Chapter VII: Part II: pp. (iv.) enclosing inset title-page printed in red and (2)

RAMBLES BEYOND RAILWAYS: Or NOTES IN CORNWALL TAKEN A-FOOT. By W.
WILKIE COLLINS, author of _The Life of William Collins, R.A._,
_Antonina_ etc. With Illustrations by Henry C. Brandling. (Quotation
from _A Winter's Tale_.) London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington
Street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 1851. 1 vol. Sq. Demy
8vo (5½ × 8¼) pp. (viii) + 304. No half-title. Twelve full-page
illustrations in tinted lithograph, printed separately. Cream-brown
cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers, printed with
publisher's advertisements.

NOTES—(i) This book was published on January 30, 1851.

(ii) The second edition (January 9, 1852) contained a
frontispiece differently tinted.

1852

MR. WRAY'S CASH BOX: Or THE MASK AND THE MYSTERY: A Christmas Sketch.
By W. WILKIE COLLINS, author of _Antonina_ etc. London: Richard
Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1852. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).
Pp. viii + 171 + (5). Publisher's advertisements occupy pp. (173) to
(176). Grey-blue cloth, gilt. Yellow end-papers. Etched frontispiece
by J. E. Millais, dated 1852, and printed separately.

NOTE—This book was published in January, 1852.

1852

BASIL: A Story of Modern Life. By W. WILKIE COLLINS, author of
_Antonina_, _Rambles Beyond Railways_ etc. London: Richard Bentley,
New Burlington Street. 1852. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. 300 pp. (6) to (21) are paged in roman numerals.
Half-title to this volume.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 303 + (1). No half-title.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 301 + (1). No half-title.

Paper boards, half cloth, paper label, white end-papers. Also in
bright blue embossed cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Brick-red
end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published on November 16, 1852. An
one-volume edition (1862, magenta cloth, blocked in gold and
blind) contains a dedicatory letter not elsewhere published.

1854

HIDE AND SEEK. By W. WILKIE COLLINS, author of _Antonina_, _Basil_
etc. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1854. 3 vols.
Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 297 + (3). Publisher's advertisements, dated
June, 1854, occupy pp. (299) and (300).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 322 + (2). Publisher's advertisements, dated
June, 1854, occupy pp. (323) and (324).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 332.

Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers. Also in
pale maroon cloth, gilt, blocked in blind, pale yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published on June 6, 1854.

1856

AFTER DARK. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of _Basil_, _Hide and Seek_ etc.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. 1856. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo
(4⅞ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 315 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., dated
January, 1856, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 322 + (2). Publishers' advertisement occupies p.
(323).

Boards, half cloth, paper label. White end-papers. Also in dark
grey-green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind, yellow end-papers.

_Contents_: Vol. I., A Terribly Strange Bed—A Stolen
Letter—Sister Rose. Vol. II., The Lady of Glenwith
Grange—Gabriel's Marriage—The Yellow Mask.

NOTE—This book was published in February, 1856.

1857

THE DEAD SECRET. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Bradbury and Evans, 11
Bouverie Street. 1857. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 303 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 331 + (1). No half-title.

Grey-purple cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book was published in June, 1857.

(ii) Copies in brown cloth, with yellow end-papers, printed
with Chapman and Hall advertisements, are of later issue.

1859

A PLOT IN PRIVATE LIFE AND OTHER TALES. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of
_After Dark_, _Hide and Seek_ etc. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz.
1859.

1 vol. (4½ × 6¼). Pp. (viii) + 294 + (2). Paper wrappers of usual
Tauchnitz style.

_Contents_: A Plot in Private Life—Mad Monkton—The Black
Cottage—The Family Secret—The Biter Bit.

1859

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of _The Dead Secret_,
_After Dark_, etc. etc. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers,
Successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough Street. 1859. 3
vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. iii + (i) + 314. Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., undated,
bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 359 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 307 + (1).

No half-titles. Dark grey-green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale
yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in October, 1859.

1860

THE WOMAN IN WHITE. By WILKIE COLLINS. Author of _The Dead Secret_,
_After Dark_ etc. etc. London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 47 Ludgate
Hill. 1860. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 316.

Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 360.

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 368.

No half-titles. Preface to Vol. I., dated August 3, 1860. Violet
embossed cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Pale yellow end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book was published in September, 1860. The
first one-volume edition (1861, magenta cloth blocked in
gold and blind) contains a special preface.

(ii) I am uncertain whether or not the earliest copies of
this novel contained in any one of the three volumes a
publishers' catalogue. The first editions I have seen show a
16 pp. catalogue at the end of Vol. III., but dated
November, 1860, so that they belong clearly to a subsequent
issue. _The Woman in White_ is a case over which the buyer
should take great care. A so-called “New Edition” was issued
in the year of publication and _with binding identical_ to
that of the first edition, for which reason only the right
advertisement matter can show that a copy is untampered
with. I should welcome information tending to establish
whether a catalogue (and if so where and of what date)
should properly figure in a “right” copy of the novel.

1862

NO NAME. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of _The Woman in White_, _The Dead
Secret_, etc. etc. etc. London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 47 Ludgate
Hill. 1862. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. ix + (1) + 339 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 363 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 408.

Scarlet embossed cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Pale yellow
end-papers.

NOTE—Although this book is dated 1862, it was not actually
published until January, 1863.

1863

MY MISCELLANIES. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of _The Woman in White_,
_No Name_, _The Dead Secret_ etc. etc. etc. London: Sampson Low, Son
and Co., Ludgate Hill. 1863. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. vi + (ii) + 291 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp.,
printed on text paper, and dated November, 1863, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 300. Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., printed on
text paper and dated November, 1863, bound in at end.

Green embossed cloth, gilt. Green-ochre end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book was published in November, 1863.

(ii) Copies in brown cloth gilt are of later issue.

1866

ARMADALE. By WILKIE COLLINS. With Twenty Illustrations by George H.
Thomas. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. 1866. 2 vols.
Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 304.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 372.

No half-titles. Vol. I. contains nine illustrations, Vol. II.
eleven. Red-brown cloth, blocked in gold. Yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in June, 1866. The story
appeared serially in the “Cornhill.”

