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FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS*Ver.04.29.93*END* + + + + + +This etext was prepared by Donald Lainson, charlie@idirect.com + + + + + +A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales +by Jonathan Nield + + + + +"These historical novels have taught all men this truth, which +looks like a truism, and yet was as good as unknown to writers +of history and others, till so taught: that the bygone ages of +the world were actually filled by living men, not by protocols, +state-papers, controversies, and abstractions of men." + +--Carlyle on the Waverley novels. + + + +Contents + + +Introduction + +Pre-Christian Era + +First Century + +Second Century + +Third Century + +Fourth Century + +Fifth Century + +Sixth Century + +Seventh Century + +Eighth Century + +Ninth Century + +Tenth Century + +Eleventh Century + +Twelfth Century + +Thirteenth Century + +Fourteenth Century + +Fifteenth Century + +Sixteenth Century + +Seventeenth Century + +Eighteenth Century + +Nineteenth Century + +Supplementary List (Semi-Historical) + +Suggested Courses of Reading (Juvenile) + +Bibliography + + + +INTRODUCTION. + + +It is not proposed, in these preliminary remarks, to sketch in +detail the origin and growth of the Historical Novel; this has +already been amply done by Professor Saintsbury and others. I +shall be content to approach the subject on its general side, +offering, at the same time, some critical suggestions which will, I +hope, not be without value to readers of Romance. + +But, first of all, I must explain how the List which follows came +to be compiled, and the object I have in offering it. For many +years I have been an assiduous reader of novels and tales in which +the historical element appeared, supplementing my own reading in +this direction by a careful study of all that I could find in the +way of Criticism on such works and their writers. Only in this way +could I venture on a selection involving a survey of several +thousand volumes! With the above understanding, I can say that no +book has been inserted without some reason, while I have made all +possible effort to obtain accuracy of description. And this leads +me to remark, that just in this process of selection do I claim +originality for my List. Nearly twenty years ago an excellent +"Descriptive Catalogue of Historical Novels and Tales" was +published; Mr. H. Courthope Bowen was the compiler,* and I would +here mention my indebtedness to him. In Mr. Bowen's list, however, +one finds good and bad alike--all the works of even such moderately +endowed writers as G. P. R. James, Ainsworth, Grant, etc., are +there set down. It seemed to me that, not only was there room for +a new list of Historical Novels (Stevenson, Marion Crawford, Conan +Doyle, Weyman, Mason, and a number of more or less capable +romancists having come forward in the last twenty years), but, +also, that more than ever was there a need for some sort of clue in +the search for such books. In the last year or two there has been +an almost alarming influx in this department of Fiction, and +teachers in schools, besides readers in general, may be glad to be +saved a somewhat tedious investigation. + + +* "A Descriptive Catalogue of Historical Novels and Tales, for the +use of School Libraries and Teachers of History," compiled and +described by H. Courthope Bowen, M. A. (Edward Stanford, 1882.) + + +Having thus attempted to justify the existence of my little +"Guide," I pass on to deal with the subject of Historical Fiction +itself. Most of us, I suppose, at one time or another have +experienced a thrill of interest when some prominent personage, +whom we knew well by repute, came before us in the flesh. We +watched his manner, and noted all those shades of expression which +in another's countenance we should have passed by unheeded. Well, +it seems to me that, parallel with this experience, is that which +we gain, when, reading some first-rank romance, we encounter in its +pages a figure with which History has made us more or less +familiar. And I would remark that the great masters do not, as a +rule, make that mistake which less skilful writers fall into--the +mistake of introducing well-known historical figures too +frequently. The Cromwell of "Woodstock" has an element of mystery +about him, even while he stands out before our mental vision in +bold relief. Had Scott brought him more prominently into the plot, +and thus emphasized the fictional aspect of his figure, our +interest in the story, as such, might have been sustained, but we +should have lost that atmosphere of vraisemblance which, under a +more careful reserve, the hand of the master has wrought for us. + +But it is not only this introduction of personalities which +constitutes a novel "historical"; the mere allusion to real events, +or the introduction of dates, may give us sufficient ground for +identifying the period with which a novel deals. Of course the +question as to whether a particular person or event is truly +historical, is not always an easy one to answer. By the adaptation +in it of some purely mythical character or event, a novel is no +more constituted "historical" than is a Fairy-tale by the +adaptation of folklore. King Arthur and Robin Hood are +unhistorical, and, if I have ventured to insert in my list certain +tales which deal with the latter, it is not on that account, but +because other figures truly historical (e.g., Richard I.) appear. +As there has been some dispute on this question of the Historical +Novel proper, I offer the following definition:--A Novel is +rendered Historical by the introduction of dates, personages, or +events, to which identification can be readily given. I am quite +aware that certain well-known novels which give the general +atmosphere of a period--such, for example, as Hawthorne's "Scarlet +Letter" and Mr. Hewlett's "Forest Lovers"--do not come within the +scope of my definition; but this is just why I have added a +"Supplementary List" of semi-historical tales. And, while I am +alluding to this "Supplementary List," I should like to give my +reason for omitting from it one remarkable book which has every +claim to be considered representative of the mid-nineteenth +century. Readers of "John Inglesant" may be reminded that in his +interesting preface Mr. Shorthouse alludes to William Smith's +philosophical novel--"Thorndale." As a picture of Thought +developments in the early Victorian period, the latter work has +special historical interest for the philosophical and theological +student; in this respect it may be likened to Pater's "Marius the +Epicurean," which vividly reproduces the Intellectual ferment of an +earlier age. "Thorndale," however, is primarily didactic, and the +philosophical dialogues (interesting as these are to the +metaphysician) hardly atone to the general reader for an almost +entire absence of plot. The above is, doubtless, an altogether +extreme instance, but the exclusion of several other works from the +category of Romance seems to follow on something like the same +grounds. Becker's "Charicles" and "Gallus" are little more than +school textbooks, while, turning to a less scholarly quarter, +Ainsworth's "Preston Fight," and even his better-known "Guy +Fawkes," may be cited as illustrating what Mr. Shorthouse means +when he speaks of novels "in which a small amount of fiction has +been introduced simply for the purpose of relating History." In +all such cases the average novel-reader feels that he has been +allured on false pretences. I am well aware that not a few of the +books included in my List might be considered to fall under the +same ban, but I think it will be found that in most of them there +is at least a fair attempt to arouse narrative interest. + +Coming to the List itself, it will be noticed that I have been +somewhat sparing in the books given under the "Pre-Christian" +heading. Novels dealing with these very far-off times are apt to +be unsatisfactory; the mist in which events and personages are +enveloped, takes away from that appearance of reality which is the +great charm of the historical novel. We are hardly concerned, in +reading "Sarchedon" and similar books, to get away from the purely +imaginary pictures which spring from the Novelist's own brain, and +the danger is that the very elements which add to our interest in +the tale as such, will go far to mislead us in our conception of +the period dealt with. There is none of that sense of familiarity +which we enjoy when reading a sixteenth or seventeenth century +romance; in the latter case, the historical background, being +easily perceptible, merges for us with the creations of the +author's own imagination. Where the writer of an "ancient" romance +happens to be a scholar like Ebers, we feel that--so far at least +as historical presentment goes--we cannot be far wrong, but the +combination of great scholarship and narrative capacity is, alas, +too rare! + +I have likewise refrained from giving many tales dealing with +Early-Christian times. We are here, it must be admitted, on +controversial ground, and under the First Century heading I have +endeavoured to insert romances of the highest quality only. For +instance, I think that Dr. Abbott's "Philochristus" and Wallace's +"Ben Hur" ought to satisfy two different types of readers. And +this is the place, doubtless, to say that in my lists will be found +books of widely differing merit and aim. School teachers, and +others in like capacity, will easily discriminate between authors +suitable for juvenile or untrained tastes, and authors whose appeal +is specially to those of maturer thought and experience. Differing +as much in method and style as in choice of period and character +type, Thackeray's "Vanity Fair" and George Eliot's "Romola" have at +least this in common--they require a very high degree of +intelligence for their due appreciation. Who, among those of us +with any knowledge of such works, would dream of recommending them +to a youthful reader fresh from the perusal of Miss Yonge's "Little +Duke," or Captain Marryatt's "Children of the New Forest"? + +Naturally in a list of this kind there is bound to be very great +inequality; certain periods have been wholly ignored by writers of +the first rank, while in others we have something like an embarras +de richesse. Consequently, I have been compelled, here and there, +to insert authors of only mediocre merit. In other cases, again, I +have not hesitated to omit works by writers of acknowledged +position when these have seemed below the author's usual standard, +and where no gap had to be filled. I would instance the James II.