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Novels

(Unless otherwise stated, the title pages of these books give the author as Jessie Fothergill.)

1. Healey:  a romance London:    Henry King, 1875. 3 vol.

2. – :  a tale   London:  Bentley, 1884 CDec 1883D.
vi 490p.

3. – New York:    G. Munro, C1885H, 266p. ‘The Seaside Library. Pocket Edition no. 572’.

4. –  London:  Macmillan, 1900.   490p. ‘Macmillan’s
Two Shilling Library’.

5. Aldyth:  or, “let the  end try the man”. London:
Henry King, 1877 [Dec 1876]. 2 vol.

6. –  London:  Bentley, 1891, 476p.

7. –  London:  Macmillan, 1899, 476p.   ‘Macmillan’s
Two Shilling Library’.

8. The First Violin London: Bentley, 1877, 3 vol, 288, 258, 272p. Unpublished edition – see Sadleir, XIX Century Fiction, 1:    133

9. – [no author given]   Serialisation in Temple
Bar
52-54 (Jan – Dec 1878).

10. – ‘By J.F.’, London:   Bentley, 1878.  3 vol,
288, 258, 272p.

11. –  New York:  H. Holt, 1878, 43p. ’Leisure
Hour Series no. 101′.

12. – ’By J.F. ’ London:  Bentley, 1879, 456p.

13. – Leipzig:    Tauchnitz, [?], 2 vol.
(listed in Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors, Feb 1881.)

14. –  New York:  A.L. Burt C1894H, 377p.

15. – London: Macmillan, 1899, 456p.

16. – New York:  Grosset & Dunlap, [l90?], 365p.

17. – New York:  Street & Smith, [1900], 427p. ’Arrow Library, no. 100’.

18. –  illust. Clare Angell, New York:  R.F. Fenno,
[1904], 365p.

19. – London: Macmillan, 1909, 315p. ’Macmillan’s
7d. Series’.

20. – New York:   A.L. Burt, [1915], 372p. ’The
Home Library’.

In translation

21. Le premier violon traduit de 1’anglais par Mme Anna Pinot. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1887, 417p. ‘Bibliotheque des meres de famille’.

22. –  Paris:   Firmin-Didot, 1889, 300p.

Dramatised versions

23. –  ‘a  comedy in 4 acts, dramatised from the novel of the same name, by Jessie Fothergill. Typewritten. Copyright Richard Mansfield, New York, 1896’: recorded in Dramatic Compositions copyrighted in the United States 1870 to 1916 Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918.

24. –  ‘a  drama in 5 acts, by E.C. Winter, founded on the novel by Jessie Fothergill. Copyright Elizabeth C. Winter, New Brighton, N.Y., 1897’: same source as item 23.

25. –  ‘drama, adapted from J. Fothergill’s novel’, by Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke and Merridan Phelps, [1898?] – recorded in Nineteenth Century Readers Guide to Periodical Literature, further details so far untraceable.

26. –  ‘A dramatised version of the “First Violin” by Sidney Bowkett, was produced at the Crown Theatre, Peckham, on 2 7 March, 1899.’ See D.N.B. 22.

27. Probation [no author given] Serialisation in Temple Bar 55-57 (Jan – Dec 1879).

28. –  London:  Bentley, 1879, 3 vol, 284, 308, 366p.

29. – New  York: G. Munro, 1897, 66p. ‘The  Seaside Library, no. 661’.

30. – London:   Bentley, 1880, 413p.

31. – Leipzig:    Tauchnitz, 1881, 2 vol.

32. – New  York: R.F. Fenno, [189?], 434p.

33. – London:   Macmillan, 1899, 414p. ‘Macmillan’s Two Shilling Library’.

34. The Wellfields London: Bentley, 1880, 3 vol, 300, 272, 267p.

35. – New  York: G. Munro, [1880], 61p. ‘Seaside Library, v.41’.