1868

THE MOONSTONE: A Romance. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of _The Woman in
White_, _No Name_, _Armadale_, etc. etc. London: Tinsley Brothers,
18 Catherine Street, Strand. 1868. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 315 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 297 + (1). Publishers' advertisements (2 pp.)
inserted before half-title.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 309 + (1). Publishers' advertisements (2 pp.)
inserted before half-title.

Violet cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Cream end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in July, 1868.

1870

MAN AND WIFE: A Novel. By WILKIE COLLINS. (Quotation from Bunyan.)
London: F. S. Ellis, 33 King Street, Covent Garden. 1870. 3 vols.
Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. xiv + 356. Publisher's advertisements, 8 pp., bound in
at end.

Vol. II. pp. vi + 359 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. vi + 348.

Maroon cloth, gilt. Black end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in June, 1870.

1872

POOR MISS FINCH: A Novel. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of _The Woman in
White_, _No Name_, _Man and Wife_, etc. London: Richard Bentley and
Son. 1872. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. ix + (iii) + 314 + (2). Publishers' advertisements
occupy p. (315).

Vol. II. pp. iv + 316.

Vol. III. pp. iv + 320.

No half-titles. Purple-brown cloth, blocked in black. Cream
end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book was published on January 26, 1872. The
story appeared serially in “Cassell's Magazine.”

(ii) Copies in bright blue embossed cloth, gilt, without
imprint on spine, are of a later issue.

1873

THE NEW MAGDALEN: A Novel. By WILKIE COLLINS. “Lead us not into
temptation.” London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1873. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo
(5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. vi + 297 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. iv + 298 + (2). Publishers' advertisement occupies p.
(299).

No half-titles. Red-brown cloth, blocked in gold and black. Cream
end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published on May 17, 1873. The story
appeared serially in the “Temple Bar Magazine.”

1873

MISS OR MRS.? And Other Stories in Outline. By WILKIE COLLINS. London:
Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington Street, 1873. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo
(4⅝ × 7⅛). Pp. viii + 325 + (3). Publishers' advertisement occupies
p. (327).

No half-title. Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pale yellow
end-papers.

_Contents_: Miss or Mrs.?—Blow up the Brig!—The Fatal
Cradle.

NOTE—This book was published on January 17, 1873. The
stories first appeared in “The Graphic” and in “All the Year
Round.”

1874

THE FROZEN DEEP: And Other Stories. (READINGS AND WRITINGS IN
AMERICA.) By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Richard Bentley and Son, New
Burlington Street. 1874. 2 vols. Small Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 248.

Vol. II. pp. vi + 282 + (2). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp.
(283) and (284).

Blue cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pale yellow end-papers.

_Contents_: Vol. I., The Frozen Deep—The Dream Woman. Vol.
II., John Jago's Ghost; or The Dead Alive.

NOTES—(i) This book was published on November 2, 1874. The
title story appeared serially in the “Temple Bar Magazine”;
the remainder were first published in “Household Words” and
in the “Home Journal.”

(ii) Copies in brown cloth, with yellow end-papers, printed
with Chapman and Hall advertisements, are of later issue.

1875

THE LAW AND THE LADY: A Novel. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Chatto and
Windus, Piccadilly. 1875. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. vi + (ii) + 246 + (2). Publishers' catalogue, 40 pp.,
dated December, 1874, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. iv + 269 + (3). Advertisement of author's previous
works occupies p. (271).

Vol. III. pp. iv + 341 + (3). Advertisement of author's previous
works occupies p. (343).

No half-titles. Dark green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale
yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in February, 1875.

1876

THE TWO DESTINIES: A Romance. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Chatto and
Windus, Piccadilly. 1876. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 311 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. iv + 301 + (3). No half-title. Publishers' catalogue,
32 pp., dated April, 1876, bound in at end.

Bright green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Cream end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book was published in September, 1876.

(ii) I have seen a copy bound in _brown_ cloth, blocked and
lettered identically to those in bright green, and
containing a publishers' catalogue dated _September_, 1876.
Whether the brown binding is necessarily later than the
green, or whether one variety is a trial binding and the
other that finally adopted, I do not know.

1878

A SHOCKING STORY. By WILKIE COLLINS. Author of _Man and Wife_, _Woman
in White_ etc. New York: A. J. Barnes and Company, 111 and 113
William Street. 1 vol. (4½ × 6½). Pp. (ii) plus 57 + (3). This
pamphlet is not wrappered, but pp. (i) and (60) form outside covers.
Both are plain without printing of any sort.

NOTES—(i) The date 1878 appears under the note of copyright
on verso of title.

(ii) This story was issued in the November number of the
“International Review,” an American periodical published by
Barnes and Co., who brought out the pamphlet described
above. In Great Britain the tale appeared in the “Belgravia
Annual” (December, 1878), published by Chatto and Windus,
but was not reissued in other than periodical form.

1879

THE HAUNTED HOTEL: A Mystery of Modern Venice, to which is added MY
LADY'S MONEY. By WILKIE COLLINS. With six illustrations by Arthur
Hopkins. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1879. 2 vols. Demy
8vo (5½ × 8¼).

Vol. I. pp. viii + (ii) + 230 + (2). Publishers' catalogue, 40 pp.,
dated October, 1878, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 259 + (1).

Vol. I. contains five illustrations and Vol. II. one illustration,
line engraved and printed separately. Dark brown cloth, gilt,
blocked in white. Blue-black end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book, although dated 1879, was actually
published in November, 1878.

(ii) _My Lady's Money_ was issued by Tauchnitz in 1879,
together with _The Ghost's Touch_, a story I cannot trace to
have appeared in book form in Great Britain.

1879

A ROGUE'S LIFE: FROM HIS BIRTH TO HIS MARRIAGE. By WILKIE COLLINS.
London: Richard Bentley and Son, Publishers in Ordinary to Her
Majesty the Queen. 1879. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 6⅞). Pp. iv + 188. No
half-title. Red cloth gilt, blocked in black. Black end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published on April 7, 1879. It is the
first edition in book form of a tale issued periodically in
the early fifties in “Household Words.” The text was
slightly revised by the author before publication.

