Trollope's novels, like those of Jane Austen, are of the very essence of fiction. Whatever they may lack in verbal subtlety, in passion, in tragedy or in comedy of idea, they never lack that spiritual skeleton without which no structure of a story-teller's imagining can survive. Palaces more delicate, more romantic, more brilliant and more terrible than those of Trollope have been erected and have stood to win the admiration of posterity; but their splendour and their beauty are due more to the solid material that upholds their walls and roofs than to the skill and fancy of their decoration. Other palaces, because they lacked such invisible but vital solidity, have drawn for an hour the fickle favour of the crowd and then toppled into dust. It is easy, in fiction, to create a nine days' wonder, but hard indeed to win the esteem of ninety years.

Trollope has achieved that victory. Oblivion can now never be his, for he has lived his bad times and survived. As must any artist worth the name, he suffered eclipse—temporary, indeed, but so severe as at one time to threaten permanence. He was scorned as dowdy and parochial by the brilliant metropolitans of a succeeding generation. Only in the hearts of quiet folk and among readers uninstructed in the genius of their own time were his books remembered and cherished.

Until, slowly and slowly, opinion has begun to change. Quality has outstayed vogue, and the latter comes smirking back to the smiles of a lover yesterday despised. Indeed, Trollope is in a fair way to become once again the fashion. For a while he will be honoured by the enthusiasm of the intellectuals. Then, when they have turned their volatile benevolence to some other quarter, he will settle firmly in the respect of the critical. And that will at once be fame and his deserts.

Any summary analysis of Trollope's individual novels is wellnigh impossible, in view not only of the bulk of his work but also of its scope and richness of content. His quality is more intangible and at the same time more concentrated than that of the other writers treated in this book. “Of all the needs a book has, the chief need is that it be readable,” wrote Trollope himself. And again: “The primary object of a novelist is to please.” Readability has, in these latter days, become a term of condescension. But that is the fault of a superior age, and for the ten who use the word contemptuously there are ten thousand who, did they care to do so, would give it an older and a more honourable meaning. To them, as always to the large public of novel-readers, fiction, when it is not costume-romance, mystery-story, or topical propaganda, is a revelation of their own lives. It is this demand for an expression of emotions in which the normal reader can share that Trollope so amazingly satisfies. No prÉcis of plot, no indication of social setting, of character types, nor of period, can in his case convey the essence of any particular novel.

Nevertheless his stories fall into certain specific categories, some of which form actual series of tales with characters reappearing from volume to volume, while others, although severally independent and self-contained, may be classified as belonging to one type of fiction or to another.

The best known group of novels is that dealing with the society of the city of Barchester and of the surrounding neighbourhood. The Chronicles of Barsetshire, as they have been called, are six in number:

Although these famous stories undoubtedly contain much of Trollope's best work, they do not contain the whole of it. It is a mistake to suppose that they rank altogether higher than his other books, and one of the most disastrous results of the disfavour into which his novels fell after their author's death is that a wealth of really first-rate material, just because it is included in books of which the late eighties chose to forget the titles, lies hidden to-day and withdrawn from the enjoyment of modern readers.

Cases of such unmerited neglect are encountered immediately and among the novels of Trollope's second continuous and interconnected series. The “political” stories, like those of Barsetshire, are six in number:

It is truly remarkable to what an extent these admirable tales have fallen into oblivion. Not only do they introduce many of Trollope's most masterly characters, but they present, vividly and with knowledge, the minds and manners of the political aristocracy, the social hangers-on, the Tadpoles and Tapers of the day. Speaking generally, the social setting of the political novels is different from that of The Chronicles of Barsetshire. Indeed, it could hardly be otherwise, seeing that the whole series takes its tone from the personalities of Plantagenet Palliser and his wife Lady Glencora, who, as the stories progress and by natural course of inheritance, become the Duke and Duchess of Omnium and the greatest of English nobility. Trollope's method is not slavishly to serialize the life story of any individual character or pair of characters. All the political novels have their own clearly defined plot. They are, however, all tinged with the compelling personalities of Lady Glencora and her husband, into which Trollope threw all that he had of art and enthusiasm.

