Acts. Translated from the French of MM. Moreau, Siraudin and
Delacourt. Thomas Hailes Lacy, Wellington Street, Strand. 1 vol.
Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 43 + (1). Advertisements occupy p. (44).
Salmon-pink paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with the other
volumes in Lacy's Acting Edition, of which this is No. 220.
1854
MASKS AND FACES: Or BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A Comedy in Two
Acts. By TOM TAYLOR and CHARLES READE. London: Richard Bentley, New
Burlington Street. 1854. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. (viii) + 71
+ (1). Mustard-yellow paper wrappers, printed in black as
title-page.
1854
TWO LOVES AND A LIFE: A Drama in Four Acts. By TOM TAYLOR and CHARLES
READE. Produced at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, April 1854. London:
Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1854. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ ×
6¾). Pp. (viii) + 85 + (3). Mustard-yellow paper wrappers, printed
in black as title-page.
1854
THE KING'S RIVAL: A Drama in Five Acts. By TOM TAYLOR and CHARLES
READE, authors of _Masks and Faces_, _Two Loves and a Life_ etc.
etc. First produced at the Theatre Royal, St. James's, October 4,
1854. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1854. 1 vol.
Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. (viii) + 72. Mustard-yellow paper wrappers,
printed in black as title-page.
NOTES—(i) The three preceding items were also issued as one
volume bound in maroon cloth, blocked in gold and blind, and
lettered on the spine “Dramas by Tom Taylor and Charles
Reade,” and with pale yellow end-papers. The sheets used
were those of the original pamphlet issue, the separate
title-pages and half-titles being preserved, but the sheets
being cut to measure 4⅛ × 6⅝.
(ii) In their original separate form _Masks and Faces_ and
_Two Loves and a Life_ were published on July 1, and _The
King's Rival_ on October 17, 1854.
1857
POVERTY AND PRIDE: A Drama in Five Acts By CHARLES READE. Being the
authorised English version of _Les Pauvres de Paris_, drama by
Messrs. Edouard Brisebarre and Eugène Nus. London: Richard Bentley,
New Burlington Street. 1856. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 64.
Paper wrappers.
NOTE—This book was published on August 12, 1857.
1857
THE HYPOCHONDRIAC. Adapted to the English stage from the _Malade
Imaginaire_ of Molière. By CHARLES READE. London: William Clowes and
Sons, 14 Charing Cross. And Ticknor and Fields, Boston, U.S. 1857. 1
vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7⅛). Pp. 59 + (1). Light brown paper wrappers,
printed in black; wording as title-page.
NOTE—This play was later acted under the title _The Robust
Invalid_ (June, 1870). I do not know whether a printed text
exists with this title.
1859
LE FAUBOURG SAINT-GERMAIN. Pièce en deux Actes. Ecrite en Français par
CHARLES READE. Paris. Typographie: Morris et Comp. Rue Amelot 64.
1859. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5⅛ × 7⅜). Pp. 69 + (3). Pale blue paper
wrappers, printed in black; wording as title-page.
[?1867]
DORA: A Pastoral Poem in Three Acts. With New Scenic Effect and
Appropriate Music. Founded on Mr. Tennyson's poem and written by
CHARLES READE. London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford
Street and Charing Cross. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅜). Pp. 53 + (3).
Yellow paper wrappers, printed in black with the single word “Dora”
enclosed in decorative frame.
NOTES—(i) This play was reissued about 1872 or 1873 by
Williams and Strahan, 7 Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, in a
fifty-page pamphlet measuring 4⅛ × 7⅛ and wrappered in buff
paper, printed merely with the word “Dora” in black. The
text shows slight variations from that of the first issue.
(ii) The date of the first of the above issues is doubtful.
_Dora_ was written in 1863 or 1864, but evidence is wanting
to show whether it was then printed, or not until its first
production in 1867. It was revived in the early nineties.
[?1867]
THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE: A Drama in Five Acts. By AUGUSTE MAQUET and
CHARLES READE. London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford
Street and Charing Cross, 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 80.
Yellow paper wrappers, printed in black, with play title only
enclosed in decorative frame. This pamphlet is uniform in style with
_Dora_.
NOTE—This play is based on _Le Château Grantier_ by Maquet.
The date of printing is conjectural, being that of its first
production. Reade's novel _White Lies_ (see above, p. 161)
is a fictional version of the same plot.
[?1869]
KATE PEYTON: Or JEALOUSY. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7⅛). Pp. 84. Pink
paper wrappers, printed with play title only.
NOTES—(i) This booklet bears no printer's name, date, or
other mark of identification. The text differs slightly from
that issued in 1883 and described below.
(ii) The date is purely conjectural. Coleman mentions no
play of this title, but speaks of _Griffith Gaunt_ as having
been produced in 1868 or 1869. The above item being a
dramatic version of _Griffith Gaunt_, I am inclined to think
that this is the play referred to, and have accordingly
dated it as having been printed about the time of the first
production.
[?1872 or 1873]
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Drama in Five Acts. By CHARLES READE.
Author of _Gold_; _Rachel the Reaper_; _Ladies' Battle_; _Nobs and
Snobs_; _The Lost Husband_; _The Double Marriage_; _Kate Peyton_;
_Foul Play_; _Put Yourself in His Place_; _The Wandering Heir_;
_Shilly Shally_; _The Courier of Lyons_; etc. etc. And one of the
authors of _Masks and Faces_; _Two Loves and a Life_; _The First
Printer_; _The King's Rival_. London: Printed by Williams and
Strahan, 7 Lawrence Lane, Cheapside. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7) Pp.
97 + (1). Buff paper wrappers, printed in black with the play title
only.
NOTES—(i) This play was reissued in 1890 in a pamphlet
printed for private circulation by W. Spearing, 1, Great
Queen Street, W.C. The booklet measures 5½ × 8½; contains
pp. 148—of which (1) to (4) are regular prelims., (5) to
(146) are printed alternately and paged (5) to 76, and (147)
and (148) are blank—and is bound in grey paper wrappers,
printed in black. The text of this second version shows
considerable variation from that of the first, and the play
is in four acts instead of five.
(ii) The date at the head of this item is conjectural.
Reade's first original dramatization of _It's Never Too Late
to Mend_ was written by 1864 and produced in 1865. Coleman
speaks in that year of receiving from Laura Seymour a
“yellow covered book” of the text of the play, and this
book, if printed, was the real first edition. But I cannot
prove the existence of a printed text at that date, and
prefer to give first place to the pamphlet here described,
although, because of the other plays mentioned on the
title-page, it cannot be of earlier date than 1872.
(iii) In July, 1860, a dramatization of Reade's novel had
been issued in Lacy's Acting Edition. Reade was rightly
furious at the unauthorized issue of this version, and
hastened to prepare one of his own. For the benefit of those
interested I append details of the pirate booklet.
[1860-July]
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. A Drama of Real Life in Four Acts, founded on
MR. CHARLES READE'S Popular Novel. By COLIN HAZLEWOOD, author of
_The Return of the Wanderer_, _Jenny Foster_, _Trials of Poverty_,
_Going to Chobham_, etc. etc. Thomas Hailes Lacy, 89 Strand
(opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market), London. 1 vol.
Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 65 + (1). List of plays occupies p. (66).
Salmon-pink paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with the other
volumes in Lacy's Acting Editions. This volume is unnumbered.
[1877]
THE LADIES' BATTLE: Or UN DUEL EN AMOUR: A Comedy in Three Acts. By
CHARLES READE Esq., author of _Gold_, _Art_, _The Lost Husband_,
_The Foster Sisters_, and one of the authors of _Masks and_ _Faces_,
_Two Loves and a Life_, _King's Rival_ etc. etc. London: Samuel
French, Publisher, 89 Strand. New York: Samuel French and Son,
Publishers, 122 Nassau Street. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 41 +
(3). Advertisements occupy pp. (43) and (44). Salmon-pink paper
wrappers, printed in black, uniform with the other volumes in
French's (late Lacy's) Acting Editions, of which this is No. 1609.
NOTE—This is a revised version of the play originally
published in 1851 (see above, p. 170).
1878
THE WELL BORN WORKMAN: Or A MAN OF THE DAY. By CHARLES READE, author
of _Never Too Late to Mend_, _Foul Play_ etc. London: Printed for
Williams and Strahan, 74 New Cut, Lambeth. 1878. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo
(4¼ × 6⅞). Pp. 82 + (2). Buff paper wrappers, printed in black, with
the title and sub-title of the play.
1883
FOUL PLAY. Drama in a Prologue and Five Acts. By CHARLES READE.
London. 1883. Printed by J. C. Durant, Clement's House, Clement's
Inn Passage, Strand, W.C. But not published. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5½ ×
8½). Pp. 72. Grey paper wrappers, printed in black as title-page.
NOTE—This play was written in collaboration with Boucicault
and produced early in 1868. It was attacked on the ground
that it was pirated from a French drama: _La Portefeuille
Rouge_. Reade hotly denied that he had read or even heard of
this French play, and Coleman considers the denial to have
been genuine enough. He is, however, less certain that
Boucicault was not familiar with the supposed French
original. _Foul Play_, as first acted, was later revived
under different titles—_The Scuttled Ship_ and _Our Seaman_.
Perhaps the text described above and bearing Reade's name
only is a different version from that produced with
Boucicault. Of the text in collaboration I can trace no
printed issue.
1883
KATE PEYTON: Or JEALOUSY: A Drama, in a prologue and Four Acts. By
CHARLES READE. London: 1883. Printed by J. C. Durant, Clement's
House, Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, W.C. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5½ ×
8½). Pp. 76. Grey paper wrappers, printed as title-page.
1883
LOVE AND MONEY: An Original Drama in a Prologue and Four Acts. By
CHARLES READE and HENRY PETTITT. London. 1883. Printed by J. C.
Durant, Clement's House, Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, W.C. But not
published. 1 vol. Small Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. 53 + (3). Grey paper
wrappers printed in black.
NOTE—There being no title-page to this pamphlet, the
lettering given above is that of the wrapper.
1883
THE COUNTESS AND THE DANCER: Or HIGH LIFE IN VIENNA. A Comedy Drama in
Four Acts. Altered from a masterpiece of VICTORIEN SARDOU by CHARLES
READE. London: 1883. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8⅜). Pp. vi + 60. Grey
paper wrappers, printed in black; wording as title-page.
NOTE
The bibliography of Reade's plays is obscure and confusing. I have
listed in the foregoing pages only those of the printed issue of which I
have found certain evidence. He is known, however, to have written many
more, some at least of which were probably printed privately. Wherefore
it seems desirable here to supply such particulars as can be found of
the writing and acting of Reade's other plays. The facts are taken
mainly from Coleman's book, which contains as an appendix a good list of
titles and dates of production. Unfortunately the book itself is so
confusingly put together that text and appendix are far from
complementary and at times even in conflict.
A. EARLY UNACTED PLAYS, WRITTEN BEFORE 1851.
THE WAY THINGS TURN.
THE DANGEROUS PATH.
THE LOST SISTERS.
MARGUERITE.
LUCREZIA BORGIA.
A LADY'S OATH.
CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE
(The novel of the same name was built, long after, on the ruins of
this unacceptable play).
B. ACTED PLAYS, WITH DATES OF FIRST PRODUCTION AND OTHER AVAILABLE
DETAILS.
THE VILLAGE TALE (produced 1852)
(Based on _Claudie_, by George Sand. Revived in 1872 under the title
_Rachel the Reaper_).
ART (produced 1852)
(An adaptation of _Tiridate_ and later christened _Nance Oldfield_).
NOBS AND SNOBS (produced 1854)
(Revived in 1865 under the title _Honour before Titles_).
THE FIRST PRINTER (produced 1854).
FREE LABOUR (produced 1870)
(A dramatic version of the novel _Put Yourself in his Place_).
SHILLY SHALLY (produced 1872)
(An unauthorized dramatization of Anthony Trollope's novel _Ralph
the Heir_. Reade's action in appropriating the story was deeply
resented by Trollope).
THE WANDERING HEIR (produced 1872 or 1873)
(A dramatic version of the story of the same name).