1879

THE FALLEN LEAVES. By WILKIE COLLINS. First Series. London: Chatto and
Windus, Piccadilly. 1879. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 275 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 269 + (3). Publishers' advertisements, 40 pp.,
dated May, 1879, bound in at end.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 295 + (1).

Olive-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Black and grey-blue
decorated end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in July, 1879.

1880

JEZEBEL'S DAUGHTER. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Chatto and Windus,
Piccadilly. 1880. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 282 + (2). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated
February, 1880, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 281 + (3).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 296.

Pale buff cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark green and white
decorated end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in March, 1880.

1880

CONSIDERATIONS ON THE COPYRIGHT QUESTION ADDRESSED TO AN AMERICAN
FRIEND. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Trübner and Co., Ludgate Hill.
1880. 1 vol. Cr. 4to (6¾ × 9¼). Pp. 12 + (4). This pamphlet is not
wrappered, pp. (1) and (16) forming outside covers. P. (1) is
lettered as above, and serves both as front wrapper and title-page.

1881

THE BLACK ROBE. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Chatto and Windus,
Piccadilly. 1881. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. vi + 320.

Vol. II. pp. vi + 296.

Vol. III. pp. vi + 266 + (6). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp.
(267) to (272). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated March, 1881,
bound in at end.

Black cloth, gilt, blocked in white. Blue and white decorated
end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in April, 1881.

1883

HEART AND SCIENCE: A Story of the Present Time. By WILKIE COLLINS.
London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1883. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ ×
7¼).

Vol. I. pp. xvi + 294 + (2).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 293 + (3).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 302 + (2). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated
March, 1883, bound in at end.

Grey-blue cloth, gilt, blocked in chocolate. Pale green and white
decorated end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in April, 1883.

1884

I SAY NO. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly.
1884. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 295 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated
March, 1884, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 296.

Vol. III. pp. (viii) + 324.

Slate-blue cloth, gilt, blocked in magenta. Pale green and white
decorated end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in October, 1884.

1886

THE EVIL GENIUS: A Domestic Story. By WILKIE COLLINS. London. Chatto
and Windus, Piccadilly. 1886. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 284.

Vol. II. pp. vi + 304.

Vol. III. pp. vi + 265 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated
May, 1886, bound in at end.

Dark grey-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Grey and white
decorated end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in September, 1886.

1886

THE GUILTY RIVER. By WILKIE COLLINS, author of _The Woman in White_,
_Armadale_, _The Evil Genius_ etc. Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual,
1886. Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, 11 Quay Street. London: Simpkin,
Marshall and Co., 4 Stationers' Hall Court. Price 1s. 1 vol. Fcap.
8vo (4½ × 6½). Pp. (viii) + 188 + (12). No half-title.
Advertisements occupy pp. (i) to (vi), p. (vii) is title-page, p.
(viii) is occupied by advertisements, as also pp. (189) to (200).
Buff paper wrappers, printed in dark blue, black and yellow.
Advertisements occupy back outside wrapper and spine, which is not
printed with title of story.

NOTE—The wording given above is that of wrapper, not of
title-page, because there exist several varieties of the
book (all of later date), which can most easily be
identified by the discrepancies between their wrappers and
that of the first issue.

1887

LITTLE NOVELS. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Chatto and Windus,
Piccadilly. 1887. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅛).

Vol. I. pp. (vi) + 319 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (vi) + 331 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. (viii) + 303 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp.,
dated April, 1887, bound in at end.

Bright blue cloth, gilt, blocked in red. Grey and white decorated
end-papers.

_Contents_: Vol. I., Mrs. Zant and the Ghost—Miss Morris and
the Stranger—Mr. Cosway and the Landlady—Mr. Medhurst and
the Princess—Mr. Lismore and the Widow.

Vol. II., Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman—Miss Minor and
the Groom—Mr. Lepel and the Housekeeper—Mr. Captain and the
Nymph—Mr. Marmaduke and the Minister.

Vol. III., Mr. Percy and the Prophet—Miss Bertha and the
Yankee—Miss Dulane and My Lord—Mr. Policeman and the Cook.

NOTE—This book was published in May, 1887.

1889

THE LEGACY OF CAIN. By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Chatto and Windus,
Piccadilly. 1889. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 289 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. vi + 263 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. vi + 281 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated
October, 1888, bound in at end.

Blue cloth, gilt, blocked in red and black. Pale grey and white
decorated end-papers.

NOTE—Although dated 1889, this book was actually published
in November, 1888.

1890

BLIND LOVE. By WILKIE COLLINS. With a Preface by Walter Besant, and
Illustrations by A. Forestier. London: Chatto and Windus.
Piccadilly. 1890. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅛).

Vol. I. pp. x + (ii) + 302 + (2).

Vol. II. pp. vi + (ii) + 303 + (i). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp.,
dated October, 1889, bound in at end.

Vol. III. pp. vi + (ii) + 316.

Blue cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pale grey and white decorated
end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in January, 1890.

1890

THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES. NO THOROUGHFARE. THE PERILS OF
CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS. By CHARLES DICKENS and WILKIE COLLINS.
With Illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited. 1890. 1 vol.
Ex. Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7⅞). Pp. vi + (ii) + 327 + (1). Dark green cloth,
gilt, blocked in black. Black end-papers. Eight full-page
illustrations in line, printed separately.

NOTE—Of the stories here published in book form for the
first time _No Thoroughfare_ first appeared as the Extra
Christmas Number to “All the Year Round” for 1867 (1 vol. 6⅝
× 9¾, pp. 48, bright blue paper wrappers, printed in black)
and _The Perils of Certain English Prisoners_ as the
“Christmas Story for 1857” in “Household Words” (1 vol., 5⅝
× 8⅞, pp. 36, buff paper wrappers printed in violet, red and
green).

B.—PLAYS, WRITTEN ALONE AND IN COLLABORATION

1861

A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA: A Drama in Three Acts. By CHARLES DICKENS and
WILKIE COLLINS. London: Published by G. Halsworth, at the office of
“All the Year Round,” Wellington Street, Strand. 1861. 1 vol. Cr.
8vo (4½ × 7¼). Pp. 68. Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.

