A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales
by
Jonathan Nield

Part 2 out of 3



John Murray

THE DUKE'S SERVANTS -- S. H. Burchell
The Duke of Buckingham (1624-8)
Gay & Bird

IN HIGH PLACES -- Miss Braddon
Earlier years of Charles I.
Hutchinson & Co.

WHITEHALL -- Anonymous
Earlier years of Charles I.
Geo. Routledge & Sons

MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER -- Defoe
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE CAVALIERS -- S. R. Keightley
Civil War Period
Hutchinson & Co.

WHEN CHARLES I. WAS KING -- J. S. Fletcher
Civil War Period
Gay & Bird

HOLMEY HOUSE -- G. J. Whyte Melville
Civil War Period
W. Thacker & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co.

THE SPLENDID SPUR -- "Q"
Civil War Period
Cassell & Co.

WITH THE KING AT OXFORD -- A. J. Church
Civil War Period
Seeley & Co.

MISTRESS SPITFIRE -- J. S. Fletcher
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.

CROMWELL'S OWN -- A. Paterson
Civil War Period
Harper & Brothers

ST. GEORGE AND ST. MICHAEL -- George Macdonald
Civil War Period
H. S. King, 1876

HUGH GWYETH -- B. M. Dix
Civil War Period
Macmillan & Co.

MIRIAM CROMWELL -- Dora McChesney
Civil War Period
W. Blackwood & Sons

THE CHILDREN OF NEW FOREST -- Marryatt
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.

*FOR KING AND KENT -- Col. Colomb
Civil War Period
Remington


* This book well represents the extreme Royalist point of view.


TO RIGHT THE WRONG -- Edna Lyall
Hampden
Hurst & Blackett

IN SPITE OF ALL -- Edna Lyall
Falkland, Laud, &c.
Hurst & Blackett

JOHN INGLESANT -- J. H. Shorthouse
England (Charles I.) and Italy (the Molinists).
Macmillan & Co.

UNDER SALISBURY SPIRE -- Emma Marshall
George Herbert
Seeley & Co.

A HAUNT OF ANCIENT PEACE -- Emma Marshall
Nicholas Ferrar
Seeley & Co.

THE MAIDEN AND MARRIED LIFE OF MARY POWELL -- Miss Manning
John Milton (1643)
J C. Nimmo

OLD BLACKFRIARS -- Beatrice Marshall
Van Dyck
Seeley & Co.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS -- Dumas (translation)
France--Richelieu, &c.
J. M. Dent & Co.

UNDER THE RED ROBE -- Stanley Weyman
France--Richelieu, &c.
Methuen & Co.

THE MAN IN BLACK -- Stanley Weyman
France--Richelieu, &c.
Cassell & Co.

CINQ MARS -- A. de Vigny (trans.)
France--Richelieu, &c.
Geo. Routledge & Sons, 1877

RICHELIEU -- G. P. R. James
France--Richelieu, &c.
G. P. Putnam's Sons

CAPTAIN FRACASSE -- Theophile Gautier (translation)
Strolling Players, in time of Louis XIII.
Duckworth & Co. and J. Macqueen

A DAUGHTER OF FRANCE -- Eliza Pollard
France and Acadia
T. Nelson & Sons

*THE BETROTHED LOVERS -- Manzoni (translation)
Italy--the Plague in Milan, 1630
Ward, Lock, & Co. ("Minerva Library," 1889)


* Also published by George Bell & Sons (Bohn's Series) under the
title "The Betrothed." I adopt the fuller title to prevent
confusion with Scott's romance.


RUPERT BY THE GRACE OF GOD -- Dora McChesney
Prince Rupert's time
Macmillan & Co.

STRAY PEARLS -- Charlotte M. Yonge
Prince Rupert's time
Macmillan & Co.

THE LION OF THE NORTH -- G. A. Henty
Gustavus Adolphus
Blackie & Son

A BRAVE RESOLVE -- J. B. de Liefde
Wallenstein
Hodder & Stoughton

BARON AND SQUIRE -- Noeldechen (translated by Mrs. Pereira)
Thirty Years War
J. Nisbet & Co.

WON BY THE SWORD -- G. A. Henty
Thirty Years War
Blackie & Son

MY LADY ROTHA -- Stanley Weyman
Thirty Years War
A. D. Innes & Co.

RED AXE -- S. R. Crockett
Thirty Years War
Smith, Elder, & Co.

*THE KING'S RING -- Zacharias Topelius (translation)
Thirty Years War
Jarrold & Sons


* The first of a series covering the 17th and 18th Centuries.
Under the general title of "The Surgeon's Stories," the remaining
volumes were published by Messrs. Jansen & Co., of Chicago (1883-
4); one of these appears in my list later on.


DER DEUTSCHE KRIEG (Collective Title of Series) -- Heinrich Laube
Thirty Years War
H. Haeffel, 1863

PHILLIP ROLLO -- James Grant
Thirty Years War
Geo. Routledge & Sons

TWENTY YEARS AFTER -- Dumas (translation)
France--Time of Mazarin, &c. (1648-9)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE WAR OF WOMEN -- Dumas (translation)
France--Time of Mazarin, &c. (1650)
J. M. Dent & Co.

MARIE DE MANCINI -- Madame Sophie Gay (translation)
France--Time of Mazarin, &c.
Lawrence & Bullen

THE SILVER CROSS -- S. R. Keightley
France--Time of Mazarin
Hutchinson & Co.

HENRY MASTERTON -- G. P. R. James
England (Civil War) and France (the Fronde).
Warne & Co.

PRETTY MICHAL -- M. Jokai (translation)
Hungary, middle Seventeenth Century
Jarrold & Sons

WITH FIRE AND SWORD -- H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE DELUGE -- H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.

PAN MICHAEL -- H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.

JOHN SPLENDID -- Neil Munro
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Wm. Blackwood & Sons

THE LEGEND OF MONTROSE -- Scott
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
A. & C. Black

JOURNAL OF THE LADY BEATRIX GRAHAM -- Mrs. Fowler Smith
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Geo. Bell & Sons

THE ANGEL OF THE COVENANT -- J. Maclaren Cobban
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Methuen & Co.

KATHLEEN CLARE -- Dora McChesney
Ireland, 1637-41
W. Blackwood & Sons

JOHN MARMADUKE -- S. H. Church
Ireland--Cromwellian wars
G. P. Putnam's Sons

IN THE KING'S SERVICE -- F. S. Brereton
Ireland--Cromwellian wars
Blackie & Son

ETHNE -- Mrs. Field
Ireland--Cromwellian wars
Wells, Gardner, & Co.

HARRY OGILVIE -- James Grant
Scotland. Cromwellian wars
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE WHITE KING'S DAUGHTER -- Emma Marshall
The Princess Elizabeth
Seeley & Co.

