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[ln general, only British and Tauchnitz editions are listed. Place of publication London unless otherwise indicated, or, in the case of Tauchnitz editions, Leipzig.]

Broken to Harness

1. Serialized: Temple Bar, Feb 1864-Jan 1865.

2. First ed. Broken to Harness/ A Story of English Domestic Life/ By/ Edmund Yates/ ‘Mit dem Gilrtel, mit dem Schleier,/ Reisst der schoner Wahn entzwei.’// 3 vols. London: John Maxwell, 1864. [Dedicated to the Marquis Clanricarde.]

3. New ed. 1 vol. Maxwell, 1865.

4. Tauchnitz ed. 2 vols. 1866.

5. New ed. 1 vol. Bentley, 1867.

6. New ed. 1 vol. Tinsley, 1870.

Running the Gauntlet

7. First ed. Running the Gauntlet/ A Novel/ By/ Edmund Yates,/ Author of ‘Broken to Harness’./ Fortiter – Fideliter – Feliciter.// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 1865. [Dedicated to Nicholas Herbert Harrington.]

8. New ed. 1 vol. Chapman and Hall, 1866.

9. New ed. 1 vol. Routledge, 1867.

10. New ed. 1 vol. ‘Hearth and Home Library’. Routledge, 1892 [1894].

Land at Last

11. Serialized: Temple Bar, Apr 1865-Apr 1866.

12. First ed. Land at Last./ A Novel/ In Three Books./By/ Edmund Yates,/ Author of ‘Broken to Harness,’ ‘Running the Gauntlet,’ etc./ ‘Post tenebras lux.’// 3 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. [Dedicated to ’My Wife’.]

13. Tauchnitz ed. 2 vols. 1866.

14. New ed. 1 vol. Chapman and Hall, 1867.

15. Third ed. 1 vol. ‘Select Library of Fiction’. Chapman and Hall, 1868.

16. New ed. 1 vol. Chatto, 1881.

Kissing the Rod

17. First ed. Kissing the Rod./ A Novel./ By/ EdmundYates,/ Author of ‘Broken to Harness,’ ‘Running the Gauntlet,’ ‘Land at Last,’ etc./ ‘The heart knoweth its own bitterness.’// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 1866. [Dedicated to the Countess of Fife.]

18. New ed. 1 vol. Tinsley, 1867 C1866U.

19. New ed. 1 vol. ‘Railway Library’. Routledge, 1867.

20. New ed. 1 vol. ‘Hearth and Home Library’. Routledge, [1892], [1894].

21. Stage adaptation. The Millionaire, by G.W. Godfrey. [Apparently unpublished. Produced at the Court Theatre 27 Sept 1883. See Clement Scott, The Drama of Yesterday and To-day, 2:330-1.]

The Forlorn Hope

22. First ed. The Forlorn Hope./ A Novel.// 3 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. fNot sighted. Listed in English Catalogue of Books, but not in B.M. Catalogue or CBEL.]

23. Tauchnitz ed. The Forlorn Hope./ A Novel./ By/Edmund Yates,/ Author of ‘Land at Last,’‘Broken to Harness,’ etc.// 2 vols. 1867. [Dedicated to Charles Fechter.]

24. New ed. 1 vol. Tinsley, n.d. [8vo]

25. New ed. 1 vol. Tinsley, n.d. [12mo])

26. New ed. 1 vol. Chatto, 1882.

Black Sheep

27. Serialized: All the Year Round, 25 Aug 1866-30 Mar 1867.

28. First ed. Black Sheep./ [Reprinted from All theYear Round.3/ Black Sheep./ A Novel./ By/ Edmund Yates,/ Author of ‘Kissing the Rod,’‘The Forlorn Hope,’ etc./ ‘Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.’// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 1867. [Dedication: ‘In Memory of “The Growlery”.’]