- +William III. period. Here Stanley Weyman and "Edna Lyall" might +have been represented, but, there being no dearth of good novels +dealing with both the above reigns, I did not deem it advisable to +call in these popular writers at the point which has been very +generally considered their lowest. I mention this to show that +omissions do not necessarily mean ignorance, though, in covering +such an immense ground, I cannot doubt that romances worthy of a +place in my list have been overlooked. + +I think many will be surprised to find how large a proportion of +our best writers (English and American) have entered the domain of +Historical or Semi-Historical Romance. Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, +George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, George Meredith, R. L. Stevenson, +Hawthorne, Peacock, Charles Kingsley, Henry Kingsley, Charles +Reade, Anthony Trollope, Mrs. Gaskell, Walter Besant, Lytton, +Disraeli, J. H. Newman, J. A. Froude, and Walter Pater--these are a +few of the names which appear in the following pages; while +Tolstoy, Dumas, Balzac, George Sand, Victor Hugo, De Vigny, Prosper +Merimee, Flaubert, Theophile Gautier, Freytag, Scheffel, Hauff, +Auerbach, Manzoni, Perez Galdos, Merejkowski, Topelius, +Sienkiewicz, and Jokai are, perhaps, the chief amongst those +representing Literatures other than our own. + +"The Last Days of Pompeii," "The Gladiators," "Hypatia," "Harold," +"Ivanhoe," "The Talisman," "Maid Marian," "The Last of the Barons," +"Quentin Durward," "Romola," "The Cloister and the Hearth," "The +Palace of the King," "Westward Ho!", "Kenilworth," "The Chaplet of +Pearls," "A Gentleman of France," "John Inglesant," "The Three +Musketeers," "Twenty Years After," "Woodstock," "Peveril of the +Peak," "Old Mortality," " The Betrothed Lovers" ("I Promessi +Sposi"), "Lorna Doone," "The Refugees," "In the Golden Days," "The +Courtship of Morice Buckler," "Dorothy Forster," "The Men of the +Moss Hags," "Esmond," "The Virginians," "Heart of Midlothian," +"Waverley," "The Master of Ballantrae," "Kidnapped," "Catriona," +"The Chaplain of the Fleet," "The Seats of the Mighty," "Barnaby +Rudge," "A Tale of Two Cities," "War and Peace"--what visions do +these mere titles arouse within many of us! And, though most of +the books given in my list cannot be described in the same glowing +terms as the masterpieces just named, yet many "nests of pleasant +thoughts" may be formed through their companionship. + +Hitherto allusion has been mainly in the direction of modern +authors, and I would now say a word or two in regard to those of an +earlier period who are also represented. Defoe, Fielding, +Richardson, Goldsmith, Smollett, Frances Burney, Samuel Lover, John +Galt, Maria Edgeworth, Susan Ferrier, William Godwin, Mary Shelley, +Fennimore Cooper, J. G. Lockhart, Leigh Hunt, Thos. Moore, Harriet +Martineau, J. L. Motley, Horace Smith, Charles Lever, Meadows +Taylor, and Wm. Carleton,--these (in greater or less degree) +notable names were bound to have a place; and, coming to less +distinguished writers, I may mention the brothers Banim, Gerald +Griffin, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Lady Morgan, the sisters Porter, W. G. +Simms, George Croly, Albert Smith, G. R. Gleig, W. H. Maxwell, Sir +Arthur Helps, Eliot Warburton, Lewis Wingfield, Thomas Miller, C. +Macfarlane, Grace Aguilar, Anne Manning, and Emma Robinson (author +of "Whitefriars"). To G. P. R. James, Harrison Ainsworth, and +James Grant I have previously alluded. It has been my endeavour to +choose the best examples of all the above-named novelists--a task +rendered specially difficult in some cases by the fact of immense +literary output. Doubtless not a few of the works so chosen are +open to criticism, but they will at least serve to illustrate +certain stages in the growth of Historical Romance. With the +exclusion of Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Gore, Lady +Blessington, Lady Fullerton, Mrs. Bray, and Mrs. Child, few will, I +imagine, find fault; but writers like Miss Tucker (A. L. O. E.) and +Miss Emily Holt still find so many readers in juvenile quarters, +that it has required a certain amount of courage to place them also +on my Index Expurgatorius! Turning once again to writers of the +sterner sex, I have ruled out C. R. Maturin, G. W. M. Reynolds, and +Pierce Egan, Junr.; and (quitting the "sensational" for the "mildly +entertaining") out of the Rev. J. M. Neale's many historical tales +I have selected only one--"Theodora Phranza," which, besides being +well written, has the merit of dealing with a somewhat neglected +period. Stories possessing a background of History are to be found +in "Tales from Blackwood," as also in "Wilson's Tales of the +Borders," but their extremely slight character seemed scarcely to +justify insertion; while not even the high literary position +attained by him on other grounds reconciled me to either of Allan +Cunningham's novels--"Sir Michael Scott" and "Paul Jones." + +Of the Foreign novelists appearing in my list, several have been +already named, but Marchese D'Azeglio, F. D. Guerrazzi, Cesare +Cantu, "W. Alexis" (G. Haring), H. Laube, Louise Mulbach (Klara M. +Mundt), Nicolas Josika, Viktor Rydberg, Hendrik Conscience, Xavier +B. Saintine, Amedee Achard, and "Erckmann-Chatrian" here call for +notice as not coming under strictly Contemporary classification. I +would forestall the criticism that two writers have been passed +over whose fame is greater than any of those just mentioned, viz.: +"Stendhal" (Henri Beyle) and Alphonse Daudet. Beyle's "La +Chartreuse de Parme," though containing the oft-praised account of +Waterloo, is far more Psychological than Historical; and Daudet's +"Robert Helmont," while it depicts (under Diary form) certain +aspects of the Franco-German War, has hardly any plot running +through it. As the Waterloo and Franco-German War periods were +amply illustrated in numerous other novels of more assured +suitability, I had the less hesitation in deciding against the two +works just named. In the selections from Foreign Historical +Fiction nothing more has been attempted than to include the leading +examples; most of these, it will be found, have been translated +into English. + +Before leaving the subject of older writers, it may be mentioned +that not a few of the works chosen to represent them are, at the +moment, out of print. To anyone objecting that something ought to +have been done to indicate this in each separate case, I would urge +that the "out of print" line can never be drawn with precision in +view of constant reprints as well as of further extinctions. + +Perhaps this introduction may be most fitly concluded by something +in the nature of apology for Historical Romance itself. Not only +has fault been found with the deficiencies of unskilled authors in +that department, but the question has been asked by one or two +critics of standing--What right has the Historical Novel to exist +at all? More often than not, it is pointed out, the Romancist +gives us a mass of inaccuracies, which, while they mislead the +ignorant (i.e., the majority?), are an unpardonable offence to the +historically-minded reader. Moreover, the writer of such Fiction, +though he be a Thackeray or a Scott, cannot surmount barriers which +are not merely hard to scale, but absolutely impassable. The +spirit of a period is like the selfhood of a human being--something +that cannot be handed on; try as we may, it is impossible for us to +breathe the atmosphere of a bygone time, since all those thousand- +and-one details which went to the building up of both individual +and general experience, can never be reproduced. We consider (say) +the Eighteenth Century from the purely Historical standpoint, and, +while we do so, are under no delusion as to our limitations; we +know that a few of the leading personages and events have been +brought before us in a more or less disjointed fashion, and are +perfectly aware that there is room for much discrepancy between the +pictures so presented to us (be it with immense skill) and the +actual facts as they took place in such and such a year. But, goes +on the objector, in the case of a Historical Romance we allow +ourselves to be hoodwinked, for, under the influence of a pseudo- +historic security, we seem to watch the real sequence of events in +so far as these affect the characters in whom we are interested. +How we seem to live in those early years of the Eighteenth Century, +as we follow Henry Esmond from point to point, and yet, in truth, +we are breathing not the atmosphere of Addison and