IN COLSTON'S DAYS -- Emma Marshall
Bristol, 1636-1720
Seeley & Co.

WOODSTOCK -- Scott
Commonwealth period
A. & C. Black

CAPTAIN JACOBUS -- L. Cope Cornford
Commonwealth period
Methuen & Co.

AFTER WORCESTER -- E. Everett Green
Commonwealth period
T. Nelson & Sons

ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SEA -- Mrs. Charles
Commonwealth period
T. Nelson & Sons

THE MAKING OF CHRISTOPHER FERRINGHAM -- B. M. Dix
Commonwealth period (New England)
Macmillan & Co.

*DEBORAH'S DIARY -- Miss Manning
Milton's Daughter (1665)
J. C. Nimmo


* Sequel to "The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell."


ADAM HEPBURN'S VOW -- Annie S. Swan
Scotland--Kirk and Covenant
Cassell & Co.

FRIEND OLIVIA -- Amelia E. Barr
George Fox, the Quaker
James Clarke & Co.

THE SHADOW OF A CRIME -- Hall Caine
Quakers at the Restoration
Chatto & Windus

A GALLANT QUAKER -- Mrs. M. H. Roberton
George Fox and William Penn
Methuen & Co.

THE ROMANCE OF DOLLARD -- Mrs. Catherwood
French in Canada
Fisher Unwin

TARA -- Meadows Taylor
India, 1657
Kegan, Paul, & Co.

BRAMBLETYE HOUSE -- Horace Smith
Commonwealth--Charles II.
Henry Colburn, 1826

GOD SAVE THE KING -- Ronald Macdonald
Commonwealth--Charles II.
John Murray

PEVERIL OF THE PEAK -- Scott
Time of Charles II.
A. & C. Black

LONDON PRIDE -- Miss Braddon
Time of Charles II.
Simpkin & Co.

DANIEL HERRICK -- S. H. Burchell
Time of Charles II.
Gay & Bird

I LIVED AS I LISTED -- Arthur L. Maitland
Time of Charles II.
Wells, Gardner, & Co.

THE PURITAN'S WIFE -- Max Pemberton
Time of Charles II.
Cassell & Co.

WHITEFRIARS -- Anonymous
Time of Charles II.
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE ROBBER -- G. P. R. James
Time of Charles II.
Warne & Co.

SILAS VERNEY -- E. Pickering
Time of Charles II.
Blackie & Son

CHERRY AND VIOLET -- Miss Manning
Time of Charles II.
J. C. Nimmo

HISTORY OF THE PLAGUE -- Defoe
Time of Charles II. (Plague)
J. M. Dent & Co.

OLD ST. PAULS -- Harrison Ainsworth
Time of Charles II. (Plague)
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE DAGGER AND THE CROSS -- J. Hatton
Time of Charles II. (Eyam)
Hutchinson & Co.

TRAITOR OR PATRIOT? -- Mary C. Rowsell
Time of Charles II. (Rye House Plot)
Blackie & Son

SIMON DALE -- Anthony Hope
Time of Charles II.
Methuen & Co.

NELL GWYNN, COMEDIAN -- Frankfort Moore
Time of Charles II.
C. A. Pearson

IN THE GOLDEN DAYS -- Edna Lyall
Time of Charles II. (Algernon Sidney)
Hurst & Blackett

SIR RALPH ESHER -- Leigh Hunt
Time of Charles II.
Henry Colburn, 1832

MARY HOLLIS -- H. J. Schimmel (translation)
Time of Charles II.
John Camden Hotten

OLD MORTALITY -- Scott
Bothwell Bridge, 1679
A. & C. Black

THE MEN OF THE MOSS HAGS -- S. R. Crockett
Bothwell Bridge, 1679
Isbister & Co.

JOHN BURNET OF BARNS -- J. Buchan
Scotland and the Low Countries (1678-88)
John Lane

WINCHESTER MEADS -- Emma Marshall
Bishop Ken
Seeley & Co.

IN THE EAST COUNTRY WITH SIR THOMAS BROWNE -- Emma Marshall
Author of "Religio Medici."
Seeley & Co.

IN WESTMINSTER CHOIR -- Emma Marshall
Purcell the Composer
Seeley & Co.

THE CARVED CARTOON -- Austin Clare
Grinling Gibbons
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

SPINOZA -- Auerbach (trans.)
A romance of Spinoza the Philosopher.
Sampson Low & Co.

'MIDST THE WILD CARPATHIANS -- M. Jokai (trans.)
Transylvania, 1666
Jarrold & Sons

THE BLACK TULIP -- Dumas (trans.)
William of Orange, 1672
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE -- Dumas (trans.)
France--Louis XIV.
J. M. Dent & Co.

BELLE ROSE -- Amedee Achard
France--Louis XIV.
A. Bourdilliat et Cie., Paris, 1859

IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITY -- J. Bloundelle Burton
France--Louis XIV.
Methuen & Co.

*THE SCOURGE OF GOD -- J. Bloundelle Burton
France--Louis XIV. (Huguenots)
James Clarke & Co.


* Intentionally placed with the Louis XIV. romances. It should,
however, be noted that the events of the story are supposed to
happen in the first years of the Eighteenth Century (the Cevennes
Revolt).


THE REFUGEES -- Conan Doyle
Louis XIV.--Old and New World
Longmans, Green, & Co.

THE BLACK WOLF'S BREED -- H. Dickson
Louis XIV.--Old and New World
Methuen & Co.

CAPTAIN SATAN -- Louis Gallet (trans.)
Adventure in early Louis XIV. period
Jarrold & Sons

THE KING'S SIGNET -- Eliza Pollard
Madame de Maintenon, &c.
Blackie & Son

THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS -- Albert Smith
Marquise de Brinvilliers, the poisoner
Bentley (new edition, 1886)

THE GOLDEN FLEECE -- Amedee Achard(trans.)
Turkish Wars (Louis XIV.)
J. Macqueen

HIS COUNTERPART -- Russell M. Garnier
Wars of Turenne (John Churchill)
Harper & Brothers

THE CLASH OF ARMS -- J. Bloundelle Burton
Wars of Turenne (John Churchill)
Methuen & Co.

UNCROWNING A KING -- E. S. Ellis
America--King Philip's war
Cassell & Co.

THE OLD DOMINION (PRISONERS OF HOPE) -- Mary Johnston
Virginia, late Seventeenth Century
Constable & Co.

VIVIAN OF VIRGINIA -- Hulbert Fuller
Virginia, late Seventeenth Century
Jarrold & Sons

THE HEART'S HIGHWAY -- Mary E. Wilkins
Virginia, late Seventeenth Century
John Murray

A REPUTED CHANGELING -- Charlotte M. Yonge
Period of Charles II.--William III.
Macmillan & Co.

