§ 1. Attempts at State Control under Charles I. and the Commonwealth

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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21).
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XIII. The Growth of the Later Novel

Bibliography

I. GENERAL WORKS: Beers, H. A. History of English Romanticism in the 18th century. 1899.; —— History of English Romanticism in the 19th century. 1902.; Conant, Martha P. The Oriental tale in England in the 18th century. New York, 1908. [With good bibliography of the subject.]; D’Arblay, Frances Burney, Madame. Diary and Letters of Madame D’Arblay (1778–1840). 6 vols. Ed. Dobson, A. 1905.; Dibelius, W. Englische Romankunst. Die Technik des englischen Romans im XVIIIten und zu Anfang des XIXten Jahrh. Vol. I. (Palaestra. Vol. XCII.) Berlin, 1910.; Ker, W. P. Romance. English Assoc. pamphlet. 1909. Rptd. 1913.; L’Estrange, A. G. K. The Life of M. R. Mitford. 1870.; —— The Friendships of M. R. Mitford as recorded in letters from her literary correspondents. 2 vols. 1882.; Loliée, F. Short history of comparative literature. Trans. Power, M.D. 1906.; Mitford, Mary R. Recollections of a Literary Life. 3 vols. 1882.; Nichols, John. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century and Illustrations of the literary history of the Eighteenth Century. 17 vols. 1812–58.; Raleigh, Sir W. The English Novel. 5th edn. 1904.; Saintsbury, G. The English Novel. 1913.; Scott, Sir Walter. Familiar Letters of Sir W. S. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1894.; —— Life. By Lockhart, J. G. 10 vols. Edinburgh, 1903.; Seward, Anna. Letters of A. S. written between the years 1784 and 1807. Ed. Constable, A. 6 vols. Edinburgh, 1811.; Seward, Anna. A Swan and her friends. Ed. Lucas, E. V. 1907.; The indexes of the following periodical publications should also be consulted for the periods coinciding with the dates of publication of the various authors’ works: Blackwood’s Magazine; Edinburgh Review; English Review; Gentleman’s Magazine; and Quarterly Review.
II. PARTICULAR AUTHORS
Thomas Amory
See bibliography to Vol. X, Chap. III, ante.
Robert Bage
See, also, bibliography to Vol. X, Chap. III, ante.: Novels. [With a prefatory notice of the author by Scott, Sir Walter.] 1824. (Ballantyne’s Novelists’ Library.)
Eaton Stannard Barrett: The Heroine, or Adventures of Cherubina. 3 vols. 1813. Rptd., with an introduction by Raleigh, Sir W. 1909.; Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. XC, pt. I, p. 377. April, 1820.
William Beckford
See, also, bibliography to Vol. X, Chap. III, ante.: Le Vathek de Beckford. Réimprimé sur l’édition française originale avec préface par Mallarmé, Stephane. Paris, 1876. [With a bibliography.]; The Episodes of Vathek. Translated by Marzials, Sir F. T. Introd. by Melville, L. 1912. [Includes the French text of the Episodes.]; Poole, S. Lane. The Author of Vathek. Quarterly Review, October, 1910.; Redding, Cyrus. Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill. 2 vols. 1859.
Mary Brunton (1778–1818): Self Control. 1810.; Discipline. 1814.
Francis Coventry (d. 1759?): The History of Pompey the Little, or the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. 1751.
Richard Cumberland (1732–1811)
See bibliography to Chap. XII, ante.
Maria Edgeworth
A. Manuscripts: B. M. Add. MSS. 18204, 33964, 37185, 37186 contain letters, and 28524–5 the MS. of Helen.
B. Collected Works: Tales and Miscellaneous Pieces. 14 vols. 1825.; Tales and Novels. 18 vols. 1832–3.; Novels. 12 vols. 1893.