Steele, but the +atmosphere created by the brilliant Nineteenth Century Novelist, +partly out of his erudite conception of a former period, and partly +out of the emotions and thoughts engendered by that very +environment which was his own, and from which he could not escape! + +Well, to all such criticisms it seems to me there are ample +rejoinders. In the first place it must be remembered that History +itself possesses interest for us more as the unfolding of certain +moral and mental developments than as the mere enumeration of +facts. Of course, I am aware that the ideal of the Historian is +Truth utterly regardless of prejudice and inclination, but, as with +all other human ideals, this one is never fully realised, and there +is ever that discrepancy between Fact and its Narration to which I +just now alluded. This being so, I would ask--Is not the writer of +Fiction justified in emphasising those elements of History which +have a bearing on life and character in general? There is, +doubtless, a wise and an unwise method of procedure. One novelist, +in the very effort to be accurate, produces a work which--being +neither History nor Fiction--is simply dull; while another, who has +gauged the true relation between fact and imagination, knows better +than to bring into prominence that which should remain only as a +background. After all, there are certain root motives and +principles which, though they vary indefinitely in their +application, underlie Human Conduct, and are common to all ages +alike. Given a fairly accurate knowledge as regards the general +history of any period, combined with some investigation into its +special manners and customs, there is no reason why a truly +imaginative novelist should not produce a work at once satisfying +to romantic and historical instincts. + +Again, if it be true that the novelist cannot reproduce the far +past in any strict sense, it is also true that neither can he so +reproduce the life and events of yesterday. That power of +imaginative memory, which all exercise in daily experience, may be +held in very different degrees, but its enjoyment is not dependent +on accuracy of representation--for, were this so, none of us would +possess it. In an analogous manner the writer of Romance may be +more or less adequately equipped on the side of History pure and +simple, but he need not wait for that which will never come--the +power of reproducing in toto a past age. If, in reading what +purports to be no more than a Novel, the struggle between +Christianity and Paganism (for example), or the unbounded egotism +of Napoleon, be brought more vividly before our minds--and this may +be done by suggestion as well as by exact relation, then, I would +maintain, we are to some extent educated historically, using the +word in a large though perfectly legitimate sense. + +I recently read a work which here presents itself as admirably +illustrating my meaning. In her too little known "Adventures of a +Goldsmith" Miss M. H. Bourchier has contrived to bring forcibly +before us the period when Napoleon, fast approaching the zenith of +his power, was known in France as the "First Consul." The "man of +destiny" himself--appearing on the scene for little more than a +brief moment--can in no sense be described as one of the book's +characters, and yet the whole plot is so skilfully contrived as to +hinge on his personality. We are made to feel the dominating +influence of that powerful will upon the fears and hopes of a time +brimming over with revolutionary movement. Whether the Chouan +revolt is in this particular story accurately depicted for us in +all its phases, or whether the motives which impelled certain +public characters are therein interpreted aright--both in regard to +these and other points there may be room for doubt, but at least +the general forces of the period are placed before us in such a way +as to drive home the conviction that, be the historical +inaccuracies of detail what they may in the eyes of this or that +specialist, the picture as a whole is one which, while it rivets +our attention as lovers of romance, does no injury to the strictest +Historic sense. + +I know well that numerous novels might be cited which, besides +abounding in anachronisms, are harmful in that they present us with +a misleading conception of some personality or period; moreover, I +acknowledge that this defect is by no means confined to romances of +an inferior literary order. That Cromwell has been unreasonably +vilified, and Mary Queen of Scots misconceived as a saintly martyr-- +how often are these charges brought against not a few of our +leading exponents of Historical Fiction. Let this be fully +granted, it remains to ask--To whom were our novelists originally +indebted for these misconceptions? Were not the historians of an +earlier generation responsible for these wrong judgments? True, +the real Science of History--the sifting of evidence, and the +discovery and unravelling of ancient documents--may be described as +an essentially modern attainment, so it would be unreasonable to +blame our older historians for errors which it was largely, if not +wholly, beyond their power to overcome. And it is just here that I +would emphasise my defence of the Romancist. If Historians +themselves have differed (and still differ)! may it not be pleaded +on behalf of the Historical Novelist that he also must be judged +according to the possibilities of his time? For, while he may have +too readily adopted false conceptions in the past, there is no +necessity why, in the future, he also--profiting by the growth of +Critical investigation--should not have due regard, in the working +out of his Historical background, for all the latest "results." +And, I would further add, even though it be true that Scott and +others have misled us in certain directions, this does not prevent +our acknowledgment that, given their aspect of a particular period, +it was only fitting that the scheme of their novels should be in +harmony with it. If "Bloody Mary" was a cruel hypocrite, then our +reading of her period will be influenced by that real (or supposed) +fact; but, if further investigation reverses this severe judgment +on the woman herself, then, in Heaven's name, let us mould our +general conception afresh. The fountains of Romance show no sign +of running dry, and, though we may look in vain at the moment for a +genius of the very highest type, the Future has possibilities +within it which the greatest literary pessimist among us cannot +wholly deny. If, then, fault can be found with the older +Romancists for the spreading here and there of false historical +notions, let us look to future workers in the same sphere for +adjustment. I believe, however, that one notable critic has +pronounced the mischief already done to be quite irreparable, +seeing that the only "History" at all widely spread is that derived +from those very romances in which errors are so interwoven with the +sentimental interest of the plot itself that readers inevitably +"hug their delusions!" But I think that this danger need not be +contemplated seriously. The Historical Novel exists primarily as +Fiction, and, even though in our waking moments we may be persuaded +of the unreality of that "dream" which a Scott or a Dumas has +produced for us, we shall still be able to place ourselves again +and again under the spell of their delightful influence. Moreover, +while admitting Dumas' carelessness of exact detail, it would +hardly be contended by the most sceptical that his works (still +less those of Scott) are without any background of Historic +suggestiveness. Scott, indeed, shows signs of having possessed +something of that "detachment" which is one important qualification +in the Historian proper; there is a fairness and prevision in his +historical judgments which we look for in vain when reading the +works of his contemporaries. + +And, having thus touched on what I believe to be the true relation +between Romance and History, I may note, as a last word, the use of +the Historical Tale to those who have the training of young folk. +That "desire to know," which is an essential for all true learning, +is sometimes best fostered by methods outside the ordinary School +routine. Thus, as regards History, where the text-book fails in +arousing interest, the tale may succeed, and, once the spirit of +inquiry has been stimulated, half the battle is gained. In saying +this I am far from wishing to imply that the reading of romances +can ever take the place of genuine historical study. I know well +that such a book as Green's "Short History of the English People" +may prove to some more fascinating than any novel. There are, +however, cases in which recourse may be had to a high-class work of +fiction for the attainment of a truer historic sense; while, taken +only as supplement to more strictly Academic reading, such a work +may prove to have its uses. Considerable discrimination is +required--as I have already hinted--in the choice of suitable +books, and, as a help in this direction, I have made out (vide +"Suggested courses of Reading" at the end of this volume) two +special lists for Boys and Girls respectively, which will, I trust, +be found useful. If, besides being of help to teachers, my +recommendations should lead in any degree to further appreciation +of the great masters of Romance, the labour (by no means +inconsiderable) expended on this little compilation will be amply +rewarded. + +J. N. + +January, 1902. + + + +NOTE--the order in which the books are placed is, on the whole, +according to the periods dealt with; occasionally the grouping +decided