Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–viii, addresses the novel’s subscribers:
‘To those most illustrious personages, whose royal names gild my list,
I beg leave to express with the most grateful feeling, the high sense
I entertain of the benevolence, that induced them so graciously, to
grant my request. The most noble on my list, and another lady of the
highest respectability—claim next my thanks, and everlastingly, for
those favours, which a truly Christian feeling induced them repeatedly
to bestow’ (pp. [v]–vi). It also refers to ‘the pain of body and
mind, I more or less endured, for the last two years, in endeavouring
to raise the necessary number of subscribers’, and offers the 1st vol.
to those already secured, with the hope that ‘they may graciously exert
their influence to procure me subscribers, to enable me to print the
whole’ (pp. vii–viii). No subscription list found in the Corvey
copy, nor in the BL copy (N. 942, 943). Jarndyce Catalogue CLIV,
item 264, describes set with 8pp. Subscribers’ List in vol. 1, headed
by Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Jarndyce description also states
‘These are the sheets of the first edition published the previous year
by M. Iley’, but on what grounds is not clear. ‘Errata in Vol. II’ precedes
text in that volume. Colophons of J. Darling, Leadenhall Street.
1832: 15 [BULWER
LYTTON, Edward George].
EUGENE ARAM. A TALE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “PELHAM,” “DEVEREUX,” &C.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I xi, 299p; II 308p; III 306p. 12mo. 31s 6d (BP, ECB); 31s 6d boards
(ER, LG).
BP (1 Jan 1832); LG 780: 842 (31 Dec 1831); ER 54: 560 (Dec 1831); ECB
84 (Dec 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47167-2; NSTC 2B57404 (BI BL, C, Dt, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 2834546 (42 libs).
Notes. Dedication, pp. [v]–viii, to ‘Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
&c. &c.’, signed ‘The Author of “Eugene Aram” ’, and dated
‘London, December 22, 1831’. Preface, pp. [ix]–xi, dated ‘London,
Dec. 22, 1831’. Adv. for ‘Standard Novels and Romances’ (2 pp. unn.),
dated ‘New Burlington Street, Jan. 1, 1832’, at end of vol. 3. Printer’s
marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Bentley MS List gives 31 Dec 1831 as date of publication.
Further edns: 1833 (NSTC, OCLC; BP: 29 Nov 1833, 6s boards); 1836 (NSTC);
1840 (OCLC); 1841 (OCLC); 1846 (NSTC, OCLC); [at least 9 more edns.
to 1870]; New York 1832 (NSTC, OCLC); French trans., 1832; German trans.,
1832; Swedish trans., 1834; Danish trans., 1857.
1832: 16 [CADELL,
Cecilia Mary].
THE REFORMER. BY THE AUTHOR OF “MASSENBURG.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1832.
I 331p; II 352p; III 311p. 12mo. 27s (ECB); 27s boards (ER, LG).
LG 811: 493 (4 Aug 1832); ER 56: 264 (Oct 1832); ECB 484 (July 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48524-X; NSTC 2C941 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 13033979
(5 libs).
Notes. Vignette illustration of a grasshopper (or flea) on each
t.p. Advs. on verso facing t.p. in each vol. Printer’s marks and colophons
of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
1832: 17 [CALDERÓN
DE LA BARCA, Frances Erskine, Marchioness].
THE AFFIANCED ONE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “GERTRUDE.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1832.
I 329p; II 325p; III 307p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER, LG).
Star (22 Nov 1831); LG 772: 718 (5 Nov 1831); ER 54: 559 (Dec 1831);
ECB 8 (Nov 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47023-4; NSTC 2C1798 (BI BL, C, O); OCLC 1496690 (1
lib).
Notes. NSTC 2S14209, following Cambridge University Library Catalogue,
erroneously gives author as Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906); Gertrude
(1830: 35) has also been attributed to ‘Madame de Moëller’ by BP. Each
vol. has advs. verso facing t.p.. Vols. 1 and 2 have adv. lists following
main text (2 pp. unn. each); the final page to that in vol. 2 is
dominated by an adv. for ‘British and Foreign Subscription Library,
25, Holles Street, Cavendish Square (formerly the Banking House)’. Printer’s
marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
1832: 18 [CHAMIER,
Frederick].
THE LIFE OF A SAILOR. BY A CAPTAIN IN THE NAVY. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, (Late Colburn and
Bentley.), 1832.
I xi, 283p; II 323p; III 315p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s
6d (ECB).
BP (20 Dec 1832); Star (6 Dec 1832); LG 831: 813 (22 Dec 1832); ER 56:
571 (Jan 1833); ECB 345 (Dec 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48104-X; NSTC 2C14251 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA DLC).
Notes. Preface, pp. [i]–xi, notes: ‘some portion of my work
has, in another form, already been published, and now appears with some
of the scenes of a Sailor’s Life enlarged […]. Every scene is a scene
of real life, not exaggerated’ (p. [i]). Reference is also made
to fellow sailor-writers: ‘The gates of knowledge throughout the whole
world are opened to us; but, I grieve to say, we slumber at the portals,
or have hardly energy to enter. Some there are, and happy am I to bear
witness to their talents—such are Parry, Franklin, Hall, Marryat, Glascock,
Beaver, Beaufort, &c.—these men have exalted our profession, and
stamp the lie upon the assertion , “that sailors are fools” ’ (p. vi).
The preface concludes by pre-empting claims that the work derives from
‘the admirable Autobiography of Captain Basil Hall’: ‘The first number
of the Metropolitan Magazine, which began in May, 1831, had the first
chapter of this work in its pages. Captain Hall’s work did not appear
until two months afterwards’ (p. xi). The work as a whole often
reads like personal memoirs, though including fictional components such
as dialogue; it also later became part of the Standard Novels series.
Printer’s marks and colophons of A. J. Valpy, Red Lion Court, Fleet
Street. Bentley MS list records print run of 750 copies. Originally
adv. in Star (17 Mar 1832), as ‘in the press’.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1833 (NSTC, OCLC; BP: 18 Apr 1833, 31s 6d boards;
Bentley MS List: 500 copies); 1839 (OCLC); 1850 (NSTC); 1855 (OCLC);
1856 (NSTC, OCLC); Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC) [also New York 1833
(OCLC)]; German trans., 1835.
1832: 19 COATES,
[Mr] H.
THE WATER QUEEN, OR, THE MERMAID OF LOCH LENE. AND OTHER TALES. BY
H. COATES, AUTHOR OF THE WEIRD WOMAN OF THE WRAAGH, LUCIUS CAREY, &C.
&C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1832.
I 292p; II 277p; III 277p. 12mo. 18s (ECB, Star).
Star (30 June 1832); ECB 122 (1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47298-9; NSTC 2C27422 (BI BL, C, E, O); xOCLC.
Notes. The work consists of: ‘The Water Queen’, vols. 1 and 2
(up to p. 105); ‘The Three Brothers; or the Peasants of Cheetham’,
vols. 2, p. [107]–vol. 3, p. 69; ‘Rush Keif; or the Adjutant,
a Tale of 1798’, vol. 3, pp. [71]–277. The tales have separate
t.ps., that for ‘The Water Queen’ presenting it as ‘Translated from
the Gaedhlic’ [sic] and including 12 lines of verse. Lists of
‘New Publications’ at end of vols. 2 (3 pp. unn.) and 3 (1 pp. unn.).
Printer’s marks and colophons of J. Darling, Leadenhall Street.
1832: 20 [COOPER,
James Fenimore].
THE HEIDENMAUER; OR THE BENEDICTINES. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE PILOT,”
“THE BRAVO,” &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1832.
I xli, 314p; II 312p; III 293p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s
6d (ECB).
BP (19 July 1832); Star (10 Aug 1832); LG 809: 461
(21 July 1832); ER 55: 582 (July 1832); ECB 122 (July 1832).
Corvey; NSTC 2C36807 (BI BL, C, Dt, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 19980820 (23 libs).
Notes. Introduction, pp. [i]–xli, functions as a frame narrative
in relation to the tale of the Heidenmauer, and is concerned with the
author’s journey from Paris to Duerckheim, Bavaria, and his visit to
the eponymous relic (‘The Heathen’s Wall’). Printer’s marks and colophons
of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Further edns: 1836 (NSTC, OCLC; BP: 26 Oct 1836,
6s boards); 1854 (OCLC); 1856 (NSTC, OCLC); 1854–8 (OCLC); 1866 (OCLC);
Philadelphia 1832 (Blanck, OCLC); French trans., 1832 [as L’Heidenmauer,
ou le camp des païens]; German trans., 1832;
Danish trans., 1833; Swedish trans., 1834.
1832: 21 CROKER,
T[homas] Crofton [and/or CROKER, Marianne Nicholson].
*THE ADVENTURES OF BARNEY MAHONEY. BY T. CROFTON CROKER.
London: Fisher, Son, and Jackson, Newgate Street, 1832.
299p. 16mo. 8s (ECB); 8s boards (ER, LG).
LG 803: 366 (9 June 1832);
ER 55: 582 (July 1832); ECB 144 (May 1832).
No copy of 1st edn. located.
Notes. OCLC states that this work was in reality written by Marianne
Nicholson Croker, T. C. Croker’s wife, citing T. F. Dillon Croker’s
Memoir of the Late Thomas Crofton Croker (London, 1854). 1st
edn. 1832 cited at National Library of Scotland in NSTC (2C43643) not
discovered in that library. Details follow from 2nd edn. copy, at BL
(N.924); another BL copy examined (012601.ee.57) collates identically,
but owing to missing t.p., impossible to identify whether this is a
1st or subsequent edn. Sadleir copy (Item 659) is evidently 1st edn.,
and has same title and pagination as above entry. Dedication to ‘the
Honble. Mrs. Norton’ (1 p. unn.) follows t.p. Colophon of Fisher,
Son and Jackson, Newgate Street.
Further edn: 2nd edn. 1832 (Corvey, CME 3-628-47356-X, NSTC 2C43643,
OCLC 5911009).
1832: 22 [CURSHAM,
Mary Anne].
NORMAN ABBEY; A TALE OF SHERWOOD FOREST. BY A LADY. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: James Cochrane and Co., 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1832.
I xii, 300p; II 340p; III 312p. 12mo. 24s (ECB); 24s boards (ER, LG,
Star).
Star (11 Nov 1831), ‘in the course of this Month’; LG 783: 45 (21 Jan
1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832); ECB 416 (Jan 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48226-7; NSTC 2C47466 (BI NCu; NA MH); OCLC 21213016
(3 libs).
Notes. ‘To the Reader’, pp. [v]–vi. Historical Introduction
occupies pp. [vii]–viii, followed by ‘Lines on Sherwood Forest’,
pp. [ix]–xii. Lists of works ‘Just Published by James Cochrane
and Co., 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall’ occupy vol. 1, pp. [295]–300
and vol. 3, pp. [309]–312. Printer’s marks and colophons of A.
J. Valpy, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.
1832: 23 [DALTON,
James].
THE ROBBER. BY THE AUTHOR OF CHARTLEY, THE FATALIST. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1832.
I 351p; II 358p, III 339p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER, LG).
Star (17 Mar 1832); LG 778: 814 (17 Dec 1831); ER 54: 560 (Dec 1831);
ECB 495 (Dec 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47935-5; NSTC 2D1305 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 21920566
(3 libs).
Notes. Adv. lists on versos facing t.p. as follows: ‘New Novels’
(vol. 1), ‘Books for Presents’ (vol. 2), ‘Valuable New Publications’
(vol. 3). Printer’s marks and colophons of C. Whiting, Beaufort House,
Strand.
1832: 24 DAVENPORT,
Selina.
THE UNCHANGED. A NOVEL.
London: Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1832.
I 286p; II 273p; III 285p. 12mo. 13s [sic] (ECB); 18s (Star).
Star (11 June 1832); ECB 153 (May 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47377-2; NSTC 2D3616 (BI BL, C, O); xOCLC.
Notes. List of ‘New Publications’ (2 pp. unn.) at end of
vol. 1. Printer’s marks and colophons of J. Darling, Leadenhall Street.
1832: 25 [DE
QUINCEY, Thomas].
KLOSTERHEIM: OR, THE MASQUE. BY THE ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood; and T. Cadell, Strand, London, 1832.
305p. 16mo. 7s (ECB); 7s boards (ER, LG).
LG 798: 286
(5 May 1832); ER 55: 581 (July 1832);
ECB 323 (Apr 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48013-2; NSTC 2D9882 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA MH);
OCLC 39480682 (48 libs).
Notes. Printer’s mark of ‘Ballantyne and Co., Printers, Paul’s
Work, Edinburgh’, with colophon reading ‘Edinburgh: Ballantyne and Company,
Paul’s Work, Canongate’.
Further edn: Boston and New York 1855 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 26 [?Deale,
… or ?LUTTRELL, Henry].
CRAVEN DERBY; OR, THE LORDSHIP BY TENURE, INCLUDES THE LADYE OF THE
ROSE: AN HISTORICAL LEGEND, RELATING TO THE GREAT FOUNDER OF THE NOBLE
HOUSE OF DARBYE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “CROCKFORD’S; OR, LIFE IN THE WEST.”
IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Merric Smith, 3, Hyde Street, Bloomsbury, 1832/33.
I xviii, 258p; II 277p. 8vo. 21s (ECB); 21s boards (ER, LG).
LG 822: 669 (20 Oct 1832); ER 56: 570 (Jan 1833); ECB 142 (Oct 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47351-9; NSTC 2D6458 (BI BL, C, Dt, O; NA MH); OCLC
6737704 (5 libs).
Notes. For issue of author attribution, see Life in the West;
or, the Curtain Drawn (EN2, 1828: 38). Dedication, p. [v],
to the Duke of Devonshire. Introduction, pp. [vii]–xviii, discussing
the relationship between the two constituent parts. ‘Craven Derby’ occupies
vol. 1 (up to p. 30), and ‘The Lady of the Rose’ vols. 1 (from
p. [31]) and 2. Both vols. carry (unusually) the imprint date ‘1832–3’.
Printer’s marks and colophons of J. Evans, 91, Bartholomew Close.
1832: 27 [DISRAELI,
Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield].
CONTARINI FLEMING[.] A PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTO-BIOGRAPHY. IN FOUR VOLUMES.
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1832.
I 288p; II 247p; III 194p; IV 230p. 16mo. 24s (ECB); 24s boards (ER).
ER 55: 581 (July 1832); ECB 165 (Apr 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47323-3; NSTC 2D14219 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC
2712648 (15 libs).
Notes. T.ps. of vols. 2–4 have stop after ‘Fleming’ in title.
List of ‘Works Published by Mr. Murray’ (2 pp. unn.) at end of
vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons of William Clowes, Stamford Street.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1834 (NSTC, OCLC); Glasgow 1834 as The Young
Venetian; or, the Victim of Imagination. By Granville Jones (NSTC);
1845 (OCLC); ‘Second Edition’ 1846 (NSTC) with The Wondrous Tale
of Alroy [actually 3rd edn. of Contarini, 2nd of Alroy];
‘2nd edn.’ 1850 (NSTC, OCLC); 1853 (NSTC, OCLC); [at least 6 more edns.
to 1870]; New York 1832 (NSTC, OCLC); German trans., 1846; French trans.,
1863.
1832: 28 DUNNE,
F[rederick] W[illiam].
THE PIRATE OF BOFINE. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. BY F. W. DUNNE. IN THREE
VOLUMES.
London: Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1832.
I iv, 296p; II 282p; III 260p. 12mo. 18s (ECB, Star).
Star (10 Sept 1832); ECB 452 (1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47510-4; NSTC 2D23031 (BI BL, C, O); xOCLC.
Notes. Introduction, pp. [i]–iv, gives the circumstances
how, in the ruins of a castle on an island off the northwest coast of
Ireland, the ‘manuscript’ came into the supposed editor’s hands: ‘clearing
away the ruins, we perceived a flight of steps which led to a small
square chamber. One of the sailors more in advance, stumbled over what
on examination proved to be a coffer of Irish black oak, curiously carved.
Having brought it into the court, the Catholic clergyman belonging to
the island happened to come up as we were examining the contents, which
proved to be several rolls of parchment, closely written upon in the
Spanish language. // The priest here offered his services to translate
the manuscripts’ (pp. iii–iv). ‘Notes’ occupy pp. [291]–296
in vol. 1, pp [271]–282 in vol. 2, and pp. [258]–260 in vol. 3.
Printer’s marks and colophons of J. Darling, Leadenhall Street.
DUROS, Edward
See ATKINSON, Charles L.
1832: 29 [FRASER,
James Baillie].
THE HIGHLAND SMUGGLERS. BY THE AUTHOR OF “ADVENTURES OF A KUZZILBASH,”
“PERSIAN ADVENTURER,” &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I vii, 358p; II 347p; III 419p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s
6d (ECB).
BP (29 June 1832); Star (27 June 1832); LG 806:
413 (30 June 1832); ER 55: 582 (July
1832); ECB 216 (June 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47708-5; NSTC 2F14794 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC
10411766 (14 libs).
Notes. Introduction, pp. [iii]–vii, discusses the presentation
of Highland speech in the work. Printer’s marks and colophons of Ibotson
and Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand. Listed in Star as ‘by J. B.
Fraser, Esq.’.
Futher edns: Philadelphia 1835 (OCLC); German trans., 1834.
1832: 30 [GALT,
John].
THE MEMBER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE AYRSHIRE LEGATEES,”
ETC. ETC.
London: James Fraser, 215, Regent Street, 1832.
viii, 272p. 16mo. 8s (ECB); 8s boards (ER, LG, Star).
Star (30 Mar 1832); LG 784: 61 (28 Jan 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832);
ECB 222 (Jan 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48058-2; NSTC 2G1385 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA DLC,
MH); OCLC 12325208 (23 libs).
Notes. Dedication, pp. [iii]–viii, to ‘William Holmes, Esq.
M.P.’, in the form of a letter, headed ‘The Girlands, Jan. 1, 1832’,
and signed ‘Archibald Jobbry’. This begins: ‘I beg leave to inscribe
to you this brief Memoir of my parliamentary services, and I do so on
the same principle that our acquaintance, Colonel Napier, refers to
as his motive in dedicating that interesting work, the History of the
Peninsular War, to the Duke of Wellington.’ (p. [iii]) A postscript
to the dedication reads: ‘Herewith you will receive 4 brace moorfowl,
2 ditto B. cocks, item 3 hares, one side of a roe, and one gallon whisky
(véritable antique); which liberty please pardon. // Jan.
