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Title: Newnes' Penny Library of Famous Books
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2237
Physical Description:
177 Volumes
(19-24 cm (crown-demy 8vo))
Date (inclusive): 1896-1899
Abstract: Series of unabridged versions of classic works of English literature, published weekly--beginning with number 1 published
on January 14, 1896--by George Newnes, and sold for a penny apiece. The "Penny Delightfuls" in the Penny Library of Famous
Books were intended to counteract the pernicious effects of the "Penny Dreadfuls" so popular at that time.
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Biography/History
According to the TITLE OF THING,
Published weekly from January 1896, Nos. 1-46 were crown 8vo in size and issued in cream wrappers, lettered in red, blue,
green or violet; Now. 44-177 were demy 8vo, issued?as to Nos. 47-170 in pale blue wrappers pictorially printed (after Menzies)
in dark blue, as to Nos. 171-177 in pink wrappers pictorially printed after an unnamed artist.
This series, wholly without issue-importance and of an undistinguished appearance suitable to a popular library of the last
decade of the century, is here recorded for the sake of the titles included in it. Each number has an Editorial Note signed
'C.S.C.', and every student of nineteenth-century fiction will admit that the selection of texts (for a penny-market in the
'nineties) shows both intelligence and enterprise. The list which follows omits certain titles?either obvious or eighteenth
century or too recent to be relevant (e.g. a few Scott novels; such Dumas perennials as
Monte Cristo and the rest; translations of Eugene Sue, Merimée, Féval, etc.; and an occasional copyright English text?by Conan Doyle,
Grant Allen and others?introduced to give topical flavoring to a dish mainly revivalist). This has been done in order to emphasize
the overwhelming majority of reprints of significant nineteenth-century fiction. I know of no better evidence than this series
of the survival power of novels well known in their day but (one would have thought) forgotten by the mid-nineties. C.S.C.
knew his subject; Messrs Newnes had the courage to trust his judgment. The longevity of the series is their justification;
though it is clear the courage to trust his judgment. The longevity of the series is their justification' though it is clear
that as time went on they were fighting a losing battle. It is interesting to observe that only on Jane Austen was included
(evidently her revival was not yet), no Morier or Trollope of Le Fanu or Collins, and very little Marryat. Also that C.S.C.
successfully resisted G.P.R. James until the eleventh hour.
Scope and Content
Library has nos. 1, 3-8, 11/12, 14-19/20, 22-23/24, 26-35/36, 38-45/46, 49/50-65/66, 68-79, 81/82-90, 92/93-148/149, 151-152-170,
172, 176.
Editorial note in each volume signed "C.S.C." [Charles Stuart Calverley?].
Numbers 1-46 were crown 8vo in size, and issued in cream wrappers printed in red, blue, green or purple; numbers 47-170 were
demy 8vo and issued in illustrated pale blue wrappers printed in dark blue; numbers 171-177 contain the religious stories
of the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, a popular American pastor, and were issued in pink wrappers. A note in number 177 states that
the series is now at an end; see XIX century fiction: a bibliographical record based on his own collection by Michael Sadleir.
London: Constable & Co. Ltd. ; Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1951, volume II, pages 61-62, number
3643.
Advertisements on front and rear wrappers.
Spec. Coll. copy: numbers 1-48 housed in eight green cloth phase boxes in matching green slipcases; numbers 9-176 housed in
24 red cloth phase boxes in red and brown flowered paper slipcases. Forms part of the Michael Sadleir Collection of 19th Century
British Fiction.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Advertisements -- England -- London -- 1896-1899.
English fiction -- 19th century.
English fiction -- 18th century.
item Sadleir 3643/1 no. 1
Vicar of Wakefield
Creator: Goldsmith, Oliver
item Sadleir 3643/1 no. 2
Tales of Adventure, Mystery and Imagination
Creator: Poe, Edgar Allen
General note
Library does not own this issue.
item Sadleir 3643/1 no. 3
item Sadleir 3643/1 no. 4
Feats on the Fiord
Creator: Martineau, Harriet
item Sadleir 3643/1 no. 5
Scarlet Letter
Creator: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
item Sadleir 3643/1 no. 6
Great Hoggarty Diamond and Major Gahagan
Creator: Thackeray, William Makepeace
item Sadleir 3643/2 no. 7
Hyperion
Creator: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
item Sadleir 3643/2 no. 8
item Sadleir 3643 no. 10
Admiral's Daughter
Creator: Marsh-Caldwell, Anne, Mrs.