JEALOUSY (produced 1875)
(An adaptation of Sardou's comedy _Andrée_, and not to be confused
with Reade's dramatizations of his own novel _Griffith Gaunt_).
RACHEL THE REAPER (produced 1876)
(See above: _A Village Tale_).
JOAN (produced 1876)
(Dramatized, without permission, from _That Lass o' Lowries_, by
Mrs. Hodgson Burnett).
DRINK (produced 1879)
(Adapted from _L'Assommoir_ by Emile Zola).
SINGLE HEART AND DOUBLE FACE (produced 1882)
(A dramatic version of the story of the same name).
GEORGE JOHN WHYTE-MELVILLE
1821-1878
G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE
Although as an authority on matters sporting Whyte-Melville stands
alone, it is yet impossible, with the best will in the world and with
all the respect due to his personal chivalry and courage, to regard him
in the rôle of novelist as anything but absurd.
His books, where they deal with the science and the joys of hunting,
have the vivid appeal that only delighted conviction can give; but as
fiction, as readings of life adequately expressed in English prose, they
are negligible and often ludicrous.
Whyte-Melville, the sportsman, is a figure of dignity and inspiration;
Whyte-Melville, the social novelist, is Ouida in breeches. That the
breeches are of perfect cut may not disguise the conventional swagger of
the legs they cover. The ways trodden by this author in his search for
character and incident are the exclusive ways of Victorian landlordism.
Their pavements are thronged with fair ladies and brave gentlemen, while
in the roadway crowd the lower orders—some mildly criminal, some a
little comic, but the majority joyous in their privilege to serve the
brilliant purpose of their betters. The antics of these humble creatures
are watched with kindly patronage by those to whom wealth and pleasure
are a normal birthright. Conversing among themselves, heartily but with
elegance, the Guardsmen and squirelings of the fashionable clubs find
time to exchange gracious greeting with their poorer neighbours, whose
uncouth speech strikes quaintly pleasant on their cultured ears. An
instruction is given; half a sovereign changes hands; a cap is dutifully
touched. God willed that of His creatures some be rich and others poor;
let the former bear themselves honourably and remember (when not
otherwise engaged) the duties of their station; let the latter be happy
in the lot to which Providence has called them.
But genial condescension to his dependants is not the only or even the
main business of the Whyte-Melville gentleman. His life has two
absorbing interests—horses and ladies. To a point these interests merge.
With identical _expertise_ he takes the points of a fine girl and of a
blood mare. The former in her drawing-room, the latter in her stable,
await in gleaming beauty his appreciative caress. At their point of
ultimate usefulness, however, femininity and horseflesh part company.
The latter is the hero's ally, the former his quarry in the chase; and
while his adventures on horseback are told with the zest and knowledge
of real authority, his exploits in lady-killing have the tedious
unreality of a tale only half imagined and not a quarter lived.
It is for the falseness of his emotional writing that Whyte-Melville
challenges comparison with Ouida. And, the comparison made, one is bound
to concede victory to the latter. Both deal in the passions of the nobly
born; but while the woman has at least the courage of bad taste, the
man, fettered by good form, achieves no taste at all. Whyte-Melville's
novels, like _Hamlet_, are full of quotations. He is the father of
novelette; the wellspring of cliché. His lovely ladies are not women nor
his gallants men: they are the dummies of suburban melodrama,
exquisitely gowned, faultlessly tailored, mouthing the phrases of
drawing-room passionates, but, even as dummies, failing to achieve that
semblance of gilded sin that is their only purpose.
Nevertheless, despite their ineptitude, the books of Whyte-Melville
compel a curious and obscure respect. Respect for what it were hard to
say, for his written word is his own deadliest accuser. Sentences might
be chosen almost at random from the novels of social life that would
prove his possession of every fault possible to a novelist and to a
writer of prose. And yet, through the screen of their fatuity, one has
glimpses of the personality of the author himself—a personality at which
one may make mock, but only with affection. This country gentleman
turned novelist was an upright, guileless creature, hard riding,
generous hearted, as unconscious of his innate snobbery as of his
natural modesty, conventional because unaware of any world or school of
thought beyond the narrow limits of his own. His pictures of England are
as dull and as unreal as the pretty garden scenes in water-colour
produced by county ladies to this day; but both the painter of these
lifeless pictures and the comfortable amateurs responsible for horrid
views of moorland and herbaceous border command a sort of wistful
admiration. There is something so clean and easy and contented in the
mentality from which these books and drawings spring that, if only it
were not so stupid, so impenetrable to variety of idea, its passing
might well be looked on with regret. Whyte-Melville's qualities, like
those of the type he represents, are more obscure than his defects. The
class of country gentleman to which he personally belonged is rapidly
disappearing; when it is gone we shall wonder a little perplexedly why
we miss it. It was so easy to ridicule, so pathetically a target for
mockery and persecution. In our greater wisdom we have shot it to
pieces, riddling its obtuse selfishness, its bland complacency, with the
bullets of reforming zeal. But something fine will have perished with
it, something indefinable but leaving a sense of gap, to remind us that
destruction is never quite the discriminating triumph that iconoclasts
claim for it in advance.
This, then, is one contemporary view of Whyte-Melville's novels, whose
only demonstrable virtue is their sportsmanship. One may quote from
_Market Harborough_, from _Riding Recollections_, even from the social
stories, passages of speed and exhilaration, passages of unaffected
wisdom and perception, descriptive of the hunting that, next to honour,
he loved best of all that life could offer. In opposition may be printed
page after page of stilted rhetoric, mawkish humour, the falsest of
sentiment, the most wanton elaboration of noun and adjective. But after
all quotation is done and a balance struck, there will still remain the
elusive quality that gave character to the class from which the author
came, an essence of breeding and tradition that no phrasing can
crystallize, that vanishes in the moment of its expression. For this
spiritual quality Whyte-Melville is admirable; for his literary faults
he is unreadable. Such, in a nutshell, is the judgment of one reader who
cannot excuse a book stupidity and pretentiousness for the sake of
isolated passages of hunting lore, but seeks to appreciate in the
character of a social generation that is fading fast, a distinction that
to all seeming will fade with it.
There are, however, readers of other kinds, and for their sake and
because among our grandmothers and our aunts the stories of
Whyte-Melville were avidly admired, a summary classification of his
books shall be attempted.
He began as a writer of autobiographies, of the part-fashionable,
part-sporting, part-knockabout kind, the tradition of which came down
from the eighteenth century, through Frederick Marryat, to a dozen
writers of the hard-drinking, riotous forties. _Digby Grand_ (1853) and
_Tilbury Nogo_ (1854) are essentially novels of this type, while in
_Kate Coventry_ (1856) the author merely adapts the recipe to the needs
of a girl heroine. _The Interpreter_ (1858) strikes a note of its own,
for the scenes in the Crimea and in Turkey were drawn from the writer's
experience and give a convincing picture of the period and its
happenings. Apart from them, however, the book is an ordinary
first-person record of the social wanderings of a young Englishman of
family.
Between the second and the third of the books above mentioned had
appeared _General Bounce_ (1855), a transitional novel, not wholly apart
from those that preceded it, but halfway to a place among the stories of
contemporary love-making and sport, of which the author was to produce a
lengthy list. These novels of English society contain much of the most
repellent of Whyte-Melville's work, although many have refreshing
interludes of hunting and scenes on the racecourse or in the stable that
will endear them to specialists in the genre, if they cannot reconcile
others to the artificial tedium of the love stories and the clumsy
contriving of the plots. Here are the titles of the social novels:
GENERAL BOUNCE (1855),
GOOD FOR NOTHING (1861),
THE BROOKES OF BRIDLEMERE (1864),
THE WHITE ROSE (1868),
M OR N (1869),
CONTRABAND (1871),
SATANELLA (1872),
UNCLE JOHN (1874),
ROY'S WIFE (1878),
BLACK BUT COMELY (1879).
Next in numerical importance are the costume novels, beloved of an
earlier generation, but to the critical modern reader the poorest of
poor stuff, so compact of Wardour Street, of hollow sentiment, and of
forced, démodé attitude as to be intolerable.
HOLMBY HOUSE (1860)
(A tale of the Civil War with a strong bias in favour of the
Cavalier party),
THE QUEEN'S MARIES (1862)
(A romantic tribute to Mary, Queen of Scots),
THE GLADIATORS (1863)
(A novel of Rome and Judæa at the time of Christ),
CERISE (1866)
(An eighteenth-century tale),
SARCHEDON (1871)
(A novel centring round the figure of Semiramis),
SISTER LOUISE (1876)
(A novel of seventeenth-century France),
ROSINE (1877)
(A novel of the French Revolution).
There remain two books of purely sporting significance, and
_Katerfelto_.
_Market Harborough_ (1861), the pride of the Pytchley, is hardly a
novel. It is a string of hunting and horse-dealing episodes into which
Whyte-Melville threw all that he had of science and of enthusiasm.
_Riding Recollections_ (1878) are what their name implies. It is not for
any but the expert to criticize these books, which are held in some
quarters to be essential textbooks to a hunting education. _Katerfelto_
(1875) will also escape comment here, but for a different reason. Among
my childhood memories this Exmoor tale glows adored, uncriticized. How
will it read to-day? To put it to the test frightens me. I dare not open
it.
EDITIONES PRINCIPES
FICTION, POETRY, ESSAYS
1850
HORACE: ODES, EPODES AND CARMEN SÆCULARE Translated into English verse
by G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE Esq., late Coldstream Guards. London:
Simpkin, Marshall and Co., Stationers Hall Court. 1850. 1 vol. Demy
8vo (5½ × 8½). Pp. (viii) + 120. Dark green cloth, blocked in gold
and blind. Yellow end-papers.
1853
DIGBY GRAND: An Autobiography. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE. London: John
W. Parker and Son, West Strand. 1853. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 303 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. iv + 312 + (4). No half-title. Publishers'
advertisements, paged 1-4, occupy pp. (313) to (316).
Red cloth, gilt. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in February, 1853. The story
appeared serially in “Fraser's Magazine.”
1854
TILBURY NOGO: Or PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL MAN. By the
author of _Digby Grand_. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
1854. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 8¾).
Vol. I. pp. iv + 310 + (2).
Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 348.
No half-titles. Brown cloth, gilt. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in June, 1854. The story
appeared serially in “The Sporting Magazine.”
1855
GENERAL BOUNCE: Or THE LADY AND THE LOCUSTS. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE.
London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. 1855. 2 vols. Ex. Cr.
8vo (4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 296 + (4). Advertisement of _Digby Grand_
occupies verso of half-title. Publishers' advertisements, numbered 1
to 4, occupy pp. (297) to (300).
Vol. II. pp. iv + 278 + (2). No half-title. Publishers'
advertisements occupy pp. (279) to (280).
Pale brown cloth, gilt. Pale brick end-papers.
NOTE—Although dated 1855 this book was actually published in
December, 1854. The story appeared serially in “Fraser's
Magazine.”
1856
KATE COVENTRY: An Autobiography. Edited by G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE,
author of _Digby Grand_. Originally published in “Fraser's
Magazine.” London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. 1856. 1 vol.
Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾). Advertisement of books by the same author
occupies p. (323) and publishers' list p. (324). Scarlet ribbed
cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Chalk-blue end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in October, 1856.
[1857]
THE ARAB'S RIDE TO CAIRO: A Legend of the Desert. By G. J. WHYTE
MELVILLE. Illustrated and Illuminated by Mrs. Wolfe Murray. Seton &
Mackenzie, Edinburgh. Houlston & Stoneman, London. 1 vol. Fcap. 4to
(6⅞ × 8¼). Pp. 14. Red cloth, full gilt, blocked in gold, or green
morocco, full gilt, tooled in gold and black. Yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This volume was published in January, 1857.
(ii) It is hardly a book in the ordinary sense, consisting,
as it does, of 14 pp. of stout card printed on one side
only. Each page is printed in three or more colours, vaguely
after the style of an illuminated MS. Pseudo-gothic
lettering is used throughout, and the whole volume is
typical of the Victorian table book at its most ornate.