on has prevented absolute correctness in this respect. + + +PRE-CHRISTIAN ERA. + + +SARCHEDON -- G. J. Whyte Melville +Ancient Babylon and the Assyrians +W. Thacker & Co., and Ward, Lock, & Co. + +UARDA -- Georg Ebers (trans.) +Egypt--Rameses Sesostris +Sampson Low & Co. + +ZOROASTER -- F. Marion Crawford +Zoroaster, the Persian Religious Reformer +Macmillan & Co. + +AN EGYPTIAN PRINCESS -- Georg Ebers (trans.) +Egypt--Amasis and Cambyses, 6th Century B. C. +Sampson Low & Co. + +THE FALL OF ATHENS -- A. J. Church +Peloponnesian War +Seeley & Co. + +A YOUNG MACEDONIAN -- A. J. Church +Alexander the Great +Seeley & Co. + +SALAMMBO -- Gustave Flaubert (trans.) +Rome versus Carthage +G. P. Putnam's Sons, and Grant Richards + +THE LION'S BROOD -- Duffield Osborne +Rome versus Carthage +W. Heinemann + +LORDS OF THE WORLD -- A. J. Church +Rome versus Carthage. +Blackie & Son + +THE SISTERS -- Georg Ehers (trans.) +Egypt--Ptolemy Philometer, and Euergetes +Sampson Low & Co. + +THE HAMMER -- A. J. Church and R. Seeley +Maccabaean Times +Seeley & Co. + +DEBORAH -- J. M. Ludlow +Maccabaean Times +J. Nisbet & Co. + +HELON'S PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM -- F. Strauss (trans.) +Judaism in the Century preceding Christ +J. Mawman, London, 1824 + +PRUSIAS -- Ernst Eckstein (trans.) +The Slave Revolt under Spartacus. +Trubner & Co. + +TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO -- A. J. Church +Rome--Spartacus and Mithridates +Blackie & Son + +WOE TO THE CONQUERED -- Alfred Clark +Roman Life, B. C. 73-71 +Sampson Low & Co. + +A FRIEND OF CAESAR -- W. S. Davis +Pompey and Caesar +Macmillan & Co. + +CLEOPATRA -- Georg Ebers (trans.) +Latter Years of Cleopatra. +Sampson Low & Co. + + + +FIRST CENTURY A.D. + + +NEAERA -- John W. Graham +Rome under Tiberius (A. D. 26) +Macmillan & Co. + +PHILOCHRISTUS -- Anonymous +Memoirs of a Disciple of Christ +Macmillan & Co. + +BEN HUR -- Lew Wallace +Rome in the time of Christ +Harper & Brothers, and others + +TARRY THOU TILL I COME (Salathiel) -- G. Croly +Judaism and Christianity (the early struggle) +Funk & Wagnalls Co. + +AS OTHERS SAW HIM -- Anonymous +Early Christianity (A. D. 54) +W. Heinemann + +BERIC THE BRITON -- G. A. Henty +Roman Invasion of Britain +Blackie & Son + +ONESIMUS-- Anonymous +Memoirs of a Disciple of Paul +Macmillan & Co. + +QUO VADIS? -- H. Sienkiewicz (trans.) +Rome in the time of Nero +J. M. Dent & Co. + +NERO -- Ernst Eckstein (trans.) +Rome in the time of Nero +Trubner & Co. + +THE BURNING OF ROME -- A. J. Church +Rome in the time of Nero +Seeley & Co. + +ACTE -- Hugh Westbury +Rome in the time of Nero +Bentley + +DARKNESS AND DAWN -- Dean Farrar +Persecutions under Nero +Longmans, Green, & Co. + +THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII -- Lytton +Time of Vespasian +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +THE GLADIATORS -- G. J. Whyte Melville +Fall of Jerusalem +W. Thacker & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co. + +DOMITIA -- S. Baring-Gould +Time of Domitian +Methuen & Co. + +MASTERS OF THE WORLD -- Mary A. M. Hoppus +Time of Domitian +Bentley, 1888 + +QUINTUS CLAUDIUS -- Ernst Eckstein (trans.) +Time of Domitian +W. S. Gottsberger + + + +SECOND CENTURY. + + +VALERIUS -- J. G. Lockhart +Time of Trajan (Rome) +W. Blackwood & Sons + +TO THE LIONS -- A. J. Church +Christians and the Younger Pliny +Seeley & Co. + +ANTINOUS -- George Taylor (trans.) +Time of Hadrian +William S. Gottsberger, New York, 1882 + +MARIUS THE EPICUREAN -- W. Pater +Time of Marcus Aurelius +Macmillan & Co. + + + +THIRD CENTURY. + + +PER ASPERA -- Georg Ebers (trans.) +Alexandria in time of Emperor Caracalla +Sampson Low & Co. + +PERPETUA -- S. Baring-Gould +Nimes--beginning of Third Century +Isbister & Co. + +THE CAMP ON THE SEVERN -- A. D. Crake +Persecution in Britain +Mowbray & Co. + +THE VILLA OF CLAUDIUS -- E. L. Cutts +Roman occupation of Britain +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + +CALLISTA -- J. H. Newman +North Africa persecutions +Longmans, Green, & Co. + +*THE EPICUREAN -- Thomas Moore +Worship of Isis (Egypt) +Downey & Co. + + +* This tale, it must be admitted, is given a place mainly on +account of its literary interest; as a historical romance it has +been very severely criticised. + + +AURELIAN -- W. Ware +Rome--late Third Century +Warne & Co. + +THE LAST DAYS AND FALL OF PALMYRA (ZENOBIA) -- W. Ware +Zenobia and Longinus +Cassell & Co. ("Red Library," 1890) + + + +FOURTH CENTURY. + + +HOMO SUM -- Georg Ebers (trans.) +Christians in Arabia +Sampson Low & Co. + +*OUR FOREFATHERS (Die Ahnen) -- Gustav Freytag (trans.) +Germany A. D. 357 +Asher & Co., 1873 + + +* The collective title of a series in which the history of a family +is made to illustrate successive stages of German Civilisation. +The English translation does not extend beyond the first two +stories, dealing with the years 357 and 724 respectively; the +remaining four stories (published by Hirzel of Leipsic, 1874-80) +depict German life in 1226, 1519, 1647, and 1805. + + +THE LAST ATHENIAN -- V. Rydberg (trans.) +Athens A. D. 361 +T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia + +*THE DEATH OF THE GODS -- D. Merejkowski (trans.) +The Emperor Julian +Constable & Co. + + +* No. 1 of the trilogy "Christ and Anti-Christ." + + +JETTA -- George Taylor (trans.) +Heidelberg under the Romans +Trubner & Co., 1886 + +SERAPIS -- Georg Ebers (trans.) +Alexandria A. D. 391 +Trubner & Co., 1885 + +A DUKE OF BRITAIN -- Sir Herbert Maxwell +Picts and Romans +W. Blackwood & Sons + + + +FIFTH CENTURY. + + +GATHERING CLOUDS -- Dean Farrar +Chrysostom [late Fourth--early Fifth Century] +Longmans, Green, & Co. + +CONQUERING AND TO CONQUER -- Mrs. Charles +Jerome [late Fourth--early Fifth Century] +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + +FABIOLA -- Cardinal Wiseman +Rome early Fifth Century +Burns, 1855 + +HYPATIA -- Charles Kingsley +Alexandria +Macmillan & Co. + +THE COUNT OF THE SAXON SHORE -- A. J. Church +Departure of Romans from Britain +Seeley & Co. + +ATTILA -- G. P. R. James +Decline of Roman Empire +Warne & Co. + +FELICITAS -- Felix Dahn (trans.) +The German Migrations, A. D. 476 +Macmillan & Co. + + + +SIXTH CENTURY. + + +BUILDERS Of THE WASTE -- Thorpe Forrest +Britains v. Anglians in Yorkshire +Duckworth & Co. + +A STRUGGLE FOR ROME -- Felix Dahn (trans.) +The Ostrogoths and Belisarius +R. Bentley, 1878 + +ANTONINA -- Wilkie Collins +Rome in 546 +Chatto & Windus + +HAVELOK THE DANE -- C. W. Whistler +Denmark and England +T. Nelson & Sons + +SHAVEN CROWN -- M. Bramston +Conversion of the Surrey Border (time of Ethelbert) +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + + + +SEVENTH CENTURY. + + +THE SON OF AELLA -- Gertrude Hollis +Conversion of Northumbria +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + +CAEDWALLA -- F. Cowper +Saxons in the Isle of Wight +Seeley & Co. + +THE BRIDE OF THE NILE -- Georg Ebers (trans.) +Egypt, A. D. 643 +Trubner & Co. + + +*EIGHTH CENTURY. + + +* The second tale in Freytag's "Our Forefathers" (vide Fourth +Century section) illustrates the Germany of A. D. 724. + + +THE INVASION -- G. Griffin +Ireland and Northern Europe in second half of the Eighth Century +Saunders & Otley, London, 1832 + + + +NINTH CENTURY. + + +A THANE OF WESSEX -- C. W. Whistler +Ethelwulf (mid Ninth Century) +Blackie & Son + +THE WOOING OF OSYTH -- Kate T. Sizer +Edmund the Martyr +Jarrold & Sons + +*THE KING'S SONS -- G. Manville Fenn +Alfred and his times +E. Nister + + +* A very slight but charming story of Alfred's boyhood, specially +suited for the very young. + + +IN AELFRED'S DAYS and UNDER THE BLACK RAVEN -- Paul Creswick +Alfred and his times +E. Nister + +GOD SAVE KING ALFRED -- E. Gilliat +Alfred and his times +Macmillan & Co. + +THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN -- G. A. Henty +Alfred and his times +Blackie & Son + +KING ALFRED'S VIKING -- C. W. Whistler +Alfred and his times +T. Nelson & Sons + +A HERO KING -- Eliza F. Pollard +Alfred and his times +Partridge & Co. + +TWIXT DAYDAWN AND LIGHT -- Gordon Stables +Alfred and his times +J. F. Shaw & Co. + +A LION OF WESSEX -- Tom Bevan +Alfred and his times +Partridge & Co. + + + +TENTH CENTURY. + + +THE LITTLE DUKE -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Normandy--Richard the Fearless +Macmillan & Co. + +EKKEHARD -- Scheffel (trans.) +Germany--The Huns, &c. +Sampson Low & Co. + +EDWY THE FAIR -- A. D. Crake +Britain--Dunstan +Longmans, Green, & Co. + +THE VIKINGS OF THE BALTIC -- G. W. Dasent +The Vikings--last quarter of Tenth Century +Chapman & Hall, 1875 + + + +ELEVENTH CENTURY. + + +OLAF THE GLORIOUS -- Robert Leighton +Russia and Norway +Blackie & Son + +THE FALL OF ASGARD -- Julian Corbett +St. Olaf's Days +Macmillan & Co. + +KING OLAF'S KINSMAN -- C. W. Whistler +Ethelred the Unready +Blackie & Son + +WULFRIC THE WEAPON THANE -- C. W. Whistler +Edmund Ironside +Blackie & Son + +ALFGAR THE DANE -- A. D. Crake +Edmund Ironside +Longmans, Green, & Co. + +EDWARD THE EXILE -- Mary Davidson +Edward the Confessor's period (abroad) +Hodder & Stoughton + +HAROLD -- Lytton +The Norman Conquest +George Routledge & Sons + +WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR -- Sir Charles Napier +The Norman Conquest +George Routledge, 1858 + +THE CAMP OF REFUGE -- C. Macfarlane +The Norman Conquest +Constable & Co. + +HEREWARD THE WAKE -- Charles Kingsley +The Norman Conquest +Macmillan & Co. + +THE RIVAL HEIRS -- A. D. Crake +The Norman Conquest +Longmans, Green, & Co. + +WULF THE SAXON -- G. A. Henty +The Norman Conquest +Blackie & Son + +RUFUS, OR THE RED KING -- Anonymous +William II. +Constable & Co. (reprint