NOTE—The story upon which this play is based appeared as the
Extra Christmas Number to “All the Year Round” for 1860 (1
vol., 6½ × 9¾, pp. 48, bright blue paper wrappers, printed
in black).

1863

NO NAME: A Drama in Five Acts. Founded on, and adapted from, the story
so entitled. By WILKIE COLLINS Esq. London: Published by G.
Halsworth, at the office of “All the Year Round.” 1863. 1 vol. Cr.
8vo (4½ × 7¼). 60 pp. Pink paper wrappers, printed in black.

NOTE—This play was also issued in De Witt's Acting Series
(No. 104), published by Robert M. de Witt, New York, in pale
yellow wrappers printed in black. The pamphlet is undated.

1866

ARMADALE: A Drama in Three Acts. (Altered from the novel of _Armadale_
for performance on the stage.) By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Published
for the author by Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. 1866. 1 vol.
Cr. 8vo. Pp. 76. Pink paper wrappers, printed in black.

1866

THE FROZEN DEEP: A Drama in Three Acts. By WILKIE COLLINS. (Not
published.) 1866. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4 × 6½). Pp. 46 + (2). Buff
paper wrappers, printed in black.

1867

NO THOROUGHFARE: A Drama in Five Acts. (Altered from the Christmas
story, for performance on the stage.) By CHARLES DICKENS and WILKIE
COLLINS. London: Published at the Office of “All the Year Round,” 26
Wellington Street. 1867. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¼). Pp. 89 + (1).
Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.

NOTES—(i) Another issue was made of this play under the same
date and with identical format and title-page, except for
the addition, beneath the imprint, of the words: Entered at
Stationers' Hall. This issue consists, however, only of pp.
78 + (2), and the text of the play is different from Act
IV., Scene III., to the end.

(ii) The story upon which this play is based appeared as the
Extra Christmas Number to “All the Year Round” for 1867 (see
above, _The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices_, 1890, note).

(iii) Collectors will be interested to note, as an item
in Collinsiana, an American dramatic version of _No
Thoroughfare_ which appeared as No. 348 in French's
Library of Standard Drama. This version is entitled:

IDENTITY OR NO THOROUGHFARE by Louis Lequel. Dramatized from
the Christmas Story of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins.
New York: Samuel French, Publisher, 122 Nassau Street.

1 vol. (4½ × 7½). Pp. 44. Yellow paper wrappers, printed in
black.

The booklet is undated, save for the statement that the play
was entered in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of
the United States for the Southern District of New York in
1867. The wrapper bears French's London as well as his New
York imprint.

1869

BLACK AND WHITE: A Love Story in Three Acts. By WILKIE COLLINS and
CHARLES FLETCHER. London: Printed by C. Whiting, Beaufort House,
Strand. 1869. 1 vol. Slim Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7½). Pp. 56. White paper
wrappers, the first page of which serves as title and is printed as
above.

1870

NO NAME: A Drama in Four Acts. (Altered from the novel for performance
on the stage.) By WILKIE COLLINS. London: Published by the author,
90 Gloucester Place, Portman Square. 1870. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4½ ×
7¼). Pp. 160, of which pp. (1) to (4) are unnumbered. The rest of
the book, being printed on one side of the paper only, is paged (5)
to 82. Buff paper wrappers, printed in black.

NOTE—This is a different text from that published in 1863.

1871

THE WOMAN IN WHITE: A Drama in Prologue and Four Acts. (Altered from
the novel for performance on the stage.) By WILKIE COLLINS. London.
Published by the author, 90 Gloucester Place, Portman Square. 1871.
1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7¼). Pp. (172), of which pp. (1) to (4) are
unnumbered. The rest of the book, being printed on one side of the
paper only, is paged (5) to 88. Buff paper wrappers, printed in
black, uniform with _No Name_.

1873

THE DREAM WOMAN: A Mystery in Four Narratives and Two Parts. By WILKIE
COLLINS. Altered and enlarged for reading in public from the
original story published in the collection called _The Queen of
Hearts_. Boston: Privately printed for the author. 1873. 1 vol.
Short Med. 4to (9 × 11⅛). Pp. 110, of which pp. (1) to (3) are
unnumbered. The rest of the book, being printed on one side of the
paper only, is paged 5 to 55. No half-title. Grey paper wrappers;
quarter grey-purple cloth. The wrappers are plain, without printing
of any sort.

1873

THE NEW MAGDALEN: A Dramatic Story in a Prologue and Three Acts. By
WILKIE COLLINS. (Represented for the first time in London at the
Olympic Theatre, May 19, 1873.) London: Published by the author, 90
Gloucester Place, Portman Square. 1873. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4⅜ ×
7⅛). Pp. 158, of which pp. (1) to (4) are unnumbered. The rest of
the book, being printed on one side of the paper only, is paged 5 to
81. Buff paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with _No Name_.

1875

MISS GWILT: A Drama in Five Acts. (Altered from the novel _Armadale_.)
By WILKIE COLLINS, printed for performance at the Theatre only, not
published. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5¼ × 8½). Pp. 104. Pp. 1 and 104 act as
outside wrappers.

1877

THE MOONSTONE: A Dramatic Story in Three Acts. (Altered from the novel
for performance on the stage.) By WILKIE COLLINS. (This play is not
published. It is privately printed for the convenience of the
author.) Charles Dickens and Evans, Crystal Palace Press. 1877. 1
vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅛). Pp. 176, of which (1) to (4) are unnumbered.
The rest of the book, being printed on one side of the paper only,
is paged (5) to 88. Paper wrappers, printed in black.

CHARLES READE
1814-1884

CHARLES READE

If no judgment is here attempted of the work of Charles Reade, it is because he refuses to be “placed,” in the opinion of the present writer. At times he is so fine, so resilient, so impressive; at others, the dullest of pamphleteers, a cramped Meredith in style, a very waxwork among sensationalists. Fortunately certain aspects of his powerful but clumsy mind have of late been admirably presented. The “London Mercury” for June, 1921 (Vol. IV., No. 20), contained an article by E. W. Hornung which all interested would do well to read. In the matter of biography proper students may be referred (but without confidence) to:

CHARLES READE: DRAMATIST, NOVELIST, JOURNALIST. A memoir compiled
chiefly from his literary remains by CHARLES L. READE and the Rev.
COMPTON READE. 2 vols. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1887.

