to the moral
improvement of the human race’ (p. iv–v). Drop-head title and
running titles read: ‘Tales of the Stanley Family’. Various tales
within the frame narrative of the Stanley family’s domestic life,
and their responses, including ‘Filial Love and Filial Disobedience’,
pp. [19]–61; ‘Pride and Humility’, pp. [62]–118; ‘Timidity
and Fortitude’, pp. [119]–219; and ‘Steadiness and Romance’,
pp. 220–310. End of vol. contains ‘Erratum’ slip. Colophon reads:
‘T. Arnold, Printer, Bank Place, Sevenoaks’. LG 714: 630 (25 Sept
1830) and ECB 576 (Sept 1830) list Tales of the Stanley Family
(12mo, 5s 6d boards, Whittaker); however, not found in this form,
though Bodleian copy used, in green cloth boards, apparently preserves
original spine label, which reads: ‘Tales of the Stanley Family’.
A: 13 [PARROTT,
Marianne].
THE PASTOR’S FAMILY; OR, THE SISTER PRECEPTRESS. BY THE AUTHORESS
OF “THE SON AND THE WARD”.
London: Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street; and N. Hailes, Piccadilly,
1831.
vi, 306p. 12mo. 6s (ECB); 6s boards (LG).
LG 744: 269 (23 Apr 1831); ECB 436 (Apr 1831).
BL N.858; NSTC 2P6045 (BI O); xOCLC.
Notes. ‘Advertisement’, pp. [v]–vi, offering the work
‘to the notice of the juvenile world’, is dated ‘Aveley, March 17,
1831’. Adv. for The Son and the Ward (1829), ‘by the same Author’,
facing t.p., with extracts from three critical notices. Printer’s
mark and colophon of J. Moyes, Took’s Court, Chancery Lane.
A:
14 [SAVAGE,
Sarah].
THE FACTORY GIRL.
London: Printed for Houlston and Son, 65, Paternoster-Row; and at
Wellington, Salop, 1831.
111p, ill. 18mo.
BL RB.23.a.11916; xNSTC; OCLC 22411340 OCLC
(2 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece depicts heroine of the book. Colophon reads:
‘Houlstons, Printers’. Originally published Boston 1814 (OCLC).
A: 15 ANON.
EXAMPLE; OR, FAMILY SCENES.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 65, Cornhill, 1832.
iv, 244p. 16mo. 5s (ECB); 5s boards (LG).
LG 815: 558 (1 Sept 1832); ECB 195 (Aug 1832).
BL 837.d.29; NSTC 2E15135 (BI C); xOCLC.
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, dated ‘Cambridge, July,
1832’, reads: ‘The form of a domestic story has been adopted, in order
to present to youthful readers, in a more interesting and familiar
manner, the important lessons it is the author’s aim to inculcate
[…] If […] the cause of Evangelical Religion [be] thereby promoted,
however humbly, the author’s highest aim in its publication will be
accomplished.’ Preface implies male authorship. List of ‘Works recently
Published by Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, London’ (8 pp.) at end
of vol.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1833 (OCLC).
A: 16 [JOHNSTONE,
Christian Isobel].
NIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE: OR, STORIES OF AUNT JANE AND HER FRIENDS.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE DIVERSIONS OF HOLLYCOT,” “CLAN-ALBIN,” “ELIZABETH
DE BRUCE,” &C. &C. FIRST SERIES.
Edinburgh: Printed by John Johnstone, for Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale-Court;
and Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1832.
vi, 338p. 16mo. 5s (ECB); 5s cloth (ER, LG).
LG 781: 12 (7 Jan 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832); ECB 415 (Dec 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51104-6; NSTC 2J9646 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 370333849
(1 lib).
Notes. List of contents, p. [iii], with end statement
‘The Second Series of Nights of the Round Table will contain The
Quaker Family, or Modes of Discipline—The Two Scottish Williams,—and
The Little Ferryman’. This is followed by Introduction, pp. [v]–vi,
dated ‘Edinburgh, November, 1831’. According to the latter (p. [v]),
‘[t]his little volume forms the first of a series intended chiefly
for youthful readers’; though the statement is partially qualified
by the following: ‘The Tales and Conversations which form the present
volume, are intended for readers of a more advanced age than such
as may find amusement and instruction in the Chapters of Hollycot’
[i.e. the author’s earlier collection for young people, published
in 1828]. The tales consists of: ‘Miss Harding’s Tale. When I Was
a Little Girl’, pp. [1]–22; ‘The Spittalsfield Widow’, pp. 23–51;
‘The Royal Chapel of Windsor’, pp. 52–61; ‘The Magic Lantern.—Night
First. The Three Westminster Boys’, pp. 62–103; ‘The Curate’s
Tale, or Practical Joking’, pp. 104–168; ‘Fashion, and Personal
Ornaments’, pp. 169–203; ‘High Life, Continuation of “When I
Was a Little Girl.” ’, pp. 204–338. No additional printer
information found.
Further edns: of both ser.—2nd edn. [1847] (NSTC); 2nd edn. [sic]
[1860?] (NSTC); Philadelphia 1845 (OCLC).
A: 17 [JOHNSTONE,
Christian Isobel].
NIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE: OR, STORIES OF AUNT JANE AND HER FRIENDS.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE DIVERSIONS OF HOLLYCOT,” “CLAN-ALBIN,” “ELIZABETH
DE BRUCE,” &C. &C. SECOND SERIES.
Edinburgh: Printed by John Johnstone, for Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale
Court; and Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1832.
341p. 16mo. 5s (ECB); 5s cloth (ER, LG, Star).
Star (15 Dec 1832); LG 828: 765 (1 Dec 1832); ER 56: 570 (Jan 1833);
ECB 415 (Nov 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51104-6; NSTC 2J9646 (BI BL, C, E, O); xOCLC.
Notes. List of contents (1 p. unn.) precedes main text.
The tales consist of: ‘The Quaker Family, or Modes of Discipline.
Mrs. Herbert’s Tale’, pp. [1]–260; ‘The Two Scotch Williams.
Norman Gordon’s Tale’, pp. 261–291; ‘The Little Ferryman’, pp. 292–341.
Advs. (2 pp.) at end of vol. for two works ‘Lately Published, by the
same Author’. Colophon of John Johnstone, 19, St. James’s Square.
Further edns: of both ser.—2nd edn. [1847] (NSTC); 2nd edn. [sic]
[1860?] (NSTC); Philadelphia 1845 (OCLC).
A: 18 TAYLOR,
Emily.
TALES OF THE SAXONS. BY EMILY TAYLOR.
London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1832.
iv, 234p. 12mo. 5s (ECB); 5s cloth (ER, LG).
LG 792: 189 (24 Mar 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832); ECB 578 (Mar 1832).
BL N.1302; NSTC 2T3218 (BI C, E, O); OCLC 14293341 (5 libs).
Notes. Introduction, pp. [iii]–iv, dated ‘New Buckenham,
Dec. 24, 1831’; this refers to the need for ‘some work which should
present children with a series of lively and minute pictures of life
in England […] and convey a more vivid, and yet more correct notion
of the habits and feelings of our forefathers, than is conveyed by
general history’ (p. iii). The tales included are: ‘Haco the
Good’, pp. [1]–136; ‘Hereward the Saxon’, pp. [137]–176;
‘Edith the Forester’s Daughter’, pp. [177]–234. Reads more as
a work for juveniles than for young children. Adv. list (2 pp. unn.)
at end of vol. headed ‘Approved Books for Youth’, featuring ‘Works
by Maria Hack’. Printer’s mark and colophon of Joseph Rickerby, Printer,
3 Sherbourn Lane.
Further edn: Boston [184–?] (NSTC, OCLC).
A: 19 ANON.
CONRAD BLESSINGTON: A TALE. BY A LADY.
London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman,
Paternoster-Row, 1833.
iv, 216p. 8vo. 7s (ECB); 7s boards (ER, LG).
LG 863: 493 (3 Aug 1833); ER 58: 268 (Oct 1833); ECB 131 (July 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47319-5; NSTC 2L1025 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 41647182
(2 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, mentions the authoress’s
‘sedendary life, caused by an affliction of some years’ standing’,
and notes that the work is designed for ‘the entertainment of the
young’ (pp. [iii]–iv). Printer’s mark and colophon of A. Spottiswoode,
New Street Square.
A: 20 ANON.
*LUCY ASHBOURNE; OR, SOLITUDE SWEETENED; EXHIBITING THE INFLUENCE
OF TRUE RELIGION, IN RENDERING LIFE HAPPY AND DEATH PEACEFUL. A TALE
FOUNDED ON FACTS.
Derby: Thomas Richardson; Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1833.
viii, 148p., ill. 18mo. 2s (ECB); 2s cloth (LG).
LG 831: 813 (22 Dec 1832); ECB 355 (Dec 1832).
No copy of 1st edn. located.
Notes. Details taken from 2nd edn. held in BL (N.1017(3));
probable date of 1st edn. originates from LG and ECB listings. BL
copy examined contains frontispiece preceding t.p., with imprint reading
‘Published by T. Richardson Derby’. ‘Preface to the Second Edition’,
pp. [vii]–viii, in BL copy states how the author had decided
to ‘throw [the work] into the shape of a connected narrative, and
publish it in a neat and inexpensive style, [as] the most effectual
method to bring its lessons in contact with the mind of youth. The
publication of the former edition of Lucy Ashbourne was the consequence
of this determination’ (p. vii).
Further edn: 2nd edn. 1833 (NSTC 2A17365).
A: 21 [CAMPBELL,
Eliza Constantia].
STORIES FROM THE HISTORY OF WALES: INTERSPERSED WITH VARIOUS INFORMATION
AND AMUSEMENT FOR YOUNG PERSONS. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF
WALES ARRANGED AS A CATECHISM.”
Shrewsbury: Printed by John Eddowes, Corn-Market; sold by Longman
and Co. London, and all Booksellers, 1833.
iii, 166p, ill. 16mo. 3s 6d (ECB).
ECB 564 (Nov 1833).
Corvey; NSTC 2C4422 (BI BL, E, O); OCLC 41481547
(5 libs).
Notes. Dedication (1 p. unn.) ‘to Girls and Boys of All
Ages, but Especially to her Own Dear Children’, signed ‘the Author’.
List of contents occupies pp. [i]–iii. ‘Errata’ (1 p. unn.)
follow main text. Colophon reads: ‘Eddowes, Printer’.
A: 22 COOPER,
Emily.
TALES AND CONVERSATIONS. BY EMILY COOPER.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
186p. 18mo. 3s (ECB).
ECB 134 (Nov 1832).
BL 1210.g.15; NSTC 2C36661; xOCLC.
Notes. List of contents (1 p. unn.) precedes main text.
The tales consist of: ‘Marion’, pp. [1]–38; ‘Genius and Industry’,
pp. 39–69; ‘Alexander the Great’, pp. 71–93; ‘The Legacy’,
pp. 95–109; ‘The Green Lane’, pp. 111–114; ‘A Country Visit’,
pp. 115–129; ‘Queen Margaret. A Drama’, pp. 131–186. Printer’s
mark and colophon of William Clowes, Stamford Street.
A: 23 GARDINER,
W[illiam].
THE CHILD OF PROVIDENCE; OR, MONTAGUE IN SEARCH OF INDEPENDENCE.
BY W. GARDINER, LATE MASTER OF THE LYDNEY AND AYLBURTON GRAMMAR SCHOOLS;
AUTHOR OF “THE SHEPHERD’S BOY OF SNOWDON HILL,” “STORY OF PIGOU,”
“WALKS IN KENT”, &C.
Derby: Thomas Richardson; Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1833.
219p, ill. 16mo. 3s 6d (ECB).
ECB 223 (1833).
BL N.1292; NSTC 2G2270; OCLC 43727819 (1 lib).
Notes. Frontispiece illustration shows the kidnapping by seamen
of a young man (possibly the hero), after George Cruikshank. OCLC
records that on Princeton copy Cruikshank has written on it ‘[f]rom
a drawing by me, G. CK.’ Half-title reads ‘Montague in Search of Independence’,
with similar running titles. Colophon of Thomas Richardson, Derby.
A: 24 {JOLLY,
James}.
THE YOUNG ENTHUSIAST IN HUMBLE LIFE. A SIMPLE STORY. WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL
INTRODUCTION.
London: James Fraser, Regent Street, 1833.
158p. 18mo. 2s 6d (ECB); 2s 6d cloth (ER, LG).
LG 854: 350 (1 June 1833); ER 57: 557 (July 1833); ECB 652 (May 1833).
O Nuneham 2533 f.430; NSTC 2J9831 (BI BL); OCLC 7760412 (3 libs).
Notes. ‘Biographical Introduction’ occupies pp. [1]–24,
and notes: ‘The following tale, though fictitious, is so much the
growth of the author’s circumstances in society, his mental idiosyncrasy,
and personal feelings, that it could scarcely be trusted to public
perusal, without such account of the writer’s life and character,
as would put the general reader in possession of the sentiments with
which it should be approached, and the indulgence to which it may
be entitled’ (p. [1]). The narrative proper occupies pp. [25]–156,
and is followed by a ‘Biographical Postscript’, pp. 156–158,
quoting a letter sent from James Jolly, dated ‘Londonderry, March
18th, 1833’. Printer’s mark and colophon of J. Moyes, Castle Street,
Leicester Square.
A: 25 [TAYLOR,
Emily].
TALES OF THE ENGLISH. WILLIAM DE ALBINI, OF BUCKENHAM CASTLE.
London: Printed for Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street, 1833.
xii, 258p. 12mo. 5s (ECB); 5s cloth (LG).
LG 873: 654 (12 Oct 1833); ECB 578 (Oct 1833).
BL N.996(2); NSTC 2T3217 (BI C, E, O); OCLC 13349295 (2 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–xii, dated ‘New Buckenham, August
1833’. Small ‘Errata’ list at foot of last page of Preface. Adv. list
(4 pp. unn.) at end of vol., featuring ‘Children’s Books published
by Darton and Harvey, 55, Gracechurch-street, London’. Though not
explicitly aimed at the ‘juvenile’ market, this work has a strong
‘educational’ flavour. Printer’s mark and colophon of Joseph Rickerby,
Sherbourn Lane.
A: 26 [WHATELY,
Elizabeth].
REVERSES; OR, MEMOIRS OF THE FAIRFAX FAMILY. BY THE AUTHOR OF “CONVERSATIONS
ON THE LIFE OF CHRIST,” AND THE “FIRST PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL BY
THE APOSTLES.”
London: Printed for B. Fellowes, Ludgate Street, 1833.
464p. 18mo. 4s 6d (ECB).
ECB 490 (May 1833).
BL N.992(3); NSTC 2W15088 (BI O; NA MH); OCLC 24038636 (3 libs).