THE REBEL -- H. B. Marriott Watson
Rising at Taunton, 1684.
W. Heinemann

LORNA DOONE -- R. D. Blackmore
James II.--Monmouth Rebellion
Sampson Low & Co.

FOR FAITH AND FREEDOM -- Walter Besant
James II.--Monmouth Rebellion
Chatto & Windus

MICAH CLARKE -- Conan Doyle
James II.--Monmouth Rebellion
Longmans, Green, & Co.

IN TAUNTON TOWN -- E. Everett Green
James II.--Monmouth Rebellion
T. Nelson & Sons

THE BLUE FLAG -- Max Hillary
James II.--Monmouth Rebellion
Ward, Lock, & Co.

URITH -- S. Baring-Gould
James II.--Monmouth Rebellion
Methuen & Co.

DEB CLAVEL -- M. E. Palgrave
James II.--Monmouth Rebellion
Religious Tract Society

DUKE OF MONMOUTH -- Gerald Griffin
James II.--Monmouth Rebellion
R. Bentley, 1836

IN THE SERVICE OF RACHEL LADY RUSSELL -- Emma Marshall
Period of James II.
Seeley & Co.

THE STANDARD BEARER -- S. R. Crockett
Period of James II. (Covenanters)
Methuen & Co.

THE COURTSHIP OF MORICE BUCKLER -- A. E. W. Mason
Period of James II. (1685-7)
Macmillan & Co.

THE SWORD OF THE KING -- Ronald Macdonald
William of Orange
John Murray

THE OUTLAW -- Mrs. Hall
Revolution period (1688)
R. Bentley, 1847

THE LIFEGUARDSMAN -- H. J. Schimmel (translation)
Revolution period (1688)
A. & C. Black

THE SCOTTISH CAVALIER -- James Grant
Battle of Killiecrankie
Geo. Routledge & Sons

RINGAN GILHAIZE -- J. Galt
Battle of Killiecrankie
Greening & Co.

LOCHINVAR -- S. R. Crockett
Battle of Killiecrankie
Methuen & Co.

MISTRESS DOROTHY MARVIN -- J. C. Snaith
Period of Judge Jeffreys, &c.
Ward, Lock, & Co.

BLUE PAVILIONS -- "Q"
William III.
Cassell & Co.

KENSINGTON PALACE -- Emma Marshall
William III.
Seeley & Co.

MY MISTRESS THE QUEEN -- M. A. Paull
Marriage of Mary to William (Charles II.--William III.)
Blackie & Son

BY THE NORTH SEA -- Emma Marshall
Cromwell's Grand-daughter
Jarrold & Sons

A MAN'S FOES -- E. H. Strain
Siege of Derry (1689)
Ward, Lock, & Co.

THE CRIMSON SIGN -- S. R. Keightley
Siege of Derry (1689)
Hutchinson & Co.

IN THE WAKE OF KING JAMES -- Standish O'Grady
Siege of Derry (1689)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE BOYNE WATER -- J. Banim
Battle of the Boyne (1690)
James Duffy, Dublin

THE MAC MAHON -- Owen Blayney
Battle of the Boyne (1690)
Constable & Co.

REDMOND COUNT O'HANLON -- W. Carleton
Battle of Aughrim
James Duffy, Dublin

THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR -- Scott
East Lothian, 1695
A. & C. Black

ON THE RED STAIRCASE -- M. Imlay Taylor
Russia in the youthful days of Peter the Great
Gay and Bird

THE LION CUB -- F. Whishaw
Russia in the youthful days of Peter the Great
Griffith, Farran, & Co.

THE ROAD TO FRONTENAC -- S. Merwin
French occupation of Canada
John Murray

THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD -- Gilbert Parker
French occupation of Canada
Methuen & Co.

THE YOUNG PIONEERS -- E. Everett Green
La Salle, the French Explorer
T. Nelson & Sons

THE BEGUM'S DAUGHTER -- E. L. Bynner
New York (Jacob Leisler)
Houghton, Muffin. & Co.

IN FURTHEST IND -- Sydney C. Grier
East India Company, 1697
W. Blackwood & Sons

DARIEN -- Eliot Warburton
William Paterson and the Darien Scheme (1698)
Colburn, 1852

MAZEPPA -- F. Whishaw
Mazeppa and the Cossacks (17th-18th Century)
Chatto & Windus

MONSIEUR MARTIN -- W. Carey
Sweden from 1699 (Charles XII.)
W. Blackwood & Sons

A LADY OF QUALITY -- F. Hodgson Burnett
Social Life, end of Seventeenth Century
Warne & Co.

HIS GRACE OF OSMONDE -- F. Hodgson Burnett
Social Life, end of Seventeenth Century
Warne & Co.

A SET OF ROGUES -- Frank Barrett
Algerine Pirates, &c.
A. D. Innes & Co.



EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.


THE PIRATE -- Scott
Shetland and Orkney Islands, 1700
A. & C. Black

ESMOND -- Thackeray
Time of Anne
Smith, Elder, & Co.

DEVEREUX -- Lytton
Time of Anne (England and Abroad)
Geo. Routledge & Sons

ST. JAMES'S -- Harrison Ainsworth
Time of Anne
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE OLD CHELSEA BUN HOUSE -- Miss Manning
Time of Anne
J. C. Nimmo

ACROSS THE SALT SEAS -- J. Bloundelle Burton
Time of Anne (Battle of Blenheim)
Methuen & Co.

THE QUEEN'S SERF -- Elsa d'Esterre Keeling
Time of Anne
Fisher Unwin

MOHAWKS -- Miss Braddon
Time of Anne
J. & R. Maxwell
Ditto.

IN KING'S HOUSES -- Julia C. R. Dorr
Time of Anne
Duckworth & Co.

THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE -- G. A. Henty
Time of Anne (Peterborough)
Blackie & Son

THE CORNET OF HORSE -- G. A. Henty
Time of Anne (Duke of Marlborough)
Sampson Low & Co.

IN THE IRISH BRIGADE -- G. A. Henty
Time of Anne (Foreign Wars).
Blackie & Son

TOM TUFTON'S TRAVELS and TOM TUFTON'S TOLL -- E. Everett Green
Time of Anne
T. Nelson & Sons

ESTHER VANHOMRIGH -- Margaret L. Woods
Dean Swift
John Murray

THE BLACK DWARF -- Scott
The Lowlands of Scotland, 1706 (Jacobites)
A. & C. Black

AN IMPERIAL LOVER -- M. Imlay Taylor
Russia--Peter the Great
Gay & Bird

BORIS THE BEAR-HUNTER and A LOST ARMY -- F. Whishaw
Russia (from late Seventeenth Century)
T. Nelson & Sons

CAPTAIN SINGLETON -- Defoe
Time of George I.
J. M. Dent & Co.

