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A House of Cards

  1. Serialized: Tinsley’s Magazine, 2(Mar 1868)-4-(Feb 1869).
  2. First ed. A House of Cards/ A Novel./ By/ Mrs. Cashel Hoey.// London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868. [Dedicated to ‘My dear father, by whom it was suggested’.]
  3. New ed. 1 vol. ‘Select Library of Fiction’. Chapman and Hall, [l871]. [in a letter Mrs Hoey states that she ’had to compress the story’ for this edition.]

Falsely True

  1. First ed. Falsely True./ A Novel./ By/ Mrs.Cashel Hoey,/ Author of ‘A House of Cards,’ etc. etc./’His honour, rooted in dishonour stood;/ And faith, unfaithful, kept him falsely true.’// 3 vols. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1870. [Dedicated to James Payn.]
  2. New and revised ed. 1 vol. Ward and Downey, 1890. [‘This story (first published in 1870) is dedicated to James Payn.’ The revisions consist chiefly of excisions of passages of description and authorial moralizing, but the ending is changed -decidedly for the better – by the omission of a final four-page section sketching the state of affairs six years after the conclusion of the main action. A number of minor corrections are also made.]
  3. New ed. 1 vol. ‘The Imperial Library’, ‘The Sun Dial Library’. R.E. King Ltd, [?1901]. [Not sighted. Referred to in an undated letter from Mrs Hoey to Edmund Downey. Listed in English Catalogue of Books, 1901-5.]

A Golden Sorrow

  1. Serialized: Chambers’s Journal, 6 Jan 1872-25 May 1872. [‘By the author of A House of Cards‘.]
  2. First ed. A Golden Sorrow./ By/ Mrs. Cashel Hoey,/ Author of/ ’A House of Cards,’ ‘Falsely True,’/ etc. etc./ ‘I swear, ’tis better to be lowly born,/ And range with humble livers in content,/ Than to be perked up in a glistering grief,/ And wear a golden sorrow.’/ King Henry the Eighth.// 3 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1872. [Dedicated, ‘affectionately’, to Jean Ingelow.]
  3. 2 vols. Leipzig, 1872.
  4. New ed. 1 vol. Sampson, Low, 1880.

The Blossoming of an Aloe and The Queen’s Token

  1. Serialized: The Blossoming of an Aloe, Chambers’s Journal, 29 Aug 1874-26 Dec 1874.The Queen’s Token, London Society, 25(May 1874)-26 (Sep 1874).
  2. First ed. The Blossoming of an Aloe/ And/The Queen’s Token./ By/ Mrs. Cashel Hoey,/ Author of/ ‘Out of Court,’ ‘A Golden Sorrow,’/ etc. etc.// 3 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1875. [On verso of title page: “‘She was of those who are content to wait for the blossoming of an aloe; and who do not weary of the hundred years.” – From Birth to Bridal.’ Dedication: ‘These stories are dedicated to my Mother.’]
  3. New ed. The Blossoming of an Aloe. 1 vol. ‘The Country House Library. No. 3.’ ‘Select Library of Fiction.’ Ward, Lock, and Tyler, [1876].
  4. New ed. The Queen’s Token. 1 vol. Spencer Blackett, 1889. [Not sighted.]

Out of Court

  1. First ed. Out of Court./ By/ Mrs. Cashel Hoey,/ Author of/ ‘A Golden Sorrow,’ ‘A House of Cards,’ / ‘Buried in the Deep,’ etc. etc./ ‘The Gospel checks the law which throws the stone.’// 3 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1874. [Dedicated to the Hon. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.]
  2. New ed. 1 vol. ‘Low’s Standard Novels’. Sampson Low, n.d. [Not sighted. Listed in English Catalogue of Books, 1881-9.]

Griffith’s Double

  1. Serialized: All the Year Round, 4- Dec 1875-5 Aug 1876.
  2. Serialized: The Australasian (Melbourne), 8 Jan 1876-20 Jan 1877.
  3. First ed. Griffith’s Double./ By/ Mrs.Cashel Hoey,/ Author of/ “A Golden Sorrow,” “Out of Court,”/ “The Blossoming of an Aloe,”/ etc. etc.// 3 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1876. [‘Dedicated to ‘My Daughter and Her Husband’.]

All, or Nothing

  1. Serialized: All the Year Round, 13 July 1878-8 Mar 1879.
  2. First ed. All, or Nothing./ By/ Mrs. Cashel Hoey/ Author of/ ‘Griffith’s Double,’ ‘A Golden Sorrow,’/ ‘The Blossoming of anAloe,’/ etc., etc./ ‘Thou shalt have no other gods but Me.’// 3 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1879. [Dedication: ’This story is dedicated to the beloved and honoured memory of My Husband’s Mother, who, for twenty years, was my most constant reader and most gentle critic; and who, to the end, found some slight solace for pain in its pages. May she rest in peace.’]
  3. New ed. 1 vol. Spencer Blackett, 1888. [Not sighted.]
  4. New ed. 1 vol. ‘Sun Dial Library’. R.E. King Ltd, H [?—- ]. [Not sighted. Listed in English Catalogue of Books, 1901-5.]

The Question of Cain

  1. Serialized: All the Year Round, 26 Mar 1881-10 Dec 1882.
  2. First ed. The Question of Cain/ By/ Mrs. Cashel Hoey/ Author of/ ‘A Golden Sorrow,’ ‘All or Nothing,’/ ‘The Blossoming of an Aloe,’/ etc., etc./ ‘Am I my Brother’s Keeper?’// 3 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1882. [‘Dedicated to Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor of Hong Kong.]
  3. New and revised ed. 1 vol. Ward and Downey, 1890. [The revision includes a number of corrections, stylistic improvements, compressions, and deletions. The title of the last chapter is changed from ’The Next of Kin’ to ’Helen’s Inheritance’, and the chapter itself is substantially rewritten, chiefly with the object of removing some of the more absurd romantic improbabilities that mark the denouement.]
  4. New ed. 1 vol. ’The Imperial Library’. R.E. King Ltd, H?19Q0]. [Not sighted. Referred to in letters from Mrs Hoey to Edmund Downey.]

The Lover’s Creed

  1. Serialized: Belgravia, 52(Jan 1884 )-55 (Dec 1884)
  2. First ed. The Lover’s Creed/ A Novel/ By/Mrs. Cashel Hoey/ Author of/ ‘The Question of Cain’ ‘The Blossoming of an Aloe’ ‘No Sign’ etc./ ‘One, and One Only, Is the Lover’s Creed’/ Oliver Wendell Holmes// 3 vols. London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. [Dedicated to the Right Hon Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer. 12 illustrations, by P. Macnab.]
  3. U.S. ed. N.Y.: Harper, 1884.
  4. U.S. ed. N.Y.: G. Munro, 1884.

A Stern Chase

  1. Serialized: All the Year Round, 29 Aug 1885-1 May 1886.
  2. First ed. A Stern Chase./ A Novel./ By/ Mrs. Cashel Hoey,/ Author of ‘The Lover’s Creed,’/ ‘The Question of Cain,’ ‘A Golden Sorrow,’ etc./ ‘A stern chase is a long chase.’// 3 vols. London: Sampson Low, Marston, etc., 1886. [Dedicated to Robert Murray Smith, Agent General for Victoria.]
  3. New ed. 1 vol. Sampson Low, 1888. [This edition is ‘revised’ to the extent of some minor corrections, stylistic changes – chiefly compressions – and a few brief deletions.]

His Match, and More

  1. His Match, and More. Published as Summer Number of Household Words, 26 June 1890. [Not sighted.]