29. Tauchnitz ed. 2 vols. 1867.

30. New ed. 1 vol.Tinsley, 1869.

31. New ed. 1 vol. Routledge, [1892]).

32. New ed. 1 vol. ‘Half-Forgotten Books, 14’. Routledge, [1905]]. Introduction by E.A. Baker. [See 228, below.]] Stage adaptation. See under PLAYS.

The Rock Ahead

33. Serialized: Tinsley’s Magazine, Aug 1867-Oct 1868.

34. First ed. The Rock Ahead./ A Novel./ By/ Edmund Yates,/ Author of ‘Black Sheep,’ ‘Kissing the Rod,’ ‘The Forlorn Hope,’ etc./ ‘The Gods are just; and of our pleasant vices/ Make instruments to scourge us.’// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 1868. [Dedicated to M. E-d. Forgues.]

35. New ed. 1 vol. Tinsley, 1869.

36. New ed. 1 vol. The Standard Library Company, n.d.

Wrecked in Port

37. Serialized: All the Year Round, 5 Dec 1868-7 Aug 1869.

38. First ed. Wrecked in Port./ A Novel./ By/ EdmundYates,/ Author of ‘The Rock Ahead,’ ‘Black Sheep,’ ‘Land at Last,’ etc./ ‘All things that are/ Are more with spirit chased than enjoyed.’/ Shakespeare.// 3 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1869. [Dedicated to Frank Ives Scudamore.]

39. New ed. 1 vol. Routledge, 1878.

A Righted Wrong

40. First ed. A Righted Wrong./ A Novel./ By/ Edmund Yates,/ Author of/ ‘Black Sheep,’ ‘The Forlorn Hope,’ ‘Broken to Harness,’ etc.// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 1870.

Dr. Wainwright’s Patient

41. First ed. Dr. Wainwright’s Patient./ A Novel./By/ Edmund Yates,/ Author of/ ‘Black Sheep,’ ‘Wrecked in Port,’ ‘Broken to Harness,’ etc./ ‘Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,/ Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,/ Raze out the written troubles of the brain,/ And with some sweet oblivious antidote/ Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff/ Which weighs upon the heart?’/ Shakespeare.// 3 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1871. [Dedicated to John Strange Baker.]

42. New ed. 1 vol. Routledge, 1878.

The Yellow Flag

43 Serialized: All the Year Round, 27 Apr 1872-7 Dec 1872.

44. First ed. The Yellow Flag./ A Novel./ By Edmund Yates,/ Author of ‘A Waiting Race,’ ‘Broken to Harness,’ etc./ ‘That single effort by which we stop short in the downhill path to perdition is itself a greater exertion of virtue than an hundred acts of justice.’ Oliver Goldsmith.// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 1872. [Dedicated to George Augustus Sala.]

45. New ed. 1 vol. Tinsley, 1873.

A Waiting Race

46. First ed. A Waiting Race./ A Novel./ By Edmund Yates,/ Author of ‘Black Sheep,’ ‘Broken to Harness,’ etc./ ‘She wur a bad un, shea!’Northern Farmer.// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 187 2. [Dedicated to William Wilthew Fenn.]

47. New ed. Tinsley, 1873.

48. New ed. Routledge, [1892].

Nobody’s Fortune

49. First ed. Nobody’s Fortune./ A Novel./ ByEdmund Yates,/ Author of ‘Black Sheep,’‘Wrecked in Port,’ ‘Dr. Wainwright’s/ Patient,’ etc./ ‘Auream quisquis mediocritatem/ Diligit, tutus caret obsoleti/ Sordibus tecti; caret invidenda/ Sobrius aula.’/ Hor.lib.ii. Carm.10.// 3 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872 [=1871]. [Dedicated to Dion Boucicault.]

50. New ed. 1 vol. Routledge, 1886.

Castaway

51. Serialized: All the Year Round, 8 July 1871-9 Mar 1872.

52. First ed. Castaway./ A Novel./ By Edmund Yates,/Author of ‘Nobody’s Fortune,’ Dr. Wainwright’s Patient,’ ‘Wrecked in Port,’ etc./ ‘Like some forlorn and desperate castaway.’ Tit. And.// 3 vols. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. [Dedicated to Shirley Brooks.]