2.—I am credibly informed that the weavers of Guttershiels, over their
cups on hogmanae and yesterday, were openly discussing the division
of landed properties in this district! What have not these demented
ministers to answer for?’ (pp. vii–viii). Printer’s mark and colophon
of J. Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square. Listed in Star
as ‘by John Galt, Esq.’.
Further edn: 1833 as Reform: Being The Member and The Radical (NSTC,
OCLC).
1832: 31 [GALT,
John].
THE RADICAL: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE MEMBER,” “THE
AYRSHIRE LEGATEES,” ETC. ETC.
London: James Fraser, 215, Regent Street, 1832.
iv, 201p. 16mo. 5s (ECB); 5s boards (ER, LG, Star).
Star (15 May 1832); LG 800: 318 (19 May 1832);
ER 55: 581 (July 1832); ECB 222 (May 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48447-2; NSTC 2G1394 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, NCu, O; NA
DLC MH); OCLC 5724766 (18 libs).
Notes. Dedication, pp. [iii]–iv, to ‘the Right Honourable
Baron Brougham and Vaux, Late Lord High Chancellor of England’, signed
‘Nathan Butt!’ and dated ‘9th May, 1832’. Adv. (1 p. unn.) at end
of vol. notes: ‘By the same Author, In One Vol. 12mo. Price & Boards,
The Member: An Autobiography’. Printer’s mark and colophon of J. Moyes,
Castle Street, Leicester Square.
Further edn: 1833 as Reform: Being The Member and The Radical
(NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 32 [GALT,
John].
STANLEY BUXTON; OR, THE SCHOOLFELLOWS. BY THE AUTHOR OF “ANNALS OF
THE PARISH,” “LAWRIE TODD,” &C. &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I iv, 303p; II 311p; III 310p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s
6d (ECB).
BP (30 Mar 1832); Star (5 May 1832); LG 793: 205
(31 Mar 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832); ECB
222 (Mar 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48784-6; 2G1401 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 1626459 (18
libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, dated ‘31st Dec. 1831’. Printer’s
marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
ER and LG list as ‘By John Galt, Esq.’.
Further edn: Philadelphia and Baltimore 1833 (OCLC) [also Philadelphia
and Boston 1833 (NSTC)].
1832: 33 [?GORDON,
Mrs or ?NORTON, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah; née SHERIDAN].
THREE NIGHTS IN A LIFETIME, AND INISHAIRLACH: DOMESTIC TALES.
Edinburgh: MacLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock, London,
1832.
416p. 8vo. 10s 6d (ECB); 10s 6d boards (ER, LG).
LG 798: 286
(5 May 1832); ER 55: 581 (July 1832);
ECB 590 (Apr 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48959-8; NSTC 2G14299 (BI BL, C, O); OCLC 30854369
(3 libs).
Notes. Variously attributed to Gordon (NSTC, OCLC) and Norton
(OCLC); however, Edinburgh provenance argues more persuasively in favour
of Gordon being the author. Norton (1808–77) was the daughter of Caroline
Henrietta Sheridan (see 1830: 100 and 1833: 67) and grand-daughter of
Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Dedication (1 p. unn.) ‘To Delta […]
as a Testimony not more of Admiration for the Genius of the Poet, than
of Gratitude of the Kindness of the Man’. ‘Three Nights in a Lifetime.
A Tale’ runs to p. 162, followed by ‘Inishairlach. A Tale’, from
p. [163]. Printer’s mark reads: ‘Printed by Neill & Co. Old
Fishmarket’.
Further edns: ‘Three Nights in a Lifetime’ published separately, New
York 1835, as Three Nights in a Lifetime. A Domestic Tale. By the
Author of Inishairlach (NSTC, OCLC); ‘Inishairlach’ published separately,
New York 1835, as Inishairlach. A Tale (OCLC).
1832: 34 [GORE,
Catherine Grace Frances].
THE FAIR OF MAY FAIR. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I vii, 348p; II 329p; III 375p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s
6d (ECB).
BP (10 May 1832); Star (5 May 1832); LG 799:
302 (12 May 1832); ER 55: 581 (July
1832); ECB 237 (Apr 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47535-X; NSTC 2G14831 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC
12965907 (11 libs).
Notes. ‘A Word or Two With the Public’, pp. [iii]–vii, protesting
somewhat showily against that ‘many-headed monster’. Consists of several
tales, whose titles are given as appropriate on the main t.ps: ‘The
Flirt of Ten Seasons’, vol. 1, pp. [1]–233; ‘The Separate Maintenance’,
vol. 1, p. [235]–vol. 2, p. 220; ‘Hearts and Diamonds; or,
“Fifty Years Ago” ’, vol. 2, p. [221]–vol. 3, p. 36;
‘A Divorcée’, vol. 3, pp. [37]–152; ‘My Grand-Daughter’, pp. [153]–262;
and ‘The Special License’, pp. [263]–375. List of ‘New Novels by
Distinguished Writers, just Published by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley’
(2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 2. Printer’s marks and colophons of
J. B. Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament Street.
Further edn: Philadelphia and Boston 1834, as The Miseries of Marriage;
or, the Fair of May Fair (NSTC).
1832: 35 [GORE,
Catharine Grace Frances].
THE OPERA: A NOVEL. BY THE AUTHOR OF “MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.” IN
THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I 319p; II 304p; III 317p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER).
BP (20 Jan 1832); LG 783: 45 (21 Jan 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832); ECB
423 (Jan 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48258-5; NSTC 2G14867 (BI BL, C, E); OCLC 21322930
(9 libs).
Notes. Printer’s marks and colophons of C. Whiting, Beaufort
House, Strand.
1832: 36 [GRATTAN,
Thomas Colley].
LEGENDS OF THE RHINE AND OF THE LOW COUNTRIES. BY THE AUTHOR OF “HIGHWAYS
AND BY-WAYS”, ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I vi, 309p; II 309p; III 365p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s
6d (ECB).
BP (14 Aug 1832); Star (10 Aug 1832); LG 812: 510 (11 Aug 1832); ER
56: 264 (Oct 1832); ECB 241 (Aug 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51087-2; NSTC 2G18170 (BI BL, C, O); OCLC 4988157
(18 libs).
Notes. ‘Advertisement’, pp. [iii]–vi, dated ‘Schlierbach,
Valley of the Neckar, July, 1832’. This notes: ‘The following Stories
are gathered from various sources; and some of them are freely adapted
from the literature of the countries where the scenes are laid. The
“Bijdragen tot het oude Strafregt in Belgie;” the “Chroniques et
Traditions Surnaturelles de la Flandre;” and the German Legendary
Tales have furnished the subjects of several’ (p. [iii]). List
of contents (1 p. unn. each) precedes main text in each vol. The
tales consist of: ‘The Forfeit Hand. A Legend of the Fifteenth Century’,
vol. 1, pp. [1]–99; ‘The Orphan of Cambray. A Legend of the Fourteenth
Century’, pp. [101]–230; ‘The Curse of the Black Lady. A Legend
of the Twelfth Century’, vols. 1, pp. [231]–vol. 2, p. 146;
‘The Three Foretellings. A Legend of the Fourteenth Century’, vol. 2,
pp. [147]–219; ‘A Year of Joy. A Legend of the Twelfth Century’,
pp. [221]–247; ‘The Lady of the Cold Kisses. A Legend of the Year
1200’, pp. [249]–272; ‘The Double Doubt’, vols. 2, p. [273]–vol.
3, p. 72; ‘The Tragedy of the Truenfels. A Legend Without a Date’,
vol. 3, pp. [73]–97; ‘The Prisoner of the Pfalz’, pp. [99]–149;
‘Countess Kunigund’, pp. [151]–197; ‘Heidelberg Castle; and its
Legends’, pp. [199]–212; ‘The Legends of the Wolf’s Brun’, pp. [213]–263;
‘The Legend of Ruprecht’s Building’, pp. [265]–365. List of ‘New
Works of Fiction, by Distinguished Writers, just Published by Henry
Colburn and Richard Bentley’ (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 1. Printer’s
marks and colophons of G. Woodfall, Angel Court, Skinner Street. BP
notes: ‘One of the stories, it is stated, had already been made the
subject of a poem, which was soon afterwards suppressed.’ Listed in
Star as ‘by T. C. Grattan, Esq.’.
Further edns: 1849 (NSTC); 1854 (OCLC); 1857 as The Curse of the
Black Lady and Other Tales (OCLC); Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 37 GREEN,
William Child.
THE ALGERINES; OR, THE TWINS OF NAPLES. BY WILLIAM CHILD GREEN, AUTHOR
OF ALIBEG THE TEMPTER; ABBOT OF MONTSERRAT, &C. &C. IN THREE
VOLUMES.
London: Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1832.
I 253p; II 245p; III 228p. 12mo. 16s 6d (ECB).
Star (9 Nov 1831); ECB 244 (Nov 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47847-2; NSTC 2G20222 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 12406256
(3 libs).
Notes. List of ‘New Publications’ (1 p. unn.) at end of
vol. 1. List of ‘New Publications’ (3 pp. unn.) at end of vol.
2. Printer’s mark and colophons of J. Darling, Printer, Leadenhall Street.
1832: 38 [GRIFFIN,
Gerald Joseph].
THE INVASION. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE COLLEGIANS,” &C. IN FOUR
VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1832.
I xv, 300p; II 310p; III 312p; IV 347p. 12mo. 42s (ECB); 42s boards
(ER, LG).
LG 778: 814 (17 Dec 1831); ER 54: 560 (Dec 1831); ECB 298 (Dec 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47457-4; NSTC 2G22649 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 21219443 (11 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–xv, warns the reader against expecting
an historical novel: ‘The accuracy which we have endeavoured to use
in the delineation of manners could hardly be extended to the necessary
historical allusions, for not only is the chronology of the period exceedingly
confused, but many of the persons and events alluded to are so much
a subject to antiquarian controversy, as to leave their very existence
problematical’ (p. vi). Advs. verso facing t.p. in each vol. Printer’s
marks and colophons read: ‘B. Bensley, Printer, Andover’.
Further edns: Dublin 1832 (OCLC); Dublin 1850 (OCLC); Dublin and London
[1861] (NSTC).
1832: 39 GRIMSTONE,
{M}[ary] Leman.
WOMAN’S LOVE. A NOVEL. BY MRS. LEMAN GRIMSTONE. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1832.
I vi, 345p; II 320p; III 371p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER,
LG).
LG 792: 189 (24 Mar 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr
1832); ECB 246 (Mar 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47774-3; NSTC 2G23376 (BI BL, C, E); xOCLC.
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–vi, notes that ‘The following pages
were written in Van Dieman’s [sic] Land’ (p. [v]), and explains
the choice nevertheless of English materials. ‘Postscript’, vol. 3 ,
pp. [357]–371, signed ‘M. L. G.’, consists of an essay asserting
women’s rights. Advs. on verso facing t.p. in each vol. Printer’s marks
and colophons read: ‘B. Bensley, Printer, Andover’.
1832: 40 [HALL,
Anna Maria].
THE BUCCANEER. A TALE. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. (Late Colburn and
Bentley.), 1832.
I 343p; II 306p; III 315p. 12mo. 31s 6d (BP, ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER).
BP (27 Nov 1832); Star (24 Nov 1832), ‘on Tuesday next’ [27th]; ER 56:
571 (Jan 1833); ECB 250 (Nov 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47330-6; NSTC 2H2515 (BI BL, C, O; NA DLC); OCLC 1420735
(10 libs).
Notes. Adv. list (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 2. giving details
of Standard Novels (‘publishing monthly’) up to no. 22 (Godwin’s
Fleetwood). New arabic sequence (2 pp.) after main text in vol.
3, advertising three works ‘by Mrs. S. C. Hall’, this being followed
by list of ‘New Works of Fiction, just Published by Richard Bentley,
New Burlington Street’ (2 pp. unn.). Printer’s marks and colophons
of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street. Bentley MS list records
print run of 1,000 copies.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1833 (NSTC, OCLC; BP: 25 Mar 1833, 31s 6d boards);
1840 (NSTC, OCLC); 1854 (OCLC); [1857] (NSTC, OCLC); Philadelphia 1833
(NSTC, OCLC); German trans., 1833.
HALL, Anna Maria, REAL LIFE. PAGES FROM THE
PORTFOLIO OF A CHRONICLER
See ANON.
1832: 41 [HAMILTON,
Alexander].
THE DOOMED. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1832.
I vii, 302p; II 244p; III 301p. 12mo. 27s (ECB); 27s boards (ER).
ER 55: 582 (July 1832); ECB 168 (June 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47445-0; NSTC 2H4798 (BI BL, C, O; NA DLC); xOCLC.
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–vii, refers (possibly as part of
the fiction) to the same subject having appeared ‘from the pen of an
amiable lady, by whom, it is but justice to say, the manuscript of the
following pages was never beheld’ (p. vi). Printer’s marks and
colophons of Maurice and Co., Fenchurch Street.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1834 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 42 HARRISON,
W[illiam] H[enry].
CHRISTMAS TALES, HISTORICAL AND DOMESTIC. BY W. H. HARRISON, AUTHOR
OF TALES OF A PHYSICIAN, THE HUMOURIST, ETC. ETC. EMBELLISHED WITH ENGRAVING,
BY BACON, ENGLEHEART, CHARLES ROLLS, AND GOODYEAR; FROM DESIGNS BY RICHTER,
CORBOULD, AND J. M. WRIGHT. WITH A MEDALLION PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER
SCOTT, BART.
London: Jennings and Chaplin, n.d. [?1832].
280p, ill. 18mo. 8s (ECB).
ECB 256 (Nov 1832).
BL 837.d.36; NSTC 2H9962 (BI C); OCLC 15214958 (1 lib).
Notes. LG 807: 430 (7 July 1832) lists ‘Tales, &c. by W.
H. Harrison, No. I. the Lost Deed, 1s. sewed; proofs 1s. 6d. sewed’;
however, LG 927: 725 (25 Oct 1834) and ER 60: 535 (Jan 1835) list ‘Christmas
Tales, by W. H. Harrison’, at 6s. Additional engraved t.p. (also undated)
with medallion portrait of Sir Walter Scott, based on Chantry’s bust.
Prefatory notice (1 p.unn.) states: ‘That the Pictorial Embellishments
of the Annuals are derived from subjects originally unconnected with
the volumes they adorn, and, that, consequently, the Letter-press is
adapted to the Plates, is a fact so generally known, that little credit
for candour is claimed in the avowal that the Engravings of this Work
were made from drawings, by eminent masters, intended to illustrate
the Novels of Sir Walter Scott.’ List of contents and table of illustrations.
The collection has four tales: ‘The Lost Deed’, pp. [1]–72; ‘The
Novice’, pp. [73]–192; ‘The Autobiography of an Ugly Man’, pp. [193]–232;
and ‘The Lawyer’s Daughter’, pp. [233]–280. Six plates in all,
including frontispiece. Colophon of R. Clay, Bread Street Hill’.
Further edns: 1833 (NSTC, OCLC); [1840?] (NSTC).
1832: 43 HENRY,
William Wentforth.
THE JEWS OF GENEVA; A TALE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: FOUNDED ON
FACTS IN SWITZERLAND, BY WILLIAM WENTFORTH HENRY.
Dublin: Henry Evans, Sacville-Street, 1832.
vi, 120p. 12mo.
BL 1608/4551; NSTC 2H17777; xOCLC.
Notes. Dedication to ‘Sacville Hatch Lovett, Esq. from his son-in-law
and sincere friend, Wm. Wentforth Henry, of Signlands, Limerick, Ireland’.
Preface (signed) praises ‘The Standard Novels of Sir Walter Scott, those
of my own countryman, Mr. Banim, and those of the American Cooper’ (p. [iii]).
The works of Scott in particular are deemed to have ‘done more good
than perhaps any British author since Milton’s times’ (p. iv).
Henry concludes by stating that: ‘In speaking of French Royalism, I
have not wished or meant to confound the heroism of the valiant Vendeans
and the officers of the brave national army, with those fanatics who
plundered the protestants in the reaction of 1815’ (p. vi). Single
(unn.) page after main text includes ‘Lines on the Death of Young Napoleon’
and a ‘Note to the Nineteenth Page’. Collates in sixes.
1832: 44 [HOGG,
James].
ALTRIVE TALES: COLLECTED AMONG THE PEASANTRY OF SCOTLAND, AND FROM
FOREIGN ADVENTURERS. BY THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
London: James Cochrane and Co., 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1832.
viii, cli, 190p, ill. 16mo. 5s (ECB); 6s (prefatory adv.).
ECB 276 (Mar 1832).
BL 12623.e.7; NSTC 2H25688 (BI E, O; NA MH); OCLC 13829466 (18 libs).
Notes. Prefatory adv. (2 pp.), dated 31 Mar 1832, announces publication
of ‘Vol. I of the Altrive Tales: To Be Completed in Twelve Volumes,
One Every Other Month: Printed Uniformly with the Waverley Novels’.
It notes: ‘The Twelve Volumes will consist […] of a Selection from the
Author’s most approved Writings, interspersed with many Original Tales,
than of an assemblage of all he has written; and he has been induced
to make it, not as an ostentatious display, but as an Inheritance to
his Children and a Legacy to his Country.’ No further volumes, however,
were published; and the actual public release of the vol. appears to
have been delayed by something like a fortnight after the advertised
date of 31 Mar 1832 (see Gillian Hughes, ‘Introduction’ to the Stirling/South
Carolina Edn. of Altrive Tales, Edinburgh University Press, 2003),
p. xxvi). Frontispiece portrait of ‘The Ettrick Shepherd (Aged
60)’. ‘Contents of the First Volume’ and ‘Illustrations to the First
Volume’ (2 pp. unn.) follow t.p. Dedication to ‘the Right Honourable
Lady Anne Scott, of Buccleugh’ occupies pp. [i]–viii. New roman
sequence follows, containing ‘Memoir of the Author’s Life’, pp. [i]–xciii,
and ‘Reminiscences of Former Days’, pp. xciv–cli. The tales consist
of: ‘The Adventures of Captain John Lochy, Written by Himself’, pp. [1]–142;
‘The Pongos: A Letter from Southern Africa’, pp. 143–163; ‘Marion’s
Jock’, pp. 164–190. Adv. for ‘Roscoe’s Novelists’ Library’ (2 pp. unn.)
bound at end of vol. Printer’s mark and colophon of A. J. Valpy, Red
Lion Court, Fleet Street.