Notes. ECB 490 and 433 list as by ‘J. W. Parker’, but no other
source found to substantiate this attribution. Prefatory note (1 p. unn.)
states: ‘The little Tale now offered to young people was written for
the Author’s own children, and with a view (beyond mere amusement)
to the improvement and correction of their moral tendencies.’ Printer’s
mark and colophon of R. Clay, Printer, Bread Street Hill.
A: 27 DAGLEY,
Elizabeth Frances.
THE YOUNG SEER, OR EARLY SEARCHES INTO FUTURITY. BY ELIZABETH FRANCES
DAGLEY. AUTHOR OF “FAIRY FAVORS,” “THE BIRTH DAY,” “VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE,”
&C.
London: Smith, Elder and Co, Cornhill, 1834.
iv, 210p, ill. 16mo. 5s (ECB); 5s boards (LG).
LG 889: 85 (1 Feb 1834); ECB 150 (Jan 1834).
BL N.1216; NSTC 2D572 (BI C); OCLC 34294382 (3 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece carries the legend ‘The young Seer’ and
the imprint ‘Published by Smith, Elder & Co. 65, Cornhill.’ Preface,
pp. [iii]–iv, notes: ‘The two points which I have endeavored
[sic] to establish in this short, and I am aware, imperfect
tale, are, the necessity which every one is under, who considers himself
to be an accountable being and a Christian, to check any undue portion
of the desire to seek into futurity; and also to shew, of how much
more consequence, than is often deemed, are the impressions made on
the minds of children’ (p. iv). Printer’s mark and colophon of
Stewart and Co., Old Bailey.
A: 28 HANSARD,
M. A. E.
THE FRIENDS; OR, THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION, A TALE FOR YOUNG PERSONS
ENTERING INTO LIFE. BY M. A. E. HANSARD.
London: Hatchard & Son, Piccadilly, 1834.
iv, 178p. 12mo. 5s 6d (ECB).
ECB 254 (Sept 1834).
BL N.1503; NSTC 2H7123 (BI C, O); xOCLC.
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, signed ‘M. A. E. H.’, notes:
‘I do not aspire to the dignity of a Novel Writer: mine is a plain
unvarnished tale, written in the hope of directing those young people
who are just entering into life […] to the only guide they can with
safety follow […] I would lead them by the influence of Religion in
the paths of virtue’ (p. [iii]). Verse piece occupies pp. 177–178.
Printer’s mark and colophon of T. C. Hansard, 32, Paternoster Row.
A: 29 STRICKLAND,
Jane.
ELLEN CLEVELAND; OR, THE YOUNG SAMARITAN. A TALE OF THE PESTILENCE.
BY JANE STRICKLAND, AUTHOR OF EARLY LESSONS,—JAMES ELLIS,—NATIONAL
PREJUDICE,—THE PLANTER’S DAUGHTER,—ORPHAN RACHEL,—THE MOOR AND THE
PORTUGUESE,—MORAL TALES ON THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON,—ETC. ETC.
London: Published by Dean and Munday, Threadneedle-Street, n.d. [1834].
v, 179p, ill. 18mo. 2s 6d (ECB, LG).
LG 908: 422 (14 June 1834); ECB 566 (1834).
BL 1210.c.12; NSTC 2S44458; xOCLC.
Notes. Frontispiece dated 1 July 1834. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv,
notes: ‘The following tale is designed for the use of females, in
the humble hope that it may influence them to bestow a portion of
their time on the sick and needy, to whom advice, and more especially
religious instruction, are often more valuable than silver or gold.
Many of my young friends are willing to contribute money towards the
relief of the poor, while they are averse to enter the abodes of misery
and disease […] It is to these that the tale of Ellen Cleveland is
more particularly addressed’ (pp. [iii]–iv). Narrative concludes
on p. 173, with ‘Notes’ beginning on p. [174]. Colophon
of Dean and Munday, Threadneedle Street.
A: 30 [VERNON,
Adelaide].
HOME HAPPINESS; OR, THREE WEEKS IN SNOW.
Dublin: R. Moore Tims, 85, Grafton Street. Hatchard and Son, J. Nisbet,
Hamilton and Adams, Seeley and Son, Simpkin and Marshall, W. Darton
and Son, London; Waugh and Innes, Edinburgh, 1834.
vii, 322p. 16mo. 5s (ECB); 5s cloth (LG).
LG 930: 773 (15 Nov 1834); ECB 278 (Nov 1834).
C Q.27.28; NSTC 2H27750; OCLC 41956186 (2 libs).
Notes. Attribution from OCLC; NSTC (2B44798) also includes
a work titled Home Happiness; or, Three Weeks in the Snow (1855),
which it attributes to Elizabeth Jane Brabazon (fl. 1844–66).
Preface (1 p. unn.) states moral educational purpose; while list
of contents, pp. [v]–vii, picks out instructional components
included. Stories incorporated, within the framework context of a
family group isolated by snow, include: ‘Fanny Beauchamp’, pp. 13–69;
‘The Jasmine Wreath’, pp. 93–176; ‘Hope Deferred’, pp. 204–299,
the latter being set in Ceylon. Printer’s mark of Thomas I. White,
65, Fleet Street.
Further edn: ?1855 (NSTC).
A: 31 BOURNE,
[Mary Anne].
CLARA AND EMMA, OR THE VALUE OF MINUTES; A TALE, INTERSPERSED WITH
HISTORICAL ANECDOTES. BY MRS. BOURNE, AUTHORESS OF THE ‘FISHERMAN’S
HUT,’ ‘CONVERSATIONS ON THE CHURCH CATECHISM,’ ‘CROOKED SIXPENCE,’
&C.
Yarmouth: Printed by and for F. Skill. Sold in London by Simpkin and
Marshall, and by all other Booksellers, 1835.
iv, 156p, ill. 18mo. 1s 6d (ECB); 1s 3d (see below).
ECB 68 (1835).
BL 12804.ff.17; NSTC 2B42897; OCLC 24898428 (7 libs, microform only).
Notes. Address to ‘My Dear Young Readers’, pp. [iii]–iv,
signed ‘The Author’, followed by a note on p. iv, dated ‘Coventry,
Jan. 1, 1835’. The address consists of an exhortation to young people
to make proper use of time; the note assures the reader that events
recorded in the tale are based on fact. Adv. list (2 pp. unn.)
at end of vol. for books directed specifically at young people. BL
copy has what appears to be original label pasted on front cover:
‘Clara and Emma; or, the Value of Minutes. Price 1s. 3d.’. Verso of
t.p. reads: ‘[Entered at Stationers’ Hall.]’. Colophon of F. Skill,
Quay, Yarmouth.
A: 32 CARVER,
Robin.
STORIES ABOUT POLAND. THIRD EDITION, CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED. BY
ROBIN CARVER. EMBELLISHED WITH A FRONTISPIECE AND VIGNETTE.
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son, Cheapside; Tegg, Wise,
and Co. Dublin; Griffin and Co. Glasgow; and J. and S. A. Tegg, Sydney,
Australia, 1835.
viii, 172p, ill. 18mo. 2s (ECB); ‘2s. half-bound’ (LG); 2s 6d (MC).
MC (4 Mar 1835); LG 946: 157 (7 Mar 1835); ECB 100 (Feb 1835).
BL 9476.a.19; NSTC 2C10361; OCLC 12567821 (3 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece and additional engraved t.p. with vignette
(titled ‘Stories about the History of Poland’), both bearing the imprint
of Thomas Tegg & Son, Cheapside, precede t.p. proper. Prefatory
‘To My Young Readers’, p. [iii], signed ‘Robin Carver’, precedes
list of contents, pp. [v]–viii. Colophon of R. Clay, Bread Street
Hill. Originally published Boston 1833 (NSTC). In view of the preceding
US edns., it is not unlikely that the ‘Third Edition’ represents the
first British edn. (hence, the entry has not been asterisked).
A: 33 TAYLOR,
Emily.
TALES OF THE ENGLISH. THE KNEVETS. BY EMILY TAYLOR, AUTHOR OF “TALES
OF THE SAXONS,” &C. &C.
London: Printed for Darton & Harvey, Gracechurch-Street, 1835.
xi, 220p, ill. 12mo. 4s 6d (ECB, Star); 4s 6d cloth (LG).
Star (12 Nov 1835); LG 983: 749 (21 Nov 1835); ECB 578 (Nov 1835).
BL 1568/1953; NSTC 2T3208; OCLC 13349281 (3 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece with scene from the narrative facing t.p.
with image depicting ‘the seal of the Fitzwalters’. Introduction,
pp. [v]–xi, precedes main text. Notes occupy pp. 215–220.
Printer’s mark reads: ‘Norwich: Printed by Josiah Fletcher’, with
similar colophon.
A: 34 BARWELL,
[Louisa Mary] [née BACON].
EDWARD, THE CRUSADER’S SON. A TALE. ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY, MANNERS
AND CUSTOMS OF ENGLAND IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY. BY MRS. BARWELL. IN
TWO VOLUMES.
London: Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand, 1836.
I vi, 302p, ill.; II 283p, ill. 16mo. 9s (ECB); 9s cloth (ER, LG).
MC (9 Nov 1836); LG 1012: 380 (11 June 1836); ER 63: 566 (July 1836);
ECB 43 (May 1836).
BL N.1502; NSTC 2B10926; OCLC 2677353 (3 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–vi, notes: ‘I have been induced
to undertake the present work, in the belief that a tale of fiction,
illustrating the particular period of history in which the story lies,
would be acceptable to more than one class of readers—to those whose
taste leads them to indulge in the fascinating class of literature
with which the press so richly teems, and to parents who desire to
place in the hands of young people an Historical Romance of sufficient
interest to allure the reader, yet free from the objection so justly
raised against works of imagination, as too highly stimulating for
youthful minds’ (p. [iii]). Colophon of Rayner and Hodges, 15,
Shoe Lane, Fleet Street.
A: 35 GODWIN,
Catherine Grace.
BASIL HARLOW; OR, PRODIGALITY IS NOT GENEROSITY. BY CATHERINE GRACE
GODWIN, AUTHOR OF ‘THE WANDERER’S LEGACY,’ ‘THE REPROVING ANGEL,’
&C.
London: John W. Parker, West Strand, 1836.
111p, ill. 16mo. 2s (ECB, LG).
LG 1035: 749 (19 Nov 1836); ECB 234 (Nov 1836).
BL 941.a.43; NSTC 2G2679 (NA MH); xOCLC.
Notes. Engraved vignette illustration on t.p., with vignette
illustrations also heading each chapter. ‘Notes’ occupy pp. [101]–111.
Adv. list (8 pp.) follows main text, offering ‘Instructive and Entertaining
Works for Young Persons; Published by John W. Parker, West Strand,
London’. Colophon of John W. Parker, West Strand.
Further edn: 2nd edn. 1836 (OCLC 13117896).
A: 36 HOWITT,
Mary.
TALES IN PROSE: FOR THE YOUNG. BY MARY HOWITT.
London: William Darton and Son, Holborn Hill, n.d. [1836].
ii, 211p, ill. 18mo.
BL 012807.e.16; NSTC 2H33885 (BI O); OCLC 13964547 (4 libs).
Notes. BLC provides conjectured imprint date. Frontispiece
and engraved t.p. with similar imprint precede t.p. proper of the
volume. Dedication (1 p. unn.) ‘To the two elder children of
Mr. and Mrs. R. Chambers of Edinburgh’. Preface, pp. [i]–ii,
dated ‘West-end Cottage, Esher. November 1836’. List of contents (1
p. unn.) follows preface. The tales consist of: ‘A Night-Scene
in a Poor Man’s House’, pp. [1]–12; ‘Mrs. Bridget and her Ward’,
pp. [13]–32; ‘A Chapter of Anecdotes’, pp. [33]–53; ‘Matthew
Noggins’ Letter to his Cousin’, pp. [54]–59; ‘The Three Wishes’,
pp. [60]–72; ‘Barzillai Bunker and the Thief’, pp. [73]–78;
‘The Grandmother’, pp. [79]–82; ‘The Two Friends’, pp. [83]–92;
‘Fire-Side Philosophy’, pp. [93]–95; ‘The Two Boys of Florence.
A Drama’, pp. [96]–117, in dialogue; ‘A Brief Memoir of Constantine
and Giovanni. By their Sister’, pp. [118]–143; ‘Martha and Mary’,
pp. [144]–162; ‘A Cottage Memoir’, pp. [163]–175; ‘The Honest
Dutchman’, pp. [176]–185; ‘The Tale of a Triangle’, pp. [186]–211.
Sometimes categorized as children’s literature, but has distinct ‘juvenile’
elements. Colophon of W. Darton and Son, Holborn Hill.
Further edns: ‘new edn.’ 1836 (NSTC); 3rd edn. 1841 (NSTC, OCLC);
Boston 1839 (NSTC, OCLC).
A: 37 [PAGET,
Eliza].
ROSE TALBOT: A TALE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE YOUNG DISCIPLE;”
“ORPHAN’S CHOICE;” “TRUANT SCHOLAR,” &C.
London: Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street, 1836.
207p., ill. 18mo. 2s 6d (ECB, LG).
LG 1038: 796 (10 Dec 1836); ECB 502 (Dec 1836).
BL N.1487; NSTC 2P1018 (BI O); OCLC 50163835 (1 lib).
Notes. Frontispiece illustrates opening scene of the tale.
Printer’s mark and colophon of Joseph Rickerby, Sherbourn Lane.
B: Miscellanies and Other Collections
B: 1 ANON.
THE STORY-TELLER. A COLLECTION OF TALES, ORIGINAL, TRANSLATED, AND
SELECTED. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: James Robins and Co. Ivy Lane, Paternoster-Row, 1830.
I 406p, ill.; II 422p, ill. 8vo.
BL N.786,787; NSTC 2S42895 (NA MH); OCLC 22286259 (3 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece and additional engraved t.p. precede t.p.
proper in each vol.. Preface (1 p. unn.) notes: ‘The selections
[…] are from “Blackwood’s Magazine,” “The New Monthly Magazine,” “The
Ladies Museum,” “Arliss’s Pocket Magazine,” and various other sources.’
Lists of contents (1 p. unn.) in each vol. precede main text. Vol.
1 consists of 34, vol. 2 of 35 tales. Adv. list (2 pp. unn.) at
end of vol. 1 for ‘New Publications by James Robins and Co, Ivy Lane,
Paternoster Row, London’. Each vol. has six engraved plates, with directions
to the binder on verso of p. 422 in vol. 2. These directions are
followed by adv. for ‘The Cabinet of Portraits’ and adv. list (1 p. unn.)
for ‘Works Illustrated by John Cruikshank, Published by James Robins
and Co.’. Vol. 2 has colophon of James Robins and Co., Albion Press.