FOR THE KING -- C. Gibbon
Time of George I.
Chatto & Windus

THE HERITAGE OF LANGDALE -- Mrs. Alexander
Time of George I.
Hutchinson & Co.

PARSON KELLY -- A. E. W. Mason and A. Lang
Time of George I.
Longmans, Green, & Co.

DUANCE PENDRAY -- G. Norway
Time of George I. (Cornish Jacobites)
Jarrold & Sons

MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE -- Booth Tarkington
Bath--early Eighteenth Century
John Murray

THE RAIDERS and THE DARK O' THE MOON -- S. R. Crockett
Galloway--early Eighteenth Century
Fisher Unwin and Macmillan & Co.

ROB ROY -- Scott
The Jacobites
A. & C. Black

DOROTHY FORSTER -- Walter Besant
The Jacobites
Chatto & Windus

A DAUGHTER OF STRIFE -- J. H. Findlater
The Jacobites
Methuen & Co.

A LOYAL LITTLE MAID -- S. Tytler
The Jacobites
Blackie & Son

TO ARMS! -- A. Balfour
The Jacobites
Methuen & Co.

*CLEMENTINA -- A. E. W. Mason
The Old Pretender and Princess Clementina Sobieski
Methuen & Co.


* Decidedly superior to the same Author's "Lawrence Clavering"
(also Jacobite period).


A JACOBITE EXILE -- G. A. Henty
Charles XII. of Sweden
Blackie & Son

TIMES OF CHARLES XII. -- Z. Topelius (trans.)
Charles XII. of Sweden
Jansen & Co., Chicago

LE CHEVALIER D'HARMENTHAL -- Dumas (translation)
France--the Regency (1718)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE REGENT'S DAUGHTER -- Dumas (translation)
France--the Regency (1719)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE YEMASSEE -- W. G. Simms
South Carolina, 1715
W. J. Widdleton, New York, 1866 (Revised Ed.)

FREE TO SERVE -- E. Rayner
Colonial New York
G. P. Putnam's Sons

AUDREY -- Mary Johnston
Virginia, in George I-II. Period
Constable & Co.

HALIL THE PEDLAR -- M. Jokai (trans.)
Stambul, 1730
Jarrold & Sons

THE MISER'S DAUGHTER -- Harrison Ainsworth
Time of George II.
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE WORLD WENT VERY WELL THEN -- Walter Besant
Time of George II.
Chatto & Windus

HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN -- Scott
Time of George II. (Porteous Riots)
A. & C. Black

WILLOWDENE WILL -- Halliwell Sutcliffe
Time of George II.
C. A. Pearson

THE GIPSY -- G. P. R. James
Time of George II.
Warne & Co.

NED LEGER -- G. Manville Fenn
Time of George II.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

RODERICK RANDOM -- Smollett
Time of George II.
Constable & Co.

TREASURE TROVE -- S. Lover
Time of George II. (Fontenoy)
Constable & Co.

WHERE HONOUR LEADS -- Marian Francis
Time of George II. (Fontenoy)
Hutchinson & Co.

THE HOUSE DIVIDED -- H. B. Marriott Watson
Time of George II.
Harper & Brothers

LADY GRIZEL -- Lewis Wingfield
Time of George II.
Bentley, 1877

FOR THE WHITE ROSE OF ARNO -- Owen Rhoscomyl
Wales, in 1745
Longmans, Green, & Co.

WAVERLEY -- Scott
The Jacobites
A. & C. Black

MISTRESS NANCY MOLESWORTH -- Joseph Hocking
The Jacobites
J. Bowden

THE FORTUNES OF CLAUDE -- Edgar Pickering
The Jacobites
Warne & Co.

A LOST LADY OF OLD YEARS -- J. Buchan
The Jacobites
John Lane

DENOUNCED -- J. Bloundelle Burton
The Jacobites
Methuen & Co.

RICROFT OF WITHENS -- Halliwell Sutcliffe
The Jacobites
Fisher Unwin

THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE -- R. L. Stevenson
The Jacobites
Cassell & Co.

AN EXILED SCOT -- H. A. Bryden
The Jacobites (The Cape)
Chatto & Windus

SIR SERGEANT -- W. L. Watson
The Jacobites
W. Blackwood & Sons

KIDNAPPED -- R. L. Stevenson
Scotland, 1751
Cassell & Co.

CATRIONA -- R. L. Stevenson
Scotland, 1751
Cassell & Co.

THE SHOES OF FORTUNE -- Neil Munro
Jacobites, 1755
Isbister & Co.

THE BIRTHRIGHT -- Joseph Hocking
Time of John Wesley (Cornwall)
J. Bowden

HUMPHREY CLINKER -- Smollett
Manners, mid. Eighteenth Century
Constable & Co.

THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET -- W. Besant and J. Rice
Manners, mid. Eighteenth Century
Chatto & Windus

MOONFLEET -- J. Meade Falkner
Smugglers, 1757
E. Arnold

THE MASTER OF THE MUSICIANS -- Emma Marshall
Handel, 1742-1759
Seeley & Co.

PEG WOFFINGTON -- Charles Reade
The Stage, middle of Eighteenth Century
Chatto & Windus

THE JESSAMY BRIDE -- F. Frankfort Moore
Goldsmith, Garrick, &c.
Hutchinson & Co.

MEMOIRS OF BARRY LYNDON -- Thackeray
World of fashion, from middle to end of Eighteenth Century
Smith, Elder, & Co.

THE BATH COMEDY -- Agnes & Egerton Castle
Bath, middle of Eighteenth Century
Macmillan & Co.

THE DUTCHMAN'S FIRESIDE -- J. K. Paulding
New York, middle of Eighteenth Century
Scribners

IN OLD NEW YORK -- Wilson Barrett and E. Barron
New York, middle of Eighteenth Century
J. Macqueen

AGNES SURRIAGE -- Edwin L. Bynner
America (Boston), middle of Eighteenth Century
Sampson Low & Co.

FAIRFAX -- J. E. Cooke
Valley of the Shenandoah, 1748-81
Sampson Low & Co.

WITH CLIVE IN INDIA -- G. A. Henty
India, middle Eighteenth Century
Blackie & Son

RALPH DANIELL -- Meadows Taylor
India, middle Eighteenth Century
Kegan, Paul, & Co.