53. Tauchnitz ed. 1872. [Not sighted.]

54. New ed. 1 vol. Chapman and Hall, 1872.

55. New ed. 1 vol. Chatto, 1882.

The Impending Sword

56. First ed. The Impending Sword./ A Novel./ By/ Edmund Yates,/ Author of ‘Black Sheep,’ ‘The Rock Ahead,’ ‘The Yellow Flag,’ etc. etc./ ‘Put we our quarrel to the will of Heaven,/ Who, when He sees the hours ripe on earth,/ Will rain hot vengeance on the offenders’ heads.’/ Shakespeare.// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 1874. [Dedicated to Mr and Mrs J.A. Fithian, of New York City.]

57. Tauchnitz ed. 1874. [Not sighted.]

58. New ed. 1 vol. Tinsley, 1875.

59. New ed. 1 vol. Routledge, n.d. [Not sighted.]

Two, By Tricks

60. Serialized: (anonymouslys under the title ADecree Nisi) The World, 8 July-11 Nov 1874.

61. First ed. Two, by Tricks./ A Novel./ By EdmundYates,/ Author of/ ‘Broken to Harness,’ ‘Black Sheep,’ ‘The Yellow Flag,’ etc./ ‘Still, for all slips of hers,/ One of Eve’s family.’// 2 vols. London: Tinsley, 1874. [Dedicated to Joseph Charles Parkinson.]

62. New ed. 1 vol. Routledge, 187 5.

63. New ed. 1 vol. ‘Hearth and Home Library’. Routledge, [1892].

A Silent Witness

64. Serialized: All the Year Round, 17 Oct 1874-29 May 187 5.

65. First ed. A Silent Witness./ A Novel./ By/Edmund Yates,/ Author of/ ‘Black Sheep,’’Broken to Harness,’ ‘The Yellow Flag,’ etc. etc./ ‘I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it.’/ – Psalms.// 3 vols. London: Tinsley, 1875. [Dedicated to George Henry Lewis (sic)].

66. Tauchnitz ed. 1875. [Not sighted.]

67. New ed. 1 vol. Routledge, 1877.

68. New ed. 1 vol. ’Hearth and Home Library’. 1 vol. Routledge, [1892], [1894].

A Bad Lot

69. Serialized: The New York Fireside Companion, 11 (10 Feb 1873)-12(28 Apr 1873). [This novel may be identical to the one listed as the next item, Going to the Bad.]

Going to the Bad.

70. Going to the Bad. A novel. By Edmund Yates. N.Y.: G. Munro, [1881]. [Not sighted. Listed in Library of Congress Catalog. The publisher, Munro, was associated with the N.Y. Fireside Companion, so this might be a reprint in book form of A Bad Lot (see preceding item) or of the second story which Yates says he had serialized in the Fireside Companion and which I have not succeeded in tracing. See also next item.]

A Dangerous Game

71. A Dangerous Game. By Edmund Yates. Boston: W.F. Gill, 1875. [Not sighted. May be either (i) an American reprint of a novel published in England under a different title, or (ii) a reprint of A Bad Lot or of the other, untraced serial story that Yates contributed to the N.Y. Fireside Companion, or (iii) a reprint of some other serial story not published in book form in England, or (iv) a new novel.]

The Wages of Sin

72. The Wages of Sin. By Edmund Yates. Boston: W.F. Gill and Co., 1875. [Not sighted. The same conjectures may be made about the identity of this novel as about that of Item 71.]

Edmund Yates

Edmund Yates

by P. D. Edwards

VFRG No. 3

Introduction

Bibliography

Novels

Collections of Shorter Fiction and Sketches

Shorter Fiction – Uncollected

Verse

Plays

Journalism

Autobiography

Books Edited or Introduced by Yates

Yates Manuscripts

Reviews of Yates’s Novels, Plays, and Recollections and Experiences

Biographical and Critical Sources

Addenda and Corrigenda

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