announced) + +IN THE DAYS OF ST. ANSELM -- Gertrude Hollis +William II. +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + +COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS -- Scott +First Crusade +A. & C. Black + +GOD WILLS IT -- W. S. Davis +First Crusade +Macmillan & Co. + + + +TWELFTH CENTURY. + + +PABO THE PRIEST -- S. Baring-Gould +Time of Henry I. +Methuen & Co. + +A LEGEND OF READING ABBEY -- C. Macfarlane +Time of Stephen +Constable & Co. + +THE KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN -- R. D. Chetwode +Time of Stephen +C. A. Pearson + +VIA CRUCIS -- F. Marion Crawford +Second Crusade +Macmillan & Co. + +THE BETROTHED -- Scott +Henry II. +A. & C. Black + +FOREST OUTLAWS -- E. Gilliat +Henry II. +Seeley & Co. + +IN HIS NAME -- E. E. Hale +The Waldenses +Seeley & Co. + +THE TALISMAN -- Scott +Richard I. +A. & C. Black + +IVANHOE -- Scott +Richard I. +A. & C. Black + +RICHARD YEA-AND-NAY -- Maurice Hewlett +Richard I. +Macmillan & Co. + +MAID MARIAN -- Thomas Love Peacock +Richard I. +Macmillan & Co. + +THE BLUE BANNER -- Leon Cahun (trans.) +Period of Crusades and the Mongol Conquest (late Twelfth to early +Thirteenth Century). +Sampson Low & Co. + + + +THIRTEENTH CENTURY. + + +ROYSTON GOWER -- Thomas Miller +Time of John +Colburn, 1838 + +RUNNYMEDE AND LINCOLN FAIR -- J. G. Edgar +Time of John (the Charter) +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +WALDEMAR -- B. S. Ingemann (trans.) +Denmark, 1204 +Saunders & Otley, 1841 + +THE MOST FAMOUS LOBA -- N. K. Blissett +Persecution of the Albigenses--Carcassonne +Wm. Blackwood & Sons + +PHILIP AUGUSTUS -- G. P. R. James +France in early Thirteenth Century +Warne & Co. + +LA BATTAGLIA DI BENEVENTO -- F. D. Guerrazzi +Italy--period of Emperor Frederick II. +Guiseppe Maspero, Milan, 1829 + +THE COUNTESS TEKLA and THE STRONG ARM -- Robert Barr +Germany mid-Thirteenth Century +Methuen & Co. + +'NEATH THE HOOF OF THE TARTAR; OR, THE SCOURGE OF GOD -- +Baron Nicolas Josika (trans.) +Hungary--the Tartar Invasion +Jarrold & Sons + +A CLERK OF OXFORD -- E. Everett Green +Henry III.--Barons' Wars +T. Nelson & Sons + +HOW I WON MY SPURS -- J. G. Edgar +Henry III.--Barons' Wars +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +A STOUT ENGLISH BOWMAN -- E. Pickering +Period of Henry III. +Blackie & Son + +THE ROBBER BARON OF BEDFORD CASTLE -- A. J. Foster and E. C. +Cuthell +Period of Henry III. +T. Nelson & Sons + +THE THIRSTY SWORD -- Robert Leighton +Norse Invasion of Scotland, 1262-3 +Blackie & Son + +THE PRINCE AND THE PAGE -- Charlotte M. Yonge +8th Crusade +Macmillan & Co. + +THE KING'S REEVE -- E. Gilliat +Time of Edward I. +Seeley & Co. + +THE LORD OF DYNEOVER -- E. Everett Green +Time of Edward I. +T. Nelson & Sons + + + +FOURTEENTH CENTURY. + + +THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS -- Jane Porter +Scotch Wars--Wallace +J. M. Dent & Co. + +IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE -- G. A. Henty +Wallace and Bruce +Blackie & Son + +CASTLE DANGEROUS -- Scott +Scotch Wars +A. & C. Black + +THE DAYS OF BRUCE -- G. Aguilar +Edward II.--Bruce +Warne & Co. and others + +THE CHEVALIER OF THE SPLENDID CREST -- Sir Herbert Maxwell +Edward II.--Bruce +W. Blackwood & Sons + +THE WHISTLING MAID -- E. Rhys +Wales in time of Edward II. +Hutchinson & Co. + +MARCO VISCONTI -- T. Grossi (trans.) +Italy, early Fourteenth Century +Geo. Routledge & Sons, 1877 + +MARGHERITA PUSTERLA -- Cesare Cantu +Italy, early Fourteenth Century +Felice Le Monnier, Florence, 1839 + +RIENZI -- Lytton +Rome, middle of Fourteenth Century +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROWN -- M. Bidder +Edward II.--Edward III. +Constable & Co. + +*THE COUNTESS ALYS (in "New Canterbury Tales") -- Maurice Hewlett +Period of Edward III. +Constable & Co. + + +* Mr. Hewlett's volume ought not to be described (I have seen it so +in one quarter) as dealing with the time of Henry VI. The "tales" +are supposed to be told in 1450 by Pilgrims on their way to +Canterbury. + + +THE WHITE COMPANY -- Conan Doyle +Period of Edward III. +Smith, Elder, & Co. + +ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND -- G. A. Henty +Period of Edward III. +Blackie & Son + +CRECY AND POICTIERS -- J. G. Edgar +Period of Edward III. +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Period of Edward III. +Macmillan & Co. + +GOD, THE KING, MY BROTHER -- Mary F. Nixon Roulet +Period of Edward III. (Spain) +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +GOD SAVE ENGLAND -- F. Breton +Period of Edward III. (Winchelsea and Rye) +Grant Richards + +IN THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY -- E. Everett Green +Crecy, taking of Calais, &c. +T. Nelson & Sons + +JOHN STANDISH -- E. Gilliat +Richard II.--Wat Tyler +Seeley & Co. + +ROBERT ANNYS, POOR PRIEST -- Annie N. Meyer +Richard II.--Wat Tyler +Macmillan & Co. + +THE BANNER OF ST. GEORGE -- M. Bramston +Richard II.--Wat Tyler +Duckworth & Co. + +A MARCH ON LONDON -- G. A. Henty +Richard II.--Wat Tyler +Blackie & Son + +OTTERBOURNE -- Anonymous +Battle of Otterbourne, 1388 +R. Bentley, 1832 + +KATE CAMERON OF BRUX -- J. E. Muddock +Scotland, late Fourteenth Century +Digby, Long, & Co. + +THE LION OF FLANDERS -- Hendrik Conscience (trans.) +France, late Fourteenth Century +Burns & Oates, 1881 + +THE LION OF ST. MARK -- G. A. Henty +Venice, late Fourteenth Century +Blackie & Son + +KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS -- H. Sienkiewicz (trans.) +Poland--The Teutonic Knights +J. M. 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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 +after the War. + + +AN EMPEROR'S DOOM -- Herbert Hayens +Mexican War of Independence +T. Nelson & Sons + +LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS -- Baroness von Suttner (translation) +Foreign Wars, 1864-70 +Longmans, Green, & Co. + +FOR SCEPTRE AND CROWN -- G. Samarow (trans.) +Prussia v. Austria, 1866 +H. S. King & Co., 1875 + +THE MEMBER FOR PARIS -- E. C. Grenville Murray +France--Napoleon III. +Smith, Elder, & Co., 1871 + +HISTOIRE DU PLEBISCITE -- Erckmann-Chatrian +Franco-German War Period +J. Hetzel et Cie. + +LORRAINE -- Robert W. Chambers +Franco-German War Period +G. P. Putnam's Sons + +VALENTIN -- Henry Kingsley +Ward, Lock, & Co. +Ditto. + +THE ISLE OF UNREST -- H. S. Merriman +Franco-German War Period (Corsica) +Smith, Elder, & Co. + +THE GARDEN OF SWORDS -- Max Pemberton +Franco-German War Period (Strasburg). +Cassell & Co. + +ASHES OF EMPIRE -- Robert W. Chambers +Franco-German War Period +Macmillan & Co. + +THE DOWNFALL -- E. Zola (translation) +Franco-German War Period (Sedan) +Chatto & Windus + +*UNE EPOQUE -- Paul et Victor Margueritte +Franco-German War Period +Plon-Nourrit et Cie., Paris + + +* Collective title of the 4 novels--"Le Desastre" (Metz, 1870), +"Les Troncons du Glaive" (La Defense nationale. 1870-71), "Les +Braves Gens" (Episodes, 1870-71), and "La Commune" (Paris, 1875). +The last-named has still (January, 1902) to appear. Messrs. Chatto +& Windus have published an English translation of "Le Desastre." + + +THE PARISIANS -- Lytton +Paris Commune +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +THE RED REPUBLIC -- Robert W. Chambers +Paris Commune +G. P. Putnam's Sons + +THE VELVET GLOVE -- H. S. Merriman +Spain, 1870--The Carlists +Smith, Elder, & Co. + + + +* SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF NOTABLE NOVELS, + +Which, while not strictly "Historical," in some way represent +bygone periods. + + +* Nothing like exhaustiveness is claimed for this "Supplementary +List;" the method of study therein indicated might be indefinitely +extended, but the few works given form an almost necessary +starting-point. A less restricted list would, of course, include +the Semi-Historic examples of such Foreign authors as Madame de +Stael, Balzac, Spielhagen, &c. The purport of this book being +primarily in the direction of Historical Romance proper, I have +confined my attention here to a few works on the borderland of my +Introductory definition. + + +THE FOREST LOVERS -- Maurice Hewlett +Mediaeval Life +Macmillan & Co. + +THE SCARLET LETTER -- Nathaniel Hawthorne +Massachusetts, end of Seventeenth Century +Walter Scott and others + +CASTLE RACKRENT -- Maria Edgeworth +Irish character, early Eighteenth Century +Macmillan & Co. + +TREASURE ISLAND -- R. L. Stevenson +Adventure, middle Eighteenth Century +Cassell & Co. + +TOM JONES -- Fielding +English Life and Manners, middle Eighteenth Century +J. M. Dent & Co. + +CLARISSA HARLOWE -- Richardson +English Life and Manners, middle Eighteenth Century +Chapman & Hall + +THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD -- Goldsmith +English Rural Life, Eighteenth Century +Macmillan & Co. + +ANNALS OF THE PARISH -- John Galt +Scotch Village Life, 1760-1810 +W. Blackwood & Sons + +EVELINA -- Frances Burney +Fashionable manners, end Eighteenth Century +J. M. Dent & Co. + +PRIDE AND PREJUDICE -- Jane Austen +Everyday Society, beginning of Nineteenth Century +Macmillan & Co. + +ADAM BEDE -- George Eliot +English Rural Life, beginning of Nineteenth Century +W. Blackwood & Sons + +DESTINY -- Susan E. Ferrier +Scotch character, beginning of Nineteenth Century +J. M. Dent & Co. + +TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY -- William Carleton +Irish Peasant-life, beginning of Nineteenth Century +J. M. Dent & Co. + +O'DONNEL -- Lady Morgan +Irish character, beginning of Nineteenth Century +Colburn, 1814 + +THE GRANDISSIMES -- G. W. Cable +America, early Nineteenth Century (Creole life) +Hodder & Stoughton + +PENDENNIS and THE NEWCOMES -- Thackeray +Late Georgian--Early