Collates in fours.
B: 2 BELL,
Henry Glasford.
THE RAINBOW, OR, TALES AND SKETCHES. BY HENRY GLASFORD BELL, ESQ.
ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
London: Published by Smith and Company, and sold by all Booksellers,
n.d. [1830].
310p, ill. 12mo.
BL 12356.cc.9; NSTC 2B16045; OCLC 24304663 (1 lib).
Notes. BLC provides conjectured publication date. Frontispiece
precedes t.p. The work as a whole contains: ‘Summer Thoughts and Rambles’
(sketch), pp. [1]–22; ‘The Stranger. A Tale Founded on Fact’, pp. [23]–40;
‘Monsters not Mentioned by Linnæus’ (sketch), pp. [41]–53; ‘The
Dead Daughter. A Tale’, pp. [54]–67; ‘Proposals for an Entire Change
in the Nature of Things’ (essay), pp. [68]–82; ‘The Marvellous
History of Mynheer von Wodenblock’, pp. [83]–94; ‘The Two Sides
of the Picture’ (didactic anecdote), pp. [95]–107; ‘History of
the Rise and Progress of a Small Volume of Poems, with Some Account
of their Decline and Fall’ (sketch), pp. [108]–118; ‘The Dilemma.
A Tale’, pp. [119]–127; ‘ “Fruits in their Seasons”—“Strawberries
and Cream” ’ (sketch), pp. [128]–136; ‘A Tale of the Sea’,
pp. [137]–146; ‘Journal of Two Days, with an Interval of Forty
Years’ (sketch), pp. [147]–154; ‘The Wreck of the World. A Day-dream’
(sketch), pp. [155]–161; ‘The Autobiography of Harry Pemberton’,
pp. [162]–192; ‘The Incipient Author’ (sketch), pp. [193]–200;
‘The Living Mummy, and the Leyden Professor’, pp. [201]–235; ‘Love
on the Clyde; an Historiette from Glasgow’, pp. [236]–246; ‘Dicky
Cross, the Idiot of Exeter’, pp. [247]–274; ‘Poetical Pieces from
my Old Portfolio’, pp. [275]–310. List of ‘Works recently Published
by Smith, Elder, and Co.’ (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. Colophons
of Littlewood and Co. Old Bailey. LG 789: 141 (3 Mar 1832) lists 1832
edn., as ‘My Old Portfolio’, 9s boards.
Further edn: 1832 as My Old Portfolio; or Tales and Sketches (NSTC);
1850 (OCLC).
B: 3 {BENNET,
W[illia]m} [originally BENNOCH].
TRAITS OF SCOTTISH LIFE, AND PICTURES OF SCENES AND CHARACTER. IN
THREE VOLUMES.
London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, & Co. Ave-Maria-Lane,
1830.
I 349p; II 326p; III 341p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 27s (LG).
LG 693: 293 (1 May 1830); ECB 596 (May 1830).
Corvey; CME 3-628-54712-1; NSTC 2B18590 (BI BL, E, O); OCLC 9306253
(3 libs).
Notes. This author is almost certainly distinct from William
Bennet (‘Lee Gibbons’), the supposed author of The Cavalier (EN2,
1821: 22), and other novels. Drop-head titles in each vol. read: ‘Pictures
of Scottish Scenes and Character’. Vol. 1 is filled by ‘The Secret Marriage’.
Vol. 2 comprises: ‘Death of the Laird of Craigwild’, pp. [1]–96;
‘The Moat of Cairn; or, Origin of the Brownies. A Semi-Heroic’ (poetry),
pp. [97]–127; ‘The Family of Glenhowan’, pp. 128–246; ‘Young
Edward. A Ballad’ (poetry), pp. 247–260; ‘Love of Home’, pp. 261–316;
‘William and Henry. A Scottish Pastoral’ (poetry), pp. 317–326.
Vol. 3 contains: ‘The Minister’s Daughter’, pp. [1]–43; ‘Glenmannow’,
pp. 44–83; ‘The Young Poet’, pp. 84–100; ‘The Soldier’, pp. 101–143;
‘Old Dibbin’, pp. 144–189; ‘Mode of Courtship among Country People
in Scotland, and Romantic Incident’, pp. 190–212; ‘Remarkable Family
Adventure of Saunders Watson’, pp. 213–230; ‘The Rock of the Dead’,
pp. 231–257; ‘The Tailor of Craigknee’, pp. 258–276; ‘Martha,
the Ballad-Singer’, pp. 277–288; ‘A Two Days’ Tour in Annandale’
(travel essay with opening address to ‘John Hunter, Esq. Mortonmill,
Dumfriesshire’, signed ‘Wm. Bennet’), pp. [289]–341. Adv. list
(2 pp.) follows main text in vol. 3, for ‘New Works, and New Editions
of Popular Works, Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave-Maria-Lane’.
Printer’s marks and colophons of Shackell and Baylis, Johnson’s Court,
Fleet Street.
B: 4 [BURY,
Lady Charlotte Susan Maria].
JOURNAL OF THE HEART. EDITED BY THE AUTHORESS OF “FLIRTATION.”
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1830.
viii, 323p, ill., music. 12mo. 10s 6d (BP); 10s 6d boards (LG); 21s
for both ser. (ECB).
BP (21 June 1830); LG 701: 421 (26 June 1830); ECB 88 (1830–5).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48006-X; NSTC 2C4349 (BI BL); OCLC 1327700 (9 libs).
Notes. Dedication, p. [iii], to ‘Mrs. Hook, the Friend of
a Lifetime’. Introduction, p. [v], followed by ‘Contents’ and ‘List
of Plates’, pp. [vii]–viii, precede main text. Five plates in all.
Written in the form of a personal journal or diary, with verse and music
interspersed. Advs. for ‘Works by the same Author’ (1 p. unn.),
listing The Separation (‘In the Press’), Flirtation (3rd
edn. ‘Lately Published’), and A Marriage in High Life, at end
of vol. The last of these titles is generally attributed to Lady Caroline
Lucy Scott, although Bury is sometimes credited with its editing (see
EN2, 1828: 71). Printer’s mark and colophon of Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy
Street, Strand. For details of 2nd ser. (1835), see B: 18 below. ECB
gives publisher as Cochrane.
Further edns: 1830 [1831] (NSTC); Philadelphia 1830 (NSTC, OCLC).
B: 5 [HOLMES,
Elizabeth Emra].
SCENES IN OUR PARISH. BY A “COUNTRY PARSON’S” DAUGHTER.
Bristol: Printed and published by J. Chilcott; and sold by Messrs. Hamilton,
Adams, & Co., London, 1830.
xi, 299p. 12mo. 5s (ECB); 5s boards (LG).
LG 723: 773 (27 Nov 1830); ECB 516 (Nov 1830).
BL N.800; NSTC 2H26988 (BI C, O); OCLC 13791521 (3 libs).
Notes. Dedication, p. [v] to ‘the living Companions of my pleasant
Walks; and to the blessed Memory of the Dead’. This is followed by list
of contents, p. [vi], and an ‘Introduction’, pp. [vii]–xi,
which notes: ‘A deservedly popular writer, (I do not remember her exact
words, but this, I am sure, is her meaning,) says, “All women who publish,
do so, either for money or fame.” It would not become me to say she
is wrong; you cannot expect me to say, she is right; attribute to me
which motive you please. But as I allow you thus much, believe me when
I add, that having written, and having published; I humbly and earnestly
trust that some advantage, far beyond either fame or riches, may arise,
both to the writer and the reader. It will be so, if I should be the
means of directing any one eye to that light which is from above; or
any heart to that “peace which passeth understanding.” Is it possible
that so weak and contemptible and agent, should be so honoured? Yes!’
(pp. x–xi). The work contains: ‘An Old Couple’, pp. [1]–24;
‘Christmas-Day, 1829’ (sketch), pp. [25]–37; ‘The Graves of Infants’
(sketch), pp. [39]–54; ‘Mary, the Sailor’s Widow’, pp. [55]–80;
‘The Last of the Family’ (sketch), pp. [81]–100; ‘The Dorcas Meeting’
(sketch), pp. [101]–114; ‘Blind Sarah’ (sketch), pp. [115]–133;
‘The Blind Communicant’ (verse), pp. 134–6; ‘The Strawberry Feast’
(sketch), pp. [137]–151; ‘The Laying of the Foundation Stone’,
pp. [152]–172; ‘The Vestry’, pp. [173]–194; ‘Whit-Monday’
(didactic essay), pp. [195]–216; ‘A Day of Gloom’, pp. [217]–246;
‘A Tale of Low Life’ pp. [247]–272; ‘A Party of Pleasure’, pp. [273]–287;
‘Conclusion’, pp. [288]–299. Each tale/sketch is progressively
dated, from 2 Dec 1829 to 25 Aug 1830. Colophon reads: ‘J. Chilcott,
30, Wine Street, Bristol’. For details of the 2nd ser. (1832), see B:
11 below.
Further edn: both ser., New York 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
B: 6 [SMITH,
Horatio].
THE MIDSUMMER MEDLEY FOR 1830. A SERIES OF COMIC TALES, SKETCHES,
AND FUGITIVE VAGARIES, IN PROSE AND VERSE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “BRAMBLETYE
HOUSE,” &C. &C. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1830.
I v, 262p; II iv, 260p. 16mo. 14s (BP, ECB); 14s boards (LG).
BP (6 Aug 1830); LG 708: 534 (14 Aug 1830); ECB 384 (Aug 1830).
Corvey; CME 3-628-54703-2; NSTC 2S26647 (BI BL, C, O; NA DLC); OCLC
5386674 (15 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–v, notes: ‘our Publishers, influenced
doubtless by the postponement of the Midsummer weather till the latter
end of July, have very naturally selected the same period for the appearance
of The Midsummer Medley’ (p. v). Note on otherwise blank page following
preface reads: ‘A few of the Papers have already appeared in the New
Monthly Magazine’. Lists of contents precede main text in vols. 1 (1
p. unn) and 2 (pp. [iii]–iv). Vol. 1 comprises: ‘The Hurricane
and the Menace’ (poetry), pp. [1]–11; ‘The Italian Image-Boy’,
pp. 12–27; ‘The Pleasant Tête-à-Tête’ (poetry), pp. 27–30;
‘The Legend of Saint Basil’, pp. 31–66; ‘Song’ (poetry), pp. 66–67;
‘Flavius and Julia Donna. A Tale of the Second Century’, pp. 68–101;
‘A Tour to the Lakes’ (poetry), pp. 101–114; ‘Hints to the Young
Novel-Writer: With Specimens’ (poetry), pp. 115–213; ‘The Sanctuary’
(poetry), pp. 214–218; ‘Hatem Tai: An Arabian Tale’, pp. 218–233;
‘An Easy Remedy’ (poetry), pp. 233–235; ‘Mr. Mark Higginbotham’s
Case of Real Distress’, pp. 235–262. Vol. 2 contains: ‘The Birth-Day
of Spring’ (poetry), pp. [1]–3; ‘Clio Club at Brighton’ (poetry),
pp. 3–7; ‘The Brewer’s Wife: A Ghost Story’, pp. 8–38; ‘Stanzas
on Meeting the Duchess of St. Alban’s after an Interval of Many Years’
(poetry), pp. 38–41; ‘Madame Talleyrand and the Traveller’ (poetry),
pp. 41–45; ‘Alfadhel Alderamy: An Arabian Tale’, pp. 45–72;
‘To the Furze Bush’ (poetry), pp. 73–75; ‘The Poet’s Will’ (poetry),
pp. 75–81; ‘Count Alessandro’, pp. 81–96; ‘The Pleasures of
Brighton: A New Song by the Civic Visitants’ (poetry), pp. 96–99;
‘The Mother’s Mistake’ (poetry), pp. 100–102; ‘Adventure of a London
Traveller’, pp. 103–120; ‘Marshal Saxe and his Physician’ (poetry),
pp. 120–123; ‘Extracts from my Aunt Martha’s Diary’, pp. 124–136;
‘A Hint to Retiring Citizens’ (poetry), pp. 136–139; ‘Good News
for the Ladies’, pp. 139–153; ‘Proposals for Setting Fire to Paternoster
Row’, pp. 153–165; ‘Projects and Companies’ (poetry), pp. 166–170;
‘Penitentiaries for the Polite’, pp. 171–184; ‘How to Be a Gentleman’,
pp. 184–201; ‘Encomium Moriæ; or, the Praise of Folly’ (poetry),
pp. 201–203; ‘Approaching Downfall of the Golden Calf’, pp. 204–225;
‘Elegy to the Memory of Miss Emily Kay’ (poetry), pp. 225–227;
‘The French Governess’ (poetry), pp. 228–230; ‘A Lament for the
Writer of Modern Novels’ (partly in verse), pp. 230–252; ‘The Birth
of the Invisible’ (poetry), pp. 252–257; ‘The Political Trimmer:
A Character’ (poetry), pp. 258–260. List of ‘Works Preparing for
Immediate Publication, by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley’ (2 pp. unn.)
at end of vol. 1. Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset
Street, Fleet Street.
Further edn: 1832 (NSTC, OCLC).
B:
7 TALBOT, [William] H[enry]
Fox.
LEGENDARY TALES, IN VERSE AND PROSE. COLLECTED BY H. FOX TALBOT,
ESQ.
London: James Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly, 1830.
253p. 16mo. 8s 6d (ECB); 8s 6d boards (LG).
LG 702: 437 (3 July 1830); ECB 574 (June 1830).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51054-6; NSTC 2T1170 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 29087336
(1 lib).
Notes. List of contents (1 p. unn.). Nine items as follows:
‘The Magic Mirror’ (poetry), pp. [1]–20; ‘Conrad; or, a Tale of
the Crusades’, pp. [21]–79; ‘The Presentiment’ (prose and poetry),
pp. [81]–124; ‘A Danish Legend’ (poetry), pp. [125]–138; ‘Rosina’,
pp. [139]–165; ‘Sir Edwin; or, the Zauber-Thal’ (poetry), pp. [167]–189;
‘Rubezahl; or, the Mountain Spirit. (Freely Translated from the German
of Musæus)’, pp. [191]–217; ‘The Pearls, a Ballad’ (poetry),
pp. [219]–224; ‘The Bandit Chief’, pp. [225]–253. Printer’s
mark and colophon of T. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket.
B: 8 [ANDERSON,
William].
ODD SKETCHES, BY THE AUTHOR OF “POETICAL ASPIRATIONS.”
Edinburgh: Joseph Skeaf, 3, Hanover Street, 1831.
vi, 172p, ill. 12mo.
ECB 420 (Feb 1831).
E T.145.h 1(1); NSTC 2A11961 (BI BL); xOCLC.