Can You Forgive Her? is a long novel, concerned primarily with the troubles of a motherless girl who breaks an engagement with an oppressively upright man in order to return to a youthful love affair with a dissipated and unscrupulous cousin. Mr. Grey, the honourable man, gets in the end the wife he wants; but Trollope does not hesitate to show fairly the preference of a high-spirited girl for an adventurous rascal, and there will be many who, when the book is finished, will regret—a little ashamedly—that virtue has ultimately triumphed. In the life story of Lady Glencora Can You Forgive Her? is important, for it pictures her newly married and literally on the verge of running away from her shy, proud, inarticulate husband, with a beautiful young reprobate, whose previous intimacy with her the reader may imagine at his discretion. The fallibility of Lady Glencora is skilfully contrasted with that of Alice Vavasor, the heroine of the book; their circumstances are so similar, and yet the young women react to them so differently!

Phineas Finn is a tale of political ambition. The hero, by whose name the book is called, is a poor Irishman who comes to seek his fortune in Parliament. The ups and downs of his career; Lady Laura Kennedy, who loves him but from family pressure marries millions; Madame Max Goesler, the fascinating, mysterious widow who rejects flattering if dubious proposals from the old Duke of Omnium, combine with a mass of other material to make a really dramatic story that is continued, and equally well continued, in Phineas Redux.

Not the least remarkable feature of the second of these two books is the hero's trial for murder. Trollope has a genius for trial scenes, and to my mind it is an open question whether that in Phineas Redux is not finer than its more celebrated predecessors in The Three Clerks and in Orley Farm.

The Eustace Diamonds turns on the personality of Lizzie Eustace, a selfish but attractive little woman who keeps possession, in the teeth of lawyers and of her late husband's relations, of certain priceless jewels to which she has no right whatever. There are two or three subplots in the story, all of good quality; but the character of Lizzie Eustace, who, for all her lying and her insincerity and her cheap smartness, is seductive and appealing, stands out as the book's essential achievement.

The Prime Minister and The Duke's Children are the only two novels of the political series in which Plantagenet Palliser, now Duke of Omnium, is admittedly the central figure. The former book is so constructed as to give prominence to the love affair and unhappy marriage of Emily Wharton with Ferdinand Lopez, a stock gambler and commercial adventurer. But although the history of the Lopez mÉnage is admirably told, and gives scope for the reintroduction of Lizzie Eustace, as well as other strange and disreputable people, the story of the first premiership of the Duke of Omnium is the real story of the book. By the time he came to the writing of The Prime Minister, Trollope had become deeply interested in presenting in the person of the Duke his ideal conception of an English aristocrat. No praise can be too high for the skill with which he implies, but does not describe, the divergent qualities of ambition possessed by the Duke and by his wife. Throughout the book she is for ever striving to make him in the eye of the world the greatest gentleman of the greatest kingdom of all time. He, on the other hand, sees in his position only duty and responsibility and disappointment. Not the least of his troubles are his wife's insistence that the life of a public man is never private, and her expressed conviction that give and take is the essence of political compromise and therefore of premiership.

In the interval between The Prime Minister and The Duke's Children the Duchess of Omnium dies. The unhappy Duke is left to find, if he may, in the achievements of his children that completeness and success to secure which he feels that he has himself so utterly failed. Everything goes awry. His only daughter gives her love to an unknown and penniless commoner. His younger son, after ragging through his university career, resorts disastrously to cards and racing. Finally, his heir—Lord Silverbridge—stands for Parliament in the opposite interest to that of his father, and, worse still, turns from the girl the Duke has chosen as his bride, in order to throw his title and prospects at the feet of the beautiful daughter of an American savant. The Duke struggles against his own humanity; slowly and unhappily, as is his way, he adjusts himself to the changing times; at the last he sacrifices his ideals of nobility to personal affection. The Duke's Children worthily closes a series of fine novels. In some ways this last story of the political group is the best, and it speaks a good deal for the author's power of sustained imagination that he contrived, over a period of sixteen years, to maintain the interest and develop the vitality of so complex a collection of characters.