1858
THE INTERPRETER: A Tale of the War. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE, Author of
_Digby Grand_, _General Bounce_ etc. etc. Originally published in
“Fraser's Magazine.” London: John Parker and Son, West Strand. 1858.
1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅝). Pp. iv + 431 + (1). No half-title.
Publishers' catalogue, 8 pp., bound in at end. Red cloth, gilt,
blocked in black, uniform with _Kate Coventry_. Chocolate
end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in January, 1858.
1860
HOLMBY HOUSE: A Tale of Old Northants. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE. Author
of _Digby Grand_, _The Interpreter_ etc. Originally published in
“Fraser's Magazine.” London: John Parker and Son, West Strand, 1860.
2 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 325 + (3). Pp. (i) and (ii) precede
frontispiece and form technically a half-title, but p. (i) is not
printed as such. Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (327) and
(328).
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 344 + (4). No half-title. Publishers'
advertisements, numbered 1 to 4, occupy pp. (345) to (348).
Frontispiece in coloured lithograph to Vol. I., printed separately.
Red-brown cloth, gilt. Chocolate end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in March, 1860.
1861
MARKET HARBOROUGH: Or HOW MR. SAWYER WENT TO THE SHIRES. London:
Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1861. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7½).
Pp. viii + 312. Olive-green cloth, gilt. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in April, 1861.
1861
GOOD FOR NOTHING: Or ALL DOWN HILL. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE. Author of
_Digby Grand_, _The Interpreter_, _Holmby House_ etc. Originally
published in “Fraser's Magazine.” London: Parker, Son and Bourn,
West Strand. 1861. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 298 + (2). Publishers' advertisements occupy p.
(299).
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 265 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp.
(267) and (268).
No half-titles. Maroon cloth, gilt. Chocolate end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in December, 1861.
1862
MARKET HARBOROUGH: Or HOW MR. SAWYER WENT TO THE SHIRES. 4th Edition.
INSIDE THE BAR: Or SKETCHES AT SOAKINGTON. By the author of _Digby
Grand_ etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1862. 1 vol.
Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7½). Pp. iv + 393 + (3). Buff cloth, printed, in red
and black. White end-papers, of which the first inside front is
printed with publishers' advertisements.
NOTE—This volume is the first edition of _Inside the Bar_.
It was published in April, 1862.
1862
THE QUEEN'S MARIES: A Romance of Holyrood. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE,
Author of _Digby Grand_, _The Interpreter_, _Holmby House_, _Good
for Nothing_ etc. London: Parker, Son and Bourn, West Strand. 1862.
2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 304.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 254 + (2). Publishers' advertisements occupy p.
(255), and 8 pp. advertisements, printed on text paper but numbered
1 to 8, are bound in at end.
No half-titles, but in Vol. II. 2 pp. blank precede title. Violet
cloth, gilt. Chocolate end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in July, 1862.
1863
THE GLADIATORS: A Tale of Rome and Judæa. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE,
author of _Digby Grand_, _The Interpreter_, _Holmby House_, _The
Queen's Maries_ etc. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and
Green. 1863. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. iv + 324.
Vol. II. pp. iv + 305 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. iv + 291 + (1).
No half-titles. Red embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in gold and blind.
Pale chocolate end-papers.
NOTE—This book was announced for publication by Parker in
November, 1863. In January, 1864, it appeared over Longmans'
imprint, but dated 1863. Whether any copies are in existence
with a Parker imprint I do not know; if so they are the real
first edition.
1864
THE BROOKES OF BRIDLEMERE. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE. Author of _The
Gladiators_, _Digby Grant_ (sic), _The Interpreter_, _Holmby House_,
_The Queen's Maries_ etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly.
1864. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 293 + (3).
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 307 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 293 + (3). Publishers' catalogue, 36 pp., and
dated October, 1864, bound in at end.
No half-titles. Red cloth, gilt. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published on October 29, 1864.
1866
CERISE: A Tale of the Last Century. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE, author of
_The Gladiators_, _Digby Grand_, _The Brookes of Bridlemere_ etc.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1866. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo
(4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. iv + 309 + (3).
Vol. II. pp. iv + 301+ (3).
Vol. III. pp. iv + 318 + (2).
No half-titles. Magenta cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale cream
end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in April, 1866.
(ii) _Cerise_ was rapidly reprinted, and it is curious to
report that copies of the _third_ edition exist with
publishers' catalogue at the end of Vol. III. dated March,
1866—_i.e._, prior to the book's _first_ publication. The
first edition contained no catalogue.
1868
THE WHITE ROSE. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE, author of _Cerise_, _The
Gladiators_, _Brookes of Bridlemere_ etc. London: Chapman and Hall,
193 Piccadilly. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 262 + (2).
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 263 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 252.
Red-purple cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in February, 1868.
1869
BONES AND I: Or THE SKELETON AT HOME. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE. Author
of _The Gladiators_, _Cerise_, _Digby Grand_ etc. London: Chapman
and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1869. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅜). Pp. iv +
287 + (1). No half-title. Brown cloth, gilt. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in June, 1869.
1869
SONGS AND VERSES. By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE. London: Chapman and Hall,
193 Piccadilly. 1869. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. vii + (i) + 136.
Errata slip inserted at p. 1. Dark red cloth, gilt, blocked in
black. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in September, 1869.
(ii) The author revised and added to the poems in this book
on several occasions after its original publication.
Strictly speaking, any new edition which contains even one
fresh poem may rank as a first edition, and collectors of
Whyte-Melville, who are also purists, may therefore be
advised not to pass over any one of the first six or seven
editions of _Songs and Verses_ without satisfying themselves
that no fresh matter distinguishes it from its predecessors.
1869
M. OR N. “SIMILIA SIMILIBUS CURANTUR.” By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE. Author
of _Digby Grand_, _Cerise_, _The Gladiators_ etc. London: Chapman
and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1869. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. vi + 312 + (2).
Vol. II. pp. vi + 313 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp.
(315) (316).
Light brown (or brown) embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale
yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published on October 15, 1869. I do not
know which shade of binding is the earlier.
1871
CONTRABAND: Or A LOSING HAZARD. By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE. Author of
_Digby Grand_, _Cerise_, _The White Rose_ etc. London: Chapman and
Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1871. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. vi + 307 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. vi + 281 + (1).
Bright blue cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—Although this book is dated 1871, it was actually
published in December, 1870.
1871
SARCHEDON: A Legend of the Great Queen. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE.
Author of _The Gladiators_, _Holmby House_, etc. London: Chapman and
Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1871. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 289 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. (vi) + 270.
Vol. III. pp. (vi) + 251 + (1).
Bright blue cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pale chocolate
end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in July, 1871.
1872
SATANELLA: A Story of Punchestown. By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE. London:
Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1872. 2 vols. Sm. Cr. 8vo (5 ×
7¼).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 260.
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 267 + (1).
Lithographed frontispiece to each volume printed separately and one
other similar illustration in vol. ii. Red (or maroon) cloth,
blocked in black and gold. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in June, 1872. I do not know
which shade of binding is the earlier.
1873
THE TRUE CROSS: A Legend of the Church. By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE.
Author of _The Gladiators_, _Sarchedon_ etc. London: Chapman and
Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1873. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜). Pp. (iv) + 241
+ (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated January, 1873, bound in
at end. Green (or chocolate) cloth, blocked in black and gold. Pale
yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in March, 1873.
(ii) Copies in red-brown cloth, gilt, without decorative
blocking, are of later issue, although they sometimes
contain a catalogue of the original date. Which shade of the
original binding is the earlier, I do not know.
1874
UNCLE JOHN: A Novel. By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE. Author of _Market
Harborough_, _The Gladiators_, _Kate Coventry_, _Satanella_ etc.
etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1874. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo
(5 × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 267 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 236.
Vol. III. pp. (viii) + 218 + (2).
Green cloth, blocked in black and gold. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in August, 1874.
1875
KATERFELTO: A Story of Exmoor. By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE, author of
_Digby Grand_, _Cerise_, _Uncle John_ etc. With Illustrations by
Colonel Hope Crealocke, C.B. London: Chapman and Hall, 193
Piccadilly. 1875. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5⅝ × 8⅝). Pp. (iv) + 291 + (1).
No half-title. Publishers' catalogue, 34 pp., dated November, 1874,
bound in at end. Twelve illustrations in lithograph, printed
separately. Dark red cloth, blocked in gold. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—Although dated 1875, this book was actually published
in December, 1874.
1876
SISTER LOUISE: Or THE STORY OF A WOMAN'S REPENTANCE. By G. J.
WHYTE-MELVILLE, Author of _Digby Grand_, _The Gladiators_,
_Katerfelto_. With Illustrations by Miriam Kerns. London: Chapman
and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1876. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5⅜ × 8⅝). Pp. xii +
268. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated December, 1875, bound in
at end. Eight illustrations, roughly lithographed. Green cloth,
gilt, blocked in black. Chocolate end-papers.
NOTES—(i) Although dated 1876, this book was actually
published in December, 1875.
(ii) Copies without catalogue and with yellow end-papers are
probably of a subsequent issue.
1877
ROSINE. By J. G. [_sic_] WHYTE-MELVILLE, Author of _Cerise_,
_Katerfelto_ etc. etc. With illustrations by Miriam Kerns. London:
Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, 1877. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5¾ × 8⅝).
Pp. (vi) + 266. Publishers' catalogue, 36 pp., dated December, 1876,
bound in at end. Eight illustrations. Magenta cloth, gilt, blocked
in black. Very dark green end-papers.
NOTES—(i) Although dated 1877, this book was actually
published in December, 1876.
(ii) Copies in maroon cloth, gilt, blocked in black but
without other decoration on side save a simple rectangular
frame are of later issue.
1878
RIDING RECOLLECTIONS. By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE. With Illustrations by
Edgar Giberne. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1878. 1
vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7⅞). Pp. xii + 251 + (1). Publishers'
catalogue, 32 pp., dated November, 1877, bound in at end. Eight
illustrations, being photographs from drawings pasted on to thin
card. Dark brickish-red cloth, blocked in black and gold. Yellow
end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in April, 1878.
1878
ROY'S WIFE: A Novel. By G. J. WHYTE-MELVILLE. London: Chapman and
Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1878. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. vi + 299 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. vi + 310.
Olive-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Cream end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in July, 1878.
1879
BLACK BUT COMELY: Or THE ADVENTURES OF JANE LEE. By G. J.
WHYTE-MELVILLE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 3
vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 303 + (i).
Vol. II. pp. viii + 304.
Vol. III. pp. viii + 292 + (4). Publishers' advertisements occupy
pp. (293) to (296). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated December,
1878, bound in at end.
A four-page slip of publishers' advertisements should be found
inserted between the front end-papers of Vol. I. This slip predates
the catalogue in Vol. III. Blue-grey cloth, gilt, blocked in black.
Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in January, 1879.
[?1879 or 1880]
THE BONES AT ROTHWELL: A Lecture delivered by the late Captain WHYTE
MELVILLE, being an account of the remarkable bone cavern beneath
Rothwell Church. Price 1d. Rothwell, printed by Ed. Chamberlain, 3
Market Place. (Quotation from Gray's _Elegy_ heads title-page and
wrapper.) 1 vol. Cr. 8vo. 16 pp. White paper wrappers, printed in
black. Outside back wrapper occupied by printer's advertisements.
NOTE—This is the text of a lecture delivered by
Whyte-Melville on January 3, 1862, to the Moulton Religious
and Useful Knowledge Society, and printed in the
“Northampton Mercury” for January 11 of the same year. When
first the pamphlet above described was issued I cannot be
certain, but R. B. Wallis, in a booklet published in 1888,
and entitled _All About the Rothwell Bones_, speaks of the
lecture as obtainable in pamphlet form from Chamberlan of
Rothwell. Certainly, therefore, the publication predates
1888, and I have ventured above on the date of the year
following Whyte-Melville's death because it seems possible
that the lecture was first issued in pamphlet form to
combine the interest in the Rothwell Bones with that likely
to be created in Whyte-Melville by his decease. The
clumsiness with which Whyte-Melville is spoken of as “the
late,” but at the same time given the rank of “Captain”
instead of that of “Major,” implies a hasty reprint from the
file of the “Northampton Mercury,” by someone aware of his
death but careless of the military rank to which he finally
attained.
