Bibliography Bibliography of Mrs. Gaskell's Works in Chronological Order 1837 Sketches among the Poor. Blackwood's Magazine. January. 1840 Clopton Hall. Howitt's Visits to Remarkable Places. 1847 Libbie Marsh's Three Eras. Howitt's Journal , I. Sexton's Hero. Howitt's Journal , II. 1848 Christmas Storms and Sunshine. Howitt's Journal , III. Mary Barton. A tale of Manchester Life. 2 vols. London. Chapman and Hall. Fifth Edition 1854; German Edition 1849; French Translation 1856. Has been published by at least a dozen publishers since the copyright ran out. 1849 Hand and Heart. Sunday School Penny Magazine. 1850 Lizzie Leigh. Household Words. March 30. Well of Pen Morfa. Household Words. November 16 and 23. The Heart of John Middleton. Household Words. December 28. The Moorland Cottage. Chapman and Hall. Republished in 1892. 1851 Mr. Harrison's Confessions. Ladies' Companion. February, March, April. Disappearances. Household Words. June 7. Cranford. Household Words. December 13, 1851, to May, 1853. 1852 The Schah's English Gardener. Household Words. June 19. The Old Nurse's Story. Household Words. Christmas Number. Bessy's Troubles at Home. Sunday School Penny Magazine. January. 1853 Cumberland Sheep-shearers. Household Words. January 22. Cranford. Chapman and Hall. 1 vol. Cheap editions 1853-5; French Translation 1856; German Translation 1857. Republished by more than twenty publishers in England and America since the copyright ran out. Morton Hall. Household Words. November 19 and 26. Traits and Stories of Huguenots. Household Words. December 10. My French Master. Household Words. December 17 and 24. The Squire's Story. Household Words. Christmas Number. Introduction to The Scholar's Story. Household Words. Christmas Number. Ruth , a novel. Chapman and Hall. 3 vols. Third Edition 1855; American Edition 1855; French Translation 1856. Published by three other publishers in 1857 1861, 1872. Reissued after the copyright ceased by three different publishers. 1854 Modern Greek Songs. Household Words. February 25. Company Manners. Household Words. May 20. North and South. Household Words. September 2, 1854, to January 27, 1855. Lizzie Leigh. Chapman and Hall. 1 vol. German Edition 1855. 1855 An Accused Race. Household Words. August 25. Half a Lifetime Ago. Household Words. October 6, 13, 20. North and South. Chapman and Hall. 2 vols. Second Edition 1855; Fourth Edition 1859; American Edition 1864; French Edition 1859. Reissued by two publishers after the copyright ran out. 1856 The Poor Chare. Household Words. December 13 and 27. 1857 Life of Charlotte BrontE. Smith, Elder and Co. 2 vols. Third Edition revised and corrected 1857; American Edition 1857; Cheap Edition 1860; French Edition 1877. After the copyright ran out it was reissued in the Haworth Edition in 1900 with introduction and notes by Clement Shorter. Thornton Edition with introduction by B. W. Willett and notes by Temple Scott, 1901. Republished by three other publishers. Edited Mabel Vaughan by Miss Cummins and wrote Preface. Sampson Low and Co. 1858 Doom of the Griffiths. Harper's Magazine. January. My Lady Ludlow. Household Words. June 19 to September 25. Right at Last (under title of Sin of a Father). Household Words. November 27. The Half Brothers. Dublin University Magazine. November. Manchester Marriage. Household Words. Christmas Number. 1859 Lois the Witch. All the Year Round. October 8 and 22. The Ghost in the Garden Room. All the Year Round. Christmas Number. (Reprinted under title of The Crooked Branch.) Round the Sofa. London: Sampson Low and Co. 2 vols. French Translation 1860; Second French Edition 1865. 1860 Right at Last and Other Tales. Sampson Low and Co. American Edition Harper and Brothers. Curious if True. Cornhill Magazine. February. 1861 The Grey Woman. All the Year Round. January 5, 12, 19. My Lady Ludlow and Other Tales. London: Sampson Low and Co. New Edition 1866; American Edition 1867. 1862 Six Weeks at Heppenheim. Cornhill Magazine. May. Preface to Garibaldi at Caprera . Macmillan and Co. 1863 A Dark Night's Work. All the Year Round. January 24 to March 21. A Dark Night's Work. German Translation 1865; English Editions published 1863 and 1871. Smith, Elder and Co. An Italian Institution. All the Year Round. March 21. The Cage at Cranford. All the Year Round. November 28. Cousin Phillis. Cornhill Magazine. November, 1863, to February, 1864. Crowley Castle. All the Year Round. Christmas Number. Sylvia's Lovers. London: Smith, Elder and Co. 3 vols. German Translation 1864; French Translation 1865. Since the copyright ran out it has been republished in a cheap edition. Robert Gould Shaw. Macmillan's Magazine. December. 1864 French Life. Collected Editions of Mrs. Gaskell’s WorksFirst Collected Edition, 1872-3. 7 vols. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Novels and Tales, 1878-82. 7 vols. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Novels and Tales, new edition, 1891-2.
Novels and Tales, 1892-4. 8 vols. Pocket Edition. Smith, Elder & Co.
Works, 1906. 8 vols. Knutsford Edition edited by Dr. A. W. Ward, with an introduction to each volume.
Works, 1906-10. The World’s Classics. London: H. Frowde; edited by Clement K. Shorter, with an introduction to each volume.
Works, 1906. Everyman’s Library. London: J. M. Dent & Co.; edited by Ernest Rhys.
Works, 1909. The Queen’s Treasures Series. London: G. Bell & Sons.
A fuller biography of Mrs. Gaskell’s works may be found in Mrs. Gaskell: Haunts, Homes, and Stories, by Mrs. Ellis H. Chadwick (Pitman). |