C. Separate Works: Letters for Literary Ladies. 1795.; Parents’ Assistant, or Stories for Children (first part). 1796. 6 vols. 1800. [Little Plays afterwards added as a seventh vol.]; Practical Education. 1798.; Castle Rackrent: an Hibernian Tale. 1800.; Early Lessons. 1801.; Belinda. 1801.; Moral Tales. 1801.; Irish Bulls. 1802.; Popular Tales. 1804.; Modern Griselda. 1804.; Leonora. 2 vols. 1806.; Tales of Fashionable Life. (First series: Eunice, The Dun, Manoeuvring, Almeria.) 1809. (Second series: Vivian, The Absentee, Madame de Fleury, Emilie de Coulanges.) 1812.; Patronage. 4 vols. 1814.; Continuation of Early Lessons. 2 vols. 1815.; Harrington, a tale; and Ormond, a tale. 1817.; Comic Dramas. 1817.; Memoirs of R. L. Edgeworth (vol. II by Maria). 1820.; Frank. A Sequel to Frank, in Early Lessons. 1822.; Harry and Lucy, concluded; being the last part of Early Lessons. 4 vols. 1825.; Garry Owen, or the Snow-Woman: and Poor Bob, the Chimney-Sweeper. 1832.; Helen. A Tale. 3 vols. 1834.; Orlandino. 1834.; The Good Aunt. A tale. Paris, 1834.
D. Biography and Criticism: Edgeworth, F. A. A Memoir of Maria Edgeworth, with a selection from her letters. 3 vols. 1867. [Unpublished, possibly only B. M. copy extant.]; Hare, A. J. C. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth. 1894.; Hill, Constance. Maria Edgeworth and her circle in the days of Buonaparte and Bourbon. 1909.; Zimmern, Helen. Maria Edgeworth. (Eminent Women Series.) 1883.
William Godwin
See bibliography to Chap. III, ante.
Elizabeth Hamilton (1758–1816): The Hindoo Rajah. 1796.; Memoirs of Modern Philosophers. 1800.; The Cottagers of Glenburnie. 1808.; Benger, Miss. Memoirs of Eliz. Hamilton. 1815.
Samuel Henley
See bibliography to Vol. X, Chap. III, ante, s.v. William Beckford.
Thomas Holcroft: Alwyn; or, the Gentleman Comedian. 1780.; Human Happiness; or the Sceptic. A poem in six cantos. 1783.; The Family Picture; or domestic dialogues on amiable … subjects. 1783.; Tales of the Castle.… Translated … by T. Holcroft. 1785.; The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck; … Translated from the German, by T. Holcroft. 1792.; Anna St. Ives; a novel. 7 vols. 1792.; The Adventures of Hugh Trevor, etc. 6 vols. 1794–7.; Travels from Hamburg, through Westphalia, Holland and the netherlands to Paris. 2 vols. 1804.; Memoirs of Bryan Perdue: a novel. 3 vols. 1805.; Tales in verse; critical, satirical and humorous. 2 vols. 1806.; Memoirs of the late T. Holcroft. Ed. Hazlitt, W. 3 vols. 1816. Hazlitt’s Works. Edd. Waller, A. R. and Glover, A. Vol. II. 1902.; Mitford, Mary R. Recollections of a Literary Life. 3 vols. 1852.; For Holcroft’s dramatic productions, see bibliography to Chap. XII, ante.
Thomas Hope: Anastasius, or Memoirs of a Greek written at the close of the Eighteenth Century. 1819. 2 vols. 1836.; See D. of N.B. for Hope’s works on Costume and Art.; Blackwood’s Magazine. Vol. X, p. 200; vol. XI, p. 312. 1821–2.; Quarterly Review. Vol. XXIV, pp. 511 ff. January 1821.; Smith, Sydney. Edinburgh Review. Vol. XXXV, pp. 92 ff. 1821.