Notes. Dedication to ‘Sir David Erskine, Knight, of Dryburgh
Abbey’. A mixture of fictional episodes, sketches, and poetry. Twelve
main items listed in ‘Contents’, with ‘Epigrams’ (poetical end-pieces)
interspersed within these listed separately. The main items consist
of: ‘The Water-Carriers of Edinburgh’, pp. [1]–10; ‘A Ghost Story’,
pp. 11–17; ‘The Broken Heart’, pp. 18–33; ‘Menie Nelson’,
pp. 34–46; ‘The Man of Honour’, pp. 47–92; ‘My Tailor’, pp. 93–102;
‘The Smuggler’s Isle’, pp. 102–113; ‘Fragments of a Sketch’, pp. 114–122;
‘The Village Ball’, pp. 123–145; ‘Amusing Aphorisms and Odd Observations’,
pp. 146–152; ‘Newspapers’, pp. 153–161; ‘Kittletie-Coatie’,
pp. 162–172. Vignette illustration of Democritus on t.p., with
similar illustration of Heraclitus at end of main text. Printer’s mark,
verso of t.p., reads ‘James Clarke & Co. Printers, Edinburgh’, with
similar colophon.
B: 9 HARRISON,
W[illiam] H[enry].
THE HUMOURIST, A COMPANION FOR THE CHRISTMAS FIRESIDE. BY W. H. HARRISON,
AUTHOR OF “TALES OF A PHYSICIAN,” & C. EMBELLISHED BY FIFTY ENGRAVINGS,
EXCLUSIVE OF NUMEROUS VIGNETTES, FROM DESIGNS BY THE LATE T. ROWLANDSON.
London: Published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand; and sold by R. Ackermann,
jun., 191, Regent Street, 1831/32.
I (1831) xiv, 286p, ill. II (1832) xii, 288p, ill. 12mo. 12s each vol.
(ECB).
ECB 256 (Oct 1830, Oct 1831).
BL PP.6620; NSTC 2H9966 (BI C, E, O; NA DLC, MH); OCLC 27830731 (7 libs).
Notes. Although apparently conceived of as a periodical, the
work in its present form effectively constitutes an autonomous two-vol.
collection. Vol. 2 has a nearly identical t.p. to vol. 1, with the only
modification being: ‘Embellished by Eighty Engravings, Designed and
Executed by W. H. Brooke.’ Frontispiece to vol. 1 illustrates ‘The Humourist
and her Crew’, a ship on wheels drawn by a mule and escorted by three
one-legged men; while that of vol. 2 depicts ‘Emigration’. Preface,
vol. 1, pp. [v]–ix, states: ‘On presenting an addition to the already
extensive list of Annuals, the Author feels called upon to say a few
words by way of preface, in doing which he cannot but acknowledge that
the Publisher and himself are very much in the situation of the sailors
in the Frontispiece: they have just launched a new vessel, and are soliciting
the favour and patronage of the Public, in the absence of which they
will inevitably be found in one of the most awkward of all nautical
dilemmas, namely, without a sale. // Should his Readers carry
the simile still farther, and allege, with reference to the one-legged
mariners, that it is a lame affair, the Author would plead a classical
authority for pleading his lucubrations “stans pede in uno” […]
The Author is quite aware that it will avail him little to plead, in
extenuation of the imperfections of the work, the fact of his having
been called to it at an advanced period of the last spring; yet, as
he will not again labour under a similar disadvantage—and he has found
it no trifling one—he may reasonably indulge the hope of rendering The
Humourist, for next year, more worthy of the patronage of the Public.
In the mean time, he begs, respectfully, to present to them the fruit
of his present labours.’ Preface to vol. 2, pp. [v]–viii, begins:
‘Were the Author, after having so frequently presented himself in the
arena of letters, to repeat his apology for the intrusion in this instance,
he would, probably, obtain as little credit for sincerity as certain
other performers, whose affection for the public leads them to convert
a tragedy into a farce, by taking a “last farewell” of heir “patrons”
every year’ (p. [iii]). Each vol. has list of contents, (vol. 1,
pp. [xi]–xii; vol. 2, p. [x]) and table of illustrations (vol.
1, pp. [xiii]–xiv; vol. 2, pp. [x]–xii). Vol. 1 contains:
‘The Living Legacy, or the Doctors Puzzled’ (poetry), pp. [1]–14;
‘Uncle Timothy, or the Ring Fence’, pp. 15–23; ‘The March of Intellect’
(poetry), pp. 24–29; ‘Gideon Owen, or Timing a Shipwreck’, pp. 30–39;
‘The Two Dorothys, or the Rival Relatives’ (poetry), pp. 40–46;
‘The Bull and the Botanists’, pp. 47–53; ‘Fire and Water, or the
Man in the Sun’, pp. 54–63; ‘A Chapter of Accidents’, pp. 64–[74];
‘The Infant Prodigy’ (poetry), pp. [76]–[81]; ‘Love in a Box’,
pp. 83–98; ‘Rich and Poor’ (poetry), pp. 99–111; ‘A Taste
of Matrimony’, pp. 112–122; ‘The Cow Doctor’ (poetry), pp. 123–135;
‘The Steeple Chase’, pp. 136–[141]; ‘The Deserter’ (poetry), pp. 143–[147];
‘The Runaway’, pp. 149–[153]; ‘Lord Mayor’s Day’ (poetry), pp. 155–161;
‘The Modern Ulysses’, pp. 162–169; ‘Recruiting’ (poetry), pp. 170–174;
‘The Life of a Pedagogue’, pp. 175–182; ‘The Antiquary’ (poetry),
pp. [184]–187; ‘My First Love’, pp. 188–198; ‘The Tender Passion’
(poetry), pp. [200]–207; ‘Country Quarters’, pp. 208–225;
‘A Ride to the Races’ (poetry), pp. 226–230; ‘Memoirs of a Painter’,
pp. [232]–241; ‘The Court-Day’ (poetry), pp. [244]–246; ‘The
New Rector’, pp. [248]–257; ‘Hydrophobia’ (poetry), pp. 258–265;
‘A View on the Coast’, pp. 266–271; ‘The Dumb Monitors, or the
Sot Reclaimed’, pp. 272–280. Vol. 2 consists of: ‘Christmas’ (poetry),
pp. [3]–6; ‘The Cares of Corpulence’, pp. [9]–23; ‘The Zoologist’
(poetry), pp. [24]–33; ‘Blue Bess, a Tale of the Sea’, pp. [34]–48;
‘Dick Dowlas’ (poetry), pp. [51]–58; ‘The Veterans’, pp. [61]–71;
‘Heart for Heart; or, O’Slaughter’s Courtship’ (poetry), pp. [72]–78;
‘The Bull and the Barber’, pp. [81]–87; ‘Taming a Tartar’ (poetry),
pp. [88]–94; ‘Black and White’, pp. [97]–110; ‘The Two Adjutants’
(poetry), pp. [113]–134; ‘The Monk of Saint Dominic’, pp. [137]–164;
‘The False One. A Modern Sappho’s Lament’ (poetry), pp. [167]–170;
‘The Governess’, pp. [173]–186; ‘A Royal Visit. An Epistle from
a Young Lady to her Friend’ (poetry), pp. [189]–201; ‘The Abbot’s
Kitchen; or, Laying a Ghost’, pp. [202]–227; ‘Reform’ (poetry),
pp. [228]–233; ‘More Copy!’, pp. [234]–252; ‘Love in the East’
(poetry), pp. [255]–262; ‘The Brothers’, pp. [265]–274; ‘Postscript’,
pp. [277]–280. Adv. lists for ‘Works of Art Published by, or to
Be Had of, R. Ackermann’, occupy pp. [281]–286 and pp. [285]–288
of each vol. respectively. Vol. 1 has printer’s mark and colophon of
F. Shoberl, jun., Long Acre, while vol. 2 bears mark and colophon of
J. Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square.
B: 10 WATTS,
Alaric A[lexander] (editor).
SCENES OF LIFE AND SHADES OF CHARACTER. EDITED BY ALARIC A. WATTS,
EDITOR OF “THE LITERARY SOUVENIR.” IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1831.
I 332p; II 312p. 8vo. 21s (BP, ECB, ER); 21s boards (LG).
BP (30 Dec 1830); LG 728: 12 (1 Jan 1831); ER 53: 257 (Mar 1831); ECB
626 (1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51163-1; NSTC 2W8761 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O); OCLC 48768958
(1 lib).
Notes. ‘Advertisement’ (1 p. unn.), dated ‘December, 1830’,
reads: ‘The following pages are the production of several hands. A portion
of the papers contained in them was printed several years ago in a periodical
Work of limited circulation [BP tentatively suggests The Literary
Gazette], which has since been discontinued. These, however, have
undergone so much alteration, as to give them a title to be regarded
almost as novelties; and, with the addition of several original sketches,
may fairly be said to constitute a new work’. Lists of contents (1 p. unn.
each) precede main text in each vol. Vol. 1 comprises: ‘The Benevolent
Lady’, pp. [1]–16; ‘Sensible People’, pp. [17]–24; ‘The Female
Splenetic’, pp. [25]–30; ‘The Wedding Excursion’, pp. [31]–49;
‘The Squire of Dames’, pp. [51]–63; ‘My Uncle Shafton’, pp. [65]–78;
‘Particular People’, pp. [79]–87; ‘Book Borrowers’, pp. [89]–113;
‘Book Beggars’, pp. [115]–127; ‘The Golden Helmet’, pp. [129]–159;
‘Morning Calls in the Country’, pp. [161]–178; ‘House Hunting’,
pp. [179]–199; ‘Leading Articles’, pp. [201]–212; ‘The Favourite’,
pp. [213]–267; ‘An Advertisement’, pp. [269]–275; ‘Schlemihl
the Second’, pp. [277]–305; ‘The Sleeping Friar of Conradsburg’,
pp. [307]–332. Vol. 2 contains: ‘Miseries of a Ball-Room’, pp. [1]–15;
‘The May-Flower of Downie. A Scottish Tradition’, pp. [17]–59;
‘The Maiden Aunt’, pp. [61]–75; ‘Decline and Fall of the English
Empire’, pp. [77]–102; ‘The Last Coffin’, pp. [103]–120; ‘The
Magazine Publisher’, pp. [121]–135; ‘Nobody’, pp. [137]–146;
‘The Child of Impulse’, pp. [147]–161; ‘Pleasure Parties’, pp. [163]–171;
‘The Awkward Man’, pp. [173]–182; ‘The Marble Heart’, pp. [183]–214;
‘Secrets Worth Knowing’, pp. [215]–263; ‘The Heir Presumptive’,
pp. [265]–312. Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Manning
and Co., London House Yard, St. Paul’s. Bentley MS List notes: ‘Agreement
with Alaric A. Watts, June 23 1829 entire copyright for £50, and £50
worth of books’.
B: 11 [HOLMES,
Elizabeth Emra].
SCENES IN OUR PARISH. BY A “COUNTRY PARSON’S” DAUGHTER. SECOND
SERIES.
London: J. Hatchard and Son, 187, Piccadilly, 1832.
xii, 280p. 12mo. 5s (ECB); 5s boards (ER, LG).
LG 804: 381 (16 June 1832);
ER 55: 582 (July 1832); ECB 516 (June 1832).
BL N.877; NSTC 2H26988 (BI C, E, O); OCLC 4293683 (4 libs).
Notes. Dedication, p. [iii], reads: ‘All Who Have Been kindly
Interested in the First, this Second Series of Scenes in our Parish,
Is respectfully and gratefully Inscribed’. Followed by list of contents,
p. [vi], and ‘Introduction to the Second Series’, pp. [v]–xii.
This last notes: ‘I am a Church of England Christian, and claim a right,
when occasion offers, to express feelings with which my very life seems
bound up. I have been blamed more than once for the melancholy colouring
generally observable in my pictures. I will confess the truth. I am
living in a sinful, and therefore a sad world: where I see cloud and
storm, how should my picture be a sunny one?’ (pp. vi–vii). Contains:
‘The Evening School’ (sketch), pp. [1]–19; ‘A Walk on a Wet Day’
(sketch), pp. [20]–43; ‘One Half Hour to Poetry’, pp. [44]–59;
‘The Ladye Elizabeth’, pp. [60]–74; ‘Alice Grey’, pp. [75]–94;
‘The Crew’s Hold’, pp. [95]–124; ‘The Confirmation’ (sketch), pp. [125]–142;
‘The Woods’ (sketch), pp. [143]–157; ‘The Day’s Work Done’, pp. [158]–183;
‘A Visit to the Old Court’, pp. [184]–207; ‘Extract from a Letter
Describing a Country Funeral’ (sketch), pp. [208]–215; ‘Remembrances
of an Ordination’ (sketch), pp. [216]–230; ‘One Page in my Life
recorded on the 31st of October, 1831’, pp. [231]–278; ‘Conclusion’,
pp. [269]–280. Advs. (4 pp. unn.) at end of vol. list ‘Works
Published by J. Hatchard and Son’. Each tale/sketch is progressively
dated, from 30 Dec 1830 to 3 Mar 1832. Printer’s mark of Ibotson and
Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand. For details of the 1st ser. (1830), see
B: 5 above.
Further edn: both ser., New York 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
B: 12 ROSCOE,
Thomas (trans.).
THE SPANISH NOVELISTS: A SERIES OF TALES, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD
TO THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINALS,
WITH CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. BY THOMAS ROSCOE, EDITOR OF
THE ITALIAN AND GERMAN NOVELISTS, &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street, Late Colburn and
Bentley, 1832.
I x, 360p; II vi, 341p; III iv, 322p. 12mo. 27s cloth (BP, ER, LG);
27s (ECB, Star);.
BP (20 Oct 1832); Star (20 Oct 1832); LG 823: 685
(27 Oct 1832); ER 56: 570 (Jan 1833); ECB
502 (Sept 1832).
Corvey; NSTC 2R17508 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA DLC,
MH); OCLC 8327346 (33 libs).