This pious work is too rhapsodical to possess more than personal interest.

CHARLES READE AS I KNEW HIM. By JOHN COLEMAN. London: Treherne and Co.
1903.

Reference is made below to the useful list of plays which concludes this otherwise rather chaotic book.

I.—EDITIONES PRINCIPES
A.—FICTION, ESSAYS, ETC.

1853

PEG WOFFINGTON: A Novel. By CHARLES READE. London: Richard Bentley,
New Burlington Street. 1853. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. (iv)
+ 331 + (1). No half-title. Paper boards (half cloth), paper label.
White end-papers. Also maroon cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale
yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book, although dated 1853, was actually published
on December 17, 1852. The first edition was of 500 copies.

1853

CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE: A Novel. By CHARLES READE Esq., author of _Peg
Woffington_. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1853. 1
vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. (iv) + 334 + (2). A note occupies p.
(335). Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers.
Also in maroon cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published on August 25, 1853. The first
edition was of 500 copies.

1856

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND: A Matter of Fact Romance. By CHARLES
READE, author of _Christie Johnstone_, _Peg Woffington_ etc. London:
Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1856. 3 vols. Slim Ex. Cr.
8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 395 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 349 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 344.

Paper boards, half cloth, paper label. White end-papers. Also pale
maroon cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book was published on August 1, 1856. The
story is based on the play _Gold_ (see below, p. 171).

(ii) Reade replied to certain charges brought against the
novel in a pamphlet, but I cannot determine the details of
its title and appearance.

1857

THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH. By CHARLES READE, author
of _It Is Never Too Late to Mend_, _Peg Woffington_ and _Christie
Johnstone_. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1857. 1
vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (ii) + 269 + (3). No half-title. Blue
cloth, blocked in gold. Yellow end-papers. Also in pink picture
boards.

NOTE—This book was published on September 28, 1857. The
cloth and boards editions were simultaneous.

1857

WHITE LIES: A Story. By CHARLES READE. London: Trübner and Co., 60
Paternoster Row. 1857. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. v + (i) + 300.

Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 237 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 231 + (1).

No half-titles. Dark green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale
yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in December, 1857. The story,
which appeared serially in the “London Journal,” was based
on Reade's play _The Double Marriage_, itself an adaptation
from the French (see below, p. 174).

1857

*THE BOX TUNNEL. By CHARLES READE. Boston, U.S.A.

NOTE—This short story, published in “Bentley's Miscellany”
in November, 1853, was only issued in book form in America.

1858

CREAM. By CHARLES READE, author of _White Lies_ etc. Contains JACK OF
ALL TRADES: A Matter of Fact Romance and THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A
THIEF. London: Trübner and Co., 60 Paternoster Row. 1858. 1 vol. Ex.
Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅝). Pp. 270. Bright blue embossed cloth, gilt.
Red-chocolate end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in March, 1858.

1859

LOVE ME LITTLE LOVE ME LONG. By CHARLES READE, author of _It is Never
Too Late To Mend_, _White Lies_ etc. London: Trübner and Co., 60
Paternoster Row. 1859. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 390 + (2).

Vol. II. pp. 358 + (2).

Green embossed cloth, gilt. Pale yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in April, 1859.

1860

THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT. By CHARLES READE. London: Trübner and Co., 60
Paternoster Row. 1860. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5⅝ × 8¾). Pp. (iv) + 379 +
(1). Dark purple-brown embossed cloth, gilt. Chocolate end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in July, 1860, at the author's
own expense. Written in assault of those who had infringed
Reade's rights in _Poverty and Pride_ (see below, p. 172),
it proved too contentious for publishers' tastes.

1861

THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH: A Tale of the Middle Ages. By CHARLES
READE, author of _It Is Never Too Late To Mend_, _Christie
Johnstone_, _Peg Woffington_ etc. London: Trübner and Co., 60
Paternoster Row. 1861. 4 vols. Small Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 360.

Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 384.

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 328.

Vol. IV. pp. (ii) + 435 + (1).

No half-titles. Grey-green cloth, gilt. Pale yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in October, 1861.

1863

HARD CASH: A Matter of Fact Romance. By CHARLES READE. London: Sampson
Low, Son and Marston, 14 Ludgate Hill. 1863. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞
× 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 356.

Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 365 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 369 + (5). Publishers' announcements, dated
December 10, 1863, occupy pages (371) to (374).

No half-titles. Grey-green cloth, blocked in gold. Pale yellow
end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published on December 15, 1863. The story
appeared serially in “All the Year Round,” for which
magazine it had been commissioned by Dickens.

1867

GRIFFITH GAUNT: Or JEALOUSY. By CHARLES READE. London: Chapman and
Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1867. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 302.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 318.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 328. Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., dated
October, 1866, bound in at end.

Violet cloth, gilt, blocked in gold and blind. Pale yellow
end-papers.

NOTE—Although dated 1867, this book was actually published
in October, 1866. The story appeared serially in the
“Argosy.”

1868

FOUL PLAY. By CHARLES READE and DION BOUCICAULT. London: Bradbury
Evans and Co., 11 Bouverie Street. 1868. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. (vi) + 277 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 278.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 261 + (1).

Red cloth, gilt. Cream end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in November or December, 1868.
The story ran serially in “Once a Week” from January of the
same year. In 1881 F. C. Burnand published a parody of the
novel under the title: _Chikkin Hazard: A Novel by Charles
Readit and Dion Bounceycore_. This parody appeared in “Our
Novel Shilling Series,” published by Bradbury, Agnew and
Co., of which the other volumes are pastiches of novels by
Ouida, Victor Hugo, Hawley Smart, and Rhoda Broughton.

1870

PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE. By CHARLES READE, author of _It Is Never
Too Late to Mend_, _Hard Cash_, _Foul Play_, etc. etc. (Quotation
from Horace.) London: Smith Elder and Co., 15 Waterloo Place. 1870.
3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 317 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 318 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 332.