The rough classifications of novels in themselves independent may, out of respect for chronology, begin with the stories of Irish life. The Macdermotts of Ballycloran (1847), The Kellys and the O'Kellys (1848), Castle Richmond (1860) and The Landleaguers (1883), are the four books which belong, properly speaking, to this category. Of course there are Irish scenes in many other novels, for Trollope lived for years in Ireland, knew it well and loved it, and was for ever introducing Irishmen and Irish incidents into his work. The books above mentioned are, however, wholly and deliberately novels about Ireland. The first two have the faults of very early work, in that they are prolix and lack that control of character and material that marks the experienced novelist. Both, however, are worth reading, and the plot of The Kellys needs no excuse on the score of inexperience. Castle Richmond, however, is definitely an unsuccessful book. It is packed with information about the Irish famine, and the story is over-melodramatic for Trollope's method. One of his most characteristic qualities as a novelist is his refusal to keep the reader in suspense. In direct contrast to Wilkie Collins, he goes out of his way to explain, as he comes to it, each seemingly inexplicable event. It is as though he scorns to save himself the trouble of characterization by erecting between himself and the reader a screen of mystery. For this reason, the secret power exercised by the unsavoury Molletts over Sir Thomas Fitzgerald is, because it soon ceases to be secret, a weak foundation upon which to erect a story. The Landleaguers, the book left unfinished by Trollope when he died, is concerned to present the social condition of Ireland in the early eighties, as was Castle Richmond to depict that of the famine-ridden forties. And yet what a difference! In The Landleaguers the novelist presents his picture of politics in his actual story. There are no passages of blue-book instructionalism, but it is doubtful whether a more vivid impression of the state of Ireland at the time can be obtained from any other source. Even if there were no others among Trollope's old-age novels to disprove the theory, The Landleaguers alone should put an end to the contention that toward the end of his life he had lost his cunning or written himself out.

It is now necessary to examine that large and heterogeneous collection of novels which, from one point of view or another, satirize contemporary life or present some definite aspect of the English social scene. Let me once more insist that the classification of Trollope's books here attempted should not be understood too literally. All the Barchester novels, all the political novels, are in one sense wholly presentments of society; in the same way many of them contain passages definitely satirical. But they have other claims to special grouping which the numerous isolated stories now to be considered do not possess; and, while satire is mainly incidental to the tales of Barchester and to those of political life, it is in some at least of Trollope's other books the principal purpose of the story.

First, then, the books which may fairly be termed books of social satire. The earliest in date is The Bertrams, which, although the situations and characters are of the kind which Trollope was to make essentially his own, is a failure even more complete than Castle Richmond. The central theme is one to which the author more than once returns. Caroline Waddington rejects George Bertram for reasons of income and prospects. She marries his successful lawyer friend, only to find that she has sold herself to a greedy tyrant. The parallel case of Julia Brabazon and Harry Clavering immediately suggests itself; but where in The Claverings Trollope achieves an intense humanity, in The Bertrams he is dully mechanical. He allows the subsidiary plots to disturb and obscure his main story. When, as frequently, he attempts the comic in social enjoyment he comes clumsily to grief. The widow's seaside picnic in Can you Forgive Her? has only to be contrasted with the excursion from Jerusalem described in The Bertrams to make clear the difference between successful and unsuccessful satire. And yet there are points in The Bertrams. The close-fisted old man, the disposal of whose money provides the motive of most of the incident, is drawn with consistent restraint. There are touches in the description of society at Littlebath that prepare the reader for the pleasure of Miss Mackenzie. On the whole the book should be read. It is Trollope “off” (or rather “not yet on to”) his game, but it was published at an important moment in his career and helps to make clear his subsequent development.

Rachel Ray (1863) and Miss Mackenzie (1865) may, without any critical licence, be considered together. Both are bitter satires on Evangelical Christianity. Trollope inherited from his mother a hatred of the brimstone school of religious teachers, and in these novels he lets himself go with considerable effect. The earlier of the two books contains comparatively few characters, and those of modest social position. Rachel herself is delightful and gives to the book, despite its obvious weaknesses of construction, a freshness and charm that is very pleasing. Mrs. Prime and her horrible clerical admirer are frankly caricature, but that they should be so is not unnatural, seeing that they represent the very puritanism that the book is intended to attack.