General note
Library does not own this issue.
item Sadleir 3643/2 nos. 11/12
Ben Brace
Creator: Chamier, Frederick
item Sadleir 3643 no. 14
Peg Woffington
Creator: Reade, Charles
General note
Library does not own this issue.
item Sadleir 3643/3 no. 14
Deformed and Professional Visits of the Black Doctor
Creator: Marsh-Caldwell, Anne, Mrs.
item Sadleir 3643/3 nos. 15/16
Stories of Waterloo
Creator: Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton)
item Sadleir 3643/3 no. 17
item Sadleir 3643/3 no. 18
Pirate
Creator: Marryat, Frederick
item Sadleir 3643/4 nos. 19/20
Nick of The Woods
Creator: Bird, Robert Montgomery
item Sadleir 3643 no. 21
Christie Johnstone
Creator: Reade, Charles
General note
Library does not own this issue.
item Sadleir 3643/4 no. 22
Barney O'Reirdon and Other Irish Legends and Stories
item Sadleir 3643/4 nos. 23/24
item no. 25
Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures
Creator: Douglas, Jerrold
General note
Library does not own this issue.
item Sadleir 3643/5 no. 26
Some Tough Yarns by the Old Sailor
item Sadleir 3643/5 nos. 27/28
Sense and Sensibility
Creator: Austen, Jane
General note
Library does not own issue no. 28.
item Sadleir 3643/5 no. 29
Wild Adventures in Texas and Other Tales from Blackwood
item Sadleir 3643/5 no. 30
Popanilla
Creator: Disraeli, Benjamin
item Sadleir 3643/5 no. 31 and Sadleir 3643/6 no. 32
Crohoore of the Bill Hook
item Sadleir 3643/6 no. 33
Black Dwarf
Creator: Scott, Walter, Sir
item Sadleir 3643/6 no. 34
Sketches of Young Gentlemen, etc.
Creator: Dickens, Charles
item Sadleir 3643/6 nos. 35/36
item Sadleir 3643/7 no. 38
Phelim O'Toole's Courtship; Ned M'Keown, etc.
Creator: Carleton, William
item Sadleir 3643/7 nos. 39/40
Massacre of St. Bartholomew
Creator: Merimee, Prosper
item Sadleir 3643/7 no. 41
Love and Duty
Creator: Marsh-Caldwell, Anne, Mrs.
item Sadleir 3643/7 no. 42 and 3643/8 no. 43
item Sadleir 3643/8 no. 44
item Sadleir 3643/8 nos. 45/46
item Sadleir 3643/9 nos. 49/50
Christmas Books [Christmas Carol, Chimes, Cricket on Hearth, Battle of Life.]
Creator: Dickens, Charles
item Sadleir 3643/9 nos. 51/52
Old St Paul's
Creator: Ainsworth, William Harrison
item Sadleir 3643/9 no. 53
Old St Paul's (conclusion) and Haunted Man
Creator: Dickens, Charles
item Sadleir 3643/10 no. 54
Man and Money
Creator: Souvestre, Emile
item Sadleir 3643/10 no. 55
Money-Seekers and Other Tales
Creator: Crowe, Catherine
item Sadleir 3643/10 nos. 56/57
Rienzi: Last of the Roman Tribunes
Creator: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
item Sadleir 3643/10 no. 58
item Sadleir 3643/11 no. 59
Vendetta and Other Tales
Creator: Balzac, Honoré de
item Sadleir 3643/11 nos. 60/61
Harry Lorrequer
Creator: Lever, Charles James
item Sadleir 3643/11 no. 62
Conclusion of Harry Lorrequer and Renounced Treasure and Other Tales
item Sadleir 3643/11 no. 63
Silver Ship of Mexico
Creator: Ingraham, J. H. (Joseph Holt)
item Sadleir 3643/12 no. 64
Memoir of a Mother-in-Law
item Sadleir 3643/12 nos. 65/66
Marchioness of Brinvilliers
item Sadleir 3643/12 no. 67
Father's Curse. From
Highways and Byways
Creator: Grattan, Thomas Colley
General note
Library does not own this issue.