The colour of the paper wrapper varies with different
issues. In addition to a white copy, as above described, I
have seen one in a pale yellow cover.
ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL
1810-1865
MRS. GASKELL
_BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICAL REMINISCENCE_
MRS. GASKELL: HAUNTS, HOMES AND STORIES. By ESTHER A. CHADWICK.
London. 1910.
MRS. GASKELL. By the same. London. 1913.
MRS. GASKELL. By A. E. BAYLEY. (Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's
Reign.) London. 1897.
MRS. GASKELL AND KNUTSFORD. By G. A. PAYNE. London. 1906.
_BIBLIOGRAPHY_
Much valuable bibliographical information is contained in two little
books by Mr. John Albert Green of the Manchester Reference Library:
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO THE GASKELL COLLECTION IN THE MOSS-SIDE
LIBRARY. Manchester. 1911.
CATALOGUE of an Exhibition of Books and Autographs illustrating the
Life and Work of Mrs. E. C. Gaskell. Manchester. 1911.
Students may also be referred to:
GASKELL BIBLIOGRAPHY. A list of the writings of Mrs. E. C. Gaskell and
of the Rev. William Gaskell. By Wm. E. A. and Ernest Axon.
Manchester. 1895.
I.—EDITIONES PRINCIPES
FICTION, BIOGRAPHY, ETC.
1848
MARY BARTON: A Tale of Manchester Life. (Quotation from Carlyle.)
London: Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand. MDCCCXLVIII. 2 vols. Ex. Cr.
8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (x) [paged as viii] + 317 + (3). The place of half-title
and verso is taken by a publishers' advertisement, 2 pp., listing:
“Chapman and Hall's Series of Original Works in Fiction, Biography,
and General Literature.”
Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 312.
No half-titles. Ribbed mulberry cloth, gilt, blocked in blind.
Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in October, 1848.
[1850]
LIBBIE MARSH'S THREE ERAS: A Lancashire Tale. London: Hamilton Adams
and Co. 1 vol. 16mo. Pp. 72. Paper wrappers printed with title of
story.
NOTE—This story first appeared in 1847, in Vol. I. of
“Howitt's Journal,” over the pseudonym “Cotton Mather
Mills.” It was issued by Chapman and Hall over the author's
name in 1855 as a fourpenny pamphlet of twenty-four pages.
1850
*THE SEXTON'S HERO AND CHRISTMAS STORMS AND SUNSHINE. Contributed by
the authoress of _Mary Barton_. For the benefit of the Macclesfield
Public Baths and Washhouses. Manchester: Johnson, Rawson and Co.
1850. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo. Pp. 28. Paper wrappers.
NOTE—These stories first appeared in 1847 and 1848 in Vols.
II. and III. of “Howitt's Journal,” over the pseudonym
“Cotton Mather Mills.” They were reissued under one cover by
Chapman and Hall in 1855 over the author's name.
1850
*LIZZIE LEIGH: A Domestic Tale from “Household Words.” By CHARLES
DICKENS. New York. Dewitt and Davenport. 1850. 1 vol. 12mo. Buff
paper wrappers printed in black with wording as above.
NOTE—This pamphlet was a pirated edition of a story
published anonymously in “Household Words” and rashly
assumed by the pirates to have been written by Dickens. It
made a further appearance the next year in _The Irving
Offering_ (New York, 1851), still over Dickens' name.
1850
THE MOORLAND COTTAGE. By the author of _Mary Barton_. With
illustrations by Birket Foster. London: Chapman and Hall, 193
Piccadilly. 1850. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. (viii) + 182 +
(2). Advertisement of _Mary Barton_ occupies p. (183). Line-engraved
frontispiece and picture title-page precede printed title-page.
Other line-engraved illustrations here and there in the text. Maroon
cloth, full gilt, blocked in gold and blind. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in December, 1850.
1853
RUTH: A Novel. By the author of _Mary Barton_ (Quotation from Phineas
Fletcher.) London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1853. 3 vols.
Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. (ii) + 298. Publishers' advertisements, 36 pp., dated
1853, bound in at end.
Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 328.
Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 311 + (1).
No half-titles. Dull purple cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow
end-papers, of which those at front of Vols. I. and II. are printed
with publishers' advertisements.
NOTE—This book was published in January, 1853.
1853
CRANFORD. By the author of _Mary Barton_, _Ruth_ etc. London: Chapman
and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1853. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. iv +
324. No half-title. Olive-green embossed cloth, blocked in gold and
blind. Yellow end-papers.
1854
*TWO LECTURES ON LANCASHIRE DIALECT. By the author of _Mary Barton_.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Paper
wrappers.
1855
LIZZIE LEIGH AND OTHER TALES. By the Author of _Mary Barton_, _Ruth_
etc. Cheap Edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1855.
1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7). Pp. (viii) + 304. Yellow paper boards.
_Contents_: The Well of Pen Morfa—The Heart of John
Middleton—Disappearances—The Old Nurse's Story—Traits
and Stories of the Huguenots—Moreton Hall—My French
Master—The Squire's Story—Company Manners—Mr. Harrison's
Confessions—Libbie Marsh's Three Eras—The Sexton's
Hero—Christmas Storms and Sunshine—Hand and Heart—Bessie's
Troubles at Home.
This is the first edition of all the above stories, with the
exception of _Lizzie Leigh_, _Libbie Marsh's Three Eras_,
_The Sexton's_ _Hero_, _Christmas Storms and Sunshine_,
_Hand and Heart_, and _Bessie's Troubles at Home_.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in September, 1855. It is
a volume in Chapman and Hall's Select Library of Fiction,
published at two shillings.
(ii) It may be of interest to enthusiasts to know that
_Lizzie Leigh_ was adapted for the stage by W. R. Waldron
and published in May, 1872, as No. 1393 in Lacy's Acting
Editions of British Plays. Mrs. Gaskell must be absolved
from all responsibility for this dramatization.
1855
NORTH AND SOUTH. By the author of _Mary Barton_, _Ruth_, _Cranford_
etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1855. 2 vols. Ex. Cr.
8vo (4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 320. Advertisement of previous works by the
same author occupies p. (i), preceding half-title. Publishers'
advertisements, 4 pp., bound in at end.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 361 + (1). Dark brown cloth, gilt, blocked in
blind. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in March, 1855.
1855
*HAND AND HEART and BESSIE'S TROUBLES AT HOME. By the author of _Mary
Barton_. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1855. Fcap. 8vo
(4¼ × 6¾). Paper wrappers.
1857
THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË, AUTHOR OF _Jane Eyre_, _Shirley_,
_Villette_ ETC. By E. C. Gaskell, author of _Mary Barton_, _Ruth_
etc. (Quotation from _Aurora Leigh_.) London: Smith Elder and Co.,
65 Cornhill. 1857. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 8).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 352.
Vol. II. pp. viii + 327 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., dated
March, 1857, bound in at end.
Three illustrations in steel engraving—two in Vol. I., one in Vol.
II.—all printed separately. Dark brown cloth, gilt, blocked in
blind. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in April, 1857.
1859
ROUND THE SOFA. By the author of _Mary Barton_, _Life of Charlotte
Brontë_ etc. etc. London: Sampson Low Son and Co., 47 Ludgate Hill.
1859. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 340. Publishers' advertisement slip, printed on
yellow paper, should be found inserted between the front end-papers.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 297 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 12 pp.,
printed on text paper and dated March, 1859, bound in at end.
No half-titles. Scarlet embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind.
Yellow end-papers.
_Contents_: Vol. I., Round the Sofa—My Lady Ludlow. Vol.
II., The Accursed Race—The Doom of the Griffiths—Half a
Life-time Ago—The Poor Clare—The Half-Brothers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in March, 1859.
(ii) It should be observed that only Vol. II. contains a
list of contents, the corresponding page (iv) in Vol. I.
being occupied by an author's note.
1860
RIGHT AT LAST: And Other Tales. By the author of _Mary Barton_, _Life
of Charlotte Brontë_, _Round the Sofa_ etc. etc. London: Sampson Low
Son and Co., 47 Ludgate Hill. 1860. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Pp. (vi) + 318. No half-title. Scarlet embossed cloth, gilt, uniform
with _Round the Sofa_. Yellow end-papers.
_Contents_: Right at Last—The Manchester Marriage—Lois the
Witch—The Crooked Branch.
NOTE—This book was published on May 10, 1860.
1861
LOIS THE WITCH AND OTHER TALES. By E. C. GASKELL, author of _Mary
Barton_, _The Life of Charlotte Brontë_. Copyright edition. Leipzig:
Bernhard Tauchnitz. 1 vol. (4½ × 6¼). Pp. (viii) + 338 + (2). Usual
Tauchnitz paper wrappers.
_Contents_: Lois the Witch, The Grey Woman, The Doom of the
Griffiths, The Half-Brothers, The Crooked Branch.
NOTE—This is a first edition of _The Grey Woman_.
1863
SYLVIA'S LOVERS. By Mrs. GASKELL, author of _The Life of Charlotte
Brontë_, _Mary Barton_, _Ruth_, _North and South_ etc. (Quotation
from Tennyson.) London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill.
MDCCCLXIII. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅝).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 310 + (2).
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 294. No half-title.
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 284 + (4). No half-title. Advertisement of _The
Life of Charlotte Brontë_ occupies pp. (285) to (288).
Magenta cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Greenish-buff end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in March, 1863.
1863
A DARK NIGHT'S WORK. By Mrs. GASKELL, author of _Sylvia's Lovers_,
_Life of Charlotte Brontë_, _Mary Barton_, _Ruth_ etc. etc. London:
Smith Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXIII. 1 vol. Slim Cr. 8vo
(4½ × 7⅝). Pp. (iv) + 299 + (1). Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in
blind. Cream end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in May, 1863.
1865
THE GREY WOMAN: And Other Tales. By Mrs. GASKELL, Author of _Mary
Barton_, _North and South_, _Sylvia's Lovers_, _Cousin Phillis_,
_Cranford_ etc. Illustrated Edition. London: Smith, Elder and Co.,
65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXV. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 280. No
half-title. Wood-engraved frontispiece and picture title-page
precede printed title. Two illustrations in course of the text, wood
engraved and printed separately. Red embossed cloth, gilt, blocked
in blind. Yellow end-papers.
_Contents_: The Grey Woman—Curious if True—Six Weeks
at Heppenheim—Libbie Marsh's Three Eras—Christmas
Storms and Sunshine—Hand and Heart—Bessie's Troubles
at Home—Disappearances.
NOTE—This book was published in October, 1865. It is a first
edition of _Curious if True_ and _Six Weeks at Heppenheim_.
1865
COUSIN PHILLIS: And Other Tales. By Mrs. GASKELL, author of _Mary
Barton_, _North and South_, _Sylvia's Lovers_, _Cranford_ etc.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXV. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo
(5 × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 286 + (2). Publishers' advertisements occupy
pp. (287) and (288). No half-title. Wood-engraved frontispiece and
picture title-page, printed separately, precede printed title. Two
illustrations in the course of the text, wood engraved and printed
separately. Red embossed cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Uniform
with _The Grey Woman_. Cream end-papers.
_Contents_: Cousin Phillis—Company Manners—Mr. Harrison's
Confessions—The Sexton's Hero.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in December, 1865.
(ii) It is a first edition of _Cousin Phillis_, which story
appeared serially in the “Cornhill.”
1866
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS: An Everyday Story. By Mrs. GASKELL. With 18
illustrations by George du Maurier. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65
Cornhill. 1866. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8⅝).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 336.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 332.
No half-titles. Ten illustrations in Vol. I. and eight in Vol. II.,
all wood engraved and printed separately. Maroon cloth, blocked in
gold. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in February, 1866. The story
appeared serially in the “Cornhill.”