Elizabeth Inchbald: A Simple Story. 4 vols. 1791.; Nature and Art. 2 vols. 1796.; For dramatic works, see bibliography to Chap. XII, ante.; Boaden, J. Memoirs of Mrs. Inchbald, including her familiar correspondence with the most distinguished persons of her time. 2 vols. 1833.
Charles Johnstone (1719?–1800?): Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea. 4 vols. 1760–5. Rptd. with introd. by Baker, E. A. 1908.; The History of Arbases, Prince of Betlis. 4 vols. 1774.
Harriet Lee: Clara Lennox. 2 vols. 1797.; The Canterbury Tales. 1797–8.; Bristol Journal, 9 August, 1851.
Sophia Lee: The Recess, or a Tale of other Times. 1785. [Also wrote the introduction to vol. I of Harriet Lee’s Canterbury Tales, and in later vols. the two tales: The Young Lady’s Tale, or, the Two Emilys; and The Clergyman’s Tale.]; Boaden, J. Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons. 2 vols. 1827.
Charlotte Lennox (1720–1804): The Life of Harriot Stuart. 1751.; The Female Quixote. 2 vols. 1752.; The Sister. A Comedy. 1769.; Euphemia. 4 vols. 1790.
Matthew Gregory Lewis: Ambrosio, or, the Monk. 1795. Entitled in 2nd edn. The Monk; a romance. [With several passages expunged.] 1796. Ed. Baker, E. A. 1907.; Alonzo the Brave and Fair Imogine. A ballad. [From The Monk.] [1800?]; Tales of Terror, with an introductory dialogue. [In verse.] 1801.; Tales of Wonder. [In verse.] Written and collected by M. G. Lewis. 2 vols. 1801.; The Bravo of Venice, translated from the German. 1805.; Feudal Tyrants; or, the Counts of Carlsheim and Sargans. A romance. Taken from the German. 4 vols. 1806.; Romantic Tales. 4 vols. 1808.; Journal of a West Indian Proprietor, kept during a residence in … Jamaica. 1834.; Baron-Wilson, Margaret. The Life and Correspondence of M. G. Lewis. With many pieces in prose and verse never before published. 2 vols. 1839.
Charles Robert Maturin: Fatal Revenge, or, The Family of Montorio. 1807.; The Wild Irish Boy. 1808.; The Milesian Chief. 1812.; Bertram; or the Castle of St. Aldobrand. A tragedy in five acts. 1816.; Manuel, a tragedy. 1817.; Women, or Pour et Contre. A tale. 1818.; Fredolfo; a tragedy, in five acts. 1819.; Melmoth the Wanderer; a tale. 1820. New edn. from the original text, with a memoir and bibliography of Maturin’s works. 3 vols. 1892.; The Albigenses, a romance. 1824.
John Moore (1729–1802): Zeluco. 1786.; Edward. 1796.; Mordaunt. 1800.
Amelia Opie (1769–1853): Father and Daughter. 1801.; Poems. 1802.; Adeline Mowbray, or the Mother and Daughter. 1804.; Simple Tales. 1806.; Lays for the Dead. 1833.
Thomas Love Peacock
A. Collected Editions: Works, including his novels, poems, fugitive pieces, criticisms, etc., with a preface by the Rt. Hon. Lord Houghton, a biographical notice by his granddaughter Edith Nicolls.… Ed. Cole, H. 3 vols. 1873.; Collected Prose Works. Ed. Garnett, R. 10 vols. 1891.; Poems. Ed. Johnson, R. B. (The New Universal Library.) 1906.; Plays published for the first time. Ed. Young, A. B. 1910.
B. Separate Works: 1. Novels; Headlong Hall. 1816.; Melincourt. 1817.; Nightmare Abbey. 1818.; Maid Marion. 1822.; The Misfortunes of Elphin. 1829.; Crotchet Castle. 1831.; Gryll Grange. 1861.; 2. Poems; The Monks of St. Mark. 1804.; Palmyra. 1806.; The Genius of the Thames. 1810.; Rhododaphne, or the Thessalian Spell. 1818.; Paper Money Lyrics and other Poems. 1837.