Notes. This work comprises translations of various Spanish fictions
(with some biographical sketches of the authors), ranging in original
date of publication from 1335 to 1692. Dedication, p. [iii], ‘To
John Knowles, Esq., F. R. S. […] as a Testimonial of the Editor’s Esteem
and Regard’. Preface, pp. [v]–viii, stating aim to follow plan
of previous ‘Italian and German specimens’, so as ‘to convey to the
English reader some idea of […] the peculiar manners, customs, and modes
of thinking at different periods, as exhibited in this form of composition’
(p. [v]). Lists of contents occupy pp. [ix]–x in vol. 1, pp. [v]–vi
in vol. 2 and pp. [iii]–iv in vol. 3. Vol. 1 comprises: ‘Don Juan
Manuel’, pp. [1]–11; ‘El Conde Lucanor’, pp. [12]–40; ‘Mendoza’,
pp. [41]–50; ‘The Life of Lazariollo de Tormes, his Fortunes and
his Mishaps’, pp. [51]–126; ‘Mateo Aleman’, pp. [127]–131;
‘Guzman D‘Alfarache’s Adventure with an Innkeeper at Cantillana’, pp. 132–233;
‘Cervantes’, pp. [235]–241; ‘Rinconete and Cortadillo’, pp. 242–276;
‘The Pretended Aunt [Footnote] A Story of Real Life, Which Occurred
at Salamanca in the Year 1575’, pp. 277–300; ‘El Amante Liberal’,
pp. 301–360. Vol. 2 contains: ‘Quevedo’, pp. [1]–8; ‘Vision
The First. Of the Catchpole Possessed’, pp. [9]–24; ‘Vision the
Third. Of the Last Judgement’, pp. 24–42; ‘The History of the Life
and Actions of Paul, the Spanish Sharper’, pp. 43–158; ‘Montalvan’,
pp. [159]–164; ‘The Test of Friendship’, pp. 165–242; ‘The
Effect of Being Undeceived’, pp. 243–267; ‘Antonio de Eslava’,
pp. [269]–271; ‘The Fountain of Truth’, pp. 272–297; ‘Donna
Maria de Zayas’, pp. [299]–302; ‘The Miser Chastised’, pp. 303–341.
Vol. 3 consists of: ‘Matias de Los Reyes’, pp. [1]–4; ‘The Dumb
Lover and his Physician’, pp. 5–16; ‘The Mirror of Friends’, pp. 17–39;
‘Love and Honour’, pp. 40–67; ‘The King and the Minister’, pp. 68–87;
‘Don Christoval Lozano’, pp. [89]–91; ‘Soledades de la Vida, &c.’,
pp. 92–109; ‘Jealousy of the Dead’, pp. 110–128; ‘Guevara’,
pp. [129]–132; ‘Modern Miracles; or Spirits of the Other World’,
pp. 133–157; ‘Isidro de Robles’, pp. [159]–162; ‘The Diamond
Ring’, pp. 163–214; ‘A Prodigious Adventure’, pp. 215–230;
‘Salorzano’, pp. [231]–234; ‘The Duchess of Mantua’, pp. 235–285;
‘The Mask’, pp. 286–322. Adv. (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol.
2. Printer’s marks and colophons of Bradbury and Evans, 22, Bouverie
Street. Bentley MS List records print run of 500
copies.
Further edn: 1868 (OCLC).
B: 13 MAC
FARLANE, C[harles].
THE LIVES AND EXPLOITS OF BANDITTI AND ROBBERS IN ALL PARTS OF THE
WORLD. BY C. MAC FARLANE, ESQ. AUTHOR OF “ CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1829,”
AND “THE ROMANCE OF ITALIAN HISTORY.” IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, and J. Andrews, New Bond Street,
1833.
I 328p, ill.; II 312p, ill. 12mo. 21s (ECB); 21s boards (ER); ‘16 Engravings,
21s. bds.’ (LG).
LG 826: 733 (17 Nov 1832); ER 56: 570 (Jan 1833); ECB 359 (Nov 1832).
BL 613.f.24; NSTC 2M3807 (BI C, E; NA MH); OCLC 6620478 (25 libs).
Notes. Each vol. has additional engraved t.p., with vignette
illustration. List of contents for each vol.; that to vol. 1 on verso
also lists ‘Illustrations’ (14 in all, including frontispieces). Vol.
1 consists of: ‘General View of Banditti and Robbers’, pp. [3]–42;
‘The Robber of the Abruzzi’ [running title reads ‘Marco Sciarra, of
the Abruzzi’], pp. [43]–57; ‘The Brigands of Calabria’, pp. [58]–99;
‘Francatripa’, pp. [100]–105; ‘Benincasa and Others’, pp. [106]–114;
‘Brigands of Calabria. Continued’, pp. [115]–128); ‘Scarolla’,
pp. [129]–132; ‘Conclusion to the Brigands of Calabria’, pp. [133]–142;
‘The Vardarelli’, pp. [143]–185; ‘Don Ciro, or the Priest-Robber’,
pp. [186]–234; ‘Roman Banditti’, pp. [235]–287; ‘Brigands
of Lombardy’, pp. [288]–294; ‘Neapolitan and Roman Brigands. Sundry
Anecdotes, Facetious and Serious’, pp. [295]–328. Vol. 2 comprises:
‘Sicilian Brigands’, pp. [3]–19; ‘Spanish Brigands’, pp. [20]–39;
‘Polinario’, pp. [40]–42; ‘Spanish Brigands. (Continued.)’, pp. [43]–76;
‘Schinder-Hannes (Jack the Flayer), or the Robber of the Rhine’, pp. [77]–96;
‘Hungarian Robbers’, pp. [97]–108; ‘The Robber-King’, pp. [109]–112;
‘The Pindarries’, pp. [113]–137; ‘Trimbukjee’, pp. [138]–144;
‘The Highlanders of India, or the Rohilla Robbers’, pp. [145]–150;
‘Mewatties.—Bheels.—Baugries.—Moghies.—Gwarriahs.—Thugs’, pp. [151]–174;
‘Afghan Robbers’, pp. [175]–180; ‘The Buccaneers of America’, pp. [181]–243;
‘The Abbé de Vatteville’, pp. [244]–253; ‘Chinese Pirates’, pp. [254]–312.
Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet
Street.
Further edns: 1833 (Corvey); 1837 (NSTC, OCLC); New York 1833 (NSTC,
OCLC).
B: 14 {FOX,
Lady Mary (editor)}.
FRIENDLY CONTRIBUTIONS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THREE INFANT SCHOOLS,
IN THE PARISH OF KENSINGTON.
n.p. [Kensington]: Printed solely for the Right Honourable the Lady
Mary Fox, 1834.
155p. 16mo.
BL 12331.b.23; NSTC 2F13125 (BI O); OCLC 23678167 (3 libs).
Notes. Dedication ‘by Permission to Lord Holland, by his Affectionate
Daughter Mary Fox’ (1 p. unn.); this is followed by a list of contents
(1 p. unn.). The vol. contains: ‘Atmos the Giant, and his Relations.
By the Rev. I. Blanco White’, pp. [1]–18; ‘Flora and the Flower.
By Miss Bessie Napier’, pp. [19]–21; ‘Fancies during my Walks in
London’, pp. [22]–50; ‘Rosalie d’Aubignie. A Tale. By Mrs. Marcet’,
pp. [51]–105; ‘Night. By Miss Bessie Napier’ (poetry), p. [106];
‘The Spider and the Fly’ (poetry), pp. [107]–111; ‘Epitaph’ (poetry),
p. [112]; ‘A Dream. By Miss Bessie Napier’ (sketch), pp. [113]–116;
‘The Second Part of The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. By
Mrs. Whately’, pp. [117]–146; ‘The Disease of Science’ (essay and
poetry, signed ‘R. Nelson. R E.. Berlin.—May. 5. 1834.’), pp. [147]–153;
‘Imitation of an Old English Poet. By the Late Rev. J. Marriot’ (poetry),
pp. [154]–155. Printer’s mark and colophon of Bournes, jun., Brothers,
Church Street, Kensington. ECB 219 gives date as June 1836, evidently
referring to a later edn.
Further edns: London 1836 (NSTC); 1838 (OCLC).
B: 15 JAMESON,
{A}[nna Brownell].
VISITS AND SKETCHES AT HOME AND ABROAD WITH TALES AND MISCELLANIES
NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND A NEW EDITION OF THE DIARY OF AN ENNUYÉE. BY
MRS. JAMESON, AUTHOR OF “THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN,” &C. IN FOUR
VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1834.
I xiii, 301p, ill.; II vi, 306p, ill.; III 305p, ill.; IV 305p, ill.
12mo. 42s (ECB, LG); 42s cloth (ER).
LG 909: 438 (21 June 1834); ER 59: 529 (July 1834); ECB 305 (June 1834).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51312-X; NSTC 2J2647 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 5531549
(21 libs).
Notes. Prefatory ‘The Author to the Reader’, pp. [vii]–xiii,
signed ‘A. J.’ and dated ‘May 1834’. In this the authoress notes, that
part of the work was inspired by her trip to Germany and was not originally
written for publication. List of ‘Errata to Vol. I’ (1 p. unn.)
follows preface. Lists of contents occupy pp. [iii]–vi in vols.
1 and 2 and precede main text in vols. 3 and 4 (1 p. unn. each).
The sketches consist of: ‘Sketches of Art, Literature, and Character’,
‘Part I. In Three Dialogues’, vol. 1, pp. [1]–202; ‘Part II. Memoranda
at Munich, Nuremburg, and Dresden’, vol. 1, p. [203]–vol. 2, p. 146;
‘Hardwicke’, vol. 2, pp. [147]–197; ‘Althorpe’, pp. [199]–230;
‘Mrs. Siddons’, pp. [231]–268; ‘Sketches of Fanny Kemble in Juliet’,
pp. [269]–306; ‘The False One’, vol. 3, pp. [1]–71; ‘Halloran
the Pedlar’, pp. [73]–117; ‘The Indian Mother’, pp. [119]–144;
‘Much Coin, Much Care. A Dramatic Proverb Written for Hyacinthe, Emily,
Caroline, and Edward’, pp. [145]–192; ‘Diary of an Ennuyée’, vols.
3 (from p. [193], with varying running title) and 4. ‘The Diary
of an Ennuyée’, a fictional travel autobiography, had been first published
as A Lady’s Diary (1826), and then reissued in the same year
under the present title (see EN2, p. 34n). Vignette illustrations
after end of main text in each vol. Incorrect pagination in vol. 2:
final page misnumbered ‘366’ instead of 306; also incorrect pagination
in vol. 3: final pages read ‘302, 305, 306, 305’, instead of 302, 303,
304, 305. Printer’s marks and colophons of Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy
Street, Strand.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1835 (NSTC, OCLC); 3rd edn. 1839 (NSTC, OCLC);
New York 1834 (NSTC, OCLC).
B: 16 [SOUTHEY,
Robert].
THE DOCTOR, &C.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834/35.
I (1834) xxxi, 312p; II (1834) xxviii, 351p; III (1835) xxix, 345p.
12mo. 21s boards (LG); vol. 3: 10s 6d cloth (ER); 10s 6d (MC); 52s 6d
for 5 vols. (ECB).
LG 887: 44 (18 Jan 1834); ECB 166 (Jan 1834); vol. 3: MC (25 June 1835);
ER 61: 539 (July 1835).
BL N.1025; NSTC 2S32340 (BI C, Dt, E, P; NA DLC, MH); OCLC 1179713 (54
libs).
Notes. Quotation from ‘Butler’s Remains’ verso facing t.p. in
vol. 1 and verso of half-title in vol. 3. T.ps. in vols. 1–2 include
triangular symbol with text printed in red ink, while vol. 3 of BL copy
lacks t.p. ‘Prelude of Mottoes’ occupies vol. 1, pp. v–viii, and
is followed by ‘Postscript’, pp. ix–xii; a similar ‘Prelude of
Mottoes’ occupies vol. 3, pp. v–x. Lists of contents occupy pp. xiii–xxxi,
v–xxviii, and xi–xxix in each vol. respectively. Printer’s marks and
colophons of W. Nicol, Cleveland Row, St. James’s. Corvey copy (CME
3-628-47441-8) consists of vols. 1 and 2 only, and features separately
printed adv. list (12 pp.) at end of vol. 1, listing ‘Valuable Standard
Works Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London’,
and dated at the head ‘February, 1834’. Another BL copy of vols. 1 and
2 (C.43.b.22) is a presentation copy from the author to S. T. Coleridge,
and contains annotation by Coleridge: the Longmans list at the end of
vol. 1 is ‘October, 1833’. The remaining vols. were published with the
following imprint dates: vol. 4 (1837); vol. 5 (1838); vols. 6–7 (1847).
Longman Archives (A4, 83, 85, 92; H12, 182, 236, 262) record print runs
of 1,000 (vols. 1–2), 1,000 (vol. 3), 1,250 (vol. 4), and 1,250 (vol.
5) copies.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1835 (OCLC); vols. 1–3: New York 1836 (NSTC,
OCLC). All 7 vols: 1848 (OCLC); 1849 (OCLC); 1853 (NSTC, OCLC); 1856
(NSTC, OCLC); 1862 (OCLC); 1865 (OCLC).
B: 17 {BULWER
L[YTTON], E[dward George]}.
THE STUDENT[.] A SERIES OF PAPERS, BY THE AUTHOR OF “EUGENE ARAM,”
“ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH,” &C. &C. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1835.
I xi, 335p; II viii, 361p. 12mo. 21s (ECB); 21s boards (ER, LG).
MC (22 Apr 1835); LG 955: 300 (9 May 1835); ER 61: 538 (July 1835);
ECB 84 (Apr 1835).
BL 1208.h.11; NSTC 2B57540 (BI C, E, NCu, O; NA DLC, MH); OCLC 3173065
(30 libs).
Notes. Originally published in the New Monthly Magazine,
1830–1, and subsequently first issued in book-form in a US edn., as
Conversations of an Ambitious Student in Ill Health; with Other Pieces
(New York, 1832). Dedication (1 p. unn.) ‘To my Esteemed and Excellent
Friend, Colonel D’Aguilar’, dated ‘Hertford Street, April 20, 1835’.
Preface, vol. 1, pp. [vii]–xi, notes: ‘A series of papers which
I published some time since in the New Monthly Magazine, under the title
of “Conversations with an Ambitious Student,” attracted much favourable
attention; and I have been often earnestly requested to collect and
republish them. I postponed, however, doing so, from time to time’ (p. [vii]).
It later states: ‘I should observe that they belong rather to the poetical
than the logical philosophy—that […] they address the sentiment rather
than the intellect—choosing for their materials the metaphysics of the
heart and the passions, which are more often employed in the Fiction
than the Essay’ (pp. viii–ix). List of contents (1 p. unn.)
precedes main text in vol. 1 and occupies pp. [v]–viii in vol.
2. Vol. 1 comprises: ‘On the Difference between Authors and the Impression
Conveyed of them by their Work’, pp. [1]–26; ‘Monos and Daimonos’,
pp. [27]–48; ‘On the Departure of Youth’, pp. [49]–72; ‘The
World as It Is’, pp. [73]–101; ‘Knebworth’, pp. [103]–126;
‘The Choice of Phylias. A Tale’, pp. [127]–147; ‘Lake Leman, and
its Associations’, pp. [149]–188; ‘The True Ordeal of Love. A Moral
Tale for Married People’, pp. [189]–211; ‘On the Want of Sympathy’,
pp. 213–227; ‘Arasmanes; or, the Seeker’, pp. [229]–293; ‘On
Ill Health. And its Consolations’, pp. [295]–311; ‘The Law of Arrest.