In Miss Mackenzie we are given the story of a spinster of thirty-five, to whom unexpectedly a small fortune is bequeathed. She becomes immediately the quarry of fortune hunters—shabby social, religious, and commercial. Some of the best scenes in the story are staged in Littlebath, where Miss Todd and Miss Baker (who help to retrieve The Bertrams from disaster) make welcome reappearance. As satire the novel is more dexterous than Rachel Ray, but it lacks the attraction of a real Trollope heroine, and throughout has a faint tinge of the sordid. It is interesting to note on page 242 of the second volume a mention of Lady Glencora Palliser, whom Trollope had 'presented' in Can you Forgive Her?

Not until 1875 did Trollope publish another definitely satirical novel. When he did so, the event marked an important stage in his evolution as a novelist. Critics had begun to grumble at comedies of manners, which spoke of the suavity of yesterday rather than of the competitive hustle of to-day. England was moving step by step along the road to commercialism. Trollope, with his county and clerical families, his political aristocrats and comic tuft-hunters, was shrugged aside as out of date. Such treatment was intolerable, and, with a gesture half impatient, half appealing, he sent out into the world The Way We Live Now. This long and crowded novel—perhaps, with the exception of The Last Chronicle of Barset, the most abundant of all his books—presents, in the person of Mr. Melmotte, the financial magnate of alien origin proper to a truly modern story of English life. Whether the cavillers, whose complaints spurred Trollope to so violent an effort, admitted, after reading The Way We Live Now, that the old dog could in truth out-modern the best of them, history does not relate; but undeniably this book, in which he asserted his vitality and showed that in the matter of satiric observation he was well abreast of the times, has no lack of vigour or luxuriant invention.

That Mr. Scarborough's Family (1883) may reasonably be said to conclude the list of Trollope's satirical novels is perhaps disputable. And yet, because its power is mainly ironic, I prefer to mention it here rather than treat of it as a purely social story. A while ago one example was quoted of a first-rate book from Trollope's last period. Mr. Scarborough's Family is another.

An aged and wealthy cynic suddenly (and, as it turns out, with deliberate falsehood) makes public the illegitimacy of his eldest son. With the complications of inheritance, with the changing relations between old Mr. Scarborough and his two sons, of whom the elder is now destitute and the latter coldly triumphant in his unexpected good fortune, is involved an elaborate second plot, centring round the love story of an amiable young man, whose fortunes depend on the favour of a peevish and eccentric uncle. Analysis of a tale so full of happening and character is impossible in a few lines. Sufficient to say that Mr. Scarborough's Family, were it not for the date on its title-page, might be thought to belong to a much earlier period, not only of Trollope, but of fiction as a whole, to a period more lavish than subtle, more genial and full-blooded than detached and sensitive.

With The Three Clerks (1858) opens the chronology of those novels which, although partially satirical, are in the main straightforward stories of English cultivated life. The Three Clerks is one of the few Trollope novels that has been seriously overrated. In its pages Mr. Chaffanbrass, the notorious Old Bailey lawyer, makes his first appearance, but he is infinitely more effective in Orley Farm and in Phineas Finn than at his first entrance on the Trollope stage. In so far as The Three Clerks gives a picture of the Civil Service that the author himself knew, it has documentary value, but as fiction it is formless and flaccid. Its young women are wholly devoid of that freshness and frankness that place Trollope, as a creator of femininity, apart from all other novelists of his generation; its menfolk are either riotous dummies like those in Smedley's novels, or prigs and villains, compounded so slavishly by recipe as to have little meaning beyond that of the conventional types they represent.

Of Orley Farm (1862) it is unnecessary to speak, the novel being one of the two or three outside the Barchester series which are still read to-day. The Belton Estate (1866), on the other hand, badly needs rehabilitation. Henry James, in a review written when quite a young man, concluded a long paragraph of hostile criticism with the words: “The Belton Estate is a stupid book.” One may venture that the obtuseness was not all on one side. Using a cast of four principal and as few subsidiary characters, Trollope fills three good volumes with the matrimonial dilemma of Clara Amedroz, who has to choose between the uncouth, well-to-do farmer to whom passes her thriftless father's estate, and the polished, self-seeking Captain Aylmer—in parlance, though not in fact, also her cousin—who offers her marriage because at the deathbed of his rich aunt and as part condition of becoming her heir he swore to do so. The Belton Estate has, to a greater degree than any other of Trollope's books, that art of concealing art which delights one type of mind, but by another is dismissed as “stupid.” In a sense it is the most difficult to appreciate of all the important novels, and, were an examination in Trollope a thing of practical import, the examining board would be wise to make this book the test question of their paper.