C. Biography and Criticism: See, also, the biographical notices prefixed to edns. mentioned in sect. A, ante.; Buchanan, R. W. New Quarterly Magazine. Vol. IV. 1874.; Freeman, A. M. Thomas Love Peacock. A critical survey. 1911.; Hannay, J. North British Review. Vol. XLV. 1866.; Paul, H. The Novels of Peacock. Stray Leaves. 1906.; Peacock, T. L. Memoirs of Shelley, with Shelley’s letters to Peacock. Ed. Brett-Smith, H. F. B. 1909.; —— Letters to Edward Hookham and Percy B. Shelley, with fragments of unpublished MS. Ed. Garnett, R. 1910.; Saintsbury, G. Peacock. Essays in English Literature, 1780–1860. 1890.; —— Macmillan’s Magazine. Vol. LIII. 1886.; Spedding, J. Edinburgh Review. Vol. LXVIII. 1839.; Van Doren, C. Life of T. L. Peacock. 1911.
Anna Maria Porter: Artless Tales. 2 vols. Vol. I. 1793. Vol. II. 1795.; Tales of Pity. n.d.; Walsh Colville. 1797.; Octavia. 3 vols. 1798.; Lake of Killarney. 3 vols. 1804. Last edn. entitled Rose de Blaquière. 1856.; A Sailor’s Friendship and A Soldier’s Love. 2 vols. 1805.; The Hungarian Brothers. 3 vols. 1807.; Don Sebastian; or, the House of Braganza. An historical romance. 4 vols. 1809.; Ballad Romances, and other Poems. 1811.; The Recluse of Norway. 1814.; The Knight of St. John. 3 vols. 1817.; The Fast of St. Magdalen. 3 vols. 1818.; The Village of Mariendorpt. 4 vols. 1821.; Roche-Blanche; or, the Hunters of the Pyrenees. A romance. 1822.; Tales round a Winter Hearth (Glenowan, Lord Howch, and Jeanie Halliday by Anna Maria Porter). 2 vols. 1826.; Honor O’Hara. 3 vols. 1826.; Coming Out; and The Field of Forty Footsteps. 2 vols. 1828. [Former only by Anna Maria Porter.]; The Barony. 3 vols. 1830.; Elwood Anne K. Memoirs of the literary ladies of England. 2 vols. 1843.; Jerdan, W. National Portrait Gallery. 5 vols. 1830–4.
Jane Porter: Thaddeus of Warsaw. 4 vols. 1803.; Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks. 2 vols. 1807.; The Scottish Chiefs. 5 vols. 1810.; The Pastor’s Fireside. 3 vols. 1815.; Duke Christian of Luneburgh; or, Traditions from the Hartz. 3 vols. 1824.; Tales round a Winter Hearth. 2 vols. 1826.; Coming Out; and The Field of Forty Footsteps. 3 vols. 1828. [Latter only by Jane Porter.]; Sir Edward Seaward’s Narrative of his Shipwreck and Consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea; with a Detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting Events in his Life, from the Year 1733 to 1749; as written in his own Diary; edited by Miss Jane Porter. 3 vols. 1831.; Elwood, Anne K. Memoirs of the literary ladies of England. 2 vols. 1843.
Ann Radcliffe: The Novels of Mrs. Ann Radcliffe. To which is prefixed, A memoir of the Life of the Author [by Scott, Sir Walter]. (Ballantyne’s Novelists’ Library, vol. X.) 1824.; The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne; a Highland Story. 1789.; A Sicilian Romance. 2 vols. 1790.; The Romance of the Forest: interspersed with some pieces of poetry. 3 vols. 1791.; The Mysteries of Udolpho; a romance interspersed with some pieces of poetry. 4 vols. 1794.; A Journey made in the Summer of 1794 through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany. 1795.; The Italian, or, the Confessional of the Black Penitents. 3 vols. 1797.; Poems. 1815. 1816. 2 vols. 1834. Also 1845.; Gaston de Blondeville, or, the Court of Henry III keeping Festival in Ardenne 4 vols. 1826. [With a memoir of the authoress.]; Jeaffreson, J. C. Novels and Novelists from Elizabeth to Victoria. 1858.; Le Fêvre-Deumier, J. Célébrités anglaises. 1895.