_NOTE_
The Knutsford edition of Mrs. Gaskell's works (Smith, Elder and Co.,
1906, 8 vols.), edited by A. W. Ward, contained in Vols. I., III., VI.,
and VII. material not previously issued in book form. Further additional
matter (notably a chapter of _Cranford_) was published by Clement
Shorter in the edition of Mrs. Gaskell's works edited by him for The
World's Classics. The same authority published an edition of _The Life
of Charlotte Brontë_ in 1900 (Smith, Elder) with many valuable notes. He
has also issued a privately printed edition of Mrs. Gaskell's Letters on
Charlotte Brontë, but this booklet, in accordance with the plan of the
present volume, is not herein specifically listed. Full details of the
various appearances of Gaskell miscellanea (with the exception of that
last mentioned above) will be found in J. A. Green's Bibliographical
Guide to the Gaskell Collection, referred to on p. 203.
II.—BOOKS PARTIALLY WRITTEN, ATTRIBUTED TO, OR EDITED BY MRS GASKELL.
1840
VISITS TO REMARKABLE PLACES: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes
illustrative of striking passages in English History and Poetry. By
WILLIAM HOWITT, author of _The Rural Life of England_, _Boy's
Country-Book_ etc. Illustrated by Samuel Williams. London: Longman,
Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans. MDCCCXL. 1 vol. Med. 8vo (5¾ × 9).
Pp. vii + (i) + 526. No half-title. Wood-engraved vignette on
title-page and numerous other illustrations. Pp. 130 to 146 are
occupied by an account of Clopton Hall, written by Mrs. Gaskell.
Fawn cloth, blocked in gold.
1853
*THE SICKNESS AND HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF BLAEBURN. By the author of
_Mary Barton_. Boston. 1853. 1 vol. 12mo. Paper wrappers.
NOTE—This is a reprint (unauthorized) of a story that
appeared anonymously in Vol. I. of “Household Words.” The
attribution to Mrs. Gaskell is a mistake, Harriet Martineau
being the real author of the tale.
1857
MABEL VAUGHAN. By the author of The _Lamplighter_. Edited, by
arrangement with the author, by Mrs. GASKELL, author of _Mary
Barton_. London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 47 Ludgate Hill. 1857. 1
vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. viii + 459 + (1). Publishers'
catalogue, 12 pp., paged but undated, bound in at end. Line-engraved
frontispiece, printed separately. Dark green cloth, blocked in gold
and blind. Pale yellow end-papers. Also issued simultaneously in
boards.
NOTE—This book was published in September, 1857.
1862
GARIBALDI AT CAPRERA. By COLONEL VECCHI. Translated from the Italian.
With Preface by Mrs. GASKELL. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., and 23
Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. London. 1862. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼
× 6⅝). Pp. xi + (i) + 130 + (2). Publishers' advertisement occupies
p. (131). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., undated, bound in at end.
Frontispiece in tinted lithograph, showing Garibaldi's house.
Scarlet cloth, blocked in gold. Chocolate end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in February or March, 1862.
HERMAN MELVILLE
1819-1891
HERMAN MELVILLE
At intervals during the last forty years, Herman Melville has been
discovered by intellectuals, belauded, a little read, and once more
forgotten. It is typical of the man and of his perverse withdrawal from
the lettered world, that even before his death he was the subject of
spasmodic battues by appreciative readers, who sought to startle into
activity their idol's reputation by methods suited to the enlivenment of
an author long dead and hidden by the undergrowth of time.
The latest and the most thorough stimulation to which the repute of
Melville has been subjected is now at full stretch. Whatever its
critical shortcomings, this concerted attempt to write a new name on the
roll of nineteenth-century genius bids fair to achieve one important
triumph—the immortalization of _Moby Dick_ and, consequentially, of the
man who wrote it.
A very minor result of the same Melville boom is his inclusion in this
book. Save in the matter of date, he has little in common with the other
writers here treated. They are of Victorianism Victorian; he, if he
belongs to any period or to any genealogy, is of the ageless, race-less
family of the lonely giants. That his fellows between these covers are
all lesser novelists than he, I am unprepared to admit. Trollope excels
him in humour, wisdom and depth of understanding; he must rank, as
master of technique, below all save Whyte-Melville and perhaps Disraeli.
But he has a quality of grandeur, a majesty of isolation that they lack,
and his very inchoate bitterness of spirit transcends by its
datelessness their well-rounded friendliness and their complacent wit.
If that were not enough, he differs from them also in the very texture
and subject of his work. His mysticism, for all its yearning and its
gloom, is of a spiritual quality far rarer than that of their
materialism, for all its vivacity and its aspiration. Between him and
Reade is a certain soul resemblance, but the advantage in this is
Melville's. He directly influenced the Englishman,[4] and beside his
remote immensity Reade, even at his most massive and his most
contentious, seems but a dwarf, roaring disgruntlement against the walls
of Grub Street.
Footnote 4:
There is in existence the copy of _Moby Dick_ in which Reade made
extensive notes and excisions, maybe with the idea of issuing an
abbreviated version. Readers of _Love Me Little, Love Me Long_ will
immediately detect the influence of Melville's great book on the
whaling narrative related by Frank Dodd to Mr. Fountain and to his
lovely niece.
Melville's books are the strange mirror of a strange life. The young
writer, famous at thirty, who yet lives out a diminuendo of appreciation
to an old age of disappointed poverty, is no unfamiliar figure. One
thinks immediately of William Harrison Ainsworth, from the foppish
eminence of his early twenties to the last sad years in a Tonbridge
villa, when he laboured at the regular production of three-volume
fiction—one novel a year at seventy-five pounds the time—alone amid the
memories of vanished splendour. But the man who as a youth wins
reputation in letters and passes, of deliberate purpose, maturity and
age in other, non-literary, pursuits is a scarcer type, of which
Melville is an unusual example.
Born in 1819, he published _Typee_ at the age of twenty-seven, _Moby
Dick_ five years later, and _The Piazza Tales_ in 1856. From then until
his death, in 1891, he wrote little, and, to the even greater detriment
of his fame, withdrew entirely from the society of writers, hiding his
name and his very existence behind the screen of an obstinate reserve.
I have no intention here either of summarizing the life or of passing
judgment on the works of Herman Melville. The former is related in
detail by Professor Raymond Weaver, whose large biography is of so
recent date that any shorter presentment of the facts must merely be a
précis of the information therein contained. The respective merits of
the outstanding books are already (and will remain for long enough) the
sport of literary publicists, to whose views and counter-views I refer
the curious. One feature, nevertheless, of contemporary opinion
challenges to protest my amateur temerity. Apart from _Moby Dick_, the
neo-Melvillian has little beyond patronizing approval for the books of
his hero; _Typee_ (1846) and _Omoo_ (1847) are interesting records of
travel, remarkable mainly for the early date of their appearance and as
forerunners of the South Sea School in letters and in painting. _Mardi_
(1849), _Redburn_ (1849), and _White Jacket_ (1850) claim respect as
autobiography and for passages that reveal their author's genius
struggling toward a more complete expression. These are the rising steps
to the crowning summit of Melville's work. There, unique and peerless,
stands _Moby Dick_; beyond it the terraces fall away again, and even
more steeply than they rose.
Is this opinion a just one? I am a little uncertain. With no desire to
denigrate _Moby Dick_ or to deny it the first place in _importance_
among Melville's books, I would venture that his genius is more
perfectly and skilfully revealed in a volume of stories belonging to the
so-called decadence. _The Piazza Tales_ are liable to be dismissed by
the critic of to-day with kindly condescension as “the best of the later
work,” a judgment as misleading as it is easily explained. In some
degree the worship of _Moby Dick_ and the comparative neglect of the
other work are inevitable corollaries to the Melville boom at its
present stage. During the first period of any new æsthetic wonder, the
peculiar transcends the normal in the imagination of disciples. Let the
case of Melville be paralleled with that of Tintoretto's pupil, Greco.
When first set in the revival of interest in this painter's work, he was
most admired when most bizarre. He won favour for the contrast he
presented to his immediate forerunners and his contemporaries. The name
of Greco stood for certain mannerisms in colour and composition, and,
the more a Greco picture revealed those mannerisms, the better a Greco
it was judged to be. Already, from the hand of time, this formula of
appreciation is suffering adjustment, but Melville is to-day precisely
at the point where yesterday Greco stood. Like the master of Toledo, he
has peculiar and noticeable tricks of matter and of style. Because _Moby
Dick_ is of these tricks more redolent than the author's other books, it
tickles the palate of contemporary enthusiasm more thoroughly than do
they.
Such preference is by its very nature tenacious. _Moby Dick_, for all
that it is unmistakably Melville, is far from flawless. What if Melville
recognized its weaknesses? What if he deplored those very
characteristics that are to-day lauded as his priceless individuality
and chief claim to fame? With all its vastness and its wonder, the epic
story of Ahab and the great white whale displays the faults of its
author as strikingly as it reveals his talents. In years to come, when
the glamour of oddity has paled a little, it will be admitted that the
book labours under a sad weight of intolerable prolixity. Nor is this
prolixity implicit in the greatness of Melville's writing. This is
proved by the two chief stories in _The Piazza Tales_. _Benito Cereno_
and _The Encatadas_ hold in the small compass of their beauty the
essence of their author's supreme artistry. They are profound and lovely
and tenderly robust, but they are never tedious and never wilful. Surely
it were generous to admit that Melville sought to improve on _Moby Dick_
and that, in the matter of technical control, he succeeded? These two
stories cannot as literary achievement compare with their vast and
teeming predecessor. That is natural. But they may not be ignored as the
last glimmer of a dying lamp. They mark the highest technical level of
their author's work, and, had not within a year or two of their
appearance the darkness of self-distrust descended on him, might well
have proved a revelation of something yet to come from the brain of
Herman Melville, something destined—but for the treacherous inhibition
of human frailty—to excel in power everything to which that brain had
previously given birth.
_BIOGRAPHY_
HERMAN MELVILLE, MARINER AND MYSTIC. By RAYMOND M. WEAVER. New York.
Doran. 1921. London: Humphrey Milford. 1922.
This long and careful book is based on the papers and information of
the Melville family and represents the sum of present-day knowledge
of Melville's life and ideas.
_NOTE_
Collectors should observe the fact that it was the custom of American
publishers in the fifties and sixties to bind one edition in cloths of
various colours for the purposes of window display. Consequently
Melville's first American editions are met with in a variety of
colourings which, in the matter of date of issue, rank equally.
I.—EDITIONES PRINCIPES
FICTION, POETRY, TRAVEL
1846
*TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life during a Four Months Residence in A
Valley of the Marquesas with notices of the French Occupation of
Tahiti and the Provisional Cession of the Sandwich Islands to Lord
Paulet. By HERMAN MELVILLE. Part One. (Part Two.) New York. Wiley
and Putnam, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1846. 2 vols. Sm.
Cr. 8vo (5 × 7¼).
Vol. I. pp.[5] Vol. II. pp.[5]
Footnote 5:
That the pagination of these volumes must be omitted is a
misfortune that was unpreventable. A detailed description of the
books was sent me from America, but the slip on which the actual
pagination was set out did not arrive.
The half-titles to both volumes read: Wiley and Putnam's Library of
American Books: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. On the verso of
half-title to Vol. I. is a list of books of travel; on that to Vol.
II. the titles in the Library of American Books. Vol. I. contains a
map. Dark green cloth, gilt. Fawn end-papers.
1846
NARRATIVE OF A FOUR MONTHS RESIDENCE AMONG THE NATIVES OF A VALLEY OF
THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS: Or A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN LIFE. By HERMAN
MELVILLE. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1846. 1 vol. Sm.
Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. xvi + (ii) + 285 + (1). Publisher's
advertisements, 16 pp., dated March, 1846, bound in at end. A sketch
map of the Marquesas Islands on page (xviii) faces page (1). Red
cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. White end-papers.
NOTE—A volume in Murray's “Colonial and Home Library” (No.
15). Subsequently named _Typee_. The lettering on the spine
reads: Colonial and Home Library Vol XV Melvilles Marquesas
Islands Murray.
1847
*TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life during a Four Months Residence in A
Valley of the Marquesas. Revised Edition with a Sequel. By HERMAN
MELVILLE. New York: Wiley and Putnam. London: John Murray, Albemarle
Street. 1847. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7¼). Pp[6]. Of this book pp.
291-307 are occupied by the sequel to _Typee_ entitled _The Story of
Toby_, and not previously published. Map faces title-page.