Further edn: a reissue, 1835 (NSTC, OCLC). Gillian Hughes (see above)
describes an earlier reissue of 1832 (p. xxx).
1832: 45 [HUISH,
Robert].
FITZALLAN[.] BY A BLUE.
London: Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster Row, 1832.
I 490p, ill; II 410p, ill. 8vo.
BL N.898; NSTC 2H35873; OCLC 4097846 (1 lib).
Notes. BL copy has ‘Robert Huish’ pencilled in on t.p. Vignette
t.ps. and frontispieces in each vol. illustrate scenes from the novel
with accompanying text. ‘Exordium’, pp. [1]–8, precedes narrative
proper, describing a fictional conversation between ‘Robert’ and his
grandmother, regarding the merits and failings of the author’s novel,
as well as debating other topics such as society and religion. ‘Directions
to the Binder’ (1 p. unn.) for the eight illustrations across both
vols. follows the text of vol. 2. At the end of vol. 2 is a list of
‘Novels, &c.’ published in parts by Kelly. Colophons of William
Clowes, Stamford Street.
1832: 46 [HUNT,
James Henry Leigh].
SIR RALPH ESHER: OR, ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN OF THE COURT OF CHARLES
II. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I 299p; II 354p; III 344p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s 6d
(ECB).
BP (25 Jan 1832); Star (20 Mar 1830), ‘in a few days’; LG 784: 61 (28
Jan 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832); ECB 289 (Jan 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48745-5; NSTC 2H37402 (BI BL, C); OCLC 3960786 (37
libs).
Notes. Block notes: ‘Dr. A. Mitchell describes an earlier issue:
“Sir Ralph Esher; or, Memoirs of the Court of Charles II. 3 vols., 1830.” ’
Sadleir (Item 1245) states that this was prepared in 1830 but not actually
published until 1832, although a few copies with the older date may
have strayed into the marketplace, and that vol. 2 of his own copy carries
advs. for works published in 1830. ‘Introductory Letter of the Author’
in vol. 1, pp. [1]–3, effectively part of the narrative proper.
Drop-head title on p. 33 reads: ‘Memoirs of Sir Ralph Esher’. Adv.
list (2 pp.) at end of vol. 2 of ‘Interesting New Works just Published
by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley’. Colophons of C. and W. Reynell,
Broad Street, Golden Square. BP quotes Hunt’s Autobiography (1860):
‘ “Sir Ralph Esher” was a fictitious autobiography. The opening
of the court scenes were suggested by the locality of Epson, to which
place we had removed. […] It was given to the world anonymously, and
notwithstanding my wishes to the contrary, as a novel; but the publisher
pleaded hard for the desirableness of so doing; and as he was a good-natured
man, and had liberally enabled me to come from Italy, I could not say
nay. It is not destitute of adventure, and I took a world of pains to
make it true to the times which it pictured; but whatever interest it
may possess is so entirely owing, I conceive, to a certain reflecting
exhibition of character, and to facsimile imitations of the courts of
Charles and Cromwell, that I can never present it to my mind in any
other light than that of a veritable set of memoirs. // The reader may
judge of the circumstances under which authors sometimes write, when
I tell him that the publisher had entered into no regular agreement
respecting this work; that he could decline receiving any more of it
whenever it might please him to do so; that I had nothing else at the
time to depend on for my family; that I was in very bad health, never
writing a page that did not put my nerves into a state of excessive
sensibility, starting at every sound; and that whenever I sent the copy
up to London for payment, which I did every Saturday, I always expected,
till I got a good way into the work, that he would send me word he had
had enough.’
Further edns: reissued with cancel t.p., 1832 (NSTC, OCLC); London and
Edinburgh 1850 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 47 INGLIS,
Henry D[avid].
THE NEW GIL BLAS; OR, PEDRO OF PENAFLOR. BY HENRY D. INGLIS, AUTHOR
OF “SPAIN IN 1830,” ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman,
1832.
I ix, 300p; II vii, 288p; III vii, 249p. 12mo. 27s (ECB, Star); 27s
boards (ER, LG).
Star (18 Apr 1833); LG 816: 574 (8 Sept 1832); ER 56: 264 (Oct 1832);
ECB 296 (Sept 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47918-5; NSTC 2I2435 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC
39252926 (6 libs).
Notes. Lists of contents occupy pp. [vii]–[ix] in vol. 1,
and pp. [v]–vii in vols. 2 and 3. Printer’s marks and colophons
of Manning and Smithson, 4, London House Yard, St. Paul’s.
Further edns: 1833 (NSTC, OCLC); Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 48 [IRVING,
Washington].
THE ALHAMBRA. BY GEOFFREY CRAYON, AUTHOR OF THE “SKETCH BOOK,” “BRACE
BRIDGE HALL,” “TALES OF A TRAVELLER,” &C. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I viii, 333p; II 299p. 8vo. 24s (BP, ECB, Star); 34s [sic] boards
(ER); 24s boards (LG).
BP (4 May 1832); Star (5 May 1832); LG 798: 286
(5 May 1832); ER 55: 581 (July 1832); ECB 301 (Apr 1832).
Corvey; NSTC 2I4612 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA DLC,
MH); OCLC 2179281 (46 libs).
Notes. Dedication to ‘David Wilkie, Esq. R. A.’, pp. [iii]–vi,
signed ‘Your friend and fellow-traveller, the Author’ and dated ‘May,
1832’. This describes how the author was induced by his friend ‘to write
[…] “something in the Haroun Alrasched style” ’ (p. [iii]).
List of contents to vol. 1 occupies pp. [vii]–viii; in vol. 2 this
precedes main text on an unn. page. Vol. 1 comprises: ‘The Journey’,
pp. [1]–37; ‘Government of the Alhambra’, pp. [39]–46; ‘Interior
of the Alhambra’, pp. [47]–65; ‘The Tower of Comares’, pp. [67]–78;
‘Reflection on the Moslem Domination in Spain’, pp. [79]–88; ‘The
Household’, pp. [89]–100; ‘The Truant’, pp. [101]–109; ‘The
Author’s Chamber’, pp. [111]–123; ‘The Alhambra by Moonlight’,
pp. [125]–130; ‘Inhabitants of the Alhambra’, pp. [131]–140;
‘The Court of Lions’, pp. [141]–154; ‘Boaledil el Chico’, pp. [155]–164;
‘Mementos of Boaledil’, pp. [165]–173; ‘The Balcony’, pp. [175]–189;
‘The Adventure of the Mason’, pp. [191]–200; ‘A Ramble among the
Hill’, pp. [201]–219; ‘Local Traditions’, pp. [221]–228; ‘The
House of the Weathercock’, pp. [229]–233; ‘Legend of the Arabian
Astrologer’, pp. [235]–275; ‘The Tower of Las Infantas’, pp. [277]–282;
‘Legend of the Three Beautiful Princesses’, pp. [283]–333. Vol.
2 contains: ‘Visitors of the Alhambra’, pp. [1]–14; ‘Legend of
Prince Ahmed al Kamel; or, the Pilgrim of Love’, pp. [15]–82; ‘Legend
of the Moor’s Legacy’, pp. [83]–128; ‘The Legend of the Rose of
the Alhambra: Or, the Page and the Ger Falcon’, pp. [129]–163;
‘The Veteran’, pp. [165]–171; ‘The Governor and the Notary’, pp. [173]–189;
‘Governor Manco and the Soldier’, pp. [191]–229; ‘Legend of the
Two Discreet Statues’, pp. [231]–270; ‘Muhamed Abu Alahmar, the
Founder of the Alhambra’, pp. [271]–287; ‘Yusuf Abul Hagig, the
Finisher of the Alhambra’, pp. [289]–299. Advs. (4 pp. unn.)
at end of vol. 2. Vol. 1 has printer’s mark verso facing t.p. and colophon
of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street. Vol. 2 has printer’s
mark verso facing t.p. and colophon of Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street,
Strand. BP notes: ‘One thousand guineas was given for the copyright
of this work. […] Mr. Bohn paid £400 compensation, in 1851, for printing
“The Alhambra,” and two other stories by Washington Irving, in this
country.’ ER lists as ‘Irving’s New Sketch-Book. The Alhambra’.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1832 (Bentley Cat: 27 July
1832; 16s boards); 1835 as Standard Novels, vol. 49, retitled Tales
of the Alhambra, with René Chateaubriand’s The Last of the Abencerages
(EN2, 1826: 24) and Horace Smith’s The Involuntary Prophet [originally
published in Tales of the Early Ages (1832: 78)] (NSTC,
OCLC; BP: 28 Nov 1835, 6s boards); 1850 (NSTC, OCLC); 1853 (NSTC); 1870
(NSTC); Philadelphia 1832 (Blanck, NSTC, OCLC); French trans., 1832
[as Le Contes de l’Alhambra, precedes d’un Voyages dans la province
de Grenade, traduits de Washington Irving];
German trans., 1833; Spanish trans., 1833; Swedish trans., 1833; Danish
trans., 1833–4; German trans., 1847; Hungarian trans., 1860; Icelandic
trans., 1860.
1832: 49 [JAMES,
George Payne Rainsford].
HENRY MASTERTON; OR THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG CAVALIER. BY THE AUTHOR
OF “RICHELIEU,” “DARNLEY,” &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I 324p; II 344p; III 346p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s 6d
(ECB);.
BP (20 June 1832); Star (5 May 1832); LG 804: 381
(16 June 1832); ER 55: 582 (July 1832);
ECB 264 (June 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47938-X; NSTC 2J2116 (BI BL, C, O; NA DLC, MH); OCLC
4334443 (18 libs).
Notes. Lists of ‘Standard Novels and Romances’ (2 pp. unn.)
and ‘New Works, just Published by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley,
New Burlington Street’ (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 2. List of ‘New
Works Preparing for Publication by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley,
New Burlington Street’ (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 3. Printer’s
marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Bentley MS List gives publication date of 12 June 1832.
Further edns: revised and corrected, 1837 (NSTC, OCLC; BP 24 Nov 1837,
6s); 1847 (OCLC); 1851 (NSTC); 1853 (OCLC); 1858 (OCLC); 1865 (OCLC);
New York 1832 (OCLC); German trans., 1833; French trans., 1835 [as Mémoires
d’un jeune cavalier, par James].
1832: 50 [JAMES,
George Payne Rainsford].
THE STRING OF PEARLS. BY THE AUTHOR OF “DARNLEY,” &C. IN TWO
VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. (Late Colburn and
Bentley.), 1832.
I iv, 283p; II 282p. 16mo. 15s boards (BP, ER, LG); 15s (ECB).
BP (10 Nov 1832); Star (29 Oct 1832); LG 825: 717 (10 Nov 1832); ER
56: 570 (Jan 1833); ECB 566 (Oct 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51073-2; NSTC 2J2172 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 2850172
(7 libs).
Notes. ‘Advertisement’, pp. [iii]–iv, notes: ‘The pages
which follow were written many years ago, before seventeen summers had
passed over their writer’s head’ (p. [iii]). Handwritten note on
t.p. of vol. 2 in Corvey copy reads: ‘by G. P. R. James’. Vol.
1 comprises: ‘The Story of Hadgee Ibraham and his Son’, pp. [1]–42;
‘The Story of the Charitable Man and his Dog’, pp. 43–65; ‘The
Sequel of The Story of Hadgee Ibraham and his Son’, pp. 66–82;
‘The Building of Bagdat’, pp. [83]–155; ‘The History of The Diver
of Oman’, pp. [157]–283. Vol. 2 contains: ‘Travels of Prince Acbar’,
pp. [1]–187, and ‘The Palace of the Talisman’, pp. [189]–282.
Lists of ‘The Standard Novels and Romances’ (1 p. unn.) and ‘New
Works of Fiction, by Eminent Authors’ (1 p. unn.) at end of vol.
2. Printer’s marks and colophons of Bradbury and Evans, Bouverie Street.
Bentley MS List records print run of 750 copies.
Further edns: 1849 (NSTC); New York 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 51 [JONES,
Miss].
THE FALSE STEP. AND THE SISTERS. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1832.
I 345p; II 322p; III 315p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER, LG).
Star (22 Nov 1831); LG 771: 702 (29 Oct 1831); ER 54: 559 (Dec 1831);
ECB 199 (Oct 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47545-7; NSTC 2J9917 (BI BL, C, E; NA MH); OCLC 12815126
(6 libs).
Notes. ‘The False Step’ runs to vol. 2, p. 154, followed
by ‘The Sisters’, vols. 2 (from p. [155]) and 3. Printer’s marks
and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street. Advs.
verso facing t.p. in each vol.
Further edn: New York 1832 (OCLC).
1832: 52 [KENNEDY,
John Pendleton].
SWALLOW BARN; OR A SOJOURN IN VIRGINIA. AN AMERICAN TALE. IN FOUR
VOLUMES.
London: Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1832.
I 215p; II 237p; III 255p; IV 258p. 12mo. 20s (ECB, Star); 20s boards
(ER, LG).
Star (10 Sept 1832); LG 815: 558 (1 Sept 1832); ER 56: 264 (Oct 1832);
ECB 571 (Aug 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48740-4; NSTC 2K3247 (BI BL, E, O); OCLC 27119532
(3 libs).
Notes. Chapter 1, pp. [1]–27, is in the form of an ‘Introductory
Epistle’ to ‘Zachary Huddlestone, Esq. Preston Ridge, New York’ from
‘Mark Littleton, Swallow Barn, June 20, 1829’. Running title varies
according to chapter headings. Lists of ‘New Publications’ at end of
vols. 1 (1 p. unn.), 2 (3 pp. unn.) and 3 (1 p. unn.).
Printer’s marks and colophons of J. Darling, Leadenhall Street. Originally
published Philadelphia 1832, as Swallow Barn; or, a Sojourn in the
Old Dominion (Blanck, NSTC, OCLC).
Further edn: Swedish trans., 1835.
1832: 53 KENNEDY,
William (editor).
THE CONTINENTAL ANNUAL, AND ROMANTIC CABINET, FOR 1832. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY SAMUEL PROUT, ESQ., F.S.A. PAINTER IN WATER COLOURS IN ORDINARY TO
HIS MAJESTY. EDITED BY WILLIAM KENNEDY, ESQ.
London: Published by Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill, n.d. [1832].
ix, 313p, ill. 12mo. 14s (ECB); ‘14s. morocco’ (LG).
LG 771: 702 (29 Oct 1831); ECB 132 (Nov 1831).
O Nuneham Per.256 e.14803; NSTC 2K3346 (BI BL, C; NA MH); OCLC 29080843
(9 libs).
Notes. Frontispiece, depicting Antwerp’s Cathedral Tower, faces
engraved t.p. which itself precedes the printed t.p. Dedication to ‘the
most Noble the Marchioness of Stafford’ (p. [iii]). Preface, pp. [v]–vi,
notes: ‘It has been frequently remarked concerning the class of periodicals
of which the volume now submitted to the public is the youngest, that
they present too uniform a resemblance to each other, and that, while
increasing in number, their object and plan make no corresponding advances
toward originality. […] Impressed with the belief that the taste for
the wild and wonderful will endure as long as man retains the faculty
of imagination, we have selected from the varied walks of literature
the fairy track of Romance. On that enchanted path we purpose rambling
from year to year […] In this introductory effort, the wish to give
all the effect in our power to the graphic designs of Mr. Prout, has
induced us to draw upon the resources of natives of the countries that
supply the scenes illustrated. […] A proportion of the tales is entirely
original, and was furnished for the work by an accomplished foreigner.’
This is followed by a list of contents (p. vii) and ‘List of Plates,
Engraved under the Superintendence of Mr. E. I. Roberts’ (p. ix)
for the 13 plates in the work. Contains: ‘The Fanatic. A Tale of the
Netherlands. Freely Modernised from an Old Dutch Chronicle’, pp. [1]–35;
‘The Wax Figure’, pp. 36–76; ‘The Cottage of Koswara. A Hungarian
Legend’, pp. 77–98; ‘The Black Gate of Treves. A Fragment from
a Student’s Journal’, pp. 99–114; ‘Early Impressions’, pp. 115–135;
‘The Spy. A Tale of the Siege of Dresden, in 1813’, pp. 136–148;
‘The Vintner’s Daughter. From the Chronicles of the Free City of Frankfort
on the Maine’, pp. 149–175; ‘The Prima Donna. A Tale of Music.
In Fragments, from the Unpublished Reminiscences of an Amateur’, pp. 176–208;
‘The Siege of Prague. An Historical Anecdote of the “Thirty Years? War” ’,
pp. 209–217; ‘The Conscript’, pp. 218–236; ‘The Rose of Rouen’,
pp. 237–313. No record of any further issues, so the work in effect
constitutes a single collection of tales. Printer’s mark and colophon
of Bradbury and Evans, Bouverie Street.
1832: 54 KNOWLES,
James Sheridan.
THE MAGDALEN, AND OTHER TALES. BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES. AUTHOR
OF VIRGINIUS, THE HUNCHBACK, &C.
London: Edward Moxon, 64, New Bond Street, 1832.
199p. 16mo. 4s 6d (ECB); 4s 6d boards (LG).
LG 826: 733 (17 Nov 1832); ECB 324 (Dec 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51070-8; NSTC 2K3247 (BI O); OCLC 13365778 (6 libs).
Notes. Dedication (1 p. unn.) to ‘John Forster, Esq., of
the Inner Temple’, signed ‘James Sheridan Knowles’ and dated ‘November
14, 1832’. List of contents (1 p. unn.) follows dedication. The
tales are: ‘The Magdalen’, pp. 1–32; ‘Love and Authorship’, pp. [33]–66;
‘Old Adventures’, pp. [67]–117; ‘Therese’, pp. [119]–165;
‘The Lettre-De-Cachet’, pp. [167]–182; ‘The Portrait: A Sketch’,
pp. [183]–199. Colophon of Bradbury and Evans, Bouverie Street.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1833 (OCLC).
1832: 55 {?L.,
Georgina Alicia}.
CHANTILLY. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1832.
I 300p; II 329p; III 324p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER, LG).
Star (17 Mar 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832); ECB 106 (Feb 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47257-1; NSTC 2L210 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC
8009815 (6 libs).
Notes. The title Chantilly apparently originates from
the French city and castle of Chantilly providing the scene of action.