Victorian manners +Smith Elder & Co. + +CRANFORD -- Mrs. Gaskell +English Provincial Life in the second quarter of the Nineteenth +Century +Macmillan & Co. + +PERLYCROSS -- R. D. Blackmore +English Provincial Life in the second quarter of the Nineteenth +Century +Sampson Low & Co. + +THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE -- Nathaniel Hawthorne +Margaret Fuller and the "Brook Farm" group, under fictitious names. +Walter Scott + +THE TRAGIC COMEDIANS -- George Meredith +Ferdinand Lassalle, under fictitious name +Constable & Co. + +UNCLE TOM'S CABIN -- Mrs. H. Beecher-Stowe +Slavery in America +Routledge, Cassell, and others + +A KENTUCKY CARDINAL AND AFTERMATH -- James Lane Allen +American Manners, 1850 +Macmillan & Co. + +BARCHESTER TOWERS -- Anthony Trollope +Life in an English Cathedral City, middle of Nineteenth Century +Chapman & Hall + +SUNNINGWELL -- F. Warre Cornish +"High Church" and "Broad Church," middle of Nineteenth Century +Constable & Co. + +BEAUCHAMP'S CAREER -- George Meredith +English Politics, middle of Nineteenth Century +Constable & Co. + +MARY BARTON -- Mrs. Gaskell +Manufacturing Districts, middle of Nineteenth Century +Smith, Elder, & Co. + + + +SUGGESTED COURSES OF READING--JUVENILE. + + +As likely to assist Parents and Teachers, I propose to give two +lists (covering English History from the Norman Conquest) for Boys +and Girls respectively; but a passing allusion may, first of all, +be made to tales dealing with more ancient periods. For the +illustration of Greek and Roman History, those books of Professor +A. J. Church which are entered in my Pre-Christian section may be +safely recommended; while the pictures of First Century life given +in Wallace's "Ben Hur," Lytton's "Last Days of Pompeii," and Whyte +Melville's "The Gladiators" are, perhaps, as likely to interest an +intelligent boy or girl in the "teen" stage as any similar +productions that could be mentioned. Turning to the Early History +of our own isle, I would specially mention Mr. Henty's "Beric the +Briton"; the "Aescendune" series of tales ("Edwy the Fair," "Alfgar +the Dane," and "The Rival Heirs") by the late Rev. A. D. Crake; Mr. +C. W. Whistler's "Havelok the Dane," "A Thane of Wessex," &c.; and +the various books chosen to represent Alfred and his times. + +In preparing the following lists, I have had in view, for the most +part, the average Juvenile taste; doubtless many of the more +advanced works might be offered in special cases, but, in regard to +that, the Parent or Teacher can alone judge. Some of the tales +entered in (I.) reappear in (II.), but a comparison will disclose +important differences. A reference to the General List will, in +most cases, reveal a more exact specification; for the sake of +convenience, the tales are here grouped according to Reigns only. + +Of the romances dealing with American and Foreign History to be +found in the foregoing pages, many are suitable for young readers; +but the sequence not being very close (for any lengthy period at +least), separate lists would appear superfluous. Such writers (to +mention only a few) as Fennimore Cooper, Mrs. J. G. Austin, G. C. +Eggleston, Kirk Munroe, and Elbridge S. Brooks, may be particularly +recommended for American History; while Scott, Dumas, Charlotte M. +Yonge, Miss Roberts (author of "Mademoiselle Mori"), and G. A. +Henty, have all illustrated--in more or less adequate fashion--the +course of events in Foreign Countries. The novels of Dumas are not +infrequently considered somewhat "strong meat," but his " She- +Wolves of Machecoul" and "Black Tulip" may be safely placed in any +hands. + + + +ENGLISH HISTORY SINCE THE CONQUEST (Boys). + + +HAROLD -- Lytton +Norman Conquest, Harold--William I. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +THE CAMP OF REFUGE -- C. Macfarlane +Norman Conquest, Harold--William I. +Constable & Co. + +HEREWARD THE WAKE -- Charles Kingsley +Norman Conquest, Harold--William I. +Macmillan & Co. + +WULF THE SAXON -- G. A. Henty +Norman Conquest, Harold--William I. +Blackie & Son + +IN THE DAYS OF ST. ANSELM -- G. Hollis +William II. +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + +COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS -- Scott +William II. +A. & C. Black + +*PABO THE PRIEST -- S. Baring-Gould +Henry I. +Methuen & Co. + + +* This, the only substantial tale dealing directly with the reign +of Henry I., is hardly suitable for very young folk, but it will +interest those with older tastes. + + +THE LEGEND OF READING ABBEY -- C. Macfarlane +Stephen +Constable & Co. + +THE KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN -- R. D. Chetwode +Stephen +C. A. Pearson + +THE BETROTHED -- Scott +Henry II. +A. & C. Black + +FOREST OUTLAWS -- E. Gilliat +Henry II. +Seeley & Co. + +THE TALISMAN -- Scott +Richard I. +A. & C. Black + +IVANHOE -- Scott +Richard I. +A. & C. Black + +RUNNYMEDE AND LINCOLN FAIR -- J. G. Edgar +John +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +A STOUT ENGLISH BOWMAN -- E. Pickering +Henry III. +Blackie & Son + +HOW I WON MY SPURS -- J. G. Edgar +Henry III. +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +THE KING'S REEVE -- E. Gilliat +Edward I. +Seeley & Co. + +IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE -- G. A. Henty +Wallace and Bruce, Edward I.--Edward II. +Blackie & Son + +THE CHEVALIER OF THE SPLENDID CREST -- Sir Herbert Maxwell +Wallace and Bruce, Edward I.--Edward II. +W. Blackwood & Sons + +THE WHITE COMPANY -- Conan Doyle +Edward III. +Smith, Elder, & Co. + +THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Edward III. +Macmillan & Co. + +CRECY AND POICTIERS -- J. G. Edgar +Edward III. +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND -- G. A. Henty +Edward III. +Blackie & Son + +JOHN STANDISH -- E. Gilliat +Richard II. +Seeley & Co. + +A MARCH ON LONDON -- G. A. Henty +Richard II. +Blackie & Son + +BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER -- G. A. Henty +Henry IV. +Blackie & Son + +IN THE DAYS OF PRINCE HAL -- H. Elrington +Henry V. +Blackie & Son + +AT AGINCOURT -- G. A. Henty +Henry V. +Blackie & Son + +AGINCOURT -- G. P. R. James +Henry V. +Warne & Co. + +THE LAST OF THE BARONS -- Lytton +Wars of the Roses, Henry VI.--Edward IV. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +THE BLACK ARROW -- R. L. Stevenson +Wars of the Roses, Henry VI.--Edward IV. +Cassell & Co. + +THE CHANTRY PRIEST OF BARNET -- A. J. Church +Wars of the Roses, Henry VI.--Edward IV. +Seeley & Co. + +HOW DICKON CAME BY HIS NAME and WHERE AVON INTO SEVERN FLOWS -- +Harold Frederic +Wars of the Roses, Henry VI.--Edward IV. +Lothrop Publishing Co. + +RED ROSE AND WHITE -- A. Armitage +Richard III. +J. Macqueen + +THE WOODMAN -- G. P. R. James +Richard III. +Warne & Co. + +THE HEIR OF HASCOMBE HALL -- E. Everett Green +Henry VII. +T. Nelson & Sons + +THE CAPTAIN OF THE WIGHT -- F. Cowper +Henry VII. +Seeley & Co. + +WINDSOR CASTLE -- Harrison Ainsworth +Henry VIII. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +THE ARMOURER'S 'PRENTICES -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Henry VIII. +Macmillan & Co. + +THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER -- Mark Twain +Edward VI. +Chatto & Windus + +THE COLLOQUIES OF EDWARD OSBORNE -- A. Manning +Edward VI. +J. C. Nimmo + +THE TOWER OF LONDON -- Harrison Ainsworth +Mary +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +SEETHING DAYS -- Caroline C. Holroyd +Mary +A. D. Innes & Co. + +KENILWORTH -- Scott +Elizabeth +A. & C. Black + +WESTWARD HO! -- Charles Kingsley +Elizabeth +Macmillan & Co. + +MASTER SKYLARK -- J. Bennett +Elizabeth +Macmillan & Co. + +SIR LUDAR -- T. Baines Reed +Elizabeth +Sampson Low & Co. + +THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL -- Scott +James I. +A. & C. Black + +THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES -- Harrison Ainsworth +James I. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +THE BLACK TOR -- G. Manville Fenn +James I. +W. & R. Chambers + +HOLMBY HOUSE -- Whyte Melville +Charles I. +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +THE SPLENDID SPUR -- "Q" +Charles I. +Cassell & Co. + +WITH THE KING AT OXFORD -- A. J. Church +Charles I. +Seeley & Co. + +WHEN CHARLES I. WAS KING -- J. S. Fletcher +Charles I. +Gay & Bird + +HUGH GWYETH -- B. M. Dix +Charles I. +Macmillan & Co. + +JOHN MARMADUKE -- S. H. Church +Commonwealth +G. P. Putnam's Sons + +WOODSTOCK -- Scott +Commonwealth +A. & C. Black + +CAPTAIN JACOBUS -- L. Cope Cornford +Commonwealth +Methuen & Co. + +OLD ST. PAUL'S -- Harrison Ainsworth +Charles II. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +WHITEFRIARS -- Anonymous +Charles II. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +TRAITOR OR PATRIOT? -- M. C. Rowsell +Charles II. +Blackie & Son + +SILAS VERNEY -- Edgar Pickering +Charles II. +Blackie & Son + +OLD MORTALITY -- Scott +Charles II. +A. & C. Black + +LORNA DOONE -- R. D. Blackmore +James II. +Sampson Low & Co. + +MICAH CLARKE -- Conan Doyle +James II. +Longmans, Green, & Co. + +FOR FAITH AND FREEDOM -- Walter Besant +James II. +Chatto & Windus + +THE COURTSHIP OF MORICE BUCKLER -- A. E. W. Mason +James II. +Macmillan & Co. + +BLUE PAVILIONS -- "Q" +William III. +Cassell & Co. + +A MAN'S FOES -- E. H. Strain +William III. +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +ST. JAMES'S -- Harrison Ainsworth +Anne +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +THE CORNET OF HORSE -- G. A. Henty +Anne +Sampson Low & Co. + +THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE -- G. A. Henty +Anne +Blackie & Son + +TOM TUFTON'S TRAVELS and TOM TUFTON'S TOLL -- E. Everett Green +Anne +T. Nelson & Sons + +ROB ROY -- Scott +George I. +A. & C. Black + +DOROTHY FORSTER -- W. Besant +George I. +Chatto & Windus + +THE MISER'S DAUGHTER -- Harrison Ainsworth +George II. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +WAVERLEY -- Scott +George II. +A. & C. Black + +NED LEGER -- G. Manville Fenn +George II. +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + +THE FORTUNES OF CLAUDE -- E. Pickering +George II. +Warne & Co. + +THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE -- R. L. Stevenson +George II. +Cassell & Co. + +KIDNAPPED -- R. L. Stevenson +George II. +Cassell & Co. + +CATRIONA -- R. L. Stevenson +George II. +Cassell & Co. + +BARNABY RUDGE -- Charles Dickens +George III. +Chapman & Hall + +IN PRESS-GANG DAYS -- E. Pickering +George III. +Warne & Co. + +AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET -- G. A. Henty +George III. +Blackie & Son + +WHEN GEORGE III. WAS KING -- A. Sagon +George III. +Sands & Co. + +AFLOAT WITH NELSON -- Chas. H. Eden +George III. +J. Macqueen + +THE ROMANCE OF WAR -- James Grant +George III. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA and UNDER WELLINGTON'S COMMAND -- G. A. Henty +George III. +Blackie & Son + +GRANTLEY FENTON -- M. M. Blake +George III. +Jarrold & Sons + +FACE TO FACE WITH NAPOLEON and IN THE YEAR OF WATERLOO -- O. V. Caine +George III. +J. Nisbet & Co. + +ONE OF THE 28TH -- G. A. Henty +George III. +Blackie & Son + +A GALLANT GRENADIER -- Captain Brereton +Crimean War +Blackie & Son + +FOR THE OLD FLAG -- C. R. Fenn +Indian Mutiny +Sampson Low & Co. + + + +ENGLISH HISTORY SINCE THE CONQUEST (GIRLS). + + +HAROLD -- Lytton +Norman Conquest, Harold--William I. +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +THE CAMP OF REFUGE -- C. Macfarlane +Norman Conquest, Harold--William I. +Constable & Co. + +IN THE DAYS OF ST. ANSELM -- G. Hollis +William II. +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + +COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS -- Scott +William II. +A. & C. Black + +*PABO THE PRIEST -- S. Baring-Gould +Henry I. +Methuen & Co. + + +* This, the only substantial tale dealing directly with the reign +of Henry I., is hardly suitable for very young folk, but it will +interest those with older tastes. + + +THE LEGEND OF READING ABBEY -- C. Macfarlane +Stephen +Constable & Co. + +THE BETROTHED -- Scott +Henry II. +A. & C. Black + +FOREST OUTLAWS -- E. Gilliat +Henry II. +Seeley & Co. + +THE TALISMAN -- Scott +Richard I. +A. & C. Black + +IVANHOE -- Scott +Richard I. +A. & C. Black + +RUNNYMEDE AND LINCOLN FAIR -- J. G. Edgar +John +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +A CLERK OF OXFORD -- E. Everett Green +Henry III. +T. Nelson & Sons + +THE ROBBER BARON OF BEDFORD CASTLE -- A. J. Foster and E. C. +Cuthell +Henry III +T. Nelson & Sons + +THE PRINCE AND THE PAGE -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Henry III +Macmillan & Co. + +THE KING'S REEVE -- E. Gilliat +Edward I. +Seeley & Co. + +THE LORD OF DYNEOVER -- E. Everett Green +Edward I. +T. Nelson & Sons + +THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS -- Jane Porter +Wallace and Bruce (Edward I.--Edward II.) +J. M. Dent & Co. + +THE DAYS OF BRUCE -- Grace Aguilar +Wallace and Bruce (Edward I.--Edward II.) +Warne & Co. + +GOD, THE KING, MY BROTHER -- Mary F. Nixon Roulet +Edward III. +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Edward III. +Macmillan & Co. + +IN THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY -- E. Everett Green +Edward III. +T. Nelson & Sons + +ROBERT ANNYS, POOR PRIEST -- Annie N. Meyer +Richard II. +Macmillan & Co. + +THE BANNER OF ST. GEORGE -- M. Bramston +Richard II. +Duckworth & Co. + +BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER -- G. A. Henty +Henry IV. +Blackie & Son + +IN THE DAYS OF PRINCE HAL -- H. Elrington +Henry V. +Blackie & Son + +A CHAMPION OF THE FAITH -- J. M Callwell +Henry V. +Blackie & Son + +AGINCOURT -- G. P. R. James +Henry V. +Warne & Co. + +TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Henry VI. +Macmillan & Co. + +THE LAST OF THE BARONS -- Lytton +Wars of the Roses (Henry VI.--Edward IV.) +Geo. Routledge & Sons + +GRISLY GRISSELL -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Wars of the Roses (Henry VI.--Edward IV.) +Macmillan & Co. + +IN THE WARS OF THE ROSES -- E. Everett Green +Wars of the Roses (Henry VI.--Edward IV.) +T. Nelson & Sons + +RED ROSE AND WHITE -- A. Armitage +Richard III. +J. Macqueen + +THE WOODMAN -- G. P. R. James +Richard III. +Warne & Co + +THE HEIR OF HASCOMBE HALL -- E. Everett Green +Henry VII. +T. Nelson & Sons + +THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THOMAS MORE -- A. Manning +Henry VIII. +J. C. Nimmo + +MY FRIEND ANNE -- Jessie Armstrong +Henry VIII. +Warne & Co. + +THE ARMOURER'S PRENTICES -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Henry VIII. +Macmillan & Co. + +THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER -- Mark Twain +Edward VI. +Chatto & Windus + +THE MAID OF LONDON BRIDGE -- S. Gibney +Edward VI. +Jarrold & Sons + +THE COLLOQUIES OF EDWARD OSBORNE -- A. Manning +Edward VI.--Mary +J. C Nimmo + +SEETHING DAYS -- Caroline C. Holroyd +Edward VI.--Mary +A. D. Innes & Co. + +KENILWORTH -- Scott +Elizabeth +A. & C. Black + +WESTWARD HO! -- Charles Kingsley +Elizabeth +Macmillan & Co. + +UNKNOWN TO HISTORY -- Charlotte M. Yonge +Elizabeth +Macmillan & Co. + +PENSHURST CASTLE -- Emma Marshall +Elizabeth +Seeley & Co. + +MASTER SKYLARK -- J. Bennett +Elizabeth +Macmillan & Co. + +THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL -- Scott +James I. +A. & C. Black + +THE LOST TREASURE OF TREVLYN -- E. Everett Green +James I. +T. Nelson & Sons + +HOLMBY HOUSE -- Whyte Melville +Charles I. +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +MIRIAM CROMWELL -- Dora McChesney +Charles I. +W. Blackwood & Sons + +TO RIGHT THE WRONG -- Edna Lyall +Charles I. +Hurst & Blackett + +IN SPITE OF ALL -- Edna Lyall +Charles I. +Hurst & Blackett + +UNDER SALISBURY SPIRE -- Emma Marshall +Charles I. +Seeley & Co. + +A HAUNT OF ANCIENT PEACE -- Emma Marshall +Charles I. +Seeley & Co. + +ETHNE -- Mrs. Field +Commonwealth +Wells, Gardner, & Co. + +WOODSTOCK -- Scott +Commonwealth +A. & C. Black + +ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SEA -- Mrs. Charles +Commonwealth +T. Nelson & Sons + +AFTER WORCESTER -- E. Everett Green +Commonwealth +T. Nelson & Sons + +IN THE GOLDEN DAYS -- Edna Lyall +Charles II. +Hurst & Blackett + +CHERRY AND VIOLET -- A. Manning +Charles II. +J. C. Nimmo + +TRAITOR OR PATRIOT? -- M. C. Rowsell +Charles II. +Blackie & Son + +THE CARVED CARTOON -- Austin Clare +Charles II. +Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge + +OLD MORTALITY -- Scott +Charles II. +A. & C. Black + +WINCHESTER MEADS -- Emma Marshall +Charles II. +Seeley & Co. + +LORNA DOONE -- R. D. Blackmore +James II. +Sampson Low & Co. + +IN THE SERVICE OF RACHEL, LADY RUSSELL -- Emma Marshall +James II. +Seeley & Co. + +IN TAUNTON TOWN -- E. Everett Green +James II. +T. Nelson & Sons + +A REPUTED CHANGELING -- Charlotte M. Yonge +James II. +Macmillan & Co. + +DEB CLAVEL -- M. E. Palgrave +James II. +Religious Tract Society + +MY MISTRESS THE QUEEN -- M. A. Paull +William III. +Blackie & Son + +KENSINGTON PALACE -- Emma Marshall +William III. +Seeley & Co. + +BY THE NORTH SEA -- Emma Marshall +William III. +Jarrold & Sons + +A MAN'S FOES -- E. H. Strain +William III. +Ward, Lock, & Co. + +THE OLD CHELSEA BUN HOUSE -- A. Manning +Anne +J. C. Nimmo + +THE CORNET OF HORSE -- G. A. Henty +Anne +Sampson Low & Co. + +TOM TUFTON'S TRAVELS and TOM TUFTON'S TOLLS -- E. Everett Green +Anne +T. Nelson & Sons + +DOROTHY FORSTER -- W. Besant +George I. +Chatto & Windus + +DUANCE PENDRAY -- G. Norway +George I. +Jarrold & Sons + +A LOYAL LITTLE MAID -- S. Tytler +George I. +Blackie & Son + +WAVERLEY -- Scott +George II. +A. & C. Black + +MISTRESS NANCY MOLESWORTH -- Joseph Hocking +George II. +J. Bowden + +THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE -- R. L. Stevenson +George II. +Cassell & Co. + +KIDNAPPED -- R. L. Stevenson +George II. +Cassell & Co. + +CATRIONA -- R. L. Stevenson +George II. +Cassell & Co. + +THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET -- W. Besant +George II. +Chatto & Windus + +AMYOT BROUGH -- E. Vincent Briton +George II. +Seeley & Co. + +BARNABY RUDGE -- Dickens +George III. +Chapman & Hall + +MISS ANGEL -- Miss Thackeray +George III. +Smith, Elder, & Co. + +THE MAID OF SKER -- R. D. Blackmore +George III. +Sampson Low & Co. + +ALICE LORRAINE -- R. D. Blackmore +George III. +Sampson Low & Co. + +THE PARSON'S DAUGHTER -- Emma Marshall +George III. +Seeley & Co. + +FACE TO FACE WITH NAPOLEON and IN THE YEAR OF WATERLOO -- O. V. Caine +George III. +J. Nisbet & Co. + +UNDER THE MENDIPS -- Emma Marshall +William IV. +Seeley & Co. + +CASTLE DALY -- Miss Keary +Victoria +Macmillan & Co. + + +In connection with this subject of Juvenile Literature, I would +draw attention to Messrs. Constable's "Library of Historical Novels +and Romances"--so admirably edited by Mr. G. Laurence Gomme. +Readers (old as well as young) are still further indebted to Mr. +Gomme for his well-arranged series of extracts taken from Romantic +Literature in the four volumes entitled, "The King's Story Book," +"The Queen's Story Book," "The Prince's Story Book," and "The +Princess's Story Book." (Constable & Co.) + + + + +BIBLIOGRAPHY + + +Although I have adopted the heading "Bibliography," it should be +understood that, in offering the subjoined list, I do not claim for +it absolute comprehensiveness. There are, of course, almost +innumerable