item Sadleir 3643/12 no. 68
Black Tulip
Creator: Dumas, Alexandre
item Sadleir 3643/12 no. 69 and 3643/13 no. 70
Tokeah; or White Rose
Creator: Sealsfield, Charles (George)
item Sadleir 3643/13 no. 71
Colomba: A Corsican Story
Creator: Merimee, Prosper
item Sadleir 3643/13 no. 72
Three Cutters and Mosaic Masters
Creator: Sand, George
Creator: Marryat, Frederick
item Sadleir 3643/13 nos. 73/74
Windsor Castle
Creator: Ainsworth, William Harrison
item Sadleir 3643/14 no. 75
Price of Blood
Creator: Gerstacker, Friedrich
item Sadleir 3643/14 no. 76
item Sadleir 3643/14 nos. 77/78
item Sadleir 3643/14 no. 79
John Manesty
Creator: Maginn, William, Doctor
item Sadleir 3643/15 nos. 81/82
Last Days of Pompeii
Creator: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
item Sadleir 3643/15 no. 83
item Sadleir 3643/15 no. 84
item Sadleir 3643/16 nos. 85/86
Talisman
Creator: Scott, Walter, Sir
item Sadleir 3643/16 no. 87
Dark Lady of Doona
Creator: Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton)
item Sadleir 3643/16 no. 88
Missing Diamonds; and Haunted Marsh
Creator: Gonzalès, Emmanuel
Creator: Sand, George
item Sadleir 3643/16 no. 89 and 3643/17 no. 90
Mysteries of the Heaths
Creator: Soulie, Frederic
item no. 91
Gold Finders of California; and Shawn Dhuv (? Griffin)
Creator: Reid, Mayne
General note
Library does not own this issue.
item Sadleir 3643/17 nos. 92/93
item Sadleir 3643/17 no. 94
History of Caliph Vathek and Anabaptist
Creator: Beckford, William
item Sadleir 3643/17 no. 95 and 3643/18 no. 96
item Sadleir 3643/18 no. 97
Demon Pilot and Other Tales
Creator: Kingston, W.H.G. (William Hjenry Giles)
item Sadleir 3643/18 no. 98
Samuel the Jeweller: Tale of Sixteenth Century and Helen
item Sadleir 3643/18 nos. 99/100
Fardorougha the Miser
Creator: Carleton, William
item Sadleir 3643/19 no. 101
Fireside Stories; and Inundation
Creator: Ingoldsby, Thomas
item Sadleir 3643/19 no. 102
The Rose and the Ring; and Corsican Brothers
Creator: Dumas, Alexandre
Creator: Thackeray, William Makepeace
item Sadleir 3643/19 nos. 103/104
For God and the Czar!
Creator: Muddock, J.E. (Joyce Emmerson)
item Sadleir 3643/19 no. 105
Soldier's Fortune
Creator: Marsh-Caldwell, Anne, Mrs.
item Sadleir 3643/20 no. 106
Eight Mysteries
Creator: Dumas, Alexandre
item Sadleir 3643/20 nos. 107/108
Hard Times
Creator: Dickens, Charles
General note
Library does not own issue no. 107.