Green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Chocolate end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in June, 1870. The story
appeared serially in the “Cornhill.”

1871

A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION: A Story of the Day. By CHARLES READE. London:
Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1871. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 303 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 310 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 300.

Purple cloth, gilt, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in August, 1871. The story
appeared serially in “Cassell's Magazine.”

1873

A SIMPLETON: A Story of the Day. By CHARLES READE. London: Chapman and
Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1873. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).

Vol. I. pp. ix + (i) + 272.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 267 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 305 + (1).

Maroon cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book was published in August, 1873. The story
appeared serially in “London Society.”

(ii) Copies in blue cloth, gilt, are of later issue.

1874

A HERO AND A MARTYR: A True and Accurate Account of the Heroic feats
and sad Calamity of James Lambert. By CHARLES READE (2 Albert
Terrace, Knightsbridge). London: Samuel French, 89 Strand,
Publisher. 1874. 1 vol. Royal 8vo (6¼ × 9⅝). Pp. (viii) + 40. Orange
or green paper wrappers, printed in black. Publisher's
advertisements occupy inside front, and inside and outside back
wrappers. Wood-engraved frontispiece printed on text paper.

1875

TRADE MALICE: A Personal Narrative, and THE WANDERING HEIR: A Matter
of Fact Romance. By CHARLES READE. London: Samuel French, 89 Strand,
1875. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (viii) + 279 + (1). Publishers'
advertisements occupy pp. (vi) to (viii). Green cloth, gilt. Yellow
end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in April, 1875. _The Wandering
Heir_ was first printed in the “Graphic.”

1877

A WOMAN HATER. By CHARLES READE, D.C.L. William Blackwood and Sons,
Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLXXVII. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 280.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 285 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp.
(287) and (288).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 282 + (2). Publishers' advertisements occupy
pp. (283) and (284).

The words “Originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine'” occupy
verso of half-title in each volume. Bright blue cloth, gilt, blocked
in black. Dark brown end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in June, 1877. When serialized
the story was anonymous.

1877

*GOLDEN CROWNS: Sunday Stories. By CHARLES READE, D.C.L. Manchester:
Tubbs and Brooke. 1 vol. 18mo.

NOTE—This publication was of a kind known as an “18mo
packet.” It consisted of a number of loose sheets enclosed
in a paper wrapper, designed either to gum or to tuck in,
but wholly detached from its contents. Never having seen a
copy of the packet in question, I cannot do more than
conjecture that the loose sheets bore each a brief moral
tale, which a devout parent could administer Sunday by
Sunday to the deserving young.

1883

READIANA: Comments on Current Events. By CHARLES READE, D.C.L. with a
steel-plate portrait. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1883. 1
vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. vi + 329 + (1). Frontispiece and
title-page, printed together but not on text paper, are inset
between pp. (ii) and (iii). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated
July, 1882, bound in at end. Publishers' advertisement occupies p.
(ii). Red cloth, gilt, blocked in black, uniform with the cheap
edition of Reade's novels published just previously to this book's
appearance. Brown-purple and white decorated end-papers. Engraved
portrait frontispiece printed on same paper as title. Line engraving
on title-page.

NOTE—Although this book is dated 1883, it was actually
published in October, 1882.

1884

SINGLE HEART AND DOUBLE FACE: A Matter of Fact Romance: By CHARLES
READE, D.C.L. London. Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1884. 1 vol.
Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜). Pp. (iv) + 240. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp.,
dated December, 1883, bound in at end. Fawn cloth gilt, blocked in
red and blue. Pale green and white decorated end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in July, 1884. The story
appeared serially in “Harper's Magazine.”

1884

GOOD STORIES OF MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS. By CHARLES READE, D.C.L.
Illustrations by E. A. Abbey, Percy Macquoid and Joseph Nash.
London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1884. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 ×
7½). Pp. (ii) + 287 + (1). Frontispiece and title-page, printed
together but not on text paper, are inset before p. (i), pp. (i) and
(ii) forming a single leaf pasted to back of title. No half-title.
Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated October, 1884, bound in at end.
Four illustrations in line, of which one is the frontispiece; all
printed separately. Red cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Uniform with
_Readiana_. Green and white decorated end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in October, 1884.

1884

THE JILT: And Other Stories. By CHARLES READE, D.C.L. Four
Illustrations by Joseph Nash. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly.
1884. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (ii) + 282 + (2). Frontispiece
and title-page, printed together but not on text paper, are inset
before p. (i), pp. (i) and (ii) forming a single leaf pasted to back
of title. No half-title. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated
September, 1884, bound in at end. Four full-page illustrations in
line, of which one is the frontispiece; all printed separately. Line
engraving on title. Red cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Uniform with
_Readiana_. Green and white decorated end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in October, 1884.

1884

A PERILOUS SECRET. By CHARLES READE, author of _Hard Cash_, _Put
Yourself in His Place_, _It Is Never Too Late To Mend_, _Griffith
Gaunt_ etc. London: Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington Street,
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen. 1884. 2 vols. Cr.
8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 296.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 312.

Red flowered cloth, gilt. Green and white decorated end-papers.

NOTE—Although this book is dated 1884, it was not actually
published until March 10, 1885. The story appeared serially
in the “Temple Bar Magazine.”

1888

BIBLE CHARACTERS: By CHARLES READE, D.C.L., author of _It Is Never Too
Late To Mend_ etc. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1888. 1
vol. Fcap. 8vo (4⅛ × 6½). Pp. (vi) + 106. Publishers' catalogue, 32
pp., dated September, 1888, bound in at end. Dark red paper
wrappers, gilt. Black end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in September, 1888.

1910

A GOOD FIGHT. By CHARLES READE. Original version of _The Cloister and
The Hearth_, with an introduction by ANDREW LANG. London: Henry
Frowde. 1910. Fcap. 8vo (4½ × 6¾). Pp. (xii) + 208. Fifteen
illustrations after Charles Keene printed on text paper. Dark
olive-green cloth, blocked in gold. White end-papers.