Footnote 6:
See footnote to previous page.
1847
TYPEE: Or A NARRATIVE OF A FOUR MONTHS RESIDENCE AMONG THE NATIVES OF
A VALLEY OF THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS: Or A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN LIFE. By
HERMAN MELVILLE. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1847. 1 vol.
Sm. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. xvi + 301 + (1). Pp. 287-301 are occupied
by _The Story of Toby_, a sequel to _Typee_ not previously
published. Publisher's advertisement precedes half-title proper,
occupying reverse of a series half-title of “The Home and Colonial
(_sic_) Library,” these two pages being inset on other than text
paper. Publisher's catalogue, Fcap. 8vo, 16 pp., dated March, 1847,
bound in at end. Red cloth, gilt, uniform with preceding item.
Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—The lettering on the spine is identical with that of
the 1846 issue.
1847
OMOO: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. By HERMAN MELVILLE,
author of _Typee_. New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers.
London: John Murray. 1847. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜). Pp. (408). The
pagination of this volume is very confusing. Pp. (1)-(16) are paged
xv + (i). Pp. 17-389 are so paged, p. (390) is unpaged, pp.
(391)-(399) are paged (xv) to xxiii, p. (400) is unpaged, and pp.
(401)-(408) are paged (1) to 8. Title-page printed in red and black,
half-title in red. Line-engraved map printed separately facing
title. Blue cloth, blocked in gold and blind. White end-papers.
NOTE—As an example of the varieties to be met with among
American publications of this date, I append a collation of
this same book, made by a friend from a copy seen in the
United States. The variation of binding and end-papers is
unimportant (see note on p. 220).
1847
*OMOO: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. By HERMAN
MELVILLE, author of _Typee_. New York: Harper and Brothers,
Publishers. London: John Murray, 1847. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜). Pp.
398, of which (1)-(9) are unpaged, (10)-(17) are paged in roman
numerals, 18-389 in arabic numerals, while pp. (390)-(398) are
occupied by publishers' advertisements. Publishers' catalogue, 16
pp., bound in at end. Title-page printed in red and black,
half-title in red. Line-engraved map facing title-page. Brown cloth,
blocked in gold. Marbled end-papers.
1847
OMOO: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, being a sequel to
the _Residence in the Marquesas Islands_. By HERMAN MELVILLE, author
of _Typee_. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1847. 1 vol. Sm.
Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. xiii + (i) + 321 +(1). Line-engraved map
printed on text paper facing title-page. Red cloth, gilt, uniform
with preceding item. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) The lettering on the spine reads: Adventures in
the South Seas Murray.
(ii) A volume in Murray's “Colonial and Home Library” (No.
22). The Preface is dated New York, January 28, 1847.
(iii) Contemporary announcements of Murray's “Colonial and
Home Library” speak of an issue of this book in _two parts_,
“_sewed_,” and numbered respectively 43 and 44 of the
series. I have never seen such wrappered issues, but, to
judge by their numbering in the Library, they postdate the
edition above described.
1849
MARDI AND A VOYAGE THITHER. By HERMAN MELVILLE, author of _Typee_ and
_Omoo_. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1849. 3
vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. x + 336 + (2).
Vol. II. pp. x + 335 + (3).
Vol. III. pp. viii + 348.
Titles printed in two colours. Pale apple-green cloth, gilt, blocked
in blind. Blue and white decorated end-papers, printed with
publisher's advertisements.
NOTE—This book was published on March 16, 1849. The English
edition predates the American one. 1,000 copies were
printed.
1849
MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER. By HERMAN MELVILLE. New York: Harper and
Bros. Publishers, 82 Cliff Street. 1849. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ ×
7⅜).
Vol. 1. pp. (376). The paging is very irregular. Pp. (1) to (6) are
blank and unpaged; p. (7) is title-page; p. (8) bears note of the
book's official registration; p. (9) bears dedication; p. (10) is
blank; p. (11) bears preface dated New York, January, 1849; p. (12)
is blank; p. (13) is half-title; p. (14) is blank; pp. (15) to (18)
are occupied by List of Contents paged (ix) to xii; pp. (19) to
(371) are paged (13) to 365; pp. (372) to (376) are blank and
unpaged. Pp. (1) (2) and (375) (376) are pasted down to front and
back inside end-papers.
Vol. II. pp. (408), of which pp. (1)-(6) are blank and unpaged; p.
(7) is title-page; p. (8) bears note of the book's official
registration; p. (9) is half-title; p. (10) is blank; pp. (11)-(14)
are occupied by List of Contents paged (ix) to xii; pp. (15) to
(393) are paged (9) to 387; p. (394) is blank and unpaged; pp.
(395)-(402) are occupied by publishers' advertisements paged (1) to
8; pp. (403)-(408) are blank and unpaged. Pp. (1) (2) and (407)
(408) are pasted down to front and back inside end-papers.
It should be noted that in each volume the printed half-title
follows the title-page.
Dark green cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.
1849
REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE. Being the Sailor boy confessions and
reminiscences of the son of a gentleman in the Merchant Service. By
HERMAN MELVILLE. Author of _Typee_, _Mardi_ etc. London: Richard
Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1849. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 316. No half-title.
Vol II. pp. viii + 314.
Dark blue cloth, gilt, blocked in blind, white end-papers patterned
in blue and printed with publisher's advertisements.
NOTES—(i) This book was published on September 29, 1849. The
English edition predates the American one. 750 copies were
printed.
(ii) I have seen a copy of this edition bearing on the case
the name of T. C. Newby as publisher, but with the Bentley
title-page. This was probably a “remainder” copy, for Newby
frequently bought sheets of books that had not sold when
originally published, and issued them at a cheaper price
wholly or partially over his imprint.
1849
REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE. Being the sailor boy confessions and
reminiscences of the son of a gentleman in the Merchant Service. By
HERMAN MELVILLE, Author of _Typee_, _Mardi_. New York: Harper and
Bros., Publishers, 82 Cliff Street. 1849. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½).
Pp. (420). The numbering of pages is very erratic. Pp. (1)-(6) are
blank and unpaged; p. (7) is title-page; p. (8) bears note of the
book's official registration; p. (9) bears dedication; p. (10) is
blank; pp. (11)-(17) are occupied by List of Contents paged (v)-xi;
p. (12) is blank; pp. (13) to 390 are so paged; pp. (391)-(394) are
unpaged and occupied by advertisements of other works by Melville;
pp. (395)-(406) form a publishers' list, dated October, 1849, and
paged (1) to 14; pp. (407) and (408) are occupied by publishers'
advertisements, undated, but paged (1) and 2; pp. (409)-(412) are
blank; pp. (413) and (414) are pasted down to inside back end-paper.
No printed half-title. Purple-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind.
Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—Copies of the first edition are found with fewer
advertisement pages at the end. These may well, in view of
the irregular nature of American bookmaking at that period,
be contemporary in issue with those more extensively
furnished, but the collector will naturally prefer a copy as
complete as possible.
1850
WHITE JACKET: Or THE WORLD IN A MAN OF WAR. By HERMAN MELVILLE.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1850. 2 vols. Ex.
Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. vi + 322.
Vol. II. pp. iv + 315 + (1).
No half-titles. Pale blue cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow
end-papers, printed with publisher's advertisements.
NOTES—(i) This book was published on January 23, 1850. The
English edition predates the American one. 1,000 copies were
printed.
(ii) Vol. I. pp. iii and iv contain a preface dated October,
1849, and different in content from the note on p. iv of the
American edition, dated March, 1850.
1850
WHITE JACKET: Or THE WORLD IN A MAN OF WAR. By HERMAN MELVILLE. Author
of _Typee_, _Omoo_, _Mardi_ and _Redburn_. New York: Harper and
Bros., Publishers, 82 Cliff Street. London: Richard Bentley. 1850. 1
vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½). Pp. (484). Here again the paging is
irregular. Of the preliminary matter pp. (1)-(6) are blank; p. (7)
is title-page; p. (8) bears note of the book's official
registration; p. (9) bears quotation from Fuller's _Good
Sea-Captain_; p. (10) bears author's note, dated New York, March,
1850; pp. (11)-(13) are occupied by List of Contents and are paged
in roman numerals, (v) to vii; p. (14) is blank; pp. (15) to (471)
are paged (9) to 465; p. (472) is blank; pp. (473)-(476) are unpaged
and occupied by advertisements of other works by Melville; pp. (477)
(478) are also unpaged and occupied by publishers' advertisements;
pp. (479)-(484) are blank and unpaged. No printed half-title. Dark
brown or blue-grey cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—The varieties of binding are of simultaneous date.
1851
THE WHALE. By HERMAN MELVILLE, author of _Typee_, _Omoo_, _Redburn_,
_Mardi_, _White Jacket_. (Quotation from _Paradise Lost_.) London:
Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1851. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo
(4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 312.
Vol. II. pp. iv + 303 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. iv + 328.
Quarter cream cloth blocked in gold; bright blue embossed cloth
sides, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published on October 18, 1851. The
English edition predates the American one. 500 copies were
printed.
(ii) Vol. I. only has half-title, on which the story is
described as _The Whale or Moby Dick_.
1851
MOBY DICK: Or THE WHALE. By HERMAN MELVILLE, Author of _Typee_,
_Omoo_, _Redburn_, _Mardi_, _White-Jacket_. New York: Harper and
Bros. Publishers. London: Richard Bentley. 1851. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞
× 7⅜). Pp. (xxx) [paged as xxiii + (i)] + 634 + (12). Epilogue
occupies p. (635). Publishers' advertisements, 6 pp., occupy pp.
(637)-(642). Pp. (i) (ii) and (647) (648) are pasted down to front
and back inside end-papers. No printed half-title. Slate-blue or
scarlet cloth, gilt. Orange end-papers.
NOTES—(i) The varieties of binding are of simultaneous date.
(ii) This book was expurgated for publication in England,
the American text containing thirty-five passages not
included in Bentley's edition (see previous item).
1852
PIERRE: Or THE AMBIGUITIES. By HERMAN MELVILLE. New York: Harper and
Bros., Publishers, 329 and 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square. 1852.
1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜). Pp. (xii) [paged as viii] + 495 + (6). Pp.
(i) (ii) and (501) (502) are pasted down to front and back inside
end-papers. No printed half-title. Dark grey cloth, gilt, blocked in
blind. Dark grey end-papers.
1852
PIERRE: Or THE AMBIGUITIES. By HERMAN MELVILLE. London: Sampson Low
Son and Co., 47 Ludgate Hill. 1852. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp.
viii + 495 + (i). No half-title. Blue embossed cloth, gilt, blocked
in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in November, 1852.
(ii) This English edition consists of American printed
sheets with cancel title. It is as scarce as, if not scarcer
than, the American edition, the bulk of which was destroyed
by fire.
1855
ISRAEL POTTER: HIS FIFTY YEARS OF EXILE. By HERMAN MELVILLE. Author of
_Typee_, _Omoo_ etc. New York: G. P. Putnam and Co., 10 Park Place.
1855. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜). Pp. (280) [paged as (2) + 276 +
(2)]. No printed half-title. Purple-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in
blind. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—On the case, this book is entitled “Fifty Years Exile.”
A pirated edition, under the title _The Refugee_, was
published in Philadelphia in [1865].
1855
ISRAEL POTTER: HIS FIFTY YEARS OF EXILE. By HERMAN MELVILLE, author of
_Typee_, _Omoo_ etc. London: G. Routledge and Co., Farringdon
Street. 1855. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4 × 6½). Pp. 174. Bright yellow
paper wrappers printed in black. The outside back wrapper is
occupied by publishers' advertisements. Also issued simultaneously
in cloth.
NOTE—This book was published in April, 1855.
1856
THE PIAZZA TALES. By HERMAN MELVILLE, author of _Typee_, _Omoo_, etc.
etc. New York: Dix and Edwards, 321 Broadway. London: Sampson Low,
Son and Co. 1856. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅛). Pp. (vi) + 431 + (11).
No printed half-title. Publishers' advertisements, unpaged and
undated, occupy pp. (433)-(439). Purple-brown cloth, blocked in gold
and blind. Grey-blue end-papers.