LIKE ANOTHER HELEN -- Sydney C. Grier
India, middle Eighteenth Century
W. Blackwood & Sons

IVAN DE BIRON -- Sir Arthur Helps
Russia, middle Eighteenth Century
Chatto & Windus

THE KING'S "BLUE BOYS" -- Sheila E. Braine
Frederick William I. of Prussia and his Giant Grenadiers
Jarrold & Sons

THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE -- C. L. A. Paalzow (translation)
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria
H. Colburn, 1846

CONSUELO and THE COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT -- George Sand (trans.)
Time of Frederick the Great
Walter Scott

*FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS FAMILY -- Louise Muhlbach
(translation)
Time of Frederick the Great
D. Appleton & Co.


* One of L. Muhlbach's several romances dealing with this period.


GAVIN HAMILTON -- M. E. Seawell
The Seven Years War
Harper & Brothers

WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT -- G. A. Henty
The Seven Years War
Blackie & Son

A FALLEN STAR -- C. Lowe
The Seven Years War
Downey & Co.

AMYOT BROUGH -- E. Vincent Briton
England and Canada, middle of Eighteenth Century
Seeley & Co.

THE FORGE IN THE FOREST -- C. D. G. Roberts
Canada, middle Eighteenth Century
Kegan, Paul, & Co.

A SISTER TO EVANGELINE -- C. D. G. Roberts
Canada, middle Eighteenth Century
John Lane

AT WAR WITH PONTIAC -- Kirk Munroe
Canada, middle Eighteenth Century
Blackie & Son

THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY -- Gilbert Parker
The Taking of Quebec
Methuen & Co.

THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS -- Fennimore Cooper
Montcalm, 1757
Macmillan & Co.

THE STORY OF OLD FORT LOUDON -- C. E. Craddock
North America, 1758. (French War)
Macmillan & Co.

FORTUNE'S MY FOE -- J. Bloundelle Burton
Cartagena, 1758
Methuen & Co.

THE VIRGINIANS -- Thackeray
America and England, George II.-III.
Smith, Elder, & Co.

THE GOLDEN DOG -- William Kirby
Quebec, in the days of Louis XV.
Jarrold & Sons

OLYMPE DE CLEVES -- Dumas (translation)
France, Louis XV.
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE HOUSE OF DE MAILLY -- Margaret H. Potter
France, Louis XV.
Harper & Brothers

THE LITTLE HUGUENOT -- Max Pemberton
France, Louis XV.
Cassell & Co.

THE LAST RECRUIT OF CLARE'S -- S. R. Keightley
Marquise de Pompadour, &c. (Irish Brigade stories)
Hutchinson & Co.

THE FAVOR OF PRINCES -- Mark L. Luthur
Adventure in time of Louis XV.
Macmillan & Co.

MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN -- Dumas (translation)
Louis XV.-XVI. (1770-74)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE -- Dumas (translation)
Court of Louis XVI. (1784-5)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE COUNTESS EVE -- J. H. Shorthouse
Burgundy, 1785
Macmillan & Co.

IN EXITU ISRAEL -- S. Baring-Gould
Church and State in France, 1788-9
Macmillan & Co., 1870

THE KING WITH TWO FACES -- M. E. Coleridge
Gustavus III. of Sweden
E. Arnold

MANY WAYS OF LOVE -- F. Whishaw
Russia, time of Catharine II.
J. M. Dent & Co.

A FORBIDDEN NAME -- F. Whishaw
Russia, time of Catharine II.
Chatto & Windus

THE TURKISH AUTOMATON -- Sheila E. Braine
Russia, time of Catharine II.
Blackie & Son

THE PRIDE OF JENNICO -- Agnes & Egerton Castle
Moravia, 1771
Macmillan & Co.

REDGAUNTLET -- Scott
Time of George III.
A. & C. Black

GUY MANNERING -- Scott
Time of George III.
A. & C. Black

KATERFELTO -- G. J. Whyte-Melville
Time of George III. (Exmoor).
W. Thacker & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co.

THE ORANGE GIRL -- Walter Besant
Time of George III.
Chatto & Windus

*THE ROCK OF THE LION -- M. E. Seawell
Time of George III.
Harper & Brothers


* Deals with the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783.


BARNABY RUDGE -- Dickens
Time of George III. (Gordon Riots)
Chapman & Hall

THE MAID OF SKER -- R. D. Blackmore
Time of George III.
Sampson Low & Co.

MISS ANGEL -- Miss Thackeray
Art (Reynolds & Angelica Kauffmann)
Smith, Elder, & Co.

THE FATAL GIFT -- F. Frankfort Moore
The Sisters Gunning
Hutchinson & Co.

A NEST OF LINNETS -- F. Frankfort Moore
R. B. Sheridan, Johnson, &c.
Hutchinson & Co.

THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER -- Scott
Fifeshire, Isle of Wight, and India (1780)
A. & C. Black

THE CASTLE INN -- Stanley Weyman
English Manners, late Eighteenth Century
Smith, Elder, & Co.

THE TONE KING -- Heribert Rau (trans.)
Mozart
Jarrold & Sons

THE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS -- J. E. Cooke
Virginia, 1763-5
D. Appleton & Co., 1854

ALICE OF OLD VINCENNES -- Maurice Thompson
Fort Vincennes (Clark's Conquest)
Cassell & Co.

THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS -- Daniel P. Thompson
American Revolution
B. B. Mussey & Co., Boston. Revised edition, 1848

*LIONEL LINCOLN -- Fennimore Cooper
American Revolution
Geo. Routledge & Sons


* "Lionel Lincoln" treats of Boston in the time of Bunker Hill
(1775); "The Spy" of Hudson River district 1782); and "The Pilot"
of Paul Jones (1779).


THE SPY -- Fennimore Cooper
American Revolution
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE PILOT -- Fennimore Cooper
American Revolution
Geo. Routledge & Sons

RICHARD CARVEL -- Winston Churchill
American Revolution
Macmillan & Co.

HUGH WYNNE -- S. Weir Mitchell
American Revolution (Washington)
Macmillan & Co.

A GREAT TREASON -- Mary A. M. Hoppus
American Revolution (Benedict Arnold)
Macmillan & Co.

A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA -- Burton Eghert Stevenson
American Revolution
Duckworth & Co.

PHILIP WINWOOD -- R. N. Stephens
American Revolution
Chatto & Windus

LOVE LIKE A GIPSY -- Bernard Capes
American Revolution
Constable & Co.

JANICE MEREDITH -- P. L. Ford
American Revolution
Constable & Co.

THE TORY LOVER -- Sarah Orne Jewett
American Revolution (Paul Jones)
Smith, Elder, & Co.

CARDIGAN -- R. W. Chambers
American Revolution
Constable & Co.

*THE FORAYERS and EUTAW -- W. G. Simms
American Revolution
W. J. Widdleton, New York


* The two last of a series covering the American War period.