The Claverings (1867) and He Knew He Was Right (1869) are very long books, each of which turns on a theme highly characteristic of the author. Mention has already been made of Julia Brabazon, heroine of the former book, who jilts the nobody she loves for a rich invalid peer. The price she has to pay is counted in full in the pages of The Claverings, which also introduce a number of excellent characters, from Sir Hugh Clavering, hard, savage, and selfish, to Sophie Gordeloup and her scoundrelly brother, who play so desperately for the wealth and person of Lord Ongar's lonely and embittered widow. He Knew He Was Right describes the steady growth in a husband's mind of unjust suspicion of his wife's fidelity. As a crescendo of hysterical mistrust, the book is a fine piece of sustained writing. As a novel, it would be gloomy and distressing but for an admirable and humorous by-plot laid in cathedral Exeter. It would, perhaps, be hypercritical and unappreciative of his adroit handling of incident to blame the author for the very liberal use of coincidence with which he aids the progress of his story.

Of the six social novels that remain, one is first-rate, three are very good second-rate, one is ordinary second-rate and the last frankly bad. Is He Popenjoy? (1878) may rank with The Claverings as a book undeservedly excluded from the upper room of every Trollope-lover's mind. The Dean of Brotherton, son of a jobmaster, father of the heroine and ultimately grandfather of a marquis, is a Trollope dignitary of the first water. His daughter is as eminent in the world of heroines as is her father in that of ecclesiastics. She is gay, loving, whimsical, courageous, and always natural. Her dour husband with his excessive sense of duty and inadequate sense of humour; her aristocratic sisters-in-law, shrouding in ill-nature and good works the emptiness of their lives and purses; the society siren; the society matchmaker; and perhaps above all the ill-tempered, dissolute marquis, on the legitimacy of whose son turns the whole mechanism of the story, are each one of them fictional characters that only a master could create.

Ralph The Heir (1871)—the plot of which was pirated by Charles Reade and dramatized under the title Shilly Shally—contains some good characters and perhaps the best parliamentary election of all those contrived by its author. The troubles and difficulties of the shy, ineffective Sir Thomas Underwood, and the determination of Mr. Neefit, the breeches-maker, to buy up a bankrupt young squire as husband for his daughter would give distinction to any story. Lady Anna (1874) is a delicate elaboration of Trollope's favourite motif—projected or (as in this case) actual misalliance. The American Senator (1877) contains some excellent hunting and much good general observation. Ayala's Angel (1881), like The Belton Estate but less pronouncedly, is a book that must be read to be realized, for it is quiet Trollope and a thing of shades rather than one of definite, contrasted colours.

There remains Marion Fay (1882), once again a tale of misalliance. This is undeniably the worst book that its author ever wrote. Everywhere but here he contrives to keep either his hero or his heroine (and more frequently both) sympathetic, sensible, and convincingly normal; but in Marion Fay he sinks to mawkishness and to a deathbed scene that is frankly inexcusable.

Plenty of novels still remain of this astonishing and untiring writer. They may, however, be somewhat summarily dismissed. The most interesting group is that of the short, single-theme stories which succeeded the publication of The Way We Live Now. It is not unreasonable to attribute to the mood of challenge in which that novel was sent out the noticeable change in the author's method during the years that followed. It is as though he had determined to try his hand at the psychological analysis which was just coming into fashion among novelists. And so we are given in quick succession six little books, each written round a single event or describing the reactions of one individual to a definite set of circumstances. The titles are as follow:

It so happened that An Eye for An Eye was written before the publication of The Way We Live Now, although not published until some while after. It is, however, clearly the product (if an unconscious one) of the same impulse as gave birth to the other books, and its theme—the struggle in the mind of a young Englishman between pride of family and desire to fulfil a marriage promise to a girl who has become his mistress—is a theme of the type peculiar to these six brief stories and distinctly foreign to Trollope's more bulky and eventful work.