Adv. (1 p. unn.) for The Romance of History series (‘Uniform
with the Waverley Novels’, and listing four titles, ending with ‘Spain.
By M. Trueba’) at start of vol. 1. Dedication (1 p. unn.) following
this reads: ‘To Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise-Marie-Therese-Charlotte-Isabelle
d’Orleans, these volumes are (by permission) most respectfully dedicated,
by her Royal Highness’s very obedient and devoted Servant, Georgina
Alicia L—’; this is end-dated ‘London, February 1832’. Quotation from
verse piece ‘Sylvan Wanderer’ precedes main text in vol. 1. Advs. verso
facing t.ps. in vols. 2 and 3. The work consists of: ‘D’Espignac’, vols.
1 and 2 (up to p. 212), followed by ‘The Page: A Legend of Morlaye’,
vols. 2 (from p. [213]) and 3 (up to p. 150), and ‘Ash-Wednesday’,
vol. 3 (from p. [151]). Running titles read: ‘Chantilly. / D’Espignac,
a Tale’, ‘Chantilly. / The Page’, ‘Chantilly. / Ash-Wednesday’. Printer’s
marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Adv. in Star quotes: ‘ “It reminds us touchingly of one
of the most admirable fictions in the language, ‘The Bride of Lammermuir.’ ”—Athenaeum.
[…] “It has much of that dramatic power of incident which is the great
charm of ‘The Canterbury Tales.’ ”—Literary Gazette. […] “It is
enriched with a melancholy interest akin to that of ‘Guy Mannering.’ ”—Atlas.’
1832: 56 [?LAWRENCE,
James Henry].
FORT RISBANE; OR, THREE DAYS’ QUARANTINE. BY A DÉTENU.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, 1832.
266p. 16mo. 6s (ECB); 6s boards (ER).
ER 55: 582 (July 1832); ECB 212 (July 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47825-1; NSTC 2R11464 (BI BL, C, E); OCLC 40150850
(4 libs).
Notes. OCLC questioningly attributes to Lawrence. The text includes
longish passages of Peacockian dialogue, with speaker headers. Printer’s
mark and colophon of J. Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square.
1832: 57 [LISTER,
Thomas Henry].
ARLINGTON, A NOVEL. BY THE AUTHOR OF “GRANBY.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I 326p; II 349p; III 323p. 12mo. 31s 6d (BP, ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER,
LG).
BP (21 Apr 1832); Star (5 May 1832); LG 797: 270
(28 Apr 1832); ER 55: 581 (July 1832); ECB 26 (Apr 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47071-4; NSTC 2L17192 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 6366373 (23 libs).
Notes. List of ‘Errata’ fixed on unn. page at beginning of vol.
1, relating to vols. 1 and 2. Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel
Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Further edns: 1835 (OCLC); New York 1832 (OCLC).
1832: 58 [LOUDON,
Margracia].
FORTUNE-HUNTING: A NOVEL. BY THE AUTHOR OF “FIRST LOVE.” IN THREE
VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I viii, 324p; II 340p; III 278p. 12mo. 28s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 28s
6d (ECB).
BP (9 July 1832); Star (27 June 1832); LG 808: 446 (14 July 1832); ER
55: 582 (July 1832); ECB 212 (July 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47767-0; NSTC 2L22500 (BI BL, O; NA MH); OCLC 19760276
(3 libs).
Notes. Dedication, p. [v], to ‘Charles Loudon, Esq. M. D.’,
signed ‘The Author’ and dated ‘Leamington Spa, June, 1832’. Preface,
pp. [vii]–viii, denies (disingenuously?) that any attempt has been
made ‘to caricature private individuals’. Advs. (2 pp. unn.), headed
‘Mr. Fraser’s New Work [i.e. The Highland Smuggler], &c.’
at end of vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons of A. J. Valpy, Red
Lion Court, Fleet Street. Announced in Star as ‘Fortune-Hunting.
A Tale of Modern Life’.
1832: 59 [?LUCAS,
Charles].
THE DOUBLE TRIAL; OR THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN IRISH CLEARING: A TALE
OF THE PRESENT DAY. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., Cornhill, 1832.
I 288p; II 309p; III 312p. 12mo. 24s (ECB); 24s boards (ER, LG).
LG 810: 477 (28 July 1832); ER 56: 264 (Oct 1832); ECB 169 (July 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47648-8; NSTC 2T17595 (BI BL, C); OCLC 13239089 (2
libs).
Notes. Attribution to Lucas taken from list of ‘New Publications’
by A. K. Newman at end of vol. 1 of Guy Rivers (1835), which
gives ‘The Double Trial, by the Rev. C. Lucas’. Verse piece ‘The Grade’
occupies vol. 3, pp. 310–312. Colophons of S. M‘Dowall, 95, Leadenhall
Street.
LUTTRELL, Henry, CRAVEN DERBY
See DEALE, …
1832: 60 MAC
FARLANE, Charles.
THE ROMANCE OF HISTORY. ITALY. BY CHARLES MACFARLANE. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1832.
I viii, 348p; II 334p; III 389p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER,
LG).
Star (2 Jan 1832); LG 771: 702 (29 Oct 1831); ER 54: 559 (Dec 1831);
ECB 359 (Oct 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51090-2; NSTC 2M3800 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O); OCLC 21468916
(8 libs).
Notes. Dedication, pp. [iii]–iv (in verse) ‘to Madame —’.
Preface, pp. [v]–vi, signed ‘C. M. F.’ and dated ‘London, October
14, 1831’, notes: ‘Some few of the Tales were written at Naples in the
scenes of the events; and, generally, I have taken my descriptions
from notes made during my travels, seldom attempting to describe what
I have not seen, or indeed what was not familiar to me from long residences
or repeated visits’ (p. [v]). Lists of contents occupy pp. [vii]–viii
in vol. 1 and 1 p. unn. each in vols. 2 and 3. Vol. 1 comprises:
‘Historical Summary. Sixth Century’, pp. [1]–8; ‘The Festival of
Monza’, pp. [9]–46; ‘Historical Summary. Seventh Century’, pp. [47]–51;
‘The Wandering King’, pp. [53]–89; ‘Historical Summary. A.D. 671–774.
Seventh and Eighth Centuries’, pp. [91]–102; ‘The Last of the Lombards’,
pp. [103]–136; ‘Historical Summary. Eighth and Ninth Centuries’,
pp. [137]–147; ‘The Pope’s Daughter’, pp. [149]–195; ‘Historical
Summary. Ninth and Tenth Centuries’, pp. [197]–206; ‘The Captive
Queen’, pp. [207]–247; ‘Historical Summary. Tenth and Eleventh
Centuries’, pp. [249]–255; ‘The Norman Pilgrims’, pp. [257]–348).
Vol. 2 contains: ‘The Brides of Venice’, pp. [1]–35; ‘Historical
Summary. Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries’, pp. [37]–41; ‘The Carroccio;
or, the Battle of Legnano’, pp. [43]–103; ‘Historical Summary.
Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries’, pp. [105]–111; ‘The Nun and
the Crusader’, pp. [113]–144; ‘The Entranced’, pp. [145]–174;
‘The Fatal Nuptials’, pp. [175]–196; ‘Historical Summary. Thirteenth
Century’, pp. [197]–203; ‘The Doomed King’, pp. [205]–310;
‘Imelda’, pp. [311]–334). Vol. 3 consists of: ‘Historical Summary.
Thirteenth Century’, pp. [1]–11; ‘The Galley–Fight’, pp. [13]–90;
‘Historical Summary. Fourteenth Century’, pp. [91]–108; ‘The King’s
Nurse’, pp. [109]–160; ‘Historical Summary. Fifteenth Century’,
pp. [161]–175; ‘The Condottiero’, pp. [177]–238; ‘Historical
Summary. Sixteenth Century’, pp. [239]–245; ‘The Conspiracy of
the Fieschi’, pp. [247]–295; ‘Historical Summary. Seventeenth Century’,
pp. [297]–303; ‘The Fisherman’s Rebellion’, pp. [305]–345;
‘The Dominican’, pp. [347]–389). Adv. for ‘The Geographical Annual
for 1832’ (1 p. unn.) at end of vol. 2. List of ‘Valuable Works
of History, Biography, Geography, and Fiction, just Published, by Edward
Bull, 26, Holles Street, London’ (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 3.
Printer’s marks and colophons of S. Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Listed in Star as ‘Italy’s Romantic Annals’.
Further edns: 1834 (OCLC); New York 1832 (NSTC, OCLC).
M‘LEOD, Miss E. H., GERALDINE HAMILTON
See ST. JOHN, Lady Isabella
1832: 61 [MARRYAT,
Frederick].
NEWTON FORSTER; OR, THE MERCHANT SERVICE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE KING’S
OWN.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: James Cochrane and Co., 11 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall, 1832.
I 270p; II 295p; III 260p. 12mo. 24s (ECB); 24s boards (ER, LG, Star).
Star (11 Nov 1831), ‘in the course of this Month’; LG 777: 798 (10 Dec
1831); ER 54: 560 (Dec 1831); ECB 412 (Dec 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48222-4; NSTC 2M15128 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 3696068
(16 libs).
Notes. Advs. (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 1 and occupying
pp. [253]–260 of vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons of A. J.
Valpy, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.
Further edns: 1838 (NSTC, OCLC); London and Edinburgh 1851 (NSTC, OCLC);
London and Edinburgh 1855 (OCLC); London and New York 1856 (NSTC, OCLC);
1862 (NSTC); [at least 2 more edns. to 1870]; Philadelphia 1833 (OCLC);
German trans., 1835; Swedish trans., 1836–7; Danish trans., 1837; French
trans., 1837.
1832: 62 MITFORD,
Mary Russell [and JONES, James Athearn] (editors).
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF AMERICAN LIFE. EDITED BY MARY RUSSELL MITFORD.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I vi, 340p; II 339p; III 344p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER); 31s 6d
(ECB, LG).
BP (28 May 1832); Star (27 June 1832); LG 802: 350
(2 June 1832); ER 55: 581 (July 1832);
ECB 389 (May 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51103-8; NSTC 2M31676 (BI BL, C, Dt, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 20456804 (21 libs).
Notes. BP notes that this is a ‘collection of sketches of American
life, compiled by William [sic] Athearn Jones. […] From the contents
of the papers referring to this work, it would appear that Miss Mitford’s
connection with it was a nominal one’. The reference to William Athearn
Jones is almost certainly erroneous, and should read James Athearn Jones,
who was the author of various works connected to North America. Preface,
pp. [iii]–vi, signed ‘Mary Russell Mitford’ and dated ‘Three Mile
Cross, May, 1832’. This refers to the work as ‘another Collection of
Native American Sketches’ edited by Mitford (p. [iii]) and notes:
‘the Stories came to me scattered over the Miscellaneous Collections
of many years, some of them in MS. transcripts from books out of print
or otherwise rare, and all or nearly all either wholly anonymous or
distinguished by signatures evidently fictitious. Even in the list of
Authors prefixed to my former Work, although I had taken much pains
to be correct, I have discovered at least two errors of omission; the
name of Mr. Sands […] and of Mr. Bryant, the great poet of America.
[…]. Of the Writers in the present Selection I am still more uncertain,
though I believe them generally the same with the former. “The Young
Backwoodsman” is, I am informed, the production of the Rev. Mr. Flint;
“The Green Mountain Boy” bears the signature of Mr. Barker; “Modern
Chivalry” assuredly belongs to my friend Miss Sedgwick; and I suspect
Mr. Paulding’s keen and clever pen in “The Politician” and “The Azure
Hose” ’ (pp. iv–v). Lists of contents (1 p. unn. each)
precedes main text in each vol. Vol. 1 comprises: ‘The Politician’,
pp. [1]–85; ‘Elizabeth Latimer’, pp. [86]–125; ‘The Squatter’,
pp. [126]–225; ‘Pinchon’, pp. [226]–271; ‘The Devil’s Pulpit.
A Legend’, pp. [272]–329; ‘The Binnacle’, pp. [330]–340. Vol.
2 consists of: ‘The Young Backwoodsman’ by Timothy Flint, pp. [1]–196;
‘Major Egerton’, pp. [197]–222; ‘An Adventure at Sea’, pp. [223]–271;
‘The Green Mountain Boy. A Tale of Ticonderoga’, pp. [272]–302;
‘Cobus Yerks’, pp. [303]–320; ‘The Wag Water. A West Indian Sketch’,
pp. [321]–339. Vol. 3 contains: ‘The Azure Hose’, pp. [1]–152;
‘Weenokhenchah Wandeeteekah’, pp. [153]–170; ‘The Three Indians’,
pp. [171]–225; ‘Modern Chivalry’, pp. [226]–273; ‘The Isle
of Flowers. A Canadian Legend’, pp. [274]–330; ‘The Last of the
Boatmen’, pp. [331]–344. Printer’s marks and colophons of F. Shoberl,
jun., Long Acre.
1832: 63 MITFORD,
Mary Russell.
OUR VILLAGE: SKETCHES OF RURAL CHARACTER AND SCENERY. BY MARY RUSSELL
MITFORD, AUTHOR OF JULIAN, FOSCARI, AND DRAMATIC SCENES. VOLUME V.
London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., Ave -Maria-Lane, 1832.
iv, 362p. 8vo. 10s 6d (ECB, Star).
Star (28 Aug 1832); ECB 389 (Sept 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48216-X; NSTC 2M31679 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 13029964
(3 libs).
Notes. List of contents, pp. [iii]–iv. ‘Introduction. Farewell
to Our Village’, signed ‘Mary Russell Mitford’ and dated ‘Three-Mile
Cross, April 9, 1832’, pp. [1]–4. The tales consist of: ‘The Incendiary.
A Country Tale’, pp. [5]–23; ‘Children of the Village. The Foster-Mother’,
pp. [24]–32; ‘Christmas Amusements. (No. I.)’, pp. [33]–45;
‘The Rat–Catcher. A Sketch’, pp. [46]–59; ‘The Cousins’, pp. [60]–74;
‘Early Recollections. A Widow Gentlewoman’, pp. [75]–84; ‘Christmas
Amusements. (No. II.)’, pp. [85]–117; ‘Children of the Village.
Young Master Ben’, pp. [118]–127; ‘The Lost Keys, or a Day of Distress’,
pp. [128]–139; ‘The Residuary Legatee. A True Story’, pp. [140]–150;
‘The Runaway’, pp. [151]–163; ‘Christmas Amusements. (No. III.)’,
pp. [164]–184; ‘Old Master Green. A Village Sketch’, pp. [185]–195;
‘Early Recollections. Caroline Cleveland. A School-Day Anecdote’, pp. [196]–207;
‘The Cribbage Players, a Country Dialogue’, pp. [208]–217; ‘The
Freshwater Fisherman. A Sketch’, pp. [218]–232; ‘Christmas Amusements.
(No. IV.)’, pp. [233]–254; ‘The Haymakers. A Country Story’, pp. [255]–270;
‘The Fisherman in his Married State’, pp. [271]–286; ‘Christmas
Amusements. (No. V.)’, pp. [287]–310; ‘A Moonlight Adventure’,
pp. [311]–327; ‘Sea–Side Recollections’, pp. [328]–338; ‘Christmas
Amusements. (No. VI.)’, pp. [339]–362. Printer’s mark and colophon
of Gilbert and Rivington, St. John’s Square. Four vols. of Our Village,
published between 1824 and 1830, had preceded this ‘Volume V’ (see EN2,
1824: 67; for details of vol. 4, see 1830: 83).
Further edns: multiple edns. in collected form in Britain and America.
1832: 64 [?MOORE,
Charlotte Trimmer].
COUNTRY HOUSES. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1832.
I 312p; II 353p; III 372p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER, LG).
LG 796: 254 (21 Apr 1832); ER 55: 581 (July
1832); ECB 139 (Apr 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47341-1; NSTC 2C39716 (BI BL, C, E; NA MH); OCLC 22587446
(5 libs).
Notes. NUC pre-1956, vol. 125, p. 17 states: ‘Moore, Charlotte
(Trimmer) supposed author’; Wolff Item 7437 lists as anon. Printer’s
marks and colophons read: ‘B. Bensley, Printer, Andover’.
1832: 65 [MORIER,
James Justinian].
ZOHRAB THE HOSTAGE. BY THE AUTHOR OF “HAJJI BABA.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. (Late Colburn and
Bentley.), 1832.
I ix, 319p; II 326p; III 324p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s
6d (ECB).
BP (21 Sept 1832); Star (10 Aug 1832), ‘just ready’; LG
818: 606 (22 Sept 1832); ER 56: 264 (Oct 1832); ECB 396 (Aug 1832).
Corvey; NSTC 2M36643 (BI BL, Dt, E, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 3793360 (22 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–ix, signed ‘The Author’, notes:
‘It would be tedious and indeed unnecessary to define where history
ends and fiction begins in the different turns and windings which the
thread of my narrative takes; and perhaps it will be sufficient to say,
that my object has been to place before the reader a succession of personages,
whose manner of speech, whose thoughts and actions, and general deportment
are illustrative of Persia and the East’ (p. vii). Printer’s marks
and colophons of J. B. Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament Street. Sadleir
(Item 1801) notes that ‘this was the first book
published by Richard Bentley as an independent publisher after his separation
from Colburn’. Bentley MS list records print run of 1,250 copies.
Further edns: 2nd edn., revised and corrected, 1832
(NSTC, OCLC; BP: 5 Dec 1832, 31s 6d boards; Bentley MS List: 500 copies);
3rd edn., revised and corrected, 1833 (NSTC, OCLC; BP: 8 Apr 1833, 31s
6d boards; Bentley MS List: 500 copies); 1836 (NSTC, OCLC; BP: 30 Aug
1836, 6s boards); 1837 (NSTC, OCLC); 1856 (NSTC, OCLC); 1864 (NSTC,
OCLC); New York 1833 (OCLC); German trans., 1832; French trans., 1833;
Swedish trans., 1834.
1832: 66 [NORTON,
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah; née SHERIDAN].
RICHARD OF YORK; OR, “THE WHITE ROSE OF ENGLAND.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Fisher, Son, and Jackson, 1832.
I 284p; II 297p; III 288p. 12mo. 24s (ECB); 24s boards (ER, LG).
LG 803: 366 (9 June 1832);
ER 55: 581 (July 1832); ECB 492 (May 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48574-6; NSTC 2R9105 (BI BL, O); OCLC 41221426 (2
libs).