36. – London:   Bentley, 1881, xi 513p.

37. – London:   Macmillan, 1900, 513p. ‘Macmillan’s Two Shilling Library’.

In translation

38. Walka Duoha Powiesc…Przeklad z angielskiego Ksawery Dalewskiej. Warszawa: 1887, 2 vol.

39. Kith and Kin “By the Author of ‘The First Violin’ and ‘Probation'”. Serialisation in Temple Bar 61-63 (Jan – Dec 1881).

40. – London:   Bentley, 1881, 3 vol, 304, 304, 306p.

41. – London:   Bentley, 1882, viii 443p.

42. – London:   Macmillan, 1899, 443p. ‘Macmillan’s Two Shilling Library’.

43. – London:   Macmillan, 1903,  ‘6d edition’ (Listed in English Catalogue of Books.)

In translation

44. Po Krwi i Duchu Powiesc…Przeklad Ksawery Dalewskiej. Warszawa: 1883, 332p.

45. Made  or  Marred London:  Bentley,   1881, 188p. ‘Bentley’s Half-Crown Empire Library, No. XV’.

46. –  New York:  G. Munro, [1881], 26p. ‘Seaside Library v. 53’.

47. “One  of  Three” London:  Bentley,   1881, viii 207p. ‘Bentley’s Half-Crown Empire Library. No. XVI’.

48. – and Made or Marred New York:    H. Holt, 1881, vi 333p. ‘Leisure Hour series no. 129’. See also items 44, 45.

49. Peril Serialisation in Temple Bar 70-72 (Jan -Dec 1884).

50. –  London:   Bentley, 1884, 3 vol, 308, 312, 332p.

51. –  Leipzig:  Tauchnitz, 1885, 2 vol.

52. –  New York:  G. Munro, [1885], 251p. ‘The Seaside Library. Pocket ed. no. 314’.

53. Borderland:  a country-town chronicle London: Bentley, 1886, 3 vol.

54. – London:  Bentley, 1887, vii 485p.

55. – New York:  G. Munro, [1887], 342p. ‘The Seaside Library. Pocket ed. no. 935’.

56. – London:  Macmillan, 1899, vii 485p. ‘Macmillan’s Two Shilling Library’.

57. The Lasses of Leverhouse Serialisation in Bolton Weekly Journal 1878-9. See item 58. (Unverified – Manchester Central Library reports not listed in union list of periodicals in the north west.)

58. – London:  Hurst and Blackett, 1888, 364p. Contains the following ‘Note’ by the author: “This little story was originally published in 1878-9 in the Bolton Weekly Journal. It has been revised and corrected throughout, but remains substantially the same as at its first appearance.”

59. – New York:  G. Munro, [1888], 191p.  ‘Seaside Library. Pocket ed. no. 1099’.

60. – London: Hurst and Blackett, [1913]. ‘7d edition’. (Listed in English Catalogue of Books.)

61. From Moor Isles. A love story Serialisation in Temple Bar 82-84 (Jan – Nov 1888).

62. – London:  Bentley, 1888, 3 vol, 308, 296, 340p.

63. – London: Bentley, 1894, vi 450p.

64. –  London:  Macmillan, 1900, vi 450p. ‘Macmillan’s Two Shilling Library’.

65. A March in the Ranks London: Hurst and   Blackett, 1890, 3 vol, 320, 216, 300p.

66. –  London:  Hurst and Blackett, n.d., 399p.

67. –  New York:  F.F. Lovell, n.d., 399p. ‘Lovell’s International series, no. 56’.

68. –  London:  Hurst and Blackett, [1910].  ‘7d copyright novels’. (Listed in English Catalogue of Books. )

69. Oriole’s Daughter London:  Heinemann,  1893, 3 vol.

70. –  London:  Heinemann, 1893, 291p., ‘Popular Edition’.

71. –  New York:  Tait, [1893?], 321p.

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