HORSE-SHOE ROBINSON -- J. P. Kennedy
Virginia, 1780
R. Bentley, 1835

THE DUKE OF STOCKBRIDGE -- E. Bellamy
Massachusetts (Shays' Rebellion)
Gay & Bird

ANGE PITOU -- Dumas (translation)
French Revolution period
J. M. Dent & Co.

LA COMTESSE DE CHARNY -- Dumas (translation)
French Revolution period (1789-94)
J. M. Dent & Co.

CHEVALIER DE MAISON ROUGE -- Dumas (translation)
French Revolution period (1793)
J. M. Dent & Co.

*THE STORY OF A PEASANT -- Erckmann-Chatrian (translation)
French Revolution period (1789-1815)
Ward, Lock, & Co.


* Collective title of the four tales--"The States-General" (1789),
"The Country in Danger" (1792), "Year One of the Republic" (1793),
and "Citizen Bonaparte" (1794-1815). Erckmann-Chatrian's "Madame
Therese" (translation) is another good story of this period (1792).


THE REDS OF THE MIDI -- Felix Gras (translation)
French Revolution period
W. Heinemann

THE TERROR -- Felix Gras (translation)
French Revolution period
W. Heinemann

THE WHITE TERROR -- Felix Gras (translation)
French Revolution period
W. Heinemann

A TALE OF TWO CITIES -- Dickens
French Revolution period
Chapman & Hall

L'AN '93 -- Victor Hugo (trans.)
French Revolution period
J. M. Dent & Co.

MY LADY MARCIA -- Eliza F. Pollard
French Revolution period
T. Nelson & Sons

THE ATELIER DU LYS -- Miss Roberts
French Revolution period
Longmans, Green, & Co.

ON THE EDGE OF THE STORM -- Miss Roberts
French Revolution period
Warne & Co.

CITOYENNE JACQUELINE -- S. Tytler
French Revolution period
Chatto & Windus

LA VENDEE -- Anthony Trollope
French Revolution period
Colburn, 1850

THE RED COCKADE -- Stanley Weyman
French Revolution period
Longmans, Green, & Co.

MADEMOISELLE MATHILDE -- Henry Kingsley
French Revolution period
Ward, Lock, & Co.

THE ADVENTURES OF FRANCOIS FOUNDER -- S. Weir Mitchell
French Revolution period
Macmillan & Co.

*A STORM-RENT SKY -- M. Betham Edwards
French Revolution period
Hurst & Blackett


* This striking tale deals with Danton's career. In "A Romance of
Dijon" (Black) and "The Dream-Charlotte" (Black) Miss Betham
Edwards has depicted earlier phases of the Revolution; the last-
named novel takes us away from the Capital, to show us how the
forces of the time affected the simple folk of Normandy.


THE ADVENTURES OF THE COMTE DE LA MUETTE -- Bernard Capes
French Revolution period
W. Blackwood & Sons

OUR LADY OF DARKNESS -- Bernard Capes
French Revolution period
W. Blackwood & Sons

THE RED SHIRTS -- Paul Gaulot. (trans.)
French Revolution period
Chatto & Windus

A GIRL OF THE MULTITUDE -- Anonymous
French Revolution period
Fisher Unwin

THE LITTLE SAINT OF GOD -- Lady F. Cunningham
French Revolution period
Hurst & Blackett

ST. KATHERINE'S BY THE TOWER -- Walter Besant
French Revolution period (England, 1793)
Chatto & Windus

AT THE SIGN OF THE GUILLOTINE -- Harold Spender
Robespierre, 1794
Fisher Unwin

THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER -- Emma Marshall
George Romney, the Painter
Seeley & Co.

THE MAID OF MAIDEN LANE -- Amelia E. Barr
New York, 1791
Fisher Unwin

ARTHUR MERVYN -- Charles Brocden Brown
Philadelphia, 1793 (yellow fever year)
H. Maxwell, Phil., 1799

ROPES OF SAND -- R. E. Francillon
North Devon, 1793
Chatto & Windus

A BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS -- Julian Corbett
Sussex Smugglers and French Conspirators
Methuen & Co.

THE WHITES AND THE BLUES -- Dumas (translation)
Rise of Napoleon (1793-9)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE CHOIR INVISIBLE -- James Lane Allen
Kentucky, 1795
Macmillan & Co.

THE MILLS OF GOD -- Elinor Macartney Lane
Virginia and England
D. Appleton & Co.

THE KING'S OWN -- Marryatt
Mutiny at the Nore, 1797
J. M. Dent & Co.

ADMIRAL -- Douglas Sladen
Nelson, 1798-9
Hutchinson & Co.

THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG -- Gilbert Parker
Jersey, &c., end of Eighteenth Century
Methuen & Co.

IN PRESS-GANG DAYS -- E. Pickering
Battle of the Nile, &c.
Warne & Co.

THE ANTIQUARY -- Scott
Scotch Manners, last decade of Eighteenth Century
A. & C. Black

THE KING'S DEPUTY -- H. A. Hinkson
Dublin in time of Grattan
Lawrence & Bullen

RORY O'MORE -- S. Lover
Ireland (the '98 Rebellion)
Constable & Co.

KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN -- Randal McDonnell
Ireland (the '98 Rebellion)
Fisher Unwin

TWO CHIEFS OF DUNBOY -- J. A. Froude
Ireland (the '98 Rebellion)
Longmans, Green, & Co.

THE REBELS -- M. McD. Bodkin
Ireland (the '98 Rebellion)
Ward, Lock, & Co.

UP FOR THE GREEN -- H. A. Hinkson
Ireland (the '98 Rebellion)
Lawrence & Bullen

THE CROPPY -- John and Michael Banim
Ireland (the '98 Rebellion)
Henry Colburn, 1828

THE INIMITABLE MRS. MASSINGHAM -- Herbert Compton
Gretna Green & Botany Bay, 1799
Chatto & Windus

THE COMPANIONS OF JEHU -- Dumas (translation)
Napoleon in Egypt (1799-1800)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE MINISTER'S WOOING -- Mrs. Beecher Stowe
American Manners (late Eighteenth to early Nineteenth Century.)
Sampson Low & Co.

LITTLE JARVIS -- M. E. Seawell
American quarrel with France (Constellation cruises, 1798-1800.)
D. Appleton & Co.

THE HUNGARIAN BROTHERS -- A. M. Porter
Vienna in the last decade of the Century
Warne & Co.



NINETEENTH CENTURY (EARLY AND MID)


THE CHOUANS -- Balzac (translation)
Brittany in 1800
J. M. Dent & Co.

RODNEY STONE -- Conan Doyle
English Social Life, beginning of Nineteenth Century
Smith, Elder, & Co.