Notes. Verse piece on half-title in vol. 1. List of ‘New Works,
and New Editions, recently Published by Fisher, Son, & Jackson,
London’ (4 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 1. Further advs. (2 pp. unn.)
at end of vol. 2. Colophons of H. Fisher, Son, & Jackson.
Further edn: New York 1835 (NSTC, OCLC).
NORTON, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah; née SHERIDAN,
THREE NIGHTS IN A LIFETIME, AND INISHAIRLACH
See GORDON, Mrs
1832: 67 [NUGENT,
George Nugent Grenville and Anne Lucy, Baron and Baroness].
LEGENDS OF THE LIBRARY AT LILIES, BY THE LORD AND LADY THERE. IN
TWO VOLUMES.
London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman,
Paternoster-Row, 1832.
I vi, 359p; II 350p. 12mo. 21s (ECB); 21s boards (ER, LG).
LG 821: 654 (13 Oct 1832); ER 56: 570 (Jan 1833); ECB 337 (Sept 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51074-0; NSTC 2L15514 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA DLC);
OCLC 2574985 (23 libs).
Notes. The work was actually the joint production of Baron George
Nugent and his wife, Anne Lucy Poulett, and each of the titles is end-signed
with the initial ‘G’ or ‘L’ (or a combination of both) to indicate authorship
of the individual pieces. Prefatory ‘To the Reader; a Word, by Way of
Advertisement’, pp. [iii]–vi, notes that the legends derive from
the library at the hereditary seat of ‘Lilies’, in central England,
formerly a monastery. Lists of contents (1 p. unn. each) precede
main text in each vol. Vol. 1 comprises: ‘Isabel; or, the Old Angler’s
Story’ (L), pp. [1]–50; ‘The Confessions of a Suspicious Gentleman’
(L, G), pp. 51–91; ‘The Shooting Star’ (G), pp. 92–110; ‘The
First Fit of the Gout, the End of Man’s Happiness. A Journal’ (G), pp. 111–156;
‘The Convent in the Forest’ (L), pp. 157–213; ‘The Feaste of Alle
Deuiles. An Ancient Ballad’ (G), pp. 214–226; ‘The Witch. A Tale’
(L, G), pp. 227–292; ‘The Old Soldier’ (L), pp. 293–304; ‘The
Odious Catholick Question’ (L), pp. 305–59. Vol. 2: ‘The Costlye
Dague—The Ladyes Counselloure’ (L), pp. [1]–70; ‘Misadventures
of a Short-Sighted Man. Written by Himself’ (L, G), pp. 71–122;
‘On Superstition; with O’Sullivan’s Story of O’Donnell’s Breann’ (G),
pp. 123–144; ‘Mrs. Allington’s Pic Nic’ (G), pp. 145–202;
‘The Dole of Tichborne’ (G, poetry), pp. [203]–216; ‘A Notion of
Convenience; with Other Solecisms in Language’ (G), pp. 217–229;
‘The Promise Kept’ (L), pp. 230–271; ‘The Man and the Lioness’
(G), pp. 272–313; ‘A Propos of Bread’ (G), pp. 314–328; ‘La
Belle Chanoinesse’ (G), pp. 329–350. Printer’s marks and colophons
of A. & R. Spottiswoode, New Street Square. A draft letter to Baron
Nugent in the Longman Letter Books, dated 14 June 1832, indicates that
the publishers agreed to pay £300 for the 2 vols. on publication (I,
102, no. 186B). Longman Archives (H12, 132) also record print run of
1,500 copies.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 68 [?PARKER,
Eliza, Countess of Macclesfield].
LA COQUETTERIE; OR, SKETCHES OF SOCIETY IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM. IN
THREE VOLUMES.
London: T. & W. Boone, 29, New Bond Street, 1832.
I vii, 250p; II 256p; III 278p. 12mo. 27s (ECB); 27s boards (ER, LG).
LG 803: 366 (9 June 1832);
ER 55: 581 (July 1832); ECB 135 (June 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47335-7; NSTC 2C37648 (BI BL; NA MH); OCLC 10929397
(6 libs).
Notes. Attribution from OCLC. Preface, pp. [v]–vii, notes
that ‘Part of the following work was written previous to the Revolutions
of 1830, in France and Belgium’ (p. [v]), adding that it ‘details
events that are supposed to have occurred to a young lady on her first
introduction into society abroad’ (pp. [v]–vi). Adv. facing t.p.
in vol. 2 for ‘A New Edition of the History of the War in the Peninula’.
Adv. list (2 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 3 for works ‘Published and
Sold by T. & W. Boone, 29, New Bond-Street’: no fiction is included.
Printer’s marks and colophons of Marchant, Ingram Court.
1832: 69 PHILLIPS,
P. J.
THE TOURNAMENT OF CHALONS. A ROMANCE. BY P. J. PHILLIPS, ESQ.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Fisher, Son & Jackson, Newgate Street, 1832.
I ii, 300p, ill.; II 384p. 8vo.
ECB 446 (1832).
BL 12614.dd.1; NSTC 2P14460; xOCLC.
Notes. Additional engraved t.p. with vignette precedes t.p. proper
in each vol. Frontispiece with scene from the narrative facing engraved
t.p. in vol. 1. Imprint to frontispiece and additional engraved t.ps.
reads: ‘Fisher, Son & Co. London, 1832.’ Preface, pp. [i]–ii,
signed ‘The Author’, notes: ‘The present Volumes were sketched many
years since, although now, for the first time, offered to the public’
(p. [i]). Colophons of Fisher, Son, and Jackson. Collates in fours.
1832: 70 [PHIPPS,
Constantine Henry, Marquis of Normanby].
THE CONTRAST, BY THE AUTHOR OF “MATILDA,” “YES AND NO,” &C. &C.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I vii, 288p; II 257p; III 247p. 12mo. 31s 6d (BP, ECB); 31s 6d boards
(ER, LG).
BP (21 Apr 1832); Star (5 May 1832); LG 797: 270
(28 Apr 1832); ER 55: 581 (July 1832); ECB 132 (Apr 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47325-X; NSTC 2P15294 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA MH);
OCLC 8698174 (14 libs).
Notes. ‘Advertisement’, concerning difficulties in choice of
title, pp. [v]–vii. List of ‘New Works of Fiction by Distinguished
Writers, just Published by Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, New
Burlington Street’ (4 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 3. Vols. 1 and 2
have printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street,
Fleet Street; vol. 3 has colophon of Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street,
Strand. ER and LG list as ‘by the Earl of Mulgrave’.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
POULETT, Anne Lucy
See NUGENT, George Nugent Grenville and Anne Lucy, Baron and Baroness
REYNOLDS, Frederic Mansel, “MISERRIMUS.”
See 1833: 62
1832: 71 [RICHARDSON,
John].
WACOUSTA; OR, THE PROPHECY: A TALE OF THE CANADAS. BY THE AUTHOR
OF “ÉCARTÉ.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: T. Cadell, Strand; and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1832.
I 280p; II 332; III 371p. 12mo. 28s 6d (ECB); 28s 6d boards (ER, LG).
LG 832: 826 (29 Dec 1832); ER 56: 571 (Jan 1833); ECB 617 (Jan 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48811-7; NSTC 2R9658 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC
21979821 (5 libs).
Notes. Dedication (1 p. unn.) to ‘His Majesty’s 41st Regiment,
who bear on their colours the “Détroit,” Connected with which are the
Principal Incidents of this Tale’. This is signed ‘The Author’ and dated
‘London, Dec. 1832’. List of ‘Errata’ (1 p. unn.) follows main
text in vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons of A. & R. Spottiswoode,
New Street Square.
Further edns: 1839 (NSTC, OCLC); Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
THE ROMANCE OF IRISH HISTORY
See ANON., THE SIEGE OF MAYNOOTH; OR, ROMANCE IN IRELAND
1832: 72 ST.
CLAIR, Rosalia [pseud.].
THE DOOMED ONE; OR, THEY MET AT GLENLYON. A TALE OF THE HIGHLANDS.
BY ROSALIA ST. CLAIR, AUTHOR OF BANKER’S DAUGHTERS OF BRISTOL; FIRST
AND LAST YEARS OF WEDDED LIFE; ELEANOR OGILVIE; ULRICA OF SAXONY; SON
OF O’DONNEL; SOLDIER BOY; SAILOR BOY; FASHIONABLES AND UNFASHIONABLES,
&C. &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1832.
I 269p; II 275p; III 260p. 12mo. 18s (ECB, Star); 27s boards (LG).
Star (30 June 1832); LG 804: 381 (16 June
1832); ECB 511 (July 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48493-6; NSTC 2S1992 (BI E, O); xOCLC.
Notes. List of ‘New Publications’ (1 p. unn. each) at end
of vols. 1 and 2. Colophons of J. Darling, Leadenhall Street, with similar
printer’s mark in vol. 1.
1832: 73 [?ST.
JOHN, Lady Isabella or ?M‘LEOD Miss E. H.].
GERALDINE HAMILTON; OR, SELF-GUIDANCE. A TALE. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. (Late Colburn and
Bentley.), 1832.
I 306p; II 356p. 12mo. 21s boards (BP, ER, LG); 21s (ECB).
BP (5 Oct 1832); Star (26 Sept 1832); LG 820: 638 (6 Oct 1832); ER 56:
570 (Jan 1833); ECB 228 (Sept 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47763-8; NSTC 2H5004 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 22980609 (6 libs).
Notes. OCLC notes: ‘Variously attributed Macleod, Mr. Macleod,
E. H. Macleod, and Miss E. H. Macleod’. BP notes: ‘By Lady Isabella
St. John, but tentatively ascribed in the British Museum Catalogue to
Miss E. H. Macleod.’ Drop-head titles and running titles throughout
read ‘Self-Guidance’. List of ‘New Works by Eminent Writers, just Published
by Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street’ (1 p. unn.) and ‘Publishing
Monthly, The Standard Novels and Romances’ (1 p. unn.) at end of
vol. 1. Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street,
Fleet Street. Bentley MS list records print run of 750 copies.
1832: 74 ST.
LEGER, [Francis] Barry [Boyle]; {B}[ENTLEY], {S}[amuel] (editor)].
FROISSART, AND HIS TIMES. BY THE LATE BARRY ST. LEGER, ESQ. IN THREE
VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street,
1832.
I 7, lix, 222p; II 395p; III 360p. 8vo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER); 31s
6d (BP, ECB).
BP (23 June 1832); ER 55: 582 (July 1832); ECB 512 (June 1832).
BL 596.c.1–2; NSTC 2S2242 (BI C, O); OCLC 2865784 (8 libs).
Notes. ‘Notice by the Editor’, signed ‘S. B.’, vol. 1, pp. [5]–7,
dated 4 June 1832, notes: ‘The untimely death of the Author has, unhappily,
left the completion of this Work to other and much less able hands than
his own. […] he did not live to complete his task, and it is, therefore,
but fair to his memory to state that nearly the whole of the historical
notice of the house of Burgundy, the history of Charles the Bold, the
prefatory essay, and the notes to the Third Volume are from the pen
of the Editor’ (pp. [5]–6). This is followed by a separately paginated
roman sequence, which supplies a ‘Prefatory Essay’, while the narratives
proper begin with a freshly paginated arabic sequence. Lists of contents
occupy each vol. immediately following the t.ps. Vol. 1 contains: ‘Historical
Notice of the English Power in Acquitaine’, pp. [1]–42; ‘The Battle
of Poitiers’, pp. [79]–92; ‘Historical Notice of Peter the Cruel’,
pp. [98]–113; ‘The Black Prince in Spain’, pp. [115]–222.
Vol. 2 consists of: ‘Biographical Notice of Froissart’, pp. [1]–64;
‘The Court of Gaston de Foix’, pp. [65]–146; ‘Notes to Gaston de
Foix’, pp. [147]–218; ‘Historical Notice of the Companions’, pp. [219]–251;
‘Aymergot Marcel’, pp. [253]–320; ‘Historical Notice of the Border-Feuds
between England and Scotland’, pp. [321]–351; ‘The Battle of Otterbourne’,
pp. [353]–395. ‘Errata in the Second Volume’ (1 p. unn.) on
verso of p. 395. Vol. 3 comprises: ‘Historical Notice of the Reign
of Bajazet I.’, pp. [1]–27; ‘The Siege of Nicopolis’, pp. [29]–138;
‘Historical Notice of the (Second) House of Burgundy’, pp. [139]–310;
‘The Last Days of Charles the Bold’, pp. [311]–360. At end of vol.
3 is list of advs. (2 pp. unn.). Printer’s marks and colophons
of William Clowes, Stamford Street. BP notes: ‘This work was also advertised
under the title of “Stories from the Old Chroniclers.” ’ Star
(4 Apr 1834) has adv. for ‘Stories from Froissart’.
1832: 75 [SCARGILL,
William Pitt].
THE USURER’S DAUGHTER. BY A CONTRIBUTOR TO “BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE.”
IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers’ Hall
Court, 1832.
I 262p; II 286; III 275p. 12mo. 28s 6d (ECB); 28s 6d boards (ER, LG).
LG 777: 798 (10 Dec 1831); ER 54: 560 (Dec 1831); ECB 608 (Nov 1831).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48850-8; NSTC 2S6014 (BI BL, C); OCLC 1469021 (2 libs).
Notes. Adv. list (2 pp. unn.) at end of vols. 1 and 2. Identical
in both vols., this gives an extensive list of extracts from journals
and newspapers relating to two items: Atherton; a Tale of the Last
Century (1831: 63) and The Vizier’s Son (1831: 38). Printer’s
marks and colophons read: ‘Bury St. Edmund’s: Printed by T. C. Newby,
Angel Hill’.
Further edn: [1853] (NSTC).
1832: 76 [SCOTT,
Sir Walter].
TALES OF MY LANDLORD, FOURTH AND LAST SERIES, COLLECTED AND ARRANGED
BY JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM, SCHOOLMASTER AND PARISH-CLERK OF GANDERCLEUGH.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
Edinburgh: Printed for Robert Cadell; and Whittaker and Co., London,
1832.
I xliii, 329p; II 330p; III 342p; IV 330p. 12mo. 42s (ECB); 42s boards
(ER, LG).
LG 776: 782 (3 Dec 1831); ER 54: 560 (Dec 1831); ECB 575 (Dec 1831).
BL N.934–935; NSTC 2S10302 (BI C, Dt, E, NCu, O; NA MH); OCLC 1251445
(59 libs).
Notes. ‘Introduction’, pp. [v]–xliii, is dated ‘Gandercleugh,
15 Oct. 1831’. ‘Count Robert of Paris’ runs to vol. 3, p. 211,
and is followed by ‘Castle Dangerous’, which runs from p. [213]
to the end of vol. 4. ‘Castle Dangerous’ concludes with the date ‘Abbotsford,
September, 1831’. Each vol. has a half-title and a series title, the
latter reading ‘Tales of my Landlord. Fourth and Last Series’; the series
title is followed by an individual fly-title for the respective tales.
Vols. 1–2 have list of errata (1 p. unn.) following the last numbered
page in each vol. Printer’s marks and colophons read: ‘Edinburgh: Printed
by Ballantyne and Company, Paul’s Work, Canongate.’ Published concurrently
on 1 Dec in Edinburgh (Edinburgh Evening Courant) and London
(MC). ER lists as ‘By Sir W. Scott’.
Further edns: New York [also Philadelphia] 1832 (NSTC, OCLC); Danish
trans. of ‘Count Robert’, 1832, and ‘Castle Dangerous’, 1833; Dutch
trans. of ‘Count Robert’, 1832; French trans. of ‘Count Robert’, 1832,
and ‘Castle Dangerous’, 1832; German trans. of ‘Count Robert’, 1832,
and ‘Castle Dangerous’, 1832; Italian trans. of ‘Count Robert’, 1832,
and ‘Castle Dangerous’, 1843; Russian trans. of ‘Count Robert’, 1833,
and ‘Castle Dangerous’, 1833; Swedish trans. of ‘Count Robert’, 1833,
and ‘Castle Dangerous’, 1835; Spanish trans. of ‘Count Robert’, 1834,
and ‘Castle Dangerous’, 1840; Portuguese trans. of ‘Castle Dangerous’,
1842. Numerous reprintings in collected edns.
SEWELL, Elizabeth Missing, THE AFFIANCED ONE
See CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA, Frances Erskine, Marchioness
SHERIDAN, Caroline Henrietta, AIMS AND ENDS:
AND OONAGH LYNCH
See 1833: 67
1832: 77 SHIPP,
John.
THE K’HAUNIE KINEH-WALLA; OR, EASTERN STORY-TELLER: A COLLECTION
OF INDIAN TALES, BY JOHN SHIPP, AUTHOR OF “MEMOIRS,” AND “MILITARY BIJOU.”
London: Printed for Longman & Co., Whittaker & Co., Baldwin
& Co., Hamilton, Adams, & Co., Simpkin & Marshall, Westley
& Davies, J. Nisbet, Suttaby & Co., W. Darton & Son, and
C. Tilt; W. Curry, Jun. & Co., Dublin; Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh;
H. Mozley & Son, Derby; and T. Taylor, Liverpool, 1832.
viii, 498p, ill. 18mo. 6s (ECB); 6s cloth (ER).
ER 56: 570 (Jan 1833); ECB 534 (Oct 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51137-2; NSTC 2S19849 (BI O; NA MH); OCLC 48155397
(1 lib).
Notes. Portrait of the author precedes t.p. Preface, pp. [v]–viii,
notes Indian provenance of materials. The tales consist of: ‘Minor;
or, the Foresters of Nepaul’, pp. [1]–155; ‘The Village Queen;
or, the Mysterious Stranger’, pp. [157]–194; ‘Lillee; or, the Fair
of Hurdwar’, pp. [195]–219; ‘The Rose of Hurdwar’, pp. [221]–300;
‘The Fakir’, pp. [301]–344; ‘The Bhattee Robber’, pp. [345]–362;
‘The Fortune-Teller, and The Disappointed’, pp. [363]–384; ‘Nunkoodaus,
the Cobbler of Delhi’, pp. [385]–392; ‘Meerah; or, the Victim of
Avarice’, pp. [393]–408; ‘The Deserter’, pp. [409]–498. Colophon
reads: ‘Liverpool: Printed by T. Taylor, Castle-street’. ER lists as
‘Eastern Story-Teller’.
1832: 78 [SMITH,
Horatio].
TALES OF THE EARLY AGES. BY THE AUTHOR OF “BRAMBLETYE HOUSE,” “ZILLAH,”
&C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street,
1832.