item Sadleir 3643/20 no. 109
Calderon the Courtier; and Count Ludwig (from
The Picnic Papers)
Creator: Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
item Sadleir 3643/20 nos. 110/111
Ivanhoe
Creator: Scott, Walter, Sir
item Sadleir 3643/21 no. 112
Bit o' Writin; and Esther (from
The Picnic Papers)
Creator: Smith, Horace
Creator: Banim, Michael
item Sadleir 3643/21 nos. 113/114
item Sadleir 3643/21 no. 115
Chronicles of Clovernook
Creator: Douglas, Jerrold
item Sadleir 3643/21 no. 116 and 3643/22 no. 117
Phantom Ship
Creator: Marryat, Frederick
item Sadleir 3643/22 no. 118
Castle Sombras and Other Tales
Creator: Smith, Herbert Greenhough
item Sadleir 3643/22 nos. 119/120
item Sadleir 3643/22 no. 121
item Sadleir 3643/23 nos. 122/123
item Sadleir 3643/23 nos. 124/125
item Sadleir 3643/23 no. 126
item Sadleir 3643/24 nos. 127/128
Round the World in Eighty Days
item Sadleir 3643/24 no. 129
Dozen Pair of Wedding Gloves
Creator: Anonymous
General
(C.S.C. states he cannot identify the author)
item Sadleir 3643/24 nos. 130/131
Rookwood
Creator: Ainsworth, William Harrison
item Sadleir 3643/25 nos. 132/133/134
Westward Ho!
Creator: Kingsley, Charles
item Sadleir 3643/25 no. 135
Hearts of Gold and Hearts of Steel
item Sadleir 3643/25 no. 136 and 3643/26 no. 137
Mary Barton
Creator: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
item Sadleir 3643/26 no. 138
item Sadleir 3643/26 nos. 139/140
Saucy Arethusa
Creator: Chamier, Frederick
item Sadleir 3643/26 no. 141
Lover Upon Trial
Creator: Lyons (Long), Augusta Louisa, Lady
item Sadleir 3643/27 nos. 142/143
Rachel and Aixa, or Hebrew and Moorish Maidens
Creator: Gonzalès, Emmanuel
item Sadleir 3643/27 no. 144
Some Exciting Adventures
Creator: Kelly, William Patrick
item Sadleir 3643/27 nos. 145/146
Miser's Daughter
Creator: Ainsworth, William Harrison
item Sadleir 3643/28 no. 147
Anaconda
Creator: Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
item Sadleir 3643/28 nos. 148/149
Richard Savage
Creator: Whitehead, Charles
item Sadleir 3643/28 nos. 151/152
Richelieu
Creator: James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
item Sadleir 3643/29 nos. 153/154/155
Three Musketeers
Creator: Dumas, Alexandre
item Sadleir 3643/29 nos. 156/157 and 3643/30 no. 158
Twenty Years After
Creator: Dumas, Alexandre
item Sadleir 3643/30 no. 159
Cavalier and Roundhead
Creator: Armitage, Alfred
item Sadleir 3643/30 nos. 160/161/162
Tower of London
Creator: Ainsworth, William Harrison
item Sadleir 3643/31 no. 163
Dead Guest
Creator: Zschokke, Heinrich
item Sadleir 3643/31 nos. 164/165
Adventures and Piracies of Captn Singleton
item Sadleir 3643/31 no. 166
Sicilian Romance
Creator: Radcliffe, Ann Ward, Mrs.
item Sadleir 3643/31 no. 167 and 3643/32 no. 168/169
Vicomte de Bragelonne
Creator: Dumas, Alexandre
item Sadleir 3643/32 no. 170
Renegade; or Moors in France
Creator: Arlincourt, Vicomte d' (Charles Victor Prévôt)
item Sadleir 3643 nos. 171-177
Religious stories of one Charles M. Sheldon, a popular American pastor
Creator: Sheldon, Charles M.
Container Summary: wrapped in pink
General
A note in No. 177 states that the series is now at an end. It cannot be denied that this finale amounts to a capitulation.
C.S.C., after a gallant fight, had surrendered.
Sadleir has 172, 176.
General note
Library does not own issues 171, 173-175, and 177.
item Sadleir 3643/32 no. 172
Religious stories of one Charles M. Sheldon, a popular American pastor: Richard Bruce, or Life that Now Is
Creator: Sheldon, Charles M.
item Sadleir 3643/32 no. 176
Religious stories of one Charles M. Sheldon, a popular American pastor: Malcolm Kirk
Creator: Sheldon, Charles M.