Biographies, Literary Studies, Histories of Literature +and Fiction, &c., in which indirect references to our subject may +be traced. Moreover, in preparing this little volume, it has been +found necessary to consult largely "The Dictionary of National +Biography," the Enyclopaedias (especially Chambers', 1901), and +other Standard Works of the Dictionary type. I confine myself +below to noteworthy writings which deal directly with the subject +of Historical Romance. + + +Article on Historical Romance in The Quarterly Review. Vol. XXXV., +page 518. (March, 1827.) + +Article on historical Romance ("Sir Walter Scott and his +Imitators") in Fraser's Magazine. Vol. V., pages 6 (Part I.) and +207 (Part II.). (February and March, 1832.) + +Article on "The Picturesque Style of Historical Romance" in +Blackwood's Magazine. Vol. XXXIII., page 621. (April, 1833.) + +Article on "Historical Romance in Italy," by G. W. Greene, in the +North American Review. Vol. XLVI., page 325. (April, 1838.) + +Article on Historical Romance in Blackwood's Magazine. Vol. LVIII., +page 341. (September, 1845.) + +Article on Historical Romance, by G. H. Lewes, in The Westminster +Review. Vol. XLV., page 34. (March, 1846.) + +Article on "History in Fiction," in The Dublin Review. Vol. XLV., +page 328. (December, 1858.) + +Lecture III. ("Scott and his Influence") in David Masson's "British +Novelists and their Styles." (Macmillan, 1859.) + +Article on "Historical Novels," by H. James, jun., in The Nation. +Vol. V., page 126. (August 15th, 1867.) + +Article on Historical Romance in The Argosy. Vol. XVII., page 364. +(May, 1874.) + +Chapter X. ("The Waverley Novels"), in R. H. Hutton's "Sir Walter +Scott." (Macmillan's English Men of Letters Series, 1878.) + +The Essay on "The Waverley Novels," in Vol. II. of Walter Bagehot's +"Literary Studies." (Longmans, 1879) + +"A Descriptive Catalogue of Historical Novels and Tales. For the +use of School Libraries and Teachers of History. Enlarged from the +List in the 'Journal of Education,' March, 1882." Compiled and +described by H. Courthope Bowen, M.A. (Edward Stanford, 1882.) + +The section on "The Historical Novel," in Bayard Tuckerman's +"History of English Prose Fiction." (Putnams, 1882.) + +The Chapter on "Courses of Reading in History," in James Baldwin's +"The Book Lover." (Putnams, 1886.) + +The list of Historical Novels given in W. F. Allen's "The Reader's +Guide to English History. With Supplement, extending the plan to +other countries and periods." (Ginn & Co., 1888.) + +[A useful, but very unequal list.] + +The partially-selective list of Historical Novels in "A Guide Book +to Books," by E. B. Sargant and B. Whishaw. (H. Frowde, 1891.) + +The essay on "Sir Walter Scott," in Vol. I. of Leslie Stephen's +"Hours in a Library." (Smith, Elder, & Co., 1892. New edition, +with additions.) + +[Mr. Leslie Stephen is one of the most formidable critics with whom +the lover of Historical Romance has to deal. That which it is +possible to say against such fiction is said more forcibly by him, +perhaps, than by anyone else.] + +The series of articles dealing with "History in Fiction," &c., by +J. B. Carlile, in Great Thoughts, October, 1892, to March, 1894. + +Article "The Historical Novel," by Prof. A. J. Church, in Atalanta +for April, 1893. + +The useful and partially-selective lists of Historical Tales given +in "The Intermediate Textbook of English History," by C. S. +Fearenside and A. Johnson Evans. (W. B. Clive, University Tutorial +Press, Ltd., 1893, &c.). + +The short selective list of Historical Tales given in the appendix +to John Fiske's "History of the United States for Schools." (James +Clarke & Co., 1894.) + +Article on "The Historical Novel as illustrated by Sir Walter +Scott," by Edwin Lester Arnold, in Atalanta for March, 1894. + +The essay on "The Historical Novel" in W. P. James's "Romantic +Professions and other papers." (Elkin Mathews and John Lane, +1894.) + +[A re-print, in somewhat revised form, of the suggestive article +appearing in Macmillan's Magazine, November, 1887.] + +Chapter X. ("Sir Walter Scott") in Prof. Raleigh's "The English +Novel." (John Murray, 1894.) + +Chapters X., XI., and XII. in Prof. Saintsbury's "Essays in English +Literature, 1780-1860. Second series." (J. M. Dent & Co., 1895.) + +[Originally appeared in Macmillan's Magazine, August, September, +and October, 1894. A contribution to the subject of quite +exceptional brilliance and value.] + +"A Descriptive List of Novels and Tales dealing with the History of +North America," by W. M. Griswold. (Cambridge, U.S.A., 1895.) + +The Section headed "Historical Tales" in "Guide to the Study of +American History," by E. Channing and A. B. Hart. (Ginn and Co., +1896.) + +A Letter on "Historical Novels, Past and Present," by "Mazarin," in +The Bookman, October, 1896. + +Article on "The Indian Mutiny in Fiction," in Blackwood's Magazine, +February, 1897. + +Article on "The Importance of Illustrating New England History by a +series of Romances," by Rufus Choate, in The New England Magazine, +November, 1897. + +Paper read before the College of Preceptors, on "The Use of +Historical Romances in the Teaching of History," by R. F. Charles +in The Educational Times, November, 1897. + +Article on "The American Historical Novel," by Paul Lester Ford, in +The Atlantic Monthly, December, 1897. + +[In this article a definition of the "Historical Novel" at variance +with my own, has been suggested. In spite of Mr. Fords argument, I +am still of opinion that the line of demarcation between the +Historical Novel proper and the Novel of Character or Adventure can +be more clearly drawn than he allows. I was careful, when dealing +with this question in my Introduction, to avoid making the test one +of actual historical accuracy, but there are, I have implied, +certain readily-verifiable personages and events which form a basis +amply sufficient for purposes of distinction. The pirates of +"Treasure Island" are taken (as Mr. Ford says) from actual figures +of the Eighteenth Century, but under my definition Stevenson's +novel is not thereby constituted "historical" in the strict sense.] + +Article on "The Neo-Romantic Novel," by G. R. Carpenter, in The +Forum, March, 1898. + +Article on "Historical Novels Past and Present," by Harold +Frederic, in The Bookman (American), December, 1898. + +[An admirably-written, stimulating article.) + +List of Historical Novels, &c., illustrating the Period 1066 to +1815, in the volume "Work and Play in Girls' Schools," by Dorothea +Beale, Lucy H. M. Soulsby, and Jane Frances Dove (Longmans, 1898). + +"Le Roman Historique l'Epoque Romantique," by Louis Maigron +(Hachette et Cie., Paris, 1898). + +[Contains a fine tribute to Scott, and much interesting matter.] + +Chapters III. and IV. of "The Development of the English Novel," by +W. L. Cross (Macmillan, 1899.) + +[A very full treatment. In the Appendix are some useful lists of +the earlier Historical Novels.] + +Article on "Three American Historical Romances," by W. E. Simonds, +in The Atlantic Monthly, March, 1900. + +Article on "The Reading of Historical Novels and the Study of +History," by Ada Shurmer, in The Scots Magazine, April, 1900. + +Chapter III. ("The Historical Novel"), in F. H. Stoddard's "The +Evolution of the English Novel" (Macmillan, 1900). + +[A highly important contribution.] + +The two sections on Historical Fiction, relating to Greece and Rome +respectively, in Arthur L. Goodrich's "Topics of Greek and Roman +History" (Macmillan, 1900). + +[For those requiring a fuller list of Greek and Roman tales than +that given in my pages, the above will be found useful.] + +Article on "Historical Novels and their uses in teaching," by C. S. +Fearenside, in The School World, November, 1900. + +[An exceptionally good article. The writer states his case clearly +and forcibly, and his argument is all the more convincing by reason +of its moderation.] + +Article on "The New Historical Romances," by W. D. Howells, in The +North American Review, December, 1900. + +The Essay on "The Historical Novel" in Prof. J. Brander Matthews' +"The Historical Novel and other essays" (Scribner's, 1901). + +[Originally appeared in The Forum, September, 1897. Represents +that School of Criticism which is most adverse to Historical +Romance. Some of the Professor's remarks convey the impression +that he disbelieves in ANY reconstruction of the Past; such an +attitude is, surely, unfavourable to History itself, which is +always more than any mere statement of "facts."] + +The List of Historical Novels in Mudie's Library Catalogue (The New +Enlarged Edition, January, 1902). + +[Non-selective, but useful more especially on account of its +Topographical arrangement.] + +The list of Historical Tales given in J. S. Lindsey's "Certificate +Note-Book of European History, 1814-1848." (Heffer & Sons, +Cambridge, 1902). + +"History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century," by +Henry A. Beers (Kegan Paul & Co., 1902). + +[Contains some valuable direct criticism. See especially Chapter +I.] + +The "Dedicatory Epistle" in Scott's "Ivanhoe." + +The very brief but exceedingly suggestive opening section in +Chapter I. of Charles Reade's "The Cloister and the Hearth." + +The Preface to Scheffel's "Ekkehard." + + + +NOTE. + +Some of the American Public Libraries (notably Boston) have issued +useful Lists of Historical Novels. + +Two works--announced for a considerable time--I should have been +glad to consult; these are Mr. P. L. Ford's "The American +Historical Novel" (Macmillan), and Mr. E. A. Baker's "Guide to +Fiction" (Sonnensehein). 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