I 339p; II 332p; III 300p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG); 31s 6d
(ECB).
BP (28 Mar 1832); Star (5 May 1832); LG 793: 205
(31 Mar 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832); ECB 576 (Mar 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48798-6; NSTC 2S26651 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC 5794627
(15 libs).
Notes. Drop-head and running title read: ‘Romance of the Early
Ages’. The tales consist of: ‘The Involuntary Prophet; a Tale of the
First Century’, vol. 1, pp. [1]–229; ‘Theodore and Tilphosa; or, the
Olympic Games. A Tale of the Second Century’, vol. 1, p. [331]–vol.
2, p. 42; ‘Olof and Brynhilda; or, the Bridal Banquet. A Tale of
the Third Century’, vol. 2, pp. [43]–276; ‘Sebastian and Lydia;
or, the Council of Nice. A Tale of the Fourth Century’, vol. 2, p. [277]–vol.
3, p. 186; ‘The Siege of Caer-Broc. A Tale of the Fifth Century’,
vol. 3, pp. [187]–300. Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel
Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Further edns: New York 1832 (NSTC, OCLC). ‘The Involuntary Prophet’
was published in 1835 as vol. 49 of the Standard Novels, with Washington
Irving’s Tales of the Alhambra (see 1832: 48) and René Chateaubriand’s
The Last of the Abencerages (EN2, 1826: 24) (NSTC, OCLC;
BP: 28 Nov 1835, 6s boards).
1832: 79 [SMITH,
John Frederick].
THE JESUIT. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1832.
I 320p; II 297p; III 321p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER, LG).
LG 795: 238 (14 Apr 1832); ER 55: 581 (July
1832); ECB 308 (Mar 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47984-3; NSTC 2S27244 (BI BL, O); OCLC 26244288 (2
libs).
Notes. Not to be confused with Carl Spindler’s title of the same
name, translated into English as part of Smith, Elder’s Library of Romance
(see 1834: 71); Summers also notes that this is ‘[t]he first novel,
which can be traced, by John Frederick Smith. Professor B. Q. Morgan,
misled by the English Catalogue […], confuses Smith’s novel with
a translation from Karl Spindler, having the same title’ (p. 376).
Dedication (1 p. unn.) to ‘Lieutenant-Colonel Rushbrook’, subscribed
‘Augustus Square, Regent’s Park’, thanking him for ‘Many acts of friendship,
conferred on the family of the author’. Advs. (1 p. unn. each)
at end of vols. 2 and 3. Printer’s marks and colophons of Wittenoom
and Cremer, Cornhill. OCLC gives as ‘The Jesuit, or, The spirit of the
castle’.
1832: 80 [SMYTH,
Amelia Gillespie].
PROBATION AND OTHER TALES; BY THE AUTHOR OF “SELWYN IN SEARCH OF
A DAUGHTER,” “TALES OF THE MOORS,” &C.
Edinburgh: Adam Black; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman,
1832.
iv, 473p. 8vo. 10s 6d (ECB); 10s 6d boards (ER, LG).
LG 784: 61 (28 Jan 1832); ER 54: 559 (Dec 1831), ER 55: 301 (Apr 1832);
ECB 471 (Jan 1832).
BL 1578/3175; NSTC 2S29273 (BI C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC 12823237 (5 libs).
Notes. Erroneously attributed to Caroline Anne Bowles (afterwards
Southey). Amelia Gillespie Smyth acknowledges her authorship of Selwyn
in Search of a Daughter (originally serialized in Blackwood’s
Magazine in 1827; see 1835: 93) in a letter to Sir Walter Scott,
of 14 Aug 1827 (National Library of Scotland, MS 3904, ff. 230–1). The
issue is outlined more fully by Sharon Ragaz in ‘Authorship in the Early
Nineteenth Century: Evidence from the Scott Letter-Books’ (unpublished
paper delivered to the Toronto Bibliographical Group, 2000). ‘Introduction’,
pp. [iii]–iv, notes: ‘If it be asked why, amid a redundance of
fictions of the most splendid and spirit-stirring description, the following
pages were written, criticism may be disarmed by the reply of affection,
that they were written, because every effort of memory, however, superfluous,
and every touch of the pencil, however feeble, which recalled their
delightful subject, was a source of gratification’ (p. [iii]).
‘Probation’ occupies pp. [1]–392, and is followed by ‘The Voiturer’s
Daughter’, pp. [393]–455, and ‘The Deserter of Castel Gandolfo’,
pp. [457]–473. Printer’s mark (verso of t.p.) reads: ‘Edinburgh:
Printed by A. Balfour and Co. Niddry Street.’
Further edns: 2nd edn. London 1835 (NSTC, OCLC); ‘2nd edn.’ 1840 (OCLC).
SPINDLER, Carl, THE JESUIT
See SMITH, John Frederick; also 1834: 71
1832: 81 [SPINDLER,
Carl].
THE JEW. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1832.
I iv, 342p; II 336p; III 324p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER,
LG).
Star (22 Nov 1831); LG 775: 765 (26 Nov 1831); ER 54: 559 (Dec 1831);
ECB 308 (Nov 1831).
BL N.905; NSTC 2S34253 (BI C, E, O; NA MH); OCLC 21013899 (4 libs).
Notes. Trans. of Der Jude. Deutsches Sittengemälde aus der
ersten Hälfte des fünfzehnten Jahrhunderts (Stuttgart, 1827). Introduction,
pp. [i]–iv, notes: ‘The Editor of the Jew deems it necessary to
state that these volumes are a very free version of a work bearing the
same title which has attained to a high degree of popularity upon the
continent. Its character has been already so correctly given by Leitch
Ritchie, author of “The Romance of French History”, &c. that
the Editor deems no apology necessary for availing himself of so admirable
an illustration as introductory to the present volume’ (p. [i]).
Additionally, the introduction gives details about Jewish life during
the last centuries, especially concerning the situation of German Jews
during the 15th century. Advs. on verso of t.p. in each vol.; also advs.
(1 p. unn.) at end of vol. 1. Printer’s marks and colophons of
C. Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand. Originally adv. in Star (11
Feb 1830) as ‘nearly ready’.
Further edn: 1845 (NSTC, OCLC); New York, 1844 (OCLC).
1832: 82 [?STERLING,
John].
FITZGEORGE; A NOVEL. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1832.
I 296p; II 292p; III 245p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER, LG).
LG 804: 381 (16 June 1832);
ER 55: 582 (July 1832); ECB 207 (June 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47602-X; NSTC 2F7357 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA DLC, MH);
OCLC 22165268 (8 libs).
Notes. CBEL3 attribtues to John Sterling (1806–44), but DNB says
that he could not possibly have written it. Vignette illustration of
a grasshopper (or flea) on each t.p. Printer’s marks and colophons of
C. Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand. Advs. verso facing t.p. in each
vol.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1832 (OCLC); Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832:
83 [TONNA], Charlotte Elizabeth.
COMBINATION: A TALE, FOUNDED ON FACTS. BY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH.
Dublin: Published by the Religious Tract and Book Society for Ireland,
and sold at their Depository, 22 Upper Sackville Street, W. Curry, jun.
and Co. and R. M. Tims, Dublin; at the Society’s Depository, 32 Sackville
Street, Piccadilly, J. Nisbet, Houlston and Son, Hamilton Adams and
Co. London; Waugh and Innes, Edinburgh; G. Gallie, Glasgow, 1832.
198p, ill. 18mo. 2s (ECB).
ECB 183 (1832).
Dt OLS-B-2-85; NSTC 2C16407; xOCLC.
Notes. Frontispiece, facing t.p., illustrates p. 78, and
bears legend ‘To anyone who had seen the Rileys, a year before, how
shocking the contrast of their present appearance’. Printer’s mark reads:
‘Thomas J. White, 149 Abbey Street’. ECB gives publisher as ‘Groombridge’.
Further edn: New York 1844 (OCLC).
1832: 84 [TONNA],
Charlotte Elizabeth.
THE MUSEUM. BY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH.
Dublin: Published by the Religious Tract and Book Society for Ireland,
and sold at their Depository, 22, Upper Sackville Street, W. Curry,
jun. and Co. and R. M. Tims, Dublin; at the Society’s Depository, 32
Sackville Street, Piccadilly; J. Nisbet, Houlston and Son, Hamilton
Adams and Co. London; Waugh and Innes, Edinburgh; G. Gallie, Glasgow,
1832.
187p. 18mo. 2s (ECB); 2s cloth (LG).
LG 810: 477 (28 July 1832); ECB 183 (July 1832).
BL 4413.ee.33; NSTC 2C16453 (BI Dt); OCLC 14402487 (3 libs).
Notes. Footnotes contain quotations from the Bible. Printer’s
mark and colophon of Thomas I. White, 149, Abbey Street, Dublin. Collates
in twelves and sixes alternately.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1833 (NSTC, OCLC); 3rd edn. 1837 (NSTC); 1841
(OCLC); New York 1835 (OCLC).
1832: 85 TROLLOPE,
[Frances Eleanor].
THE REFUGEE IN AMERICA: A NOVEL. BY MRS. TROLLOPE, AUTHOR OF “THE
DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE AMERICANS.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave Maria Lane, 1832.
I 294p; II 311p; III 302p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB, Star); 31s 6d boards (ER).
Star (28 Aug 1832), ‘in the press’; ER 56: 570 (Jan 1833); ECB 600 (Sept
1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48831-1; NSTC 2T18280 (BI BL, E, O; NA MH); OCLC 3436521
(45 libs).
Notes. Adv. (1 p. unn.) for two works ‘Just Ready’ at end
of vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons of Gilbert & Rivington,
St. John’s Square.
Further edn: London and New York 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1832: 86 [WARREN,
Samuel].
PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A LATE PHYSICIAN. WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY THE EDITOR. IN TWO VOLUMES.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, and T. Cadell, Strand, London, 1832.
I xii, 388p; II 409p. 16mo. 12s (ECB); 12s boards (ER, LG).
LG 791: 173 (17 Mar 1832); ER 55: 301 (Apr
1832); ECB 436 (Mar 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47430-2; NSTC 2W6783 (BI BL, Dt, E, O); OCLC 10785132
(11 libs).
Notes. Verso facing t.p. in each vol. notes: ‘Originally Published
in Blackwood’s Magazine’. The full series ran in Blackwood’s
from no. 28 (Aug 1830) to no. 42 (Aug 1837), with breaks; and the work
was first published in book form in a pirated selection, New York 1831,
as Affecting Scenes: Being Passages from the Diary of a Physician
(OCLC). ‘Notice to the Reader’, pp. [v]–vi (in present edn.), dated
‘London, February 3, 1832’. In this, ‘the Editor’ looks for a favourable
reception of the work in its present republished form: ‘He was led to
indulge such hopes, by seeing the flattering terms in which this Diary
was mentioned, from time to time, by many respectable journals in London
and elsewhere, during its successive appearance in Blackwood’s Magazine;
by the circumstances of its translation into the French language at
Paris; and by its republication separately in America, where the sale
has been so extensive, that the work is now stereotyped’ (p. [v]).
This ‘Notice’ adds: ‘Much new matter , however, will be found introduced
in the notes, and the whole has been very carefully revised—although
some errors have crept in after all, owing chiefly to the work’s being
printed in Edinburgh, while the Editor resided in London’ (p. vi).
‘Contents of Volume First’ occupies pp. [vii]–viii in vol. 1, followed
by Introduction, pp. [ix]–xii. ‘Contents of Volume Second’ (1 p. unn.)
precedes main text in vol. 2. Running titles vary according to chapter
headings. Printer’s marks and colophons of Andrew Shortreed, Thistle
Lane, Edinburgh. ER and LG list as ‘Diary of a Physician’. A 3rd vol.
was published in 1838, and incorporated in later edns.
Further edns: 2nd edn., corrected, 1833 (OCLC); 3rd edn. 1834 (NSTC);
4th edn. 1835 (NSTC, OCLC); 5th edn. 1837 (OCLC); 1838 (OCLC); [at least
8 more edns. to 1870]; New York 1837 [from the 5th London edn.] (OCLC);
French trans., 1834; German trans., 1838 [as Letzte Mittheilungen
aus dem Tagebuche eines Arztes].
1832: 87 [WILMOT,
R.].
ARDENT; A TALE OF WINDSOR FOREST, IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, GEORGE THE FOURTH. IN FOUR
VOLUMES.
London: Printed by Chappel [sic], Pall Mall; Moreton, Windsor;
and Ingalton and Son, Eton, 1832.
I 314p; II 309p; III 338p; IV 355p. 12mo. ‘£2 2s. board’ (s.l.).
ECB 24 (May 1832).
BL 012611.g.15; NSTC 2W24679 (BI C; NA MH); OCLC 6018699 (8 libs).
Notes. Dedication to ‘the Memory of his Late Most Gracious Majesty,
George the Fourth’ occupies vol. 1, pp. [1]–20, and is dated ‘Windsor.
18 .’, with space deliberately left for the last two digits
of the year. This is followed by an ‘Editor’s Preface’, pp. [21]–53,
dated ‘London, 1831’; then by a ‘Critique upon the Work’, pp. [54]–60,
signed by ‘the Author’; and a ‘Preface to the Reader’, pp. [61]–83,
also signed by ‘the Author’. The narrative proper begins on p. [85]
and ends on vol. 4, p. 347, followed by notes, which occupy pp. [349]–355.
Printer’s marks and colophons of G. H. Davidson, Ireland Yard, Blackfriars,
indicating that Chapple is most likely the publisher rather than the
printer of the work.
1832: 88 [WOOLRYCH,
Humphry William].
OUR ISLAND: COMPRISING FORGERY, A TALE; AND THE LUNATIC, A TALE.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1832.
I 308p; II 332p; III 330p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER).
ER 56: 570 (Jan 1833); ECB 427 (Oct 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48321-2; NSTC 2W31238 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA DLC); OCLC
39898752 (2 libs).
Notes. Introduction (1 p. unn.), dated ‘April, 1832’, noting
that the author’s object ‘has been to illustrate some striking defects
of our jurisprudence’. A footnote there also notes: ‘Since the tale
of “Forgery” was written, the capital punishment lately awarded against
that crime, has been repealed, except in cases of forging Wills and
Powers of Attorney.’ ‘Forgery, a Tale’ runs to vol. 2, p. 89, and
is followed by ‘The Lunatic, a Tale’, vols. 2 (from p. [91]) and
3. Advs. verso facing t.p. in vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons
of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Further edn: Philadelphia and Boston 1833 (OCLC).
1833: 1 ANON.
BENSON POWLET; OR THE FRENCH IN MOSCOW IN 1812. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., 1833.
I 252p; II 260p. 12mo. 11s (ECB, Star).
Star (16 Sept 1833); ECB 51 (Oct 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47114-1; NSTC 2P24096 (BI BL, E, O); xOCLC.
Notes. List of ‘New Publications’ (2 pp. unn.) at
end of vol. 2. Printer’s marks and colophons of J. Darling, Leadenhall
Street.
1833: 2 ANON.
CHATSWORTH, THE PATRICIAN.
London: Cochrane and M‘Crone, 11, Waterloo-Place, n.d. [1833].
viii, 310p. 12mo. 10s 6d (ECB).
ECB 108 (July 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47260-1; NSTC 2C17126 (BI C); OCLC 41647181
(1 lib).
Notes. Evidently distinct from Chatsworth; or, the Romance
of the Week, written by Peter George Patmore and edited by
Robert Plumer Ward, which appeared in 1844. Preface, pp. [v]–viii,
offering ‘a tale, a simple tale’ (p. viii). Printer’s mark
and colophon of Baylis and Leighton, Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street.
Further edn: reissued 1836 as The Widowed Bride; or, Chatsworth,
the Patrician (OCLC).
1833:
3 ANON.
DAVENANT, OR THE ESCAPE: AN HISTORICAL TALE.
London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, Ave-Maria-Lane,
1833.
iv, 315. 16mo.
ECB 153 (June 1833).
ABu SB.82379.Dav; NSTC 2D3458 (BI BL, C, E, O); xOCLC.
Notes. Adventures of an officer of horse during the 1745–6
rising, followed by his experiences in the West Indies. Introduction,
pp. [iii]–iv, states that the author ‘has been careful to
avoid mixing up that part of his story which relates to the West
Indies with a question which greatly agitates the public mind’
(p. iv). Printer’s mark and colophon of John Brown, Printer,
17 Old Broad Street.
1833: 4 ANON.
THE FANCY FAIR. TO WHICH IS ADDED STAR-LIGHT; OR A SCENE AT
TWEEDALE.
London: J. Hatchard and Son, 187, Picadilly, 1833.
121p. 16mo. 2s 6d (ECB).
ECB 199 (Apr 1833).
BL N.997(2); NSTC 2F1721 (BI C, E, O); OCLC 40237680 (1 lib).
Notes. The work consists of: ‘The Fancy Fair’, pp. [1]–99,
followed by verse piece ‘Star-Light, a Scene by the Tweed’, pp. [101]–121,
which refers to the death of Sir Walter Scott. Printer’s mark
and colophon of Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand.
1833: 5 ANON.
FRANK ORBY. A NOVEL. IN THREE VOLUMES. BY ONE OF THE ELEVEN.
London: Longman and Co., Paternoster Row. Printed by H. E.
Carrington, Chronicle Office, Bath, 1833.
I vii, 319p; II 319p; III 294p. 12mo. 24s (ECB); 24s boards (ER,
LG).
LG 838: 93 (9 Feb 1833); ER 57: 556 (July 1833); ECB 215 (Feb
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47832-4; NSTC 2O4578 (BI BL, O; NA DLC); OCLC
26792714 (2 libs, microform only).
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–vii, in which the author,
‘[w]ith the diffidence natural to all persons on appearing first
in print’, expresses his ignorance of ‘the indefinable region
of Haut Ton’ and of ‘antiquities’ (lacking the ability ‘to say
with certainty if the sun set “in a soft and melancholy glory”
behind the Hartz mountain on any particular evening three hundred
years ago’). List of ‘Errata’ (1 p. unn.) at end of vol.
3. Colophon in each vol. reads: ‘Printed by H. E. Carrington,
Chronicle Office, Bath’.
Further edn: New York 1834 (OCLC).
1833: 6 ANON.
GOLDEN LEGENDS. CONTAINING “THE BRACELET,”—“THE LOCKET,” AND
“THE SIGNET RING.” IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Ottley [sic], Conduit Street,
1833.