_Contents_: The Piazza—Bartleby—Benito Cereno—The
Lightning-Rod Man—The Encantadas; or Enchanted Islands—The
Bell-Tower.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in May or June, 1856.
(ii) It is doubtful whether copies of this book were ever
actually issued in England, despite the fact that Sampson
Low and Co. advertised the book at 9s. in June, 1856. At the
most, copies may exist with an English cancel title, but
even this is improbable in view of the joint imprint on the
New York edition. It will be noted that when previously Low
imported Melville sheets (_cf._ _Pierre_, 1852) they
inserted their own title-page and bound the book differently
for English issue, but in that case their name was not
printed on the American edition.
(iii) Copies of the first American edition exist, with pale
yellow end-papers. These are thinner in quality than the
grey-blue ones above mentioned, and not chalk surfaced to
the extent usual with American tinted papers of the period.
Indeed, they have more the appearance of English than of
American end-papers, but it is difficult to believe that
Sampson Low and Co. could have imported sheets and cases
from America, merely carrying out in this country the
process of binding.
1857
THE CONFIDENCE MAN: HIS MASQUERADE. By HERMAN MELVILLE, Author of _The
Piazza Tales_, _Omoo_ etc. etc. New York: Dix Edwards and Co., 321
Broadway. 1857. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½). Pp. (x) [paged as vi] +
394 + (4). No printed half-title. Purple-brown cloth, gilt, blocked
in blind. Dark green end-papers.
1857
THE CONFIDENCE MAN: HIS MASQUERADE. By HERMAN MELVILLE, author of _The
Piazza Tales_, _Omoo_, _Typee_ etc. etc. Authorized edition. London:
Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts. 1857. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo
(4¼ × 6¾). Pp. vi + 354. No half-title. Publishers' catalogue, 24
pp., dated September, 1855 [_sic_], bound in at end. Yellow-brown
cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Brick-red end-papers, partially
printed with publishers' advertisements.
NOTE—This book was published in April, 1857.
1866
BATTLEPIECES AND ASPECTS OF THE WAR. By HERMAN MELVILLE. New York:
Harper and Bros., Publishers, Franklin Square. 1866. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo
(4¾ × 7⅜). Pp. (298), of which pp. (i)-(6) are blank and unpaged; p.
(7) is title-page; p. (8) bears note of the book's official
registration; p. (9) bears dedication; p. (10) is blank; p. (11)
bears Author's Note; p. (12) is blank; pp. (13)-(16) are occupied by
List of Contents paged (vii)-x; pp. (17) to (278) are paged (11) to
272; pp. (279)-(284) are blank and unpaged. No printed half-title.
Brown or violet cloth, gilt. Chocolate end-papers.
NOTE—There was no English edition of this book.
1876
CLAREL: A Poem and a Pilgrimage in the Holy Land. By HERMAN MELVILLE.
In four parts. I. Jerusalem. II. The Wilderness. III. Mar Saba. IV.
Bethlehem. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, No. 182 Fifth Avenue,
1876. 2 vols. Sq. 16mo (6⅞ × 5⅛).
Vol. I. pp. (304), of which pp. (8) and (9) are paged ii and iii,
pp. (10) and (11) unpaged, and pp. (12)-(304) are paged 8 to 300.
Vol. II. pp. (312). In this volume the paging is even more erratic;
pp. (i)-(5) are unnumbered, p. (6) is numbered iv, pp. (7), (8), and
(9) are unnumbered, pp. (10) to (309) are numbered 304 to 571, pp.
(310) to (312) are unnumbered.
Bright green cloth, gilt. Chocolate end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in July, 1876. There was no
English edition.
1888
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS, WITH SOME SEA PIECES. New York: De Vinne
Press. 1888. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4½ × 6¾). Pp. (iv) + 103 + (1). Cream
paper wrappers printed in black.
NOTE—Only twenty-five copies of this edition were printed.
1891
*TIMOLEON etc. New York: Canton Press. 1891. 1 vol. (4½ × 7). Pp.
(72), of which (1)-(5) are unnumbered, (6) is paged in roman
numerals, pp. 7-70 in arabic numerals, and (71) and (72) unnumbered.
Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.
NOTE—Only twenty-five copies of this edition were printed.
II.—BOOKS PARTIALLY WRITTEN
BY HERMAN MELVILLE
There are only two items that it is possible to list under this heading,
and to each one of them Melville's contribution is so slight as to make
unnecessary their detailed collation. P. 30 of the _Memorial to James
Fenimore Cooper_, published in one volume by Putnam, New York, in 1852,
bears a letter from Melville in praise of Cooper addressed to the
Committee organizing the Cooper celebration. Pp. 399 and 400 of _The
History of Pittsfield, Massachusetts from 1800 to 1876_, by J. E. A.
Smith, and published in Springfield by C. W. Bryan and Co., 1876, bear
an account of Major Thomas Melville written by Herman Melville, but not
nominally attributed to him.
INDEX OF BOOK-TITLES
AFTER DARK (Collins), 130, 139
AMERICAN SENATOR, The (Trollope), 33, 64
ANGELO (Reade), _Play_, 170
ANTONINA (Collins), 136
ARAB'S RIDE TO CAIRO, The (Whyte-Melville), 191
ARMADALE (Collins), _Novel_, 131, 142
ARMADALE (Collins), _Play_, 152
ART (Reade), _Play_, 178
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (Trollope), 60
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, An (Trollope), 71
AYALA'S ANGEL (Trollope), 33, 68
BARCHESTER TOWERS (Trollope), 22, 39
BASIL (Collins), 134, 138
BATTLEPIECES AND ASPECTS OF THE WAR (Herman Melville), 232
BELTON ESTATE, The (Trollope), 31, 33, 49
BERTRAMS, The (Trollope), 28, 29, 40
BESSIE'S TROUBLES AT HOME (Gaskell), 207, 210
BIBLE CHARACTERS (Reade), 169
BLACK AND WHITE (Collins), _Play_, 153
BLACK BUT COMELY (Whyte-Melville), 187, 199
BLACK ROBE, The (Collins), 132, 133, 148
BLIND LOVE (Collins), 132, 151
BONES AND I (Whyte-Melville), 195
BONES AT ROTHWELL, The (Whyte-Melville), 200
BOX TUNNEL, The (Reade), 162
BRITISH SPORTS AND PASTIMES (Trollope), 72
BROOKES OF BRIDLEMERE, The (Whyte-Melville), 187, 194
CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? (Trollope), 23, 24, 28, 29, 45
CASTLE RICHMOND (Trollope), 26, 28, 41
CERISE (Whyte-Melville), 187, 194
CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST, The (Marryat), 80, 95
CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE (Reade), _Novel_, 160
CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE (Reade), _Play_, 178
CHRISTMAS STORMS AND SUNSHINE (Gaskell), 204, 206, 210
CLAREL (Herman Melville), 232
CLAVERINGS, The (Trollope), 28, 31, 32, 52
CLERGYMEN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (Trollope), 49
CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH, The (Reade), 163
CODE OF SIGNALS FOR THE USE OF VESSELS EMPLOYED IN THE MERCHANT
SERVICE, A (Marryat), 82
COMMENTARIES OF CÆSAR, The (Trollope), 57
CONFIDENCE MAN, The (Herman Melville), 231, 232
CONINGSBY (Disraeli), 110, 111, 119
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE COPYRIGHT QUESTION (Collins), 147
CONTARINI FLEMING (Disraeli), 107, 108, 109, 115
CONTRABAND (Whyte-Melville), 187, 196
COUNTESS AND THE DANCER, The (Reade), _Play_, 177
COURIER OF LYONS, The (Reade), _Play_, 171
COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH, The (Reade), 161
COUSIN HENRY (Trollope), 33, 66
COUSIN PHILLIS (Gaskell), 210
CRANFORD (Gaskell), 206
CREAM (Reade), 162
CRISIS EXAMINED, The (Disraeli), 117
DANGEROUS PATH, The (Reade), _Play_, 178
DARK NIGHT'S WORK (Gaskell), 209
DEAD SECRET, The (Collins), 130, 139
DIARY IN AMERICA, A (Marryat). Part 1, 89; part 2, 90
DIARY OF A BLASÉ, The (Marryat), 88
DID HE STEAL IT? (Trollope), _Play_, 55
DIGBY GRAND (Whyte-Melville), 186, 189
DOCTOR THORNE (Trollope), 22, 40
DOCTOR WORTLE'S SCHOOL (Trollope), 33, 67
DORA (Reade), _Play_, 173
DOUBLE MARRIAGE, The (Reade), _Play_, 174
DREAM WOMAN, The (Collins), _Play_, 154
DRINK (Reade), _Play_, 179
DUKE'S CHILDREN, The (Trollope), 23, 25, 26, 67
EDITOR'S TALES, An (Trollope), 56
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT, The (Reade), 162
ENDYMION (Disraeli), 107, 108, 122
ENGLAND AND FRANCE (Disraeli), 115
ENQUIRY INTO THE PLANS, PROGRESS AND POLICY OF AMERICAN MINING
COMPANIES, An (Disraeli), 113
EUSTACE DIAMONDS, The (Trollope), 23, 24, 60
EVIL GENIUS, The (Collins), 132, 149
EYE FOR AN EYE, An (Trollope), 33, 34, 65
FALLEN LEAVES, The (Collins), 132, 133, 147
FIRST PRINTER, The (Reade), _Play_, 178
FIXED PERIOD, The (Trollope), 34, 70
FLORAL TELEGRAPH, The (Marryat), 98
FOUL PLAY (Reade), _Novel_, 164
FOUL PLAY (Reade), _Play_, 176
FRAMLEY PARSONAGE (Trollope), 22, 41
FREE LABOUR (Reade), _Play_, 178
FROZEN DEEP, The (Collins), _Story_, 144
FROZEN DEEP, The (Collins), _Play_, 153
GARIBALDI AT CAPRERA (Gaskell), 213
GENERAL BOUNCE (Whyte-Melville), 186, 187, 190
GLADIATORS, The (Whyte-Melville), 187, 193
GOLD (Reade), _Play_, 170
GOLDEN CROWNS (Reade), 166
GOLDEN LION OF GRANPERE, The (Trollope), 34, 59
GOOD FIGHT, A (Reade), 169
GOOD FOR NOTHING (Whyte-Melville), 187, 192
GOOD STORIES OF MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS (Reade), 167
GREY WOMAN, The (Gaskell), 209, 210
GRIFFITH GAUNT (Reade), _Novel_, 163
GUILTY RIVER, The (Collins), 149
HAND AND HEART (Gaskell), 207, 210
HARD CASH (Reade), 163
HARRY HEATHCOTE OF GANGOIL (Trollope), 34, 61
HAUNTED HOTEL, The (Collins), 132, 133, 146
HEART AND SCIENCE (Collins), 132, 133, 148
HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT (Trollope), 31, 32, 54
HENRIETTA TEMPLE (Disraeli), 110, 118
HERO AND A MARTYR, A (Reade), 165
HIDE AND SEEK (Collins), 130, 134, 138
HOLMBY HOUSE (Whyte-Melville), 187, 191
HORACE (Whyte-Melville), 189
HOW THE 'MASTIFFS' WENT TO ICELAND (Trollope), 65