NOTE—This is the first edition in book form of a story which
appeared in 1859 in “Once a Week.” Reade afterwards expanded
his idea into _The Cloister and the Hearth_.

EDITIONES PRINCIPES (_Continued_)
B.—PLAYS: ORIGINAL, TRANSLATED, AND WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION

[1834 or 1835]

*PEREGRINE PICKLE.

NOTE—Reade has himself left a statement that while at Oxford
he printed at his own cost a few copies of this dramatic
version of Smollett's famous novel.

[1851]

THE LADIES' BATTLE: Or UN DUEL EN AMOUR. A Comedy in Three Acts.
Hailes Lacy, Wellington Street, Strand, London. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼
× 7¼). Pp. 35 + (1). Note on p. (3) initialled “C.R.” Salmon-pink
paper wrappers printed in black, uniform with the other volumes in
Lacy's Acting Edition, of which this is No. 47.

[1851]

ANGELO: A Tragedy in Four Acts. Adapted to the English Stage by the
author of _The Ladies' Battle_, _Peregrine Pickle_ etc. London:
Hailes Lacy, Wellington Street, Strand. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼).
Pp. 24. Salmon-pink paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with
the other volumes in Lacy's Acting Editions, of which this is No.
57.

[1852]

THE LOST HUSBAND: A Drama in Four Acts. Written and Adapted from the
French by the author of _The Ladies' Battle_. London: Thomas Hailes
Lacy, Wellington Street, Strand. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 36.
Salmon-pink paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with the other
volumes in Lacy's Acting Editions, of which this is No. 86.

NOTE—This play is based on a French drama, _Les Dames de la
Halle_.

[1853]

GOLD: A Drama in Five Acts. By CHARLES READE, one of the authors of
_Masks and Faces_ etc. Thomas Hailes Lacy, Wellington Street,
Strand, London. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 48. Salmon-pink
paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with the other volumes in
Lacy's Acting Edition, of which this is No. 152.

[1854]

THE COURIER OF LYONS: Or THE ATTACK UPON THE MAIL: A Drama in Four
Acts. Translated from the French of MM. Moreau, Siraudin and
Delacourt. Thomas Hailes Lacy, Wellington Street, Strand. 1 vol.
Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 43 + (1). Advertisements occupy p. (44).
Salmon-pink paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with the other
volumes in Lacy's Acting Edition, of which this is No. 220.

1854

MASKS AND FACES: Or BEFORE AND BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A Comedy in Two
Acts. By TOM TAYLOR and CHARLES READE. London: Richard Bentley, New
Burlington Street. 1854. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. (viii) + 71
+ (1). Mustard-yellow paper wrappers, printed in black as
title-page.

1854

TWO LOVES AND A LIFE: A Drama in Four Acts. By TOM TAYLOR and CHARLES
READE. Produced at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, April 1854. London:
Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1854. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ ×
6¾). Pp. (viii) + 85 + (3). Mustard-yellow paper wrappers, printed
in black as title-page.

1854

THE KING'S RIVAL: A Drama in Five Acts. By TOM TAYLOR and CHARLES
READE, authors of _Masks and Faces_, _Two Loves and a Life_ etc.
etc. First produced at the Theatre Royal, St. James's, October 4,
1854. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1854. 1 vol.
Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. (viii) + 72. Mustard-yellow paper wrappers,
printed in black as title-page.

NOTES—(i) The three preceding items were also issued as one
volume bound in maroon cloth, blocked in gold and blind, and
lettered on the spine “Dramas by Tom Taylor and Charles
Reade,” and with pale yellow end-papers. The sheets used
were those of the original pamphlet issue, the separate
title-pages and half-titles being preserved, but the sheets
being cut to measure 4⅛ × 6⅝.

(ii) In their original separate form _Masks and Faces_ and
_Two Loves and a Life_ were published on July 1, and _The
King's Rival_ on October 17, 1854.

1857

POVERTY AND PRIDE: A Drama in Five Acts By CHARLES READE. Being the
authorised English version of _Les Pauvres de Paris_, drama by
Messrs. Edouard Brisebarre and Eugène Nus. London: Richard Bentley,
New Burlington Street. 1856. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 64.
Paper wrappers.

NOTE—This book was published on August 12, 1857.

1857

THE HYPOCHONDRIAC. Adapted to the English stage from the _Malade
Imaginaire_ of Molière. By CHARLES READE. London: William Clowes and
Sons, 14 Charing Cross. And Ticknor and Fields, Boston, U.S. 1857. 1
vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7⅛). Pp. 59 + (1). Light brown paper wrappers,
printed in black; wording as title-page.

NOTE—This play was later acted under the title _The Robust
Invalid_ (June, 1870). I do not know whether a printed text
exists with this title.

1859

LE FAUBOURG SAINT-GERMAIN. Pièce en deux Actes. Ecrite en Français par
CHARLES READE. Paris. Typographie: Morris et Comp. Rue Amelot 64.
1859. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5⅛ × 7⅜). Pp. 69 + (3). Pale blue paper
wrappers, printed in black; wording as title-page.

[?1867]

DORA: A Pastoral Poem in Three Acts. With New Scenic Effect and
Appropriate Music. Founded on Mr. Tennyson's poem and written by
CHARLES READE. London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford
Street and Charing Cross. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅜). Pp. 53 + (3).
Yellow paper wrappers, printed in black with the single word “Dora”
enclosed in decorative frame.

NOTES—(i) This play was reissued about 1872 or 1873 by
Williams and Strahan, 7 Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, in a
fifty-page pamphlet measuring 4⅛ × 7⅛ and wrappered in buff
paper, printed merely with the word “Dora” in black. The
text shows slight variations from that of the first issue.

(ii) The date of the first of the above issues is doubtful.
_Dora_ was written in 1863 or 1864, but evidence is wanting
to show whether it was then printed, or not until its first
production in 1867. It was revived in the early nineties.

[?1867]

THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE: A Drama in Five Acts. By AUGUSTE MAQUET and
CHARLES READE. London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford
Street and Charing Cross, 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 80.
Yellow paper wrappers, printed in black, with play title only
enclosed in decorative frame. This pamphlet is uniform in style with
_Dora_.