THE LORDS OF STROGUE -- Lewis Wingfield
Ireland at the Union
Bentley, 1879

SWALLOW BARN -- J. P. Kennedy
Virginian Life, beginning of Nineteenth Century
G. P. Putnam, 1851

BLENNERHASSETT -- C. F. Pidgin
America--time of Aaron Burr
C. M. Clark Publishing Co., Boston

A SON OF THE REVOLUTION -- Elbridge S. Brooks
America--time of Aaron Burr
Wilde & Co., Boston

THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY -- E. E. Hale
America--time of Aaron Burr (1805-7)
Roberts, Boston

AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET -- G. A. Henty
Battle of Assaye, &c.
Blackie & Son

THE HOUR AND THE MAN -- Harriet Martineau
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Cassell ("Red Library," 1886)

THE ADVENTURES OF A GOLDSMITH -- M. H. Bourchier
France--Royalist Conspiracy under the Consulate
Elkin Mathews

PICCIOLA -- X. B. Saintine (trans.)
Earlier Napoleonic period
Sampson Low & Co.

A BOY OF THE FIRST EMPIRE -- Elbridge S. Brooks
Napoleon, Fouche, &c. (1806-15)
S. W. Partridge & Co.

WHEN GEORGE III. WAS KING -- A. Sagon
Time of Nelson
Sands & Co.

SPRINGHAVEN -- R. D. Blackmore
Time of Nelson (Trafalgar)
Sampson Low & Co.

*TRAFALGAR -- B. Perez Galdos (trans.)
Time of Nelson (Trafalgar)
Trubner & Co., 1884


* One of the series (20 vols.), "Episodios Nacionales," dealing
with the Spanish War of Independence.


AFLOAT WITH NELSON -- Charles H. Eden
Time of Nelson (Trafalgar)
J. Macqueen

RUHE IST DIE ERSTE BURGERFLICHT and ISEGRIMM -- Wilibald Alexis
Prussia--Invasion of Napoleon, &c.
Barthol, Berlin (1852 and 1854)

RAFAEL -- Ernest Daudet (trans.)
Spain--Charles IV. and Napoleon
Sampson Low & Co.

TOM BURKE Of "OURS" -- Charles Lever
French Wars (Consulate--Empire)
Downey & Co. and Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE AIDE-DE-CAMP -- James Grant
Battle of Maida, 1806
Geo. Routledge & Sons

CHARLES O'MALLEY -- Charles Lever
Peninsular War
Downey & Co. and Geo. Routledge & Sons

ALICE LORRAINE -- R. D. Blackmore
Peninsular War
Sampson Low & Co.

THE ROMANCE OF WAR -- James Grant
Peninsular War
Geo. Routledge & Sons

WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA and UNDER WELLINGTON'S COMMAND -- G. A. Henty
Peninsular War
Blackie & Son

THE SUBALTERN -- G. R. Gleig
Peninsular War
W. Blackwood & Sons

THE BIVOUAC -- W. H. Maxwell
Peninsular War
Geo. Routledge & Sons

SONS OF THE SWORD -- Margaret L. Woods
Peninsular War
W. Heinemann

WITH THE RED EAGLE -- W. Westall
Austria, early Nineteenth Century
Chatto & Windus

A RED BRIDAL -- W. Westall
Austria, early Nineteenth Century (Hofer.)
Chatto & Windus

WAR AND PEACE -- Tolstoy (translation)
Napoleon's Russian Campaign
Walter Scott

KENNETH -- Charlotte M. Yonge
Napoleon's Russian Campaign
Macmillan & Co.

THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS -- G. A. Henty
Napoleon's Russian Campaign
Blackie & Son

SHIRLEY -- Charlotte Bronte
The "Luddite" Riots
Smith, Elder, & Co.

FOREST FOLK -- James Prior
The "Luddite" Riots
W. Heinemann

AN OCEAN FREE LANCE -- Clark Russell
Privateering in 1812
Sampson Low & Co.

ST. RONAN'S WELL -- Scott
Near Firth of Forth, 1812
A. & C. Black

D'RI AND I. -- Irving Bacheller
America--War of 1812
Grant Richards

THE BIG BROTHER -- G. C. Eggleston
America--War of 1812. Indian War, 1813
G. P. Putnam's Sons

IN THE YEAR '13 -- Fritz Renter (trans.)
French occupation of Mecklenburg
Sampson Low & Co. (Tauchnitz edition, 1867)

UNCLE BERNAC -- Conan Doyle
Napoleon and his time
Smith, Elder, & Co.

EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD -- Conan Doyle
Napoleon and his time
George Newnes

THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD -- R. Buchanan
Napoleon and his time (Elba.)
Chatto & Windus

GRANTLEY FENTON -- M. M. Blake
Napoleon and his time (Elba.)
Jarrold & Sons

VENGEANCE IS MINE -- A. Balfour
Napoleon and his time (Elba.)
Methuen & Co.

FACE TO FACE WITH NAPOLEON and IN THE YEAR OF WATERLOO -- O. V. Caine
Napoleon and his time
J. Nisbet & Co.

ONE OF THE 28th. -- G. A. Henty
Napoleon and his time (Waterloo.)
Blackie & Son

THE BLOCKADE -- Erckmann-Chatrian (translation)
Napoleon and his time
Ward, Lock, & Co.

*THE CONSCRIPT and WATERLOO -- Erckmann-Chatrian (translation)
Napoleon and his time
Ward, Lock, & Co.







* These two books depict the period September, 1812-July, 1815.


STORIES OF WATERLOO -- W. H. Maxwell
Napoleon and his time
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE GREAT SHADOW -- Conan Doyle
Napoleon and his time (Waterloo.)
J. W. Arrowsmith

ST. IVES -- R. L. Stevenson
French prisoner in England, 1813--14
W. Heinemann

CHEAP JACK ZITA -- S. Baring-Gould
The Fen Riots
Methuen & Co.

LES MISERABLES -- Victor Hugo (trans.)
France, 1815
J. M. Dent & Co.

LAZARRE -- Mrs. Catherwood
Son of Louis XVI. (France and America, 1795-1815)
Grant Richards

THE NAMELESS CASTLE -- M. Jokai (trans.)
Daughter of Louis XVI. (Hungary in the Napoleonic period)
Jarrold & Sons

LORDS OF THE NORTH -- Agnes C. Laut
Canada--Hudson Bay Company versus North-West Company
W. Heinemann

THE REVOLUTION IN TANNER'S LANE -- Mark Rutherford
Nonconformity, early Nineteenth Century
Fisher Unwin

THE MANCHESTER MAN -- Mrs. G. L. Banks
Manchester, early Nineteenth Century (Peterloo)
George Newnes

VANITY FAIR -- Thackeray
"High Life," George III.-IV.
Smith, Elder, & Co.