HUNTING SKETCHES (Trollope), 48
HYPOCHONDRIAC, The (Reade), _Play_, 173
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BURMESE WAR (Marryat), 103
INFERNAL MARRIAGE, The (Disraeli), 121
INSIDE THE BAR (Whyte-Melville), 193
INTERPRETER, The (Whyte-Melville), 191
I SAY NO (Collins), 132, 148
IS HE POPENJOY? (Trollope), 32, 64
ISRAEL POTTER (Herman Melville), 230
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND (Reade), _Novel_, 160
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND (Reade), _Play_, 174
IXION IN HEAVEN (Disraeli), 121
JACK ASHORE (Howard), 101
JACOB FAITHFUL (Marryat), 78, 79, 84, 85
JAPHET IN SEARCH OF A FATHER (Marryat), 77, 78, 81, 87
JEALOUSY (Reade), _Play_, 179
JEZEBEL'S DAUGHTER (Collins), 132, 147
JILT, The (Reade), 168
JOAN (Reade), _Play_, 179
JOHN CALDIGATE (Trollope), 34, 66
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS (Herman Melville), 233
JOSEPH RUSHBROOK (Marryat), 78, 93
KATE COVENTRY (Whyte-Melville), 186, 191
KATE PEYTON (Reade), _Play_, 174, 177
KATERFELTO (Whyte-Melville), 188, 197
KELLYS AND THE O'KELLYS, The (Trollope), 26, 37
KEPT IN THE DARK (Trollope), 34, 69
KING'S OWN, The (Marryat), 78, 83
KINGS' RIVAL, The (Reade), _Play_, 172
LADIES' BATTLE, The (Reade), _Play_, 170, 175
LADY ANNA (Trollope), 33, 61
LADY'S OATH, A (Reade), _Play_, 178
LANDLEAGUERS, The (Trollope), 26, 70
LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET, The (Trollope), 22, 29, 50
LA VENDÉE (Trollope), 38
LAW AND THE LADY, The (Collins), 132, 133, 144
LAWYERS AND LEGISLATORS (Disraeli), 113
LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES, The (Collins), 151
LE FAUBOURG SAINT-GERMAIN (Reade), _Play_, 173
LEGACY OF CAIN, The (Collins), 132, 150
LETTERS OF RUNNYMEDE, The (Disraeli), 118
LIBBIE MARSH'S THREE ERAS (Gaskell), 204, 206, 210
LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË (Gaskell), 207
LIFE OF CICERO, The (Trollope), 67
LIFE OF PAUL JONES, The (Disraeli), 123
LINDA TRESSEL (Trollope), 35, 53
LITTLE NOVELS (Collins), 132, 150
LITTLE SAVAGE, The (Marryat), 80, 96
LIZZIE LEIGH (Gaskell), 205, 206
LOIS THE WITCH (Gaskell), 208, 209
LORD GEORGE BENTINCK (Disraeli), 120
LORD PALMERSTON (Trollope), 69
LOST HUSBAND, The (Reade), _Play_, 170
LOST SISTERS, The (Reade), _Play_, 178
LOTHAIR (Disraeli), 111, 122
LOTTA SCHMIDT (Trollope), 53
LOVE ME LITTLE LOVE ME LONG (Reade), 162
LOVE AND MONEY (Reade), _Play_, 177
LUCREZIA BORGIA (Reade), _Play_, 178
MABEL VAUGHAN (Gaskell), 212
MACDERMOTTS OF BALLYCLORAN, The (Trollope), 26, 37
MAN AND WIFE (Collins), 132, 133, 142
MARDI AND A VOYAGE THITHER (Herman Melville), 219, 225
MARGUERITE (Reade), _Play_, 178
MARINE COAST, The (Howard), 102
MARION FAY (Trollope), 33, 69
MARKET HARBOROUGH (Whyte-Melville), 185, 188, 192
MARY BARTON (Gaskell), 204
MASKS AND FACES (Reade), _Play_, 171
MASTERMAN READY (Marryat), 80, 81, 92
MEMOIRS OF ADMIRAL SIR SIDNEY SMITH (Howard), 101
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COLLINS (Collins), 136
MESSAGE FROM THE SEA, A (Collins), _Play_, 152
MISS GWILT (Collins), _Play_, 155
MISSION, The (Marryat), 80, 94
MISS MACKENZIE (Trollope), 28, 29, 47
MISS OR MRS.? (Collins), 144
MOBY DICK (Herman Melville), 218, 219, 220, 229
MOONSTONE, The (Collins), _Novel_, 129, 131, 142
MOONSTONE, The (Collins), _Play_, 155
MOORLAND COTTAGE, The (Gaskell), 205
M. OR N. (Whyte-Melville), 187, 195
MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (Marryat), 78, 80, 88
MR. SCARBOROUGH'S FAMILY (Trollope), 30, 70
MR. WRAY'S CASH BOX (Collins), 133, 134, 137
MY MISCELLANIES (Collins), 141
NARRATIVE OF A FOUR MONTHS' RESIDENCE AMONG THE NATIVES OF A VALLEY OF
THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS (Herman Melville), 222, 223
NARRATIVE OF THE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF MONSIEUR VIOLET IN
CALIFORNIA, etc. (Marryat), 80, 93
NAVAL OFFICER, The (Marryat), 78, 79, 83
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND (Hazlewood), _Play_, 175
NEW MAGDALEN, The (Collins), _Novel_, 132, 133, 143
NEW MAGDALEN, The (Collins), _Play_, 155
NEWTON FORSTER (Marryat), 78, 83
NINA BALATKA (Trollope), 34, 50
NOBS AND SNOBS (Reade), _Play_, 178
NO NAME (Collins), _Novel_, 131, 141
NO NAME (Collins), _Play_, 152, 154
NORTH AMERICA (Trollope), 44
NORTH AND SOUTH (Gaskell), 207
NO THOROUGHFARE (Collins), _Story_, 151
NO THOROUGHFARE (Collins), _Play_, 153
OLD COMMODORE, The (Howard), 100
OLD MAN'S LOVE, An (Trollope), 34, 71
OLLA PODRIDA (Marryat), 91
OMOO (Herman Melville), 219, 224
ORLEY FARM (Trollope), 24, 30, 31, 42
OUTWARD BOUND (Howard), 101
PACHA OF MANY TALES, The (Marryat), 78, 81, 85
PEG WOFFINGTON (Reade), 160
PERCIVAL KEENE (Marryat), 78, 79, 93
PEREGRINE PICKLE (Reade), _Play_, 170
PERILOUS SECRET, A (Reade), 168
PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS (Collins), 151
PETER SIMPLE (Marryat), 78, 79, 81, 84, 85
PHANTOM SHIP, The (Marryat), 80, 89
PHINEAS FINN (Trollope), 23, 24, 30, 54
PHINEAS REDUX (Trollope), 23, 24, 60
PIAZZA TALES, The (Herman Melville), 218, 219, 220, 231
PIERRE (Herman Melville), 229, 230
PIRATE, AND THE THREE CUTTERS, The (Marryat), 78, 79, 85
PLOT IN PRIVATE LIFE, A (Collins), 140
POOR JACK (Marryat), 78, 79, 90
POOR MISS FINCH (Collins), 134, 143
POVERTY AND PRIDE (Reade), _Play_, 172
PRESENT STATE OF MEXICO, The (Disraeli), 113
PRIME MINISTER, The (Trollope), 23, 25, 62
PRIVATEER'S-MAN, The (Marryat), 78, 79, 95
PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE (Reade), 164
QUEEN OF HEARTS, The (Collins), 130, 140
QUEEN'S MARIES, The (Whyte-Melville), 187, 193
RACHEL RAY (Trollope), 28, 29, 44
RACHEL THE REAPER (Reade), _Play_, 179
RALPH THE HEIR (Trollope), 32, 58
RAMBLES BEYOND RAILWAYS (Collins), 137
RATTLIN THE REEFER (Marryat/Howard), 99
READIANA (Reade), 167
REDBURN (Herman Melville), 219, 226, 227
REVOLUTIONARY EPICK, The (Disraeli), 117, 121
RIDING RECOLLECTIONS (Whyte-Melville), 185, 188, 199
RIGHT AT LAST (Gaskell), 208
ROGUE'S LIFE, A (Collins), 146
ROSINE (Whyte-Melville), 187, 198
ROUND THE SOFA (Gaskell), 208
ROY'S WIFE (Whyte-Melville), 187, 199
RUTH (Gaskell), 205
SARCHEDON (Whyte-Melville), 187, 196
SATANELLA (Whyte-Melville), 187, 196
SETTLERS IN CANADA, The (Marryat), 80, 94
SEXTON'S HERO, The (Gaskell), 204, 206, 210
SHILLY SHALLY (Reade), _Play_, 32, 179
SHOCKING STORY, A (Collins), 145
SICKNESS AND HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF BLAEBURN (wrongly attributed to
Gaskell), 212
SIMPLETON, A (Reade), 165
SINGLE HEART AND DOUBLE FACE (Reade), _Novel_, 167
SINGLE HEART AND DOUBLE FACE (Reade), _Play_, 179
SIR HARRY HOTSPUR OF HUMBLETHWAITE (Trollope), 34, 58
SIR HENRY MORGAN (Howard), 102
SISTER LOUISE (Whyte-Melville), 187, 198
SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON, The (Trollope), 22, 45
SNARLEYOW (Marryat), 80, 88
SONGS AND VERSES (Whyte-Melville), 195
SOUTH AFRICA (Trollope), 64
STAR CHAMBER, The (Disraeli), 123
STORIES OF THE SEA (Marryat), 87
STORY OF TOBY, The (Herman Melville), 223
STRUGGLES OF BROWN, JONES AND ROBINSON, The (Trollope), 34, 57
SUGGESTION FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF IMPRESSMENT IN
THE NAVAL SERVICE (Marryat), 82
SYBIL (Disraeli), 110, 111, 120
SYLVIA'S LOVERS (Gaskell), 209
TALES OF ALL COUNTRIES (Trollope). First series, 41; second series, 44
TANCRED (Disraeli), 110, 111, 120
TERRIBLE TEMPTATION, A (Reade), 165
THACKERAY (Trollope), 65
THOMPSON HALL (Trollope), 68
THREE CLERKS, The (Trollope), 24, 30, 39
TILBURY NOGO (Whyte-Melville), 186, 189
TIMOLEON (Herman Melville), 233
TRADE MALICE (Reade), 166
TRAGEDY OF COUNT ALARCOS, The (Disraeli), 119, 121
TRAVELLING SKETCHES (Trollope), 49
TRUE CROSS, The (Whyte-Melville), 197
TWO DESTINIES, The (Collins), 131, 144
TWO LECTURES ON LANCASHIRE DIALECT (Gaskell), 206
TWO LOVES AND A LIFE (Reade), _Play_, 172
TYPEE (Herman Melville), 218, 219, 222, 223
UNCLE JOHN (Whyte-Melville), 187, 197
VALERIE (Marryat), 78, 96
VENETIA (Disraeli), 110, 119
VICAR OF BULLHAMPTON, The (Trollope), 35, 55
VILLAGE TALE, The (Reade), _Play_, 178
VINDICATION OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION IN A LETTER TO A NOBLE AND
LEARNED LORD (Disraeli), 117
VISITS TO REMARKABLE PLACES (Howitt Gaskell), 212
VIVIAN GREY (Disraeli), 107, 108, 110, 114
VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN POPANILLA, The (Disraeli), 108, 109, 110, 114, 121
WANDERING HEIR, The (Reade), _Story_, 166
WANDERING HEIR (Reade), _Play_, 179
WARDEN, The (Trollope), 22, 38
WAY THINGS TURN, The (Reade), _Play_, 178
WAY WE LIVE NOW, The (Trollope), 29, 33, 34, 62
WELCOME, A (Trollope), 72
WELL BORN WORKMAN, The (Reade), 176
WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN, The (Trollope), 40
WHALE, The (Herman Melville), 228, 229
WHAT IS HE? (Disraeli), 116
WHITE JACKET (Herman Melville), 219, 227, 228
WHITE LIES (Reade), 161
WHITE ROSE, The (Whyte-Melville), 187, 194
WHY FRAU FROHMANN RAISED HER PRICES (Trollope), 68
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS (Gaskell), 211
WOMAN HATER, A (Reade), 166
WOMAN IN WHITE, The (Collins), _Novel_, 129, 131, 132, 140
WOMAN IN WHITE, The (Collins), _Play_, 154
WONDROUS TALE OF ALROY, The (Disraeli), 108, 116
WORKS OF ISAAC DISRAELI, Ed. B. Disraeli, 124
YOUNG DUKE, The (Disraeli), 109, 114
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
1. Made corrections indicated in Errata and Addendum.
2. Silently corrected typographical errors.
3. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.
4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.
5. Superscripts are denoted by a carat before a single superscript
character or a series of superscripted characters enclosed in curly
braces, e.g. M^r. or M^{ister}.