Clara Reeve: The Champion of Virtue, a Gothic Story. 1777. Title changed to The Old English Baron in second (1778) and all later edns. Rptd., with memoir by Scott, Sir W., 1823 and 1883.; The Progress of Romance through Times, Countries, and Manners. 2 vols. Colchester, 1785.; See, also, bibliography to Vol. X, Chap. III, ante.
Regina Maria Roche: The Vicar of Lansdowne; or, Country Quarters. 2 vols. 1793.; The Maid of the Hamlet. 3 vols. 1793.; The Children of the Abbey. 4 vols. 1798.; Clermont. 4 vols. 1798.; The Nocturnal Visit. 4 vols. 1800.; The Discarded Son, or, the Haunt of the Banditti. 5 vols. 1807.; The Houses of Osma and Almeria, or the Convent of St. Ildefonso. 3 vols. 1810.; The Monastery of St. Colomba. 5 vols. 1812.; Trecothiek Bower. 3 vols. 1813.; London Tales; or, Reflected Portraits. 1814.; The Munster Cottage Boy. 4 vols. 1819.; Bridal of Dunamore; and Lost and Won. Two tales. 3 vols. 1823.; The Tradition of the Castle, or Scenes in the Emerald Isle. 4 vols. 1824.; The Castle Chapel. 3 vols. 1825.; Contrast. 3 vols. 1828.; The Nun’s Picture. A Tale. 3 vols. 1834.; Gentleman’s Magazine. Vol. II, p. 86. 1845.
Charlotte Turner Smith: Elegiac Sonnets, and other essays. 1784.; Translation of Manon L’Escaut from the French of the Abbé Prevost. 1786.; The Romance of Real Life. [A collection of tales.] 3 vols. 1787.; Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle. 4 vols. 1788.; Ethelinde; or the Recluse of the Lake. 5 vols. 1790.; Celestina. A novel. 4 vols. 1791.; Desmond. A novel. 3 vols. 1792.; The Old Manor House. 1793.; The Emigrants, a poem in two books. 1793.; The Banished Man. A novel. 4 vols. 1794.; The Wanderings of Warwick. 1794.; Rural Walks: in dialogues … for … young persons. 2 vols. 1795.; Rambles farther: a continuation of Rural Walks. 2 vols. 1796.; Marchmont, a novel. 4 vols. 1796.; A Narrative of the loss of the Catherine, Venus and Piedmont transports, and the Thomas, Golden Grove and Aeolus merchant ships near Weymouth … 18 Nov. [1796]. 1796.; Minor Morals, interpersed with sketches of natural history … and original stories. 2 vols. 1798.; The Young Philosopher: a novel. 1798.; What is She? A comedy. 1799.; Letters of a Solitary Wanderer. 5 vols. 1801.; Conversations introducing poetry; chiefly on subjects of natural history. 2 vols. [1804.]; Beachy Head; with other poems. 1807.; The Natural History of Birds. 2 vols. 1807.; Elwood, Anne K. Memoirs of the literary ladies of England. 2 vols. 1843.; L’Estrange, A. G. K. The Life of M. R. Mitford. 1870.
Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford: The Castle of Otranto. A Story. Translated by William Marshall, Gent. From the Original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto. 1765. [Written 1764.] 2nd edn. 1765. 5th edn. 1786. 6th edn. Parma, 1791. Rptd. with a Memoir by Scott, Sir W., 1823 and 1883. Transl. into French, 1767; into Italian, 1795.

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