MIS'ESS JOY -- John Le Breton
Last Years of the Regency
J. Macqueen

YEOMAN FLEETWOOD -- M. E. Francis (Mrs. Blundell)
Last Years of the Regency
Longmans, Green, & Co.

A LADY OF THE REGENCY -- Mrs. Stepney Rawson
Time of George IV.
Hutchinson & Co.

TAKEN FROM THE ENEMY -- Henry Newbolt
Time of George IV. (Plot to rescue Napoleon, 1821.)
Chatto & Windus

ROYAL GEORGIE -- S. Baring-Gould
Time of George IV.
Methuen & Co.

THE VINTAGE and CAPSINA -- E. F. Benson
Greek War of Independence, 1821
Methuen & Co.

BLACK PROPHET -- W. Carleton
Ireland, in 1822
Simms & Co., 1847

THE WHITEBOY -- Mrs. S. C. Hall
Ireland, in 1822
Geo. Routledge & Sons

HUNGARIAN NABOB -- M. Jokai (translation)
Hungary, 1822
Jarrold & Sons

THE GREEN BOOK -- M. Jokai (translation)
Russia, 1825
Jarrold & Sons

THADDEUS OF WARSAW -- Jane Porter
Poland, about 1830
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE FIERY DAWN -- M. E. Coleridge
Duchesse de Berri (1831-2)
E. Arnold

THE SHE WOLVES OF MACHECOUL -- Dumas (translation)
Duchesse de Berri (1795-1843)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE FIREBRAND -- S. R. Crockett
Spain--Queen Cristina and the Carlists
Macmillan & Co.

IN KEDAR'S TENTS -- H. S. Merriman
The Carlists
Smith, Elder, & Co.

FOR THE RIGHT -- Karl Emil Franzos (translation)
Carpathian district, 1835
James Clarke & Co.

MIDDLEMARCH -- George Eliot
Time of William IV.
W. Blackwood & Sons

FELIX HOLT -- George Eliot
Time of William IV.
W. Blackwood & Sons

UNDER THE MENDIPS -- Emma Marshall
Time of William IV. (Bristol Riots.)
Seeley & Co.

TREWERN -- R. M. Thomas
Time of William IV. (Wales.)
Fisher Unwin

SWALLOW -- H. Rider Haggard
South Africa--the Great Trek, 1836
Longmans, Green, & Co.

JOHN CHARITY -- H. A. Vachell
First years of Queen Victoria's reign. (Hants and California).
John Murray

ALTON LOCKE -- Charles Kingsley
Early Victorian period (Chartists)
Macmillan & Co.

SYBIL -- Disraeli
Early Victorian period (Chartists)
Longmans, Green, & Co.

TO HERAT AND CABUL -- G. A. Henty
First Afghan War
Blackie & Son

CASTLE RICHMOND -- Anthony Trollope
Irish Famine
Chapman & Hall, 1860

CASTLE DALY -- Miss Keary
Irish Famine
Macmillan & Co.

MONONIA -- Justin McCarthy
Ireland, 1848
Chatto & Windus

ISHMAEL -- Miss Braddon
France (Louis Philippe-Napoleon III.)
J. & R. Maxwell

JOURNEYMAN LOVE -- Mrs. Stepney Rawson
France. (Period of tile '48 Revolution).
Hutchinson & Co.

MADEMOISELLE MORI -- Miss Roberts
Italian Revolution, 1848
Longmans, Green, & Co

*DR. ANTONIO -- G. D. Ruffini
Italian Revolution, 1848
Thos. Constable & Co., Edinburgh, 1855


* A remarkable example of a foreigner's mastery of our language.
Ruffini, the illustrious Italian patriot, wrote this novel after a
sojourn of some years in England.


VITTORIA -- George Meredith
Italian Revolution, 1848
Constable & Co.

FOR FREEDOM -- Tighe Hopkins
War of Italian Liberation, 1859
Chatto & Windus

OUT WITH GARIBALDI -- G. A. Henty
War of Italian Liberation, 1859
Blackie & Son

DEBIT AND CREDIT -- Freytag (translation)
Silesia, 1848
Bentley, 1857

THE BARON'S SONS -- M. Jokai (translation)
Hungarian Revolution, 1848.
J. Macqueen

MANASSEH -- M. Jokai (translation)
Italy and Transylvania, 1848-59
J. Macqueen

RAVENSHOE -- Henry Kingsley
Period of Crimean War
Ward, Lock, & Co.

*SEVASTOPOL -- Tolstoy (translatton)
Period of Crimean War
Grant Richards


* This powerful sketch can hardly be described as "romance," but I
felt that my Crimean section would be incomplete without it.


THE INTERPRETER -- G. J. Whyte Melville
Period of Crimean War
W. Thacker & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co.

BY CELIA'S ARBOUR -- W. Besant and J. Rice
Period of Crimean War
Chatto & Windus

A GALLANT GRENADIER -- Captain Brereton
Period of Crimean War
Blackie & Son

SEETA -- Meadows Taylor
Indian Mutiny
Kegan, Paul, & Co.

THE DILEMMA -- Sir George Chesny
Indian Mutiny
W. Blackwood & Sons

ON THE FACE OF THE WATERS -- Mrs. F. A. Steel
Indian Mutiny (Siege of Delhi)
W. Heinemann

FLOTSAM -- H. Seton Merriman
Indian Mutiny
Longmans, Green, & Co.

FOR THE OLD FLAG -- Clive Robert Fenn
Indian Mutiny
Sampson Low & Co.

JENETHA'S VENTURE -- Colonel Harcourt
Indian Mutiny
Cassell & Co.

EBEN HOLDEN -- Irving bacheller
New York Journalism (Horace Greeley)
Fisher Unwin

THE CRISIS -- Winston Churchill
American Civil War period
Macmillan & Co.

THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE -- Stephen Crane
American Civil War period
W. Heinemann

WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA -- G. A. Henty
American Civil War period
Blackie & Son

THE DESERTER, and A DAY IN THE WILDERNESS (In "The Deserter and
other stories") -- Harold Frederic
American Civil War Period
Lothrop Publishing Co.

THE COPPERHEAD AND OTHER TALES -- Harold Frederic
American Civil War Period
W. Heinemann

WHO GOES THERE? and FRIEND WITH THE COUNTERSIGN -- B. K. Benson
American Civil War Period
Macmillan & Co.

THE CAVALIER -- George W. Cable
American Civil War Period
John Murray

HENRY BOURLAND -- Albert Elmer Hancock
American Civil War Period
Macmillan & Co.

*RED ROCK -- T. Nelson Page
American Civil War Period
W. Heinemann


* Depicts the Reconstruction period in the Southern States just


 


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