A Tale from Facts’, pp. [315]–322; ‘On Satiety’, pp. [323]–335.
Vol. 2 contains: ‘On Infidelity in Love’, pp. [1]–11; ‘Fi-Ho-Ti;
or, the Pleasures of Reputation. A Chinese Tale’, pp. [13]–34;
‘The Knowledge of the World in Men and Books’, pp. [35]–53; ‘The
Tale of Kosem Kesamin, the Magician’, pp. [55]–92; ‘On the Passion
for the Universal’, pp. [93]–108; ‘Ferdinand Fitzroy, or Too Handsome
for any Thing’, pp. [109]–123; ‘The New Phædo, or Conversations
on Things Human and Divine, with One Condemned’ (in the manner of the
dialogues of Plato), pp. [125]–361. Printer’s marks and colophons
of Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand. Originally adv. in MC (23
Mar 1835), as ‘Mr. Bulwer’s New Work. Nearly ready’.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1835 (NSTC, OCLC); 3rd edn. 1836 (OCLC); ‘new
edn.’, revised, 1840 (OCLC); French trans., 1835; German trans., 1835.
B: 18 [BURY,
Lady Charlotte Susan Maria].
JOURNAL OF THE HEART. EDITED BY THE AUTHORESS OF “FLIRTATION.” SECOND
SERIES.
London: James Cochrane and Co., 11, Waterloo Place, 1835.
351p. 12mo. 10s 6d boards (ER, LG); 10s 6d (Star); 21s for both ser.
(ECB).
Star (2 June 1835); LG 955: 300 (9 May 1835); ER 61: 539 (July 1835);
ECB 88 (1830–5).
BL N.1205; NSTC 2C4349 (BI C); OCLC 11679605 (1 lib).
Notes. Dedication (1 p. unn.) to the ‘Marchioness of Hastings
and Baroness Grey De Ruthyn’. List of contents (1 p. unn.) precedes
main text. The work consists of: ‘To the Memory of the late Hon. Anne
Seymour Damer; with some Account of her Life and Character’, pp. [1]–11;
‘A Journal of the Heart’ (including poetry), pp. [13]–58; ‘The
Lovers’ (signed ‘G. M.’), pp. [59]–87; ‘To Lady ****’ (poetry,
signed ‘L—.’), pp. 88–92; ‘Psalm CXXXIV’ (poetry, signed ‘K. B.’),
pp. 92–94; ‘The Battle’, pp. [95]–139; ‘Christmas-Day’, pp. 140–142;
‘Christmas-Hymn, for a Child’ (poetry), pp. 142–144; ‘Preface to
the Tale of the Three Lights’, p. 145; ‘The Tale of the Three Lights’,
pp. 146–159; ‘Flowers’ (poetry, signed ‘Anonymous’), pp. 160–162;
‘From the German’ (poetry, signed ‘Z.’), p. 163; ‘A Warning to
Artists’ (signed ‘E. R.’), pp. 164–178; ‘Sketches of London’ (poetry,
signed ‘S.’), pp. 179–189; ‘Jumper Cox’, pp. 190–191; ‘The
Priesters, a Story of the Roman Empire’, pp. 192–212; ‘The Emperor
and the Abbot. (Translated from the German.)’ (poetry), pp. 213–221;
‘Highland Janet’, pp. 222–243; ‘The Countess of Essex; a Tragedy’,
pp. 244–260; ‘The House of Falkenstein; or, Too Happy’, pp. 261–351.
Printer’s mark and colophon of Baylis and Leighton, Johnson’s Court,
Fleet Street. For details of 1st ser. (1830), see B: 4 above.
B:
19 [FRICKER, Thomas and
DAVIES, John].
*FIRESIDE LAYS AND LEGENDS.
London: Attwood, 1835.
1 vol. 12mo. 5s (ECB).
ECB 219 (Apr 1835).
No copy located.
Notes. BL copy (838.g.22) is of 2nd edn., but this is reported
as missing; contents consequently uncertain, though there is a high
likelihood of this work being of a miscellanous nature. Details taken
from BLPC and ECB. From contextual evidence, it would seem that Fricker
was the principal author of this work.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1835 (NSTC 2F16688).
B: 20 [?GASKILL,
Peter].
OLD BACHELORS: THEIR VARIETIES, CHARACTERS, AND CONDITIONS. BY THE
AUTHOR OF ‘OLD MAIDS.’ TWO VOLUMES.
London: John Macrone, St. James’s Square, 1835.
I 296p, ill.; II 295p. 12mo. 21s (ECB); 21s cloth (ER); 21s boards (LG).
MC (19 Oct 1835), ‘immediately’; LG 980: 701 (31 Oct 1835); ER 62: 529
(Jan 1836); ECB 422 (Oct 1835).
ABu SB.82379.Old; NSTC 2O2690 (BI C, E, O); OCLC 38614560 (2 libs).
Notes. NUC attributes to Peter Gaskill: see also Old Maids
(1835; B: 21 below) and Plebeians and Patricians (1836: 27),
both evidently by the same author. Dedication to ‘His Grace the Duke
of Devonshire &c. &c. &c. the Prince of Bachelors’, signed
‘the Author’, ‘October 26th, 1835’. Vol. 2, pp. 292–296, consists
of ‘Note A’ as ‘Referred to at Page 208’. Frontispiece portrait of the
Duke of Devonshire in vol. 1. Printer’s marks and colophons of A. J.
Valpy, M.A. Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. Sternean quasi-essayistic
narrative, with characters and dialogue incorporated. Originally adv.
in MC (12 Oct 1835).
B: 21 [?GASKILL,
Peter].
OLD MAIDS; THEIR VARIETIES, CHARACTERS, AND CONDITIONS.
London: Published by Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, 1835.
vi, 220p. 12mo. 6s (ECB).
MC (24 Mar 1835); ECB 422 (Mar 1835).
O 2474.e.307; NSTC 2O2746 (BI BL); OCLC 15864739 (5 libs).
Notes. For issue of author attribution, see Old Bachelors
(1835; B: 20 above). List of contents, pp. [i]–vi. Preface, whimsical
in tone, occupies pp. 1–9. Adv. list (24 pp. unn.) headed
‘Works recently Published by Smith, Elder and Co., Cornhill. Booksellers
to their Majesties’ at end. Printer’s mark and colophon of Newby, 11,
Little Queen Street. Sternean quasi-essayistic narrative, as found also
in above entry (B: 20). Originally adv. in MC (16 Mar 1835), as
to be published ‘in a few days’.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1835 (NSTC); New York and Providence 1835 (NSTC,
OCLC).
B: 22 [LONGFELLOW,
Henry Wadsworth].
OUTRE-MER: OR, A PILGRIMAGE TO THE OLD WORLD. BY AN AMERICAN. IN
TWO VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1835.
I 293p; II 332p. 12mo. 18s boards (BP, ER); 18s (ECB, MC).
BP (22 June 1835); MC (19 June 1835), ‘on Saturday next’ [20th]; ER
61: 539 (July 1835); ECB 427 (June 1835).
O 35.338; NSTC 2A10519 (BI BL, E); OCLC 6729988 (19 libs).
Notes. Each vol. has list of contents (1 p. unn.) preceding
text proper. Vol. 1 contains: ‘The Epistle Dedicatory’, pp. [1]–3;
‘The Pilgrim of Outre-Mer’, pp. [5]–10; ‘The Norman Diligence’,
pp. [11]–20; ‘The Golden Lion Inn at Rouen’, pp. [21]–28;
‘Martin France, and the Monk of Saint Anthony’, pp. [29]–54; ‘The
Village of Auteuil’, pp. [55]–71; ‘Jacqueline’, pp. [73]–85;
‘The Sexagenarian, a Sketch of Character’, pp. [87]–97; ‘Old English
Prose Romances’ (essay), pp. [99]–159; ‘Père la Chaise’, pp. [161]–179;
‘The Valley of the Loire’ (sketch), pp. [181]–201; ‘The Ancient
Lyric Poetry of the North of France’ (essay), pp. [203]–223; ‘The
Baptism of Fire. A Leaf from History’, pp. [225]–239; ‘Coq-à-l’âne’,
pp. [241]–256; ‘The Notary of Perigueux’, pp. [257]–274; ‘The
Journey into Spain’ (sketch), pp. [275]–293. Vol. 2 consists of:
‘Spain’ (sketch), pp. [1]–11; ‘A Tailor’s Daughter’ (sketch), pp. [13]–31;
‘Ancient Spanish Ballads’ (essay), pp. [33]–63; ‘The Village of
El Pardillo’, pp. [65]–86; ‘The Moral and Devotional Poetry of
Spain’ (essay), pp. [87]–126; ‘Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique’ (poetry),
pp. [127]–150; ‘The Pilgrim’s Breviary’ (sketch), pp. [151]–186;
‘The Journey into Italy’ (sketch), pp. [187]–207; ‘Rome in Midsummer’
(sketch), pp. [209]–239; ‘The Village of La Riccia’, pp. [239]–263;
‘Note-Book’, pp. [265]–275; ‘The Defence of Poetry’ (essay), pp. [277]–322;
‘The Pilgrim’s Salvation’, pp. [323]–328; ‘Colophon’, pp. [329]–332.
Marks and colophons of Rayner and Hodges, 15, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street.
Bentley MS List records print run of 500 copies. An earlier, much shorter
version of this work was published in 1833 by O. Rich, 12, Red Lion
Square, as Outre-Mer; a Pilgrimage beyond the Sea, and is held
in BL (C.116.e.1). This earlier version runs to 107 pp. 8vo, and
contains nine of the pieces found in the fuller, 1835 edn. The present
edn. first adv. in MC (9 June 1835), as to be published ‘immediately’.
Originally published Boston 1833–4, as Outre-Mer; a Pilgrimage Beyond
the Sea (NSTC, OCLC).
Further edns: 1850 as Outre-Mer; a Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea
(NSTC, OCLC); 1851 as Outre-Mer; a Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea
(NSTC, OCLC); 1851 (OCLC); 1851 (OCLC); 1853 (OCLC); 2nd edn. [sic]
Liverpool 1853 as Outre-Mer; a Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea (NSTC);
[at least 2 more edns. to 1870]; Dutch trans., 1858 (OCLC).
B: 23 NORTON,
[Caroline Elizabeth Sarah] [née SHERIDAN].
THE COQUETTE, AND OTHER TALES AND SKETCHES, IN PROSE AND VERSE. BY
THE HON. MRS. NORTON. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Edward Churton, 26, Holles-Street, 1835.
I 247p, ill.; II 264p, ill. 12mo. 21s (ECB, MC).
MC (21 May 1835), ‘on the 29th of May’; ECB 417 (June 1835).
O 256 e.14198; NSTC 2N10701; OCLC 9736586 (4 libs).
Notes. Engraved frontispiece portrait of ‘The Honble Mrs Norton’
facing t.p. of vol. 1; engraved portrait of ‘Lady Graham’ on verso facing
t.p. of vol. 2. Both vols. contain lists of contents (1 p. unn.).
Vol. 1 comprises: ‘The Coquette’, pp. [1]–44; ‘The Traitor’ (poetry),
pp. [45]–56; ‘Lament of the Poet Savage’, pp. [57]–68; ‘Summer’s
Gone’ (poetry), pp. 69–71; ‘The Spirit of the Hurricane’, pp. [73]–114;
‘The Farewell’ (poetry), pp. [115]–126; ‘The Broken Vow’, pp. [127]–151;
‘The Two Harps’ (poetry), pp. [153]–159; ‘Lines’ (poetry), pp. [161]–163;
‘The Two Pictures’ (poetry), pp. [165]–174; ‘Song of the Irish
Peasant Wife’ (poetry), pp. 175–179; ‘Curious Customs in the County
of Middlesex’, pp. [181]–225; ‘The Haunted Wood of Amesoy’ (poetry),
pp. 227–247. It is unclear whether p. 247 of vol. 1 represents
the last page in the vol., or whether several pages are missing. Vol.
2 contains: ‘To Lady Graham’ (poetry), pp. [1]–6; ‘The Forsaken
Child’, pp. [7]–83; ‘On Reading an Old Letter’ (poetry), pp. 85–93;
‘The Friend of our Early Days’ (poetry), pp. 95–97; ‘The Forsaken’
(poetry), pp. 99–101; ‘The Lost Election’, pp. [103]–141;
‘Mona Water’ (poetry), pp. [143]–152; ‘Lines on the Death of the
Stag’ (poetry), pp. [153]–162; ‘The Forsaken’ (poetry: ‘scene from
an unpublished verse play’), pp. [163]–178; ‘The Young Heir’s Death-Bed’,
pp. [179]–193; ‘Lines’ (poetry), pp. 195–197; ‘I Do no Ask
Thy Love from Fate’ (poetry), pp. 199–202; ‘Kate Bouverie’, pp. [203]–246;
‘Christmas’ (poetry), pp. [247]–260; ‘On the Death, Sir Walter
Scott’ (poetry), pp. 261–264. Vol. 2 contains colophon of Bradbury
and Evans, Whitefriars. NSTC notes that these pieces were ‘reprinted
from The Court Magazine’. MC (18 July 1835) contains an announcement
headed ‘Injunction Dissolved’, which notes: ‘His Honour the Vice-Chancellor
having dissolved the injunction granted to restrain the sale of this
work, the Public is respectfully informed that it can now be procured,
on application, of every book-seller and circulating librarian in the
United Kingdom.’
B: 24 POOLE,
John.
SKETCHES AND RECOLLECTIONS. BY JOHN POOLE, ESQ. AUTHOR OF “PAUL PRY,”
&C. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Published for Henry Colburn, by Richard Bentley; Bell and
Bradfute, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin, 1835.
I viii, 342p, ill.; II iv, 327p. 12mo. 21s boards (BP, ER, LG); 21s
(ECB).
BP (30 Apr 1835); MC (6 Apr 1835), ‘just ready’; LG 954: 285 (2 May
1835); ER 61: 538 (July 1835); ECB 461 (Apr 1835).
O Nuneham 256c.14141–2; NSTC 2P21347 (NA DLC, MH); OCLC 7439573 (15
libs).
Notes. Frontispiece portrait of the author, dated 1 May 1835.
Dedication to ‘John Charles Denham, Esq.’, vol. 1, p. [iii]. Preface,
pp. [v]–vi, notes that ‘The following papers […] have already appeared,
at intervals, since 1825, as contributions to a Periodical Work. The
favourable reception with which most of them were honoured on their
several and separate appearance has induced their re-publication in
their present form. […] Of the narratives, if they have the good fortune
to amuse, few readers will enquire whether they be founded, or not,
on fact. But some of them are so: after all, fact is the best foundation
for a superstructure of fiction.’ Each vol. has its own contents pages
(vol. 1, pp. [vii]–viii, and vol. 2, pp. [iii]–ix respectively).