A further group of five stories may roughly be termed Trollope's “oversea” novels. The first three—Nina Balatka (1867), Linda Tressel (1868), and The Golden Lion of Granpere (1872)—were written more or less intentionally to form a distinct trio. They are semi-romantic tales, staged respectively in old Prague, in old NÜrnberg, and among the Vosges mountains; pleasant enough, but quite definitely of minor importance. The first two were published anonymously but achieved little success, and were later reissued over the author's name. Harry Heathcote of Gangoil (1874) and John Caldigate (1879) are novels of Australia, based on the knowledge of that continent which the author gained when visiting one of his sons who had established himself there. I understand that as pictures of Australian life they are vivid and reliable. Be that as it may, the untutored reader, seeking only for Trollope, will find him abundantly in Harry Heathcote, which is an eventful, almost an adventurous story, and to a very satisfying degree in the longer book that appeared five years later.

Of Trollope's various volumes of short stories nothing need here be said. Of Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite (1871) there is little that can be said. Of The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson (1870) there is much that had better be left unsaid. One important full-length novel remains, good in itself and at the same time remarkable as the only one of the author's tales in which he arms himself formally as a social crusader.

The Vicar of Bullhampton (1870) is a novel written in defence of the “fallen woman.” It is quaint to read Trollope's solemn and tactful preface, in which he almost apologizes to his public for venturing on such indelicate ground. Fortunately the book is so feeble as propaganda that, but for the preface, one would be unaware that it was written with any special purpose. It can be enjoyed as a good story of village life, with a delightful parson as central figure and the necessary complement of charming Trollope ladies, gruff farmers, lonely landowners, and aggressive Nonconformity.

This novel, like all Trollope's really good work, impresses the reader first and foremost with its Englishry. Perhaps it would not be too much to say that the very greatness of the author himself springs from this same quality. He is intensely English, with the quiet humour, the shy sympathy masquerading as indifference, the delicate sense of kindliness and toleration, the occasional heaviness, the occasional irritability, that mark a man or a book as English. But if to these qualities he owes his place in our proud heritage of literature, to them also he owes the tarrying of due recognition, for they and the natures that possess them are of all qualities and of all natures the most difficult to impress upon the sceptical outsider, seeing that their very beauty and preciousness and power lie in their elusiveness.

BIOGRAPHY

ANTHONY TROLLOPE: His Work, Associates and Literary Originals. By T. H. S. Escott. London: John Lane, 1913.

This book will be of interest to the general reader, although it is rather overloaded with analyses of novel-plots and the arrangement is not ideal.

By far the most valuable feature of the volume is the bibliography of Trollope by Margaret Lavington included at the end. For the help this careful and documented compilation has given me I wish to make acknowledgment, although I have throughout worked independently and from original sources and taken none of the facts hereafter given without verification. Miss Lavington's descriptions lack certain details essential to the collector, she makes one or two actual mistakes, but, within the limits she has laid down for herself, her work is wonderfully complete and accurate.

1847

THE MACDERMOTTS OF BALLYCLORAN. By Mr. A. Trollope. London: Thomas Cautley Newby, Publisher, 72 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. 1847. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. (ii) + 345 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 382.

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 437 + (1).

No half-titles. Boards, half-cloth, paper label. White end-papers. Also in dark brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.

Note—On the title-page of Vol. III. “Mortimer” should be spelt “Morimer.” In the same volume, p. 437 is mis-paged “743.” Copies of the first edition were reissued in 1848 with title-pages so dated and differently worded, but with no indication of reprint. On this second title-page the misprint is corrected. The wording is as follows:

THE MACDERMOTTS OF BALLYCLORAN: A Historical Romance. By A. Trollope, Esq., author of The Kellys and the O'Kellys. London: T. C. Newby, 72 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. 1848.

1848

THE KELLYS AND THE O'KELLYS: Or Landlords and Tenants. A Tale of Irish Life. By A. Trollope, Esq. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1848. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. (ii) + 298.

Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 298.

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 285 + (1). Publisher's catalogue, 24 pp., undated, bound in at end.

No half-titles. Paper boards (half-cloth), paper label. White end-papers.

Note—This book was published in July, 1848.

1850

LA VENDÉE: An Historical Romance. By Anthony Trollope, Esq. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1850. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 320.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 330.

Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 313 + (1). No half-title to this volume. Publisher's advertisement occupies p. (314). Publisher's catalogue, 16 pp., undated, bound in at end.

Paper boards, paper label. White end-papers.

Note—This book was published in June, 1850.

1855

THE WARDEN. By Anthony Trollope. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1855. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo. (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. iv + 336. No half-title. Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., dated September, 1854, bound in at end. Pale brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Brick-red end-papers printed on inside front and inside back covers with publishers' advertisements.

Notes—(i) This book was published in January, 1855. An edition of 1,000 copies was printed, of which 600 were sold during the first eighteen months of publication. The balance of 400 was bound, very nearly uniform with the first issue, in 1858 and a catalogue dated with that year inserted at end.

(ii) In 1879 Chapman and Hall published, under the series title Chronicles of Barsetshire, Trollope's novels dealing with the city and district of Barchester. The Warden was the first volume of this reissue, and was preceded by a brief introduction by Trollope not previously published.

BARCHESTER TOWERS. By Anthony Trollope, author of The Warden. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts. 1857. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 305 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (307) and (308). Advertisement of The Warden occupies p. (ii). Half-title to this volume.

Vol. II. pp. iv + 299 + (1). No half-title.

Vol. III. pp. iv + 321 + (3). No half-title. Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (323) and (324).

Pale brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Brick-red end-papers printed with publishers' advertisements.

Note—This book was published in May, 1857. The earliest issue had end-papers of a much redder brown than those used for later bindings of the first edition sheets. The latter can also be identified by the date of a publishers' catalogue bound in at the end of Vol. I.

1858

THE THREE CLERKS: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope, author of Barchester Towers etc. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1858. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. iv + 340.

Vol. II. pp. iv + 322 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. iv + 334 + (2).

No half-titles. Paper boards, half cloth, paper label. White end-papers. Also in dark grey-purple watered cloth, gilt, blocked in blind, with yellow end-papers.

Notes—(i) Although dated 1858, this book was actually published in December, 1857.

(ii) I have seen a copy of this book in a binding of the grey-purple cloth above mentioned, but with paper labels as employed on the half-cloth edition.

DOCTOR THORNE: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope, author of The Three Clerks, Barchester Towers etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1858. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. iv + 305 + (3). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated April, 1858, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. iv + 323 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. iv + 340.

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

Note—This book was published in June, 1858.

1859

THE BERTRAMS: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope, author of Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1859. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. iv + 335 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. iv + 344.

Vol. III. pp. iv + 331 + (1).

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

Note—This novel was published in March, 1859.

1859

THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPANISH MAIN. By Anthony Trollope, author of Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, The Bertrams etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1859. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾). Pp. iv + 395 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated November, 1859, bound in at end. No half-title. Coloured map printed separately facing title. Maroon cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in October, 1859.

(ii) It is possible that the earliest copies of all contained no publishers' catalogue, but I have been unable to find a copy with a catalogue dated earlier than that mentioned above.

CASTLE RICHMOND: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope, author of Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, The West Indies and the Spanish Main etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1860. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

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

Vol. II. pp. (vi) [p. vi is erroneously numbered iv] + 300.

Vol. III. pp. vi + 289 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated May, 1860, bound in at end.

Dark grey-purple cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in May, 1860.

1861

FRAMLEY PARSONAGE. By Anthony Trollope, author of Barchester Towers etc. etc. With 6 illustrations by J. E. Millais, R.A. London: Smith Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXI. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 333 + (3).

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

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 330 + (2). Publishers' catalogue, 14 pp., dated April, 1861, bound in at end.

No half-titles. Each volume contains two line-engraved illustrations printed separately. Grey-purple cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in May, 1861. The story appeared serially in the “Cornhill.”

1861

TALES OF ALL COUNTRIES. By Anthony Trollope, author of Barchester Towers, Doctor Thorne, The West Indies and the Spanish Main. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1861. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. (iv) + 312. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated November, 1861, bound in at end. No half-title. Blue embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Bright blue end-papers.

Contents: La MÈre Bauche—The O'Conors of Castle Conor—John Bull on the Guadalquivir—Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica—The Courtship of Susan Bell—Relics of General ChassÉ—An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids—The ChÂteau of Prince Polignac.