NOTE—This play is based on _Le Château Grantier_ by Maquet.
The date of printing is conjectural, being that of its first
production. Reade's novel _White Lies_ (see above, p. 161)
is a fictional version of the same plot.

[?1869]

KATE PEYTON: Or JEALOUSY. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7⅛). Pp. 84. Pink
paper wrappers, printed with play title only.

NOTES—(i) This booklet bears no printer's name, date, or
other mark of identification. The text differs slightly from
that issued in 1883 and described below.

(ii) The date is purely conjectural. Coleman mentions no
play of this title, but speaks of _Griffith Gaunt_ as having
been produced in 1868 or 1869. The above item being a
dramatic version of _Griffith Gaunt_, I am inclined to think
that this is the play referred to, and have accordingly
dated it as having been printed about the time of the first
production.

[?1872 or 1873]

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Drama in Five Acts. By CHARLES READE.
Author of _Gold_; _Rachel the Reaper_; _Ladies' Battle_; _Nobs and
Snobs_; _The Lost Husband_; _The Double Marriage_; _Kate Peyton_;
_Foul Play_; _Put Yourself in His Place_; _The Wandering Heir_;
_Shilly Shally_; _The Courier of Lyons_; etc. etc. And one of the
authors of _Masks and Faces_; _Two Loves and a Life_; _The First
Printer_; _The King's Rival_. London: Printed by Williams and
Strahan, 7 Lawrence Lane, Cheapside. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7) Pp.
97 + (1). Buff paper wrappers, printed in black with the play title
only.

NOTES—(i) This play was reissued in 1890 in a pamphlet
printed for private circulation by W. Spearing, 1, Great
Queen Street, W.C. The booklet measures 5½ × 8½; contains
pp. 148—of which (1) to (4) are regular prelims., (5) to
(146) are printed alternately and paged (5) to 76, and (147)
and (148) are blank—and is bound in grey paper wrappers,
printed in black. The text of this second version shows
considerable variation from that of the first, and the play
is in four acts instead of five.

(ii) The date at the head of this item is conjectural.
Reade's first original dramatization of _It's Never Too Late
to Mend_ was written by 1864 and produced in 1865. Coleman
speaks in that year of receiving from Laura Seymour a
“yellow covered book” of the text of the play, and this
book, if printed, was the real first edition. But I cannot
prove the existence of a printed text at that date, and
prefer to give first place to the pamphlet here described,
although, because of the other plays mentioned on the
title-page, it cannot be of earlier date than 1872.

(iii) In July, 1860, a dramatization of Reade's novel had
been issued in Lacy's Acting Edition. Reade was rightly
furious at the unauthorized issue of this version, and
hastened to prepare one of his own. For the benefit of those
interested I append details of the pirate booklet.

[1860-July]

NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. A Drama of Real Life in Four Acts, founded on
MR. CHARLES READE'S Popular Novel. By COLIN HAZLEWOOD, author of
_The Return of the Wanderer_, _Jenny Foster_, _Trials of Poverty_,
_Going to Chobham_, etc. etc. Thomas Hailes Lacy, 89 Strand
(opposite Southampton Street, Covent Garden Market), London. 1 vol.
Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 65 + (1). List of plays occupies p. (66).
Salmon-pink paper wrappers, printed in black, uniform with the other
volumes in Lacy's Acting Editions. This volume is unnumbered.

[1877]

THE LADIES' BATTLE: Or UN DUEL EN AMOUR: A Comedy in Three Acts. By
CHARLES READE Esq., author of _Gold_, _Art_, _The Lost Husband_,
_The Foster Sisters_, and one of the authors of _Masks and_ _Faces_,
_Two Loves and a Life_, _King's Rival_ etc. etc. London: Samuel
French, Publisher, 89 Strand. New York: Samuel French and Son,
Publishers, 122 Nassau Street. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 7¼). Pp. 41 +
(3). Advertisements occupy pp. (43) and (44). Salmon-pink paper
wrappers, printed in black, uniform with the other volumes in
French's (late Lacy's) Acting Editions, of which this is No. 1609.

NOTE—This is a revised version of the play originally
published in 1851 (see above, p. 170).

1878

THE WELL BORN WORKMAN: Or A MAN OF THE DAY. By CHARLES READE, author
of _Never Too Late to Mend_, _Foul Play_ etc. London: Printed for
Williams and Strahan, 74 New Cut, Lambeth. 1878. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo
(4¼ × 6⅞). Pp. 82 + (2). Buff paper wrappers, printed in black, with
the title and sub-title of the play.

1883

FOUL PLAY. Drama in a Prologue and Five Acts. By CHARLES READE.
London. 1883. Printed by J. C. Durant, Clement's House, Clement's
Inn Passage, Strand, W.C. But not published. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5½ ×
8½). Pp. 72. Grey paper wrappers, printed in black as title-page.

NOTE—This play was written in collaboration with Boucicault
and produced early in 1868. It was attacked on the ground
that it was pirated from a French drama: _La Portefeuille
Rouge_. Reade hotly denied that he had read or even heard of
this French play, and Coleman considers the denial to have
been genuine enough. He is, however, less certain that
Boucicault was not familiar with the supposed French
original. _Foul Play_, as first acted, was later revived
under different titles—_The Scuttled Ship_ and _Our Seaman_.
Perhaps the text described above and bearing Reade's name
only is a different version from that produced with
Boucicault. Of the text in collaboration I can trace no
printed issue.

1883

KATE PEYTON: Or JEALOUSY: A Drama, in a prologue and Four Acts. By
CHARLES READE. London: 1883. Printed by J. C. Durant, Clement's
House, Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, W.C. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5½ ×
8½). Pp. 76. Grey paper wrappers, printed as title-page.

1883

LOVE AND MONEY: An Original Drama in a Prologue and Four Acts. By
CHARLES READE and HENRY PETTITT. London. 1883. Printed by J. C.
Durant, Clement's House, Clement's Inn Passage, Strand, W.C. But not
published. 1 vol. Small Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. 53 + (3). Grey paper
wrappers printed in black.

NOTE—There being no title-page to this pamphlet, the
lettering given above is that of the wrapper.

1883