Vol. 1 contains: ‘Dick Ferret. A Sketch by Way of Introduction’, pp. [1]–16;
‘Early Rising: “I’ll Pack my Portmanteau” ’ (sketch), pp. [17]–38;
‘Ruined by Economy’, pp. [39]–54; ‘Eminent Liars’ (sketch), pp. [55]–66;
‘The Little Pedlington Guide’ (sketch), pp. [67]–87; ‘My Aunt’s
Poodle’, pp. [88]–101; ‘Squire Fetlock—Squire Jehu. A Pair of Sketches’,
pp. [102]–127; ‘The Inconveniences of a Convenient Distance’, pp. [128]–151;
‘Cheap Celebrity. Biographical Memoir of the Late Ackerstone Bowerscourt
Fip’, pp. [152]–169; ‘Simon Tetchy. A Character’, pp. [170]–185;
‘A Suicide’s Last Carouse’, pp. [186]–213; ‘My First Tragedy’,
pp. [214]–246; ‘A Complaint of Street Minstrelsie’, pp. [237]–258;
‘Preparations for Pleasure; or, a Pic-Nic’, pp. [259]–314; ‘Sparrow-Shooting;
or, Goose-Green. A Dramatic Foolery’, pp. [315]–342. Vol. 2 contains:
‘The Late Mr. Tardy’, pp. [1]–43; ‘My Aunt’s Bequest’, pp. [44]–67;
‘A Defence of the Alphabet’ (sketch), pp. [68]–76; ‘Anecdotes of
Gaming. Preceded by a Sermon on the Fatal Consquences of Gaming’, pp. [77]–97;
‘Dick Doleful. A Sketch from Nature’, pp. [98]–110; ‘The Most Unfortunate
of Women; or, Memoirs of Miss Niobe Sadgrove’, pp. [111]–137; ‘A
Cockney’s Rural Sports’, pp. [138]–177; ‘Recollections of Certain
French Actors’ (nos. I–IV), pp. [178]–255; ‘After Dinner Chat’,
pp. [256]–298; ‘Notes for a Memoir. In a Confidential Letter to
the Publisher of the New Monthly Magazine’, pp. [299]–327. Colophons
of F. Shoberl, jun., 4, Leicester Street, Leicester Square. Bodleian
copy examined has paste-down label of the ‘Liverpool Library, Lyceum,
Bold Street’ on inside front cover of vol. 2. Originally adv. in MC
(11 Feb 1835), as ‘shortly will be published’.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1836 as The Comic Sketch-Book, or, Sketches
and Recollections (OCLC); 1843 (OCLC); London and New York 1859
(OCLC); Philadelphia 1835 (NSTC, OCLC).
B: 25 {HARDY,
Philip Dixon (editor)}.

Dublin: Philip Dixon Hardy, Cecila Street. W. F. Wakeman, D’Olier
Street. London: Richard Groombridge, Panyer Alley, Paternoster Row,
1836.
vi, 328p, ill. 16mo. 7s 6d (ECB); 7s 6d cloth (ER).
ER 63: 566 (July 1836); ECB 449 (Apr 1836).
BL 012612.df.24; NSTC 2H7896 (BI Dt; NA MH); OCLC 18703027 (6 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece with scene from one narrative facing t.p.
with vignette. Dedication, pp. [v]–vi, to ‘Sir William Betham,
F.S.A. L.S. M.R.I.A. R.A.S. Z.S. Ulster King of Arms of all Ireland,
etc. etc.’, signed ‘Philip Dixon Hardy’ and dated ‘37. Stephen’s Green,
March 28, 1836’. List of contents (1 p. unn.) precedes main text.
The work consists of: ‘Darby Doyle’s Voyage to Quebec’ (signed ‘T. E.’
and dated ‘Upper Canada, Oct. 4, 1832’), pp. [1]–18; ‘Reminiscences
of a Rockite’ (signed ‘M lang=DE>‘C.’), pp. [19]–63;
‘The Pooka’ (signed ‘E. W.’), pp. [64]–77; ‘Meelan; a Legend of
the South. By Edward Walsh’ (poetry), pp. [78]–87; ‘The Dreamers.
Founded on Fact’ (signed ‘J. L. L.’), pp. [88]–109; ‘The Smugglers’
(signed ‘Tim. Simkins’), pp. [110]–133; ‘ “Hie over to England” ’
(signed ‘W. B.’, running title reads: ‘Shaun Long and the Fairies’),
pp. [134]–148; ‘Ellen Duncan’ (signed ‘Denis O’Donoho’), pp. [149]–174;
‘Murtough Odge, the Outlaw’, pp. [175]–187; ‘The Abduction of a
Voter’ (signed ‘Denis O’Donoho’), pp. [188]–215; ‘The Leprawhaun’
(signed ‘J. L. L.’), pp. [216]–232; ‘The Unforgiven’, pp. [232]–244;
‘The Red Spirit’ (signed ‘Iota’), pp. [245]–259; ‘Paddy Doyle’s
First Trip to Cork’ (signed ‘E. W.’ and dated ‘Shandangin, May 1833’),
pp. [260]–273; ‘Pether Brierly’s Inn Adventure’ (signed ‘Denis
O’Donoho’), pp. [274]–280; ‘The Pattern of the Lough’ (signed ‘J. L. L.’),
pp. [290]–309; ‘The Banshee’ (signed ‘J. L. L.’), pp. [310]–328.
Further edn: 1837 as Legends, Tales, and Stories of Ireland: Illustrated
with Ten Characteristic Engravings (NSTC, OCLC).
C: Didactic–Religious
C: 1 [KYLE, Robert Wood].
THE MARTYR OF PRUSA, OR THE FIRST AND LAST PRAYER; A TALE OF THE
EARLY CHRISTIANS.
Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Company, 9, Upper Sackville-Street,
1830.
viii, 144p. 18mo.
C 8.25.25:1; NSTC 2M17634 (BI Dt); OCLC 48482343 (1 lib).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–viii, dated ‘April 25th, 1829’,
implies male authorship and asserts a conscious choice of anonymity:
‘The Author’s name could add no weight to the truths brought forward
in the following story; and its absence can in no wise detract from
their importance’ (p. iv). Heavily didactic narrative, dealing
with Christian martyrdom in Roman times. Adv. leaf (2 pp. unn.)
for ‘Works Published by William Curry, jun. and Co.’ between Preface
and beginning of a main text. No printer information found. Collates
in twelves and sixes.
C: 2 WILSON,
Plumpton.
PROTESTANT TRUTHS AND ROMAN CATHOLIC ERRORS: A TALE. BY THE REV.
PLUMPTON WILSON, LL.B. CURATE OF SHEPTON MALLET.
London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Patenroster-Row,
1830.
viii, 235p. 12mo. 6s (ECB).
ECB 642 (Mar 1830).
BL 119.f.17; NSTC 2W25987 (BI Dt, E, O); OCLC 48744256 (1 lib).
Notes. Dedication to ‘the Right Reverend George Henry Law, D.D.
Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells’. ‘Introduction’, pp. [v]–viii, states:
‘The Protestant rests the truth of his religion upon its correspondence
with the Holy Scriptures, and stands by the cross of his Redeemer. The
Roman Catholic, as implied by a learned apologist, “looks at him through
a long perspective.” Until this day remaineth the veil untaken away.
The Divine word is dimmed by the mask of tradition. The Church of Rome,
however, advances pretentions to supremacy, whilst the Church of England
is inflexible in the vindication of Truth’ (pp. [v]–vi). Narrative
proper ends on p. 203, and is followed by ‘Notes’ from p. [205]
onwards. At end of vol. is adv., reading ‘By the same Author […] A Second
Edition of Sermons, Dedicated to the memory of Her Grace, Eliza, Duchess
of Rutland’ (1 p. unn.). Printer’s mark and colophon of W. Wilson,
57, Skinner-Street.
C: 3 [WINTER,
Mary].
ALTON PARK; OR, CONVERSATIONS ON RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SUBJECTS; CHIEFLY
DESIGNED FOR THE AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG LADIES. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Printed and Published for the Author, by Keating and Brown,
38, Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, 1830.
I viii, 323p; II 305p. 12mo.
ABu SB.82379.Win; NSTC 2W27558 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 22432476 (7 libs).
Notes. ‘Entered at Stationer’s Hall’ on verso of t.p. in vol
1, and verso of half-title in vol. 2. Dedication to ‘the Right Honourable
the Countess of Shrewsbury’, pp. [v]–vi. Lists of contents to both
vols. present chapters in terms of religious and moral issues, though
narrative at large offers a continuous sequence involving characters
and conversations in the style of a novel. Errata list on end blank
page in each vol. ABu copy has paper covers, apparently original ones,
as well as an number of uncut pages! Colophons read ‘London: Printed
by Keating and Brown, Duke Street, Grosvenor Square’.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1833 (OCLC).
C:
4 [BARBER, Mrs].
*MORAL PARALYSIS; OR, THE GAMBLER.
London: James Burn, 1831.
134p. 18mo. 1s 6d (ECB).
ECB 39 (1831).
No copy located.
Notes. Apparently unique BL copy (4415.aa.6) reported destroyed.
Above details taken from BLPC, ECB, and NSTC 2B7194. The same author’s
Scenes of Life; or, the Influence of Religion. A Tale (1827)
would suggest that there is a heavy religious/didactic component in
the above.
C: 5 ANON.
THE WANING CHURCH.
London: Published by James Nisbet, Berner’s Street, Oxford Street,
1832.
iv, 343p. 12mo. 6s (ECB); 6s boards (LG).
LG 827: 750 (24 Nov 1832); ECB 622 (Nov 1832).
BL 764.e.12.1–2; NSTC 2C21350; xOCLC.
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, notes: ‘The characters pourtrayed
are not those of fancy, but of real life; and the errors combated not
of unfrequent occurrence. The Author has endeavoured to bring them to
the unerring standard of the law and the testimony of God’s word, in
the humble hope that the Christians may be excited, if but in the smallest
measure, to the study and imitation of their divine Lord, that His glory
being reflected, the Waning Church may henceforth become bright
and luminous’ (p. iv). Printer’s mark reads: ‘Printed by L. B.
Seeley and Sons, Weston Green, Thames Ditton, Surrey’.
C: 6 TAYLER,
Charles B[enjamin].
THE RECORDS OF A GOOD MAN’S LIFE. BY THE REV.  AND “A FIRESIDE
BOOK.”
London: Smith, Elder and Co. 65, Cornhill, 1832.
I 358, ill.; II 314p. 16mo.
ECB 578 (Feb 1832).
BL 1113.a.53; NSTC 2T2801 (BI E); xOCLC.
Notes. Frontispiece illustration of the author. Dedication to
‘every person that has undertaken the Responsible but Blessed Office
of a Godfather or Godmother’. ‘The Records of a Good Man’s Life’, in
the first person and highly religious in content and tone, occupies
vol. 1, its fictionality only being made obtrusive with ‘L’Envoy’, pp. 352–358,
where the author comes forward as a separate entity. The same ‘L’Envoy’
also contains a defence of fiction, granted an overriding seriousness
of purpose. Vol. 2 consists of a collection of shorter pieces, with
a list of contents (1 p. unn.) preceding the narratives proper:
‘Fulgentius and Meta’, pp. [1]–16; ‘Jean of Kent’, pp. 17–37;
‘The Lady Anne Carr’, pp. 38–56; ‘Guyon of Marseilles’, pp. 57–79;
‘The Lady Lisle’, pp. 80–143; ‘The Lowly Lady’, pp. 144–161;
‘Anne of Cleves’, pp. 162–218; ‘The Son and Heir’, pp. [219]–278;
‘A Vision of Conscience’, pp. 279–314. Printer’s marks and colophons
of Littlewood and Co., Old Bailey.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1832 (NSTC); 1834 (OCLC 40688537); New York 1832
(NSTC, OCLC).
C: 7 [SHERWOOD,
Mary Martha].
THE NUN.
London: R. B. Seeley & Burnside; and L. B. Seeley & Sons, Fleet
Street, 1833.
326p, ill. 12mo. 6s (ECB); 6s boards (ER); 6s cloth (LG).
LG 881: 781 (7 Dec 1833); ER 58: 553 (Jan 1834); ECB 534 (Dec 1833).
BL 1568/4829; NSTC 2B63378 (BI C, O); OCLC 25586847 (2 libs).
Notes. Engraved t.p. (the only one present), dominated by portrait
illustration of the nun under an arch. First-person account of career
as a Catholic nun, ending with conversion, marriage, and Protestant
familial contentment: ‘and thus I terminate my history, trusting that
those things respecting the Roman Catholic Church, which I have faithfully
recorded, may tend to fill the inhabitants of this Protestant land with
a sense of gratitude to that God, who has liberated their country from
the slavery of that great apostacy whose name is Mystery’ (pp. 325–6).
End of main text followed by ‘Note [to] Page 133’ (1 p. unn.).
Colophon reads ‘Printed by L. B. Seeley and Sons, Thames Ditton, Surrey’.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1834 (BRu ENC); 3rd edn. 1836 (NSTC, OCLC); 6th
edn. 1852 (OCLC); 1856 (NSTC); [1857] (NSTC); [1860] (NSTC); Princeton
1834 (NSTC, OCLC); German trans, 1840.
C: 8 [WHITE,
Joseph Blanco].
SECOND TRAVELS OF AN IRISH GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION. WITH
NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, NOT BY THE EDITOR OF “CAPTAIN ROCK’S MEMOIRS.”
IN TWO VOLUMES.
Dublin: Richard Milliken and Son, Booksellers to the University.
B. Fellowes, Ludgate-Street, London, 1833.
I xvii, 249p; II 245p. 16mo. 12s (ECB); 12s boards (LG).
LG 881: 781 (7 Dec 1833); ECB 597 (Dec 1833).
Corvey; NSTC 2B37341 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA DLC, MH); OCLC 14172449
(13 libs).
Notes. Dedication, p. [v], ‘To the People of Ireland’, signed
by ‘One who Sincerely Loves them’. It states that the people’s ‘Virtue,
Improvement and Happiness Must Depend not on the Antiquity or
Nationality, but on the Truth of the Religion’. ‘The Editor to
the Readers’, pp. [vii]–xiv, states that ‘the work which is here
laid before the public has RELIGIOUS TRUTH,
and nothing else for its object’ (p. xiv). Quotation from Goethe’s
Faust verso of t.p. in vol. 1. Lists of contents occupy pp. [xv]–xvii
in vol. 1 and 2 pp. unn. in vol. 2. ‘An Appendix on the Christian
Evidence […]’, pp. [193]–212, followed by ‘Illustrations’, pp. [213]–249,
at end of vol. 1. ‘Illustrations’, pp. [211]–242, and ‘Appendix’,
pp. [243]–245, at end of vol. 2. Each vol. has printer’s mark of
John S. Folds, 5, Bachelor’s Walk. Wolff (Item 4903) lists what is apparently
a Dublin only edn. of the same year, though his transcription of the
imprint is possibly unreliable. The first Travels of an Irish Gentleman
in Search of a Religion (1833), by Thomas Moore, is not fiction,
but a theological disquisition in the form of dialogues.