I vii, 267p; II 296p; III 300p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards
(ER).
ER 57: 556 (July 1833); ECB 235 (Jan 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51061-9; NSTC 2L10101 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC
5761248 (4 libs).
Notes. Introduction, pp. [iii]–vii, provides fictitious
frame narrative, involving authorship of the tales by a provincial
jeweller (an‘eccentric imaginationist’). The tales consist of
‘The Bracelet’, vols. 1 and 2 (up to p. 29); ‘Sequel to The
Bracelet’, vol. 2, pp. [31]–36; ‘The Locket’, vol. 2, p. [37]–vol.
3, p. 47; and ‘The Signet Ring’, vol. 3, pp. [49]–300. Printer’s
marks of Henry Cremer, Cornhill, with colophons in vols. 1 and
2 adding ‘Wittenoom’ (‘Wittenoom and Cremer’) as printer.
1833: 7 ANON.
WALTZBURG: A TALE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., Ave-Maria Lane, 1833.
I 311p; II 365p; III 357p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB, Star); 31s 6d boards
(ER, LG).
Star (5 June 1833); LG 853: 333 (25 May 1833); ER 57: 557 (July
1833); ECB 622 (May 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48820-6; NSTC 2W4594 (BI BL, C, E, O); xOCLC.
Notes. Printer’s marks and colophons of William Clowes,
Stamford Street. Title given as ‘Waltzburg. A Tale of the Times
of Luther’ in Star. Originally adv. in Star (10
May 1833), as to be published ‘in a few days’.
1833: 8 [AINSLIE,
John].
AURUNGZEBE; OR, A TALE OF ALRASCHID. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Cochrane and M‘Crone, 11, Waterloo Place, 1833.
I vii, 271p; II 274p; III 236p. 12mo. 27s (ECB, ER); 27s boards
(LG).
LG 873: 654 (12 Oct 1833); ER 58: 268 (Oct 1833); ECB 33 (Oct
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47081-1; NSTC 2A5764 (BI BL, C, E); OCLC 12952081
(5 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–vii, recommends the work
to readers ‘whose luxurious imaginations revel in the scenes of
Eastern climes’ (p. vi), stating nevertheless that the ‘story
is historical and true; and every local scene drawn […] from personal
observation’ (p. vii). Printer’s marks and colophons of G.
Schulze, 13, Poland Street.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1834 (NSTC, OCLC).
1833: 9 [BANIM,
Michael ?and John].
THE GHOST-HUNTER AND HIS FAMILY. BY THE O’HARA FAMILY.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. 1833.
xii, 330p. 16mo. 6s (ECB); 6s cloth (ER, LG, Star).
Star (22 Dec 1832), ‘On New Year’s Day’; LG
832: 826 (29 Dec 1832); ER 56: 571 (Jan 1833); ECB 37 (Jan 1833).
Corvey; NSTC 2B6668 (BI BL, C, O; NA DLC);
OCLC 21014495 (11 libs).
Notes. DNB attributes to Michael alone. Series-t.p. precedes
t.p. proper, and reads: ‘The Library of Romance. Edited by Leitch
Ritchie. Vol. I. The Ghost-Hunter and his Family. By the O’Hara
Family. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. 1833’. Preface
to the Series, pp. [iii]–xii, precedes the story of ‘The
Ghost-Hunter and his Family’. This states: ‘It is some years since
the Editor of this work conceived the idea of publishing a series
of original works of fiction, at little more than a fourth part
of the usual price. At that time the business of novel-publishing
touched upon its zenith’ (p. [v]). It continues later: ‘The
Editor would willingly indulge himself in tracing the causes of
decline and fall of this system […] were it not irrelevant to
his present purpose. All he has now to do is to exhibit the nature
of his own plan […] The price given will be regulated in the first
place, by merit of the work, and in the second place, by the popularity
of its writer; and the sum agreed upon will be paid in bank notes
immediately on the assignment of the copyright. // Each volume
will be fairly brought before the public. No expense will be spared’
(pp. vii–viii). As a result, the editor anticipates a changed
fiction industry: ‘One effect of the plan will be to diminish
the number of novels; for it is manifest, that no work which is
not presumed to be calculated for extensive circulation, will
be published at such a price. This will be a benefit even to the
book-sellers themselves […] for the great majority of existing
novels is formed of unsuccessful ones’ (p. ix). According
to the same preface, the series will include: original novels
by well-known and unknown authors; translations of novels in foreign
languages; adaptations of works in foreign languages; reprints
and adaptations of American novels. ‘Advertisement’ (1 p. unn.)
follows half-title of ‘The Ghost-Hunter and his Family’. Adv.
(1 p. unn.) following main text features vol. 2 of ‘The Library
of Romance’: ‘Schinderhannes’ by Leitch Ritchie. Printer’s mark
and colophon of Bradbury and Evans, Bouverie Street’. LG lists
as ‘Library of Romance, edited by Leitch Ritichie, Vol. I. 6s
cloth’.
Further edns: 1852 (NSTC, OCLC); 1853 (NSTC);
1863 (NSTC); 1870 (NSTC); New York 1833 (OCLC) [also Philadelphia
1833 (NSTC, OCLC)]; French trans., 1833; German trans., 1833.
1833: 10 [BRITTAINE,
George].
MOTHERS AND SONS. BY THE AUTHOR OF “HYACINTH O’GARA,” &C.
Dublin: Richard Moore Tims, Grafton-Street; Hatchard and Son,
Longman and Company, Simpkin and Marshall London; Waugh and Innes,
and White and Co. Edinburgh, 1833.
297p. 18mo. 4s 6d (ECB); 4s 6d boards (LG).
LG 866: 542 (24 Aug 1833); ECB 399 (Aug 1833).
BL 4413.f.34(1); NSTC 2B49302 (BI C, Dt, O); OCLC 37417063 (3
libs, microform only).
Notes. Printer’s mark reads: ‘Dublin: Printed by P. D.
Hardy, Cecilia Street’. Collates in twelves in sixes alternately.
Further edn: 2nd edn. 1833 (OCLC).
1833: 11 BROWNING,
William S[hergold].
THE PROVOST OF PARIS, A TALE OF THE COURT OF CHARLES VI. BY
WILLIAM S. BROWNING, AUTHOR OF THE “HISTORY OF THE HUGUENOTS.”
London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Cornhill, 1833.
I xii, 236p; II 240p; III 242p. 12mo. 15s (ECB, ER); 15s boards
(LG).
LG 860: 446 (13 July 1833); ER 58: 268 (Oct 1833); ECB 80 (July
1833).
BL 1578/6464; xNSTC; xOCLC.
Notes. Dedication to ‘the Baroness J. de Rothschild’, p. [v],
is followed by the Preface, pp. [vii]–xii, dated ‘Paris,
May 1833’. This notes that ‘an attempt has been made to produce
a narrative, founded principally on fact; but connected by a few
fictitious adventures […]. The purpose of this tale being
to elucidate history; not to delineate weakness or eccentricity,
which are the more special objects of a novel’ (p. viii).
‘Errata’ (1 p. unn.) to vol. 3 appear at the end of the vol.
after p. 242. Printer’s marks on versos of t.ps. read ‘Imprimerie
Selligue, 131, rue Montmartre.’ This edn. is bibliographically
identical to a Paris 1833 edn. published by A. and W. Galignani,
almost certainly replacing with a cancel t.p. the original French
publisher’s imprint with that of Smith, Elder, and Co. The Galignani
copy is held in Corvey (CME 3-628-47141-9).
1833: 12 [BRYANT,
William Cullen (editor)].
TALES OF GLAUBER-SPA. BY SEVERAL AMERICAN AUTHORS. IN TWO VOLUMES.
New York: Printed by J. & J. Harper, 82, Cliff Street,
and sold at the Depôt of American Publications, 12, Red Lion Square,
London, 1833.
I 276p; II 263p. 12mo. ‘6s each’ (ECB); 6s cloth (ER); ‘6s each,
cloth’ (LG).
LG 860: 446 (13 July 1833); ER 58: 268 (Oct
1833); ECB 528 (July 1833).
Corvey; xNSTC; xOCLC.
Notes. According to Blanck, the edn. forming the present
entry is made up from sheets of the original US edn., with a cancel
t.p. inserted. ‘Advertisement’, pp. [5]–6, signed ‘The Publishers’,
describes the process of selection and publication of the tales.
‘Introduction. To the Misters Harpers, at their Store in New-York
City. Glauber-Spa, July —’, pp. [7]–19, signed ‘Sharon Clapp’,
fictitiously relates the origin of the tales. Lists of contents
occupy p. [21] in vol. 1 and p. [3] in vol. 2. Vol.
1 comprises: Catharine Maria Sedgwick, ‘Le Bossu’, pp. [23]–108;
James Kirke Paulding, ‘Childe Roeliff’s Pilgrimage’, pp. [109]–189;
William Cullen Bryant, ‘The Skeleton’s Cave’ , pp. [191]–239;
Anon., ‘Medfield’, pp. [241]–276. Vol. 2 contains: William
Leggett, ‘The Block House. A Western Story’, pp. [7]–101;
R. C. Sands, ‘Mr. Green’, pp. 103–152; James Kirke Paulding,
‘Selim’, pp. [153]–220; R. C. Sands, ‘Boyuca’, pp. [221]–263.
Advs. (2 pp. unn.) precede t.p. in vol. 1. Originally
published New York 1832 (NSTC, OCLC). LG gives: ‘Harper’s Library
of Select American Novels: Vols. I and II. Tales of Glauber Spa;
Vols. III and IV. Westward Ho, 12mo. 6s. each, cloth’. Existing
sources do not clarify whether this ‘6s each’ pricing refers to
the individual titles or volumes; however, see notes
to Westward Ho! (1833: 55[b]) for additional information
on pricing. ECB 525 lists under ‘Sedgwick, (Catherine M.)’. All
the tales in this compilation, excepting ‘Boyuca’, were published
again as Childe Roeliff’s Pilgrimage, and Other Tales (1834:
4).
1833: 13 [BULWER
LYTTON, Edward George].
GODOLPHIN. A NOVEL. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, (Successor
to Henry Colburn.), 1833.
I iv, 307p; II 281p; III 307p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER); 31s
6d (ECB).
BP (7 May 1833); Star (8 Jan 1833), ‘just ready’; LG 850: 285
(4 May 1833); ER 57: 556 (July 1833); ECB 234 (Apr 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47169-9; NSTC 2B57411 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O; NA
DLC); OCLC 7434270 (14 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, dated ‘***** April 23,
1833’. This claims that the ‘Tale is woven from real events; and
he who gives it to the world has undertaken rather the task of
a compiler, than that of the author’ (p. [iii]). It adds:
‘Should any of the idlers who have leisure to waste on trifles,
attempt to pry into so unimportant a secret as the name of the
individual whose humble task it has been from a Memoir to construct
a Romance, their ingenuity will be exercised in vain:—that secret
[…] he trusts and believes that he shall carry to a grave, which
(amidst a sea of infirmities and care) smiles upon him, near and
welcome—the Haven of Repose’ (p. iv). Vols. 1 and 3 have
printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street,
Fleet Street: vol. 2 has printer’s mark and colophon of Ibotson
and Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand. Bentley MS List records print
run of 1,000 copies. BP notes: ‘Frequently advertised at the time
as “Godolphin, or The Oath.” ’
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1833 as Godolphin, or, the Oath
(NSTC, OCLC; BP: 7 Aug 1833, 31s 6d boards; Bentley MS List: 250
copies); 1840 (OCLC); 1844 (OCLC); 1850 (NSTC, OCLC); 1850 (OCLC);
[at least 5 more edns. to 1870]; Philadelphia 1833 (OCLC); German
trans., 1834; French trans., 1836; Danish trans., 1858.
1833: 14 [BUNBURY,
Selina].
TALES OF MY COUNTRY. BY THE AUTHOR OF “EARLY RECOLLECTIONS,”
“A VISIT TO MY BIRTH PLACE,” “THE ABBEY OF INNISMOYLE,” &C.
&C.
Dublin: William Curry, jun. and Company; Simpkin and Marshall,
London; sold also by Seeley and Sons, J. Nisbet, and J. Hatchard
and Son, London, 1833.
vii, 301p. 16mo.
BL N.1484; NSTC 2B57705 (BI Dt, O; NA DLC); OCLC 21127349 (3 libs).
Notes. List of contents, p. [i], followed by prefatory
address, pp. [iii]–vii, dated ‘Birkenhead, 1832’. Contains:
‘Introduction’, pp. [1]–8; ‘A Visit at Clairville, including
the Story of Rose Muldoon’, pp. [9]–74; ‘Eveleen O’Connor’,
pp. [75]–106; ‘A Tale of Monan-a-Glena’, pp. [107]–188;
‘Six Weeks at the Rectory, including an Account of a Parish History’,
pp. [189]–301.
1833: 15 [CARLETON,
William].
TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY. SECOND SERIES. IN
THREE VOLUMES.
Dublin: William Frederick Wakeman. Sold in London, by W. Simpkin
and R. Marshall, and by R. Groomsbridge, 6, Panyer-Alley, Paternoster-Row,
1833.
I viii, 471p; II 475p; III 448p. 12mo. 15s [sic] (ECB);
31s 6d boards (ER, LG).
LG 830: 797 (15 Dec 1832); ER 56: 571 (Jan 1833); ECB 596 (Dec
1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51141-0; NSTC 2C7502 (BI BL, C, Dt); OCLC 21258384
(7 libs).
Notes. List of contents, p. [iii], precedes Preface,
pp. [v]–viii. The latter notes: ‘With respect to the contents
of this Second Series, the Author has only to observe,
that the volumes constituting the First Series had
an excellent sale, considering that they were of Irish manufacture.
They are now getting into a third edition, and much of their success
may probably be ascribed to the fact of their never having been
puffed; for no man excites more notice than he who runs counter
to the fashion’ (p. [v]). It also states: ‘when this work
was nearly ready for publication, a calamitous fire reduced the
printer’s establishment to ashes. The “Traits and Stories” unhappily
shared the same fate: the first edition went off brilliantly in
the course of one night. Had the book appeared as it was then
printed, it would have rivalled any thing coming from the first
houses of London. It was again put through the press in a hurry,
and under circumstances highly disadvantageous; and yet its typographical
execution is certainly creditable to the country’ (pp. vii–viii).
Lists of contents (1 p. unn. each) precede main text in vols.
2 and 3. Vol. 1 comprises: ‘The Midnight Mass’, pp. [1]–150;
‘The Donagh; or, the Horse Stealers’, pp. [151]–208; ‘Phil
Purcel, the Pig-Driver. An Outline’, pp. [209]–264; ‘An Essay
on Irish Swearing’, pp. [265]–306; ‘The Geography of an Irish
Oath’, pp. [307]–471. Vol. 2 contains: ‘The Lianhan Shee,
an Irish Superstition’, pp. [1]–55; ‘The Poor Scholar’, pp. [57]–298;
‘Wildgoose Lodge’, pp. [299]–336; ‘Tubber Derg; or, the Red
Well’, pp. [337]–475. Vol. 3 consists of: ‘Denis O’Shaughnessy
Going to Maynooth’, pp. [1]–254; ‘Phelim O’Toole’s Courtship’,
pp. [255]–433. Notes occupy pp. [435]–488 in vol. 3.
List of works ‘Lately Published, by William Frederick Wakeman,
9, D’Olier-Street, Dublin’ (4 pp. unn.) at end of vol. 3.
Printer’s marks in vols. 2 and 3 read: ‘Dublin: Printed by P. Dixon
Hardy, Cecilia-Street’. For details of 1st ser., see 1830: 37.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1834 (NSTC, OCLC); 3rd edn. 1835 (NSTC,
OCLC); Philadelphia and Baltimore 1833 (NSTC, OCLC); French trans.
of ‘Wildgoose Lodge’, 1861 [as part of Romans irlandais: scenes
de la vie champêtre]. Collected with 1st ser: London and Dublin
1836 (NSTC); Dublin and London 1843–4 (NSTC, OCLC); London 1852
(NSTC, OCLC); London 1853 (NSTC); London 1853–5 (NSTC); [at least
6 more edns. to 1870]; Germans trans., 1837 [as Skizzen Erzählungen
aus dem Leben des Irishen Landvolks].
1833: 16 [CATHCART,
Miss].
ADELAIDE; A STORY OF MODERN LIFE. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, Paternoster-Row;
Richard Nichols, Wakefield, 1833.
I xiv, 312p; II 266p; III 279p. 8vo. 18s 6d (ECB); 24s boards
(ER); 18s 6d boards (LG).
LG 848: 253 (20 Apr 1833); ER 57: 557 (July 1833); ECB 5 (Apr
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47014-5; NSTC 2C11492 (BI BL, C, E); OCLC 13345063
(6 libs).
Notes. ‘Introduction, by the Editor’ (p. [vii]) notes:
‘Since the Work that has been entrusted to my care is written
by an Anonymous Author, it is difficult—almost impossible—to say
any thing on its behalf’. List of subscribers, pp. [viii]–xiv,
includes c. 200 names. Facing t.p. in each vol. is
an identical quotation from Young. Printer’s marks and colophons
read: ‘Richard Nichols, Typographer, Wakefield’.
1833: 17 [COOPER,
James Fenimore].
THE HEADSMAN; OR, THE ABBAYE DES VIGNERONS. A TALE. BY THE
AUTHOR OF “THE BRAVO,” &C. &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, (Successor
to Henry Colburn.), 1833.
I xv, 321p; II 317p; III 331p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, LG); 31s
6d (ECB, ER).
BP (12 Sept 1833); Star (16 Sept 1833); ER
58: 268 (Oct 1833); LG 869: 590 (14 Sept 1833); ECB 134 (Sept
1833).
Corvey; NSTC 2C36806 (BI BL, C, Dt, E, O;
NA DLC, MH); OCLC 4168202 (37 libs).
Notes. Introduction, pp. [v]–xv, functions as a frame
narrative in relation to the tale of the headsman. Printer’s marks.
and colophons of Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Bentley MS List records print run of 2,000
copies.
Further edns: 1836 (NSTC, OCLC; BP: 28 Jan
1836, 6s boards); 1842 (NSTC, OCLC); 1850 (NSTC, OCLC); 1854 (OCLC);
1855 (NSTC); [at least 2 more edns. to 1870]; Philadelphia
1833 (Blanck, NSTC, OCLC); French trans.,
1833 [as Le Bourreau de Berne, ou l’abbaye des vignerons];
German trans., 1833 [as Der Henker, oder das Winzerfest.
