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Title: A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales

Author: Jonathan Nield

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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.

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L'AN '93 — Victor Hugo (trans.)

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OUR LADY OF DARKNESS — Bernard Capes

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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). The last-named volume will, I understand, contain a section devoted to Historical Romance.

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INTRODUCTION.

PRE-CHRISTIAN ERA.

FIRST CENTURY A.D.

SECOND CENTURY.

THIRD CENTURY.

FOURTH CENTURY.

FIFTH CENTURY.

SIXTH CENTURY.

SEVENTH CENTURY.

*EIGHTH CENTURY.

NINTH CENTURY.

TENTH CENTURY.

ELEVENTH CENTURY.

TWELFTH CENTURY.

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FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

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SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

NINETEENTH CENTURY (EARLY AND MID)

* SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF NOTABLE NOVELS,

SUGGESTED COURSES OF READING—JUVENILE.

ENGLISH HISTORY SINCE THE CONQUEST (GIRLS).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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