Further edn: German trans., 1835.
C: 9 ANON.
SUSAN AND MAGDALENE: OR, A FORTNIGHT’S VISIT. BY THE AUTHOR OF “HARRIET
AND HER COUSIN.”
Edinburgh: William Oliphant & Son, 7, South Bridge Street, 1834.
157p, ill. 16mo.
BL T.2089(1); NSTC 2S47289; xOCLC.
Notes. Frontispiece appears on verso facing t.p. Printer’s mark
of ‘J. Thomson, Milne Square’.
Further edn: [1866] (NSTC).
C: 10 [BRISTOW,
Amelia].
*VILLAGE WALKS: A SERIES OF SKETCHES FROM LIFE. BY THE AUTHOR OF
“EMMA AND SOPHIA DE LISSAU,” ETC. ETC.
London: Thomas Ward and Co. XXVII. Paternoster-Row, 1834.
104p. 18mo. 2s 6d (ECB); 2s 6d cloth (LG).
LG 886: 28 (11 Jan 1834); ECB 614 (Jan 1834).
No copy of 1st edn located.
Notes. Details follow 2nd edn., revised, of 1834 (O Vet.A6.f.465;
NSTC 2B48815). The Bodleian copy has list of contents (1 p. unn.),
itemizing the 12 sketches, all religious and didactic in nature, and
concerning inhabitants of the village. 4 pp. adv. list at end of
vol., for works published by ‘Thos. Ward and Co., 27, Paternoster Row’,
with heading ‘The London Depository for Religious Publications’. Printer’s
mark and colophon of Harjette and Savill, 107, St. Martin’s Lane, Charing
Cross. This copy also has what is evidently an authorial inscription:
‘To dearest Louisa from her fondly attached friend A. B.’
Further edn: 2nd edn., revised, 1834 (NSTC).
C: 11 FOLLEN,
[Eliza Lee Cabot]; {WARE, Henry (editor)}.
THE SCEPTIC. BY MRS. FOLLEN, AUTHOR OF ‘THE WELL-SPENT HOUR,’ &C.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers’ Court. Sold also by
J. Mardon, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, 1835.
140p. 18mo. 1s 3d (see below); 3s 6d [sic] (ECB).
ECB 210 (Oct 1835).
BL 694.c.1; NSTC 2F9606 (BI E); xOCLC.
Notes. Series-t.p. before individual t.p. reads ‘Scenes and Characters
illustrating Christian Truth. Edited by the Rev. H. Ware’, and introduces
the present item as ‘No. 2 The Sceptic. By Mrs. Follen, author of “The
Well-Spent-Hour,” &c.’. This is followed by the t.p. to the individual
story, as recorded above. The series evidently ended with the sixth
issue, the legend ‘Complete in six numbers’ appearing on the front wrapper
of No. 6, Alfred; or the Effects of True Repentance (1837). Colophon
reads ‘Daniell, Printer, Uppingham’. Price of this work given as 1s
3d on back of paper cover of The Backslider (1836; C: 16 below),
no. 5 in the series. BL copy bound in 1 vol., with the other stories
making up the series: Trial and Self-Discipline (1835; C: 13
below), Home (1836; C: 17 below), Gleams of Truth (1836;
C: 18 below), The Backslider, and Alfred (1837). The entire
series was originally published in Boston and Cambridge, MA 1835 (NSTC,
OCLC).
Further edns: 1837 (NSTC); London and Crewkerne 1850 (NSTC); London
and Leicester [1853] (NSTC); German trans, 1837 [as Der Zweifler,
vol. 1 of Lebens- und Charakterschilderungen zur Beförderung des
Chrstenthums].
C: 12 [GREY,
Elizabeth Caroline].
HYACINTHE; OR, THE CONTRAST. BY THE AUTHORESS OF “ALICE SEYMOUR.”
London: James Cochrane and Co. 11, Waterloo Place, 1835.
258p. 16mo. 5s cloth (ER, LG); 5s (MC).
MC (2 Jan 1835); LG 935: 853 (20 Dec 1834); ER 60: 535 (Jan 1835); ECB
291 (Dec 1834).
O 35.322; NSTC 2G22151 (BI C; NA MH); OCLC 21257041 (4 libs).
Notes. Printer’s mark of A. J. Valpy, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.
Further edns: 1845 (NSTC); 1846 (Summers).
C: 13 SAVAGE,
[Sarah]; {WARE, Henry (editor)}.
TRIAL AND SELF-DISCIPLINE. BY MISS SAVAGE, AUTHOR OF ‘JAMES TALBOT,’
‘THE FACTORY GIRL,’ &C.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers’ Court. Sold also
by J. Mardon, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, 1835.
100p. 18mo. 1s (see below); 3s 6d [sic] (ECB).
ECB 515 (Oct 1835).
BL 694.c.1; NSTC 2S5329 (NA DLC); xOCLC.
Notes. T.p. to the vol. reads ‘Illustrations of Christian Truth.
Vol. I’. This is followed by another t.p. giving the series title as
‘Scenes and Characters illustrating Christian Truth. Edited by the Rev.
H. Ware’, and introducing the present story (the first in the vol.)
as ‘No. 1 Trial and Self Discipline. By Miss Savage.’ The series evidently
ended with the sixth issue, the legend ‘Complete in six numbers’ appearing
on the front wrapper of No. 6, Alfred; or the Effects of True Repentance
(1837). Colophon reads ‘G. Daniell, Printer, Uppingham’. ‘Advertisement’
to the series describes its object as ‘to present familiar illustrations
of some of the most important practical principles of religion, and
to shew, by an intermixture of narrative and discussion, how they operate
in the government of the heart and life’. It adds that the series ‘is
expected to extend to eight or ten numbers, and will appear at intervals
of two months, or more rapidly if possible’. A brief statement on page
opposite to start of story proper notes that ‘The original, from which
the character of Phillis has been drawn without exaggeration, was intimately
known to the writer through the long period of more than thirty years’.
Price for this work given as 1s on back of paper cover of The Backslider
(1836; C: 16 below), no. 5 in the series. BL copy bound in 1 vol. with
the other stories making up the series: The Sceptic (1835; C:
11 above), Home (1836; C: 17 below), Gleams of Truth (1836;
C: 18 below), The Backslider, and Alfred (1837). The entire
series was originally published in Boston and Cambridge, MA 1835 (NSTC,
OCLC).
Further edn: 2nd edn. 1837 (NSTC).
C: 14 ANON.
A COUNTRY CURATE’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY; OR PASSAGES OF A LIFE WITHOUT A LIVING.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Smith, Elder and Co. Cornhill, Booksellers to their Majesties,
1836.
I xvi, 276p; II 257p. 12mo. 18s (ECB, ER, LG); 18s boards (MC).
MC (29 Nov 1836); LG 1033: 717 (5 Nov 1836); ER 64: 550 (Jan 1837);
ECB 139 (Nov 1836).
E NF.607.g.6; NSTC 2C39707 (BI BL, C); OCLC 22403917 (1 lib).
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–vii, introduces the work as an autobiography,
asserting the value of ‘the first person singular’ in spite of
its detractors, and ends by offering the narrative as an ‘ “unvarnished
tale” ’. Adv. list of ‘Works recently published by Smith, Elder
and Co., Cornhill’ (4 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 2, containing mostly
religious works. Printer’s marks and colophons of Stewart and Co., 15,
Old Bailey.
C: 15 ANON.
THE REFORMED FAMILY. BY AN OLD OFFICER.
London: J. Hatchard & Son, 187, Piccadilly, 1836.
168p. 12mo. 3s 6d cloth (ECB, LG).
LG 1019: 493 (30 July 1836); ECB 484 (Aug 1836).
BL T.2071(3); NSTC 2R5627 (BI C, O); xOCLC.
Notes. Possibly originating from The Reformed Family (Philadelphia,
1835), itself written for the American Sunday-School Union, but the
connection has not been established. Printer’s mark and colophon of
Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand.
C: 16 [LEE,
Hannah Farnham Sawyer]; {WARE, Henry (editor)}.
THE BACKSLIDER.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers’ Court. Sold also
by J. Mardon, Farringdon-street, 1836.
140p. 18mo. 1s 3d (paper wrapper).
BL 694.c.1; xNSTC; xOCLC.
Notes. Retains original violet-coloured paper wrapper, giving
series title (‘Scenes and Characters illustrating Christian Truth. Edited
by the Rev. H. Ware’) and the present title (‘No. 5, The Backslider’).
This also states ‘Price Fifteen-pence’ at the foot. Series-t.p. also
precedes individual t.p., as in other items in this series. Back paper
cover lists the five titles already published in the series, including
the present one. The series evidently ended with the sixth issue, the
legend ‘Complete in six numbers’ appearing on the front wrapper of No.
6, Alfred; or the Effects of True Repentance (1837). Colophon
reads ‘Daniell, Printer, Uppingham’. BL copy bound in 1 vol., with the
other stories making up the series: Trial and Self-Discipline
(1835; C: 13 abov), The Sceptic (1835; C: 11 above), Home
(1836; C: 17 below), Gleams of Truth (1836; C: 18 below), and
Alfred (1837). The entire series was originally published in
Boston and Cambridge, MA 1835 (NSTC, OCLC).
C: 17 SEDGWICK,
[Catharine Maria]; {WARE, Henry (editor)}.
HOME. BY MISS SEDGWICK, AUTHOR OF “REDWOOD,” “HOPE LESLIE,” &C.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers’ Court. Sold also by
J. Mardon, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, 1836.
151p. 18mo. 1s 3d (see below).
BL 694.c.1; NSTC 2S12218; xOCLC.
Notes. Series-t.p. before individual t.p. reads ‘Scenes and Characters
illustrating Christian Truth. Edited by the Rev. H. Ware’, and introduces
the present item as ‘No. 3, Home. By Miss Sedgwick, Author of “Redwood,”
“Hope Leslie” &c.’. This is followed by the t.p. to the individual
story, as recorded above. The series evidently ended with the sixth
issue, the legend ‘Complete in six numbers’ appearing on the front wrapper
of No. 6, Alfred; or the Effects of True Repentance (1837). Colophon
reads ‘G. Danniell, Printer, Uppingham’. Price of this work given as
1s 3d on back of paper cover of The Backslider (1836; C: 16 above),
no. 5 in the series. BL copy bound in 1 vol., with the other stories
making up the series: Trial and Self-Discipline (1835; C: 13
above), The Sceptic (1835; C: 11 above), Gleams of Truth
(1836; C: 18 below), The Backslider, and Alfred (1837).
The entire series was originally published in Boston and Cambridge,
MA 1835 (NSTC, OCLC).
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1837 (NSTC); [1844?] (NSTC); 1853 (NSTC, OCLC);
[1855?] (NSTC); German trans., 1837 [Die Heimat, vol. 2 of Lebens-
und Charakterschilderungen zur Beförderung des Chrstenthums].
C: 18 TUCKERMAN,
Joseph; {WARE, Henry (editor)}.
GLEAMS OF TRUTH; OR, SCENES FROM REAL LIFE. BY JOSEPH TUCKERMAN.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers’ Court. Sold also by
J. Mardon, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, 1836.
108p. 18mo. 1s (see below).
BL 694.c.1; xNSTC; xOCLC.
Notes. Series-t.p. before individual t.p. reads ‘Scenes and Characters
illustrating Christian Truth. Edited by the Rev. H. Ware’, and introduces
the present item as ‘No. 4, Gleams of Truth; or, Scenes of Real Life.
By Joseph Tuckerman’. This is followed by the t.p. to the individual
story, as recorded above. The series evidently ended with the sixth
issue, the legend ‘Complete in six numbers’ appearing on the front wrapper
of No. 6, Alfred; or the Effects of True Repentance (1837). ‘Prefatory
Note’ facing first page of story proper, dated ‘Boston, March, 1825’,
states that the following narrative is founded entirely on facts: ‘There
is here no more fiction than was required for the form given to the
narrative.’ ‘Note to Second Edition’, directly beneath this and dated
‘Boston, Sept. 1835’, states that ‘A few slight corrections have been
made in this edition; and a few individual facts are given in Chapter
III; for which I am indebted to the friend by whom I was introduced
to Mrs. W.’ Factory workers and cholera feature in the story. Colophon
reads ‘G. Danniell, Printer, Uppingham’. Price of this work given as
1s on back of paper cover of The Backslider (1836; C: 16 above),
no. 5 in the series. BL copy bound in 1 vol., with the other stories
making up the series: Trial and Self-Discipline (1835; C: 13
above), The Sceptic (1835; C: 11 above), Home (1836; C:
17 above), The Backslider, and Alfred (1837). The entire
series was originally published in Boston and Cambridge, MA 1835 (NSTC,
OCLC).
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1837 (NSTC 2T19454); German trans., 1837 [Strahlen
der Wahrheit, vol. 1 of Lebens- und Charakterschilderungen zur
Beförderung des Chrstenthums].
D: Local History, Topography, Travel
D: 1 ROBY,
J{ohn}.
TRADITIONS OF LANCASHIRE. BY J. ROBY, M.R.S.L. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row, 1829.
I x, 329p, ill.; II 330p, ill., music. 8vo. 52s 6d (ECB).
1st ser: ECB 498 (Oct 1829).
BL 838.i.6–9 (with 2nd ser.) NSTC 2R14688 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA MH)
[both ser.]; OCLC 13415633 (14 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece precedes t.p. Dedication, p. [iii],
to ‘the Right Honourable The Countess of Balcarres’, signed ‘John Roby’.
Preface, pp. [v]–x, dated 1 Oct 1829, notes: ‘The author of the
“Traditions of Lancashire,” in leaving the dry and heraldic pedigrees
which unfortunately constitute the great bulk of those works that bear
the name of county histories, enters on the more entertaining, though
sometimes apocryphal narratives, which exemplify and embellish the records
of our forefathers’ (p. vi). Each vol. contains list of contents
(1 p. unn.), which precedes narrative proper. Vol. 1 comprises:
‘Sir Tarquin’, pp. [1]–18; ‘The Goblin Builders’, pp. [19]–41;
‘Mab’s Cross’, pp. [43]–83; ‘The Prior of Burscough’, pp. [85]–117;
‘The Eage and Child’, pp. [119]–155; ‘The Black Knight of Ashton’,
pp. [157]–175; ‘Fair Ellen of Radcliffe’ (poetry), pp. [177]–187;