Roman and Der Scharfrichter von Bern, oder das Winzerfest];
Italian trans., 1834; Swedish trans., 1835; Spanish trans., 1854.
1833: 18 [COPE,
H.].
ROMANCES OF THE CHIVALRIC AGES. THE PILGRIM BROTHERS. IN TWO
VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1833.
I xx, 279p, ill.; II 282p, ill. 12mo. 21s (ECB); 21s boards (ER).
ER 57: 557 (July 1833); ECB 501 (June 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48509-6; NSTC 2C37290 (BI BL, C, E); xOCLC.
Notes. Prefatory notice, p. [iii], stating purpose
‘to bring before the present degenerate age those glorious days
when beauty was the star that led the adventurous knight to glory’.
Introduction, pp. [iv]–xx, in the form of a fictitious frame
narrative, describes how ‘Timotheus Scribewell’ got possession
of the manuscript containing the romances. ‘The Pilgrim Brothers’
is the only constituent tale. Printer’s marks and colophons of
Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand.
1833: 19 [CROKER,
Thomas Crofton].
MY VILLAGE, VERSUS “OUR VILLAGE.” BY THE AUTHOR OF “BARNEY
MAHONEY.”
London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson, 1833.
345p. 8vo. 8s (ECB); 8s boards (LG).
LG 828: 765 (1 Dec 1832); ECB 144 (Nov 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48176-7; NSTC 2C43661 (BI BL, C, Dt, O; NA DLC,
MH); OCLC 21182873 (8 libs).
Notes. Authorship of Barney Mahoney has been attributed
to Marianne Nicholson Croker, T. C. Croker’s wife (see 1832: 21).
Introductory verse statement (1 p. unn.) setting dystopian
tone, in observing that ‘village life is not all à la Mitford’.
Advs. (2 pp. unn.) follow main text. Colophon of H. Fisher,
R. Fisher, & P. Jackson (a somewhat unusual example of
the imprint names matching colophon). LG lists as ‘T. C. Croker’s
My Village versus “Our Village” ’.
1833: 20 [DALTON,
James].
THE INVISIBLE GENTLEMAN, BY THE AUTHOR OF “CHARTLEY THE FATALIST,”
“THE ROBBER,” &C. &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Edward Bull, Holles Street, 1833.
I 327p; II 327p; III 324p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB): 31s 6d boards (ER,
LG).
Star (18 Feb 1833); LG 831: 813 (22 Dec 1832); ER 56: 571 (Jan
1833); ECB 298 (Dec 1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47943-6; NSTC 2D1302 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC
19883834 (4 libs).
Notes. Adv. for E. Bull’s ‘New Public Subscription Library’,
giving terms, facing t.p. in vol. 1. Adv. list for work ‘Published
by Edward Bull, 26, Holles Street, Cavendish Square’ (4 pp. unn.)
at end of vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Further edn: Philadelphia and Baltimore 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
?DEALE, … or ?LUTTRELL, Henry, CRAVEN DERBY
See 1832: 26
1833: 21 [DISRAELI,
Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield].
THE WONDROUS TALE OF ALROY. THE RISE OF ISKANDER. BY THE AUTHOR
OF “VIVIAN GREY,” “CONTARINI FLEMING,” &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1833.
I xxv, 303p; II 305p; III 324p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB, LG); 31s 6d
boards (ER).
LG 842: 157 (9 Mar 1833); ER 57: 556 (July 1833); ECB 165 (Mar
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48979-2; NSTC 2D14251 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH);
OCLC 10381466 (17 libs).
Notes. Dedication, pp. [iii]–vi, ‘To ** ********’.
Preface, pp. [vii]–xxv, stating ‘the time of this Romance
is the twelfth century’, and then offering an account of ‘the
political condition of the East’ (p. viii). ‘The Wondrous
Tale of Alroy’, runs to vol. 3 (p. 112), followed by ‘The
Rise of Iskander’ (from p. [113]). ‘Notes’ occupy vol. 1,
pp. [271]–303, vol. 2, pp. [293]–305, and vol. 3, pp. [107]–112.
Adv. list (2 pp. unn.), dated ‘Conduit Street, Feb. 1833’,
at end of vol. 2. List of ‘Works by the Author of Alroy’ (2 pp. unn.)
at end of vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons of Ibotson and
Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand. ER gives ‘The Wondrous Tale of Alroy.
By the Author of Carwell’ [i.e. Caroline Henrietta Sheridan] (see
1830: 100).
Further edns: Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC); German trans., 1833.
1833: 22 FRASER,
James Baillie.
TALES OF THE CARAVANSERAI. BY JAMES BAILLIE FRASER, AUTHOR
OF THE “KUZZILBASH,” “HIGHLAND SMUGGLER,” ETC. THE KHAN’S TALE.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1833.
371p. 16mo. 6s (ECB, ER); 6s boards (LG).
LG 863: 493 (3 Aug 1833); ER 58: 268 (Oct 1833); ECB 216 (July
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47835-9; NSTC 2F14805 (BI BL, C, E, O; NA MH);
xOCLC.
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘The
Library of Romance. Edited by Leitch Ritchie. Vol. VII. Tales
of the Caravanserai. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill.
1833.’ Introduction, pp. [1]–70, followed by ‘The Khan’s
Tale’, pp. [71]–371. Advs. (5 pp. unn.) follow main
text beginning with notice of that ‘Volume VIII. will appear on
the first of October. Containing Waldemar, a Tale of the Thirty
Years’ War. By W. M.[sic] Harrison’. Printer’s mark and
colophon of Stewart and Co., Old Bailey. ECB lists as ‘The Khan’s
Tale: A Tale of the Caravanserai’.
Further edns: 1850 (NSTC); Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1833: 23 GALT,
John.
EBEN ERSKINE; OR, THE TRAVELLER. BY JOHN GALT, ESQ. AUTHOR
OF “THE AYRSHIRE LEGATEES,” “LAWRIE TODD,” “STANLEY BUXTON,” &C.
&C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. (Successor
to Henry Colburn.), 1833.
I vi, 303p; II 310p; III 302p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG);
31s 6d (ECB).
BP (17 May 1833); Star (19 June 1833); LG 852: 317 (18 May 1833);
ER 57: 557 (July 1833); ECB 222 (May 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47762-X; NSTC 2G1365 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC
13313505 (19 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–vi, dated ‘6th January, 1833’,
states: ‘This may be my last novel; for the latter part has been
dictated from a bed of sickness, and the disease is not of a very
equivocal kind’ (p. [v]). Adv. (2 pp. unn.) at end of
vol. 2 for the Standard Novels ser., ‘Publishing Monthly, in small
8vo. beautifully printed and illustrated, price 6s. each volume’,
and ending with a notice of ‘Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen’
(‘just published’). Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street. Bentley MS List records print run
of 1,000 copies.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1833: 24 GALT,
John.
THE STOLEN CHILD. A TALE OF THE TOWN, FOUNDED ON A CERTAIN
INTERESTING FACT. BY JOHN GALT, ESQ. AUTHOR OF “THE AYRSHIRE LEGATEES,”
“ANNALS OF THE PARISH,” “LAWRIE TODD,” ETC.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1833.
vi, 337p. 16mo. 6s (ECB); 6s boards (ER, LG).
LG 845: 205 (30 Mar 1833); ER 57: 556 (July 1833); ECB 222 (Mar
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47766-2; NSTC 2G1403 (BI BL, E, O); OCLC 40523615
(5 libs).
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘The
Library of Romance. Edited by Leitch Ritchie. Vol. IV. The Stolen
Child. By John Galt, Esq. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill.
1833’. Preface, pp. [v]–vi, signed ‘J. G.’ and dated ‘March
26th’. Advs. (2 pp. unn.) follow main text. Printer’s mark
and colophon of Stewart and Co., Old Bailey.
Further edns: 1837 (NSTC, OCLC); Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1833: 25 GALT,
John.
STORIES OF THE STUDY. BY JOHN GALT, ESQ. AUTHOR OF “THE ANNALS
OF THE PARISH;” “LAURIE TODD;” “EBEN ERSKINE,” &C. &C.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Cochrane and M‘Crone, 11, Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall,
1833.
I vi, 314p; II 319p; III 326p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards
(ER, LG).
LG 880: 765 (30 Nov 1833); ER 58: 553 (Jan
1834); ECB 222 (Nov 1833).
BL N.1045; NSTC 2G1404 (BI C, E, NCu, O; NA
MH); OCLC 12260790 (16 libs).
Notes. List of contents (unn.) follows t.p. in vol. 1.
Preface, pp. [iv]–vi, notes that the author ‘never could
understand why works of fiction should always be produced in three
volumes; the trade reason for publishing in that magnitude is
obvious enough—namely, the expense of advertising is not more
than one volume; but what authors have to do with the rule seemed
to me inexplicable, especially as they are at liberty to consult
their own predilections, and might make up the fashionable quantity
as they think proper’ (p. [iv]). Preface summarizes some
of the tales. Introduction, vol. 1, pp. [1]–6, followed by
‘The Lutherans’, vol. 1, p. [7]–vol. 2, p. 161. The
rest of vol. 2 contains: ‘The Dean of Guild; a Caricature’, pp. [163]–234;
‘The Black Pirate’, pp. [235]–263; ‘A Greenwich Pensioner’,
pp. [264]–289; ‘The Lumber’, pp. [290]–319. Vol. 3 comprises:
‘The Jaunt’, pp. [1]–121; ‘The Craniologists’, pp. [122]–177;
‘The Horoscope’, pp. [178]–197; ‘Heron Glenie’, pp. [198]–217;
‘The Magos’, pp. [218]–229; ‘The Stage-Coach; or, the Pastimes
of a Widower’, pp. [230]–249; ‘The Seamstress’, pp. [250]–267;
‘The English Groom’, pp. [268]–308; ‘The Deluge’, pp. [309]–326.
Adv. list (2 pp.) at end of vol. 3 featuring ‘The Separate Works
of John Galt’. Printer’s marks and colophons of Baylis and Leighton,
Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street.
1833: 26 [GARDINER,
Marguerite], Countess of Blessington.
THE REPEALERS. A NOVEL. BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. IN
THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. (Successor
to Henry Colburn.), 1833.
I 316p; II 348p; III 320p. 12mo. 31s 6d boards (BP, ER); 31s 6d
(ECB).
BP (19 June 1833); Star (24 June 1833); ER 57: 557 (July 1833);
ECB 61 (June 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47229-6; NSTC 2G2199 (BI BL, Dt, E, O); OCLC
11268926 (8 libs).
Notes. Printer’s marks and colophons of Samuel Bentley,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street. Bentley MS List records print run
of 1,250 copies. ECB lists under ‘Grace Cassidy’.
Further edns: 2nd edn. 1834 as Grace Cassidy, or the Repealers:
A Novel (NSTC, OCLC; BP: 14 Jan 1834, 31s 6d boards); Philadelphia
1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1833: 27 GODWIN,
William.
DELORAINE. BY WILLIAM GODWIN, AUTHOR OF “CALEB WILLIAMS,” “ST.
LEON,” &C. IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street: Successor
to Henry Colburn, 1833.
I vi, 288p; II 286p; III 317p. 12mo. 28s 6d boards (BP); 28s 6d
(ECB, LG, Star); 31s 6d boards (ER).
BP (15 Feb 1833); Star (12 Feb 1833); LG 839: 109 (16 Feb 1833);
ER 57: 556 (July 1833); ECB 234 (Feb 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47702-6; NSTC 2G11505 (BI BL, C, E, NCu, O;
NA DLC, MH); OCLC 989983 (30 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [v]–vi, dated ‘December, 1832’,
notes: ‘The plan of the following story in its rude outline was
first committed to paper on the seventeenth of January 1830’ (p. [v]).
Lists of new works ‘Just Published by Richard Bentley, New Burlington
Street’ (2 pp. unn. each) at end of vols. 2 and 3. Printer’s
marks and colophons of Richard Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.
Bentley MS List records print run of 1,000 copies.
Further edn: Philadelphia 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1833: 28 {GORE,
C[atharine Grace] F[rances]}.
POLISH TALES. BY THE AUTHORESS OF “HUNGARIAN TALES.” IN THREE
VOLUMES.
London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1833.
I 330p; II 332p; III 326p. 12mo. 31s 6d (ECB); 31s 6d boards (ER,
LG).
LG 843: 173 (16 Mar 1833); ER 57: 556 (July 1833); ECB 460 (Mar
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48481-2; NSTC 2G14876 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC
7227544 (11 libs).
Notes. Dedication (1 p. unn.) to ‘His Royal Highness
the Duke of Sussex’, signed ‘C. F. Gore’. The work consists of:
‘The Confederates of Lubionki’, vols. 1 and 2 (up to p. 274);
‘The Mill of Mariemont; or The Fortunes of Stanislas’, vol. 2,
p. [275]–vol. 3, p. 241; and ‘The Pasieka; or Bee Farm’,
vol. 3 (up to p. 314). Notes occupy pp. [327]–330 in
vol. 1 and pp. [315]–326 in vol. 3. Printer’s marks and colophons
of B. Bensley.
1833: 29 [GORE,
Catherine Grace Frances].
THE SKETCH BOOK OF FASHION. BY THE AUTHOR OF “MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.”
IN THREE VOLUMES.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, (Successor
to Henry Colburn.), 1833.
I iv, 307p; II 312p; III 330p. 12mo. 28s 6d boards (BP, ER, LG);
28s 6d (ECB).
BP (6 Feb 1833); Star (13 Mar 1833); LG 838: 93 (9 Feb 1833);
ER 57: 556 (July 1833); ECB 540 (Jan 1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-48752-8; NSTC 2G14887 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC
13297318 (5 libs).
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, notes that ‘The following
Tales form the last of a series of Novels, of a class created
by the peculiar spirit of the last reign, and manifestly at variance
with that of the present times […] The only apology admissible
for a fashionable novel, is the successful exposure of vices and
follies daily and hourly generated by the corruptions of society’
(p. [iii]). It also notes how ‘The sketches contained in
“Mothers and Daughters” are sanctioned as correct, by the very
class most interested in their refutation’ (p. iv). Titles
of tales appear on respective t.ps. The tales consist of: ‘The
Pavilion’, vol. 1, pp. [1]–135); ‘My Place in the Country’,
pp. [137]–255; ‘The Second Marriage’, vol. 1, p. [257]–vol.
2, p. 183; ‘The Old and the Young Bachelor’, vol. 2, p. [185]–vol.
3, p. 55; ‘A Manœuvrer Outwitted; or, Relations from India’,
vol. 3, pp. [57]–148; ‘The Intrigante’, pp. [149]–330.
Colophons of J. B. Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament Street. Bentley
MS List records print run of 750 copies.
Further edn: New York 1833 (NSTC, OCLC).
1833: 30 GRIMSTONE,
[Mary] Leman.
CHARACTER; OR, JEW AND GENTILE: A TALE. BY MRS. LEMAN GRIMSTONE,
AUTHOR OF “WOMAN’S LOVE,” &C. &C. IN TWO VOLUMES.
London: Charles Fox, 67, Paternoster-Row, 1833.
I iv, 261p; II 256p. 12mo. 16s (ECB, ER); 16s boards (LG).
LG 860: 446 (13 July 1833); ER 58: 268 (Oct 1833); ECB 246 (July
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47769-7; NSTC 2G23372 (BI BL, C, E, O); xOCLC.
Notes. Preface, pp. [iii]–iv, disclaiming adherence
to systems, and acknowledging certain anachronisms. Printer’s
marks and colophons of William Clowes, Duke Street, Lambeth.
1833: 31 HARRISON,
W[illiam] H[enry].
WALDEMAR, A TALE OF THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR. BY W. H. HARRISON,
ESQ. AUTHOR OF “TALES OF A PHYSICIAN,” “THE HUMOURIST,” ETC.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1833.
vi, 327p. 16mo. 6s (ECB); 6s boards (ER); 6s cloth (LG).
LG 871: 622 (28 Sept 1833); ER 58: 268 (Oct 1833); ECB 257 (Sept
1833).
Corvey; CME 3-628-47770-0; NSTC 2H9976 (BI BL, C, E, O); OCLC
27694927 (6 libs).
Notes. Series-t.p. precedes t.p. proper, and reads: ‘The
Library of Romance. Edited by Leitch Ritchie. Vol. VIII. Waldemar.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill. 1833’. ‘Advertisement’,
pp. [iii]–vi, notes that the author’s ‘Authority for his
historical facts, and delineations of character, will be found
in Schiller’s History of the Thirty Years’ War, Harte’s Life of
Gustavus Adolphus, and the “History of the late Wars,” by count
Galliazzo Gualdo Priorato’ (p. vi). ‘Notes’ occupy pp. [307]–327.
Notice (1 p. unn.) of at end of vol. reads ‘Vol. IX. Will
appear on the First of December. Containing The Baronet. By a
Debutante’. Printer’s marks and colophons of Stewart and Co.,
Old Bailey.
Further edns: 1837 as Waldemar; or the Sack of Magdeburg: A
Tale of the Thirty Years’ War (NSTC, OCLC); Philadelphia 1834
(NSTC, OCLC).
1833: 32 HAY,
Hugh (editor?).
TALES OF THE MANSE. BY A GENTLEMAN GONE TO THE INDIES. EDITED
BY HUGH HAY, ESQ. FIRST SERIES. SAINT KENTIGERN. A ROMANCE OF
STRATHCLYDE.
Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 8, East Clyde Street; and 5, South
College Street, Edinburgh; W. Curry, Jun. & Co., Dublin; and
Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1833.
lxix, 272p. 12mo. 6s (ECB); 6s boards (ER, LG).
LG 830: 797 (15 Dec 1832); ER 56: 571 (Jan 1833); ECB 576 (Dec
1832).
Corvey; CME 3-628-51032-5; NSTC 2H13632 (BI C, O); xOCLC.
Notes. ‘Note by the Publishers’, p. [iii], dated ‘8,
East Clyde Street, November, 1832’, reads: ‘It was the original
intention of the Publishers to have issued the Tales of the Manse
in a complete form, consisting of three volumes; but, on consideration,
they have rather chosen to publish the volumes separately, and
at intervals—a system more in accordance with their usual method
of publication, and perhaps more convenient to readers in general.
Each volume will be, however, complete in itself, and only connected
with the others by the general title and introduction. The second