Note—This book was published in November, 1861.

1862

ORLEY FARM. By Anthony Trollope, author of Doctor Thorne, Barchester Towers, Framley Parsonage etc. With illustrations by J. E. Millais. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1862. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 320. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated October, 1861, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. viii + 320.

Each volume contains twenty illustrations. Brown-purple embossed cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Pale yellow end-papers.

This story originally appeared in twenty demy 8vo one shilling parts, dated March (1861) to October (1862), bound in fawn wrappers printed in blue and red, and containing the illustrations by J. E. Millais afterwards included in the two-volume edition. Each part contains two illustrations.

Note—The first volume of this novel was published in book form on December 3, 1861; the second volume on September 25, 1862. Both title-pages are, however, dated 1862.

The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. The advertisements at the front of each number are headed: “Orley Farm Advertiser.” All wrappers except front covers are printed with advertisements.

Part I: Front—16 pp., dated March, 1861. Back—10 pp., unnumbered, of which the first two on pink paper.

Part II: Front—8 pp., dated 1861. Back—4 pp., unnumbered, of which the first two on yellow paper.

Part III: Front—8 pp., dated May, 1861. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, on lilac paper.

Part IV: Front—8 pp., dated June, 1861. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, on pale yellow paper.

Part V: Front—8 pp., dated July, 1861. Back—4 pp., unnumbered, of which the first two on lilac paper.

Part VI: Front—Inset slip of yellow paper advertising the serialization in “Great Expectations” of A Strange Story, by Lytton. 8 pp., dated August, 1861. Back—6 pp., unnumbered, of which the first two on yellow paper, the third in coloured lithograph, the fifth and sixth on pink (or green) paper, the fifth being blank and a sample of cambric frilling being attached to the sixth.

Part VII: Front—8 pp., dated September, 1861. Back—4 pp., unnumbered, of which the first printed in colours, and the last two a foolscap 8vo leaflet on blue paper advertising “The Queen.”

Part VIII: Front—8 pp., dated October, 1861. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, on pale yellow paper.

Part IX: Front—8 pp., dated November, 1861. Back—nil.

Part X: Front—8 pp., dated December, 1861. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, on yellow paper. [Note—This part contains half-title, title, contents and list of illustrations (in all 8 pp.) to Volume I.]

Part XI: Front—8 pp., dated January, 1862. Back—12 pp., unnumbered.

Part XII: Front—8 pp., dated February, 1862. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, on pale yellow paper.

Part XIII: Front—Inset slip of yellow paper advertising the serialization in “All the Year Round” of No Name, by Wilkie Collins. 8 pp., dated March, 1862. Back—4 pp.

Part XIV: Front—8 pp., dated April, 1862. Back—8 pp., of which the first two (unnumbered) are on blue paper, the next four are numbered, and the last two unnumbered.

Part XV: Front—8 pp., dated May, 1862. Back—12 pp., of which 1-4 unnumbered and the rest a publishers' catalogue paged (1) to 8 and dated April 25, 1862.

Part XVI: Front—8 pp., dated June, 1862. Back—10 pp., of which the first two (unnumbered) are on yellow paper and the remainder are a publishers' catalogue paged (1)-8 and dated April 25, 1862.

Part XVII: Front—8 pp., dated July, 1862. Back—4 pp.

Part XVIII: Front—8 pp., dated August, 1862. Back—6 pp., unnumbered, of which the first two on green paper.

Part XIX: Front—8 pp., dated September, 1862. Back—4 pp.

Part XX: Front—8 pp., dated October, 1862. Back—12 pp., of which the first two unnumbered and on orange paper, the next two unnumbered, and the remainder a publishers' catalogue paged (1)-8 and dated September 24, 1862. [Note—This part contains half-title, title, contents and list of illustrations (in all 8 pp.) to Volume II.]

1862

NORTH AMERICA. By Anthony Trollope, author of The West Indies and the Spanish Main, Doctor Thorne, Orley Farm etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1862. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 467 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated May, 1862, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. viii + 494 +(2).

In Vol. I. a folding map is inserted facing p. 1. Maroon embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Chocolate end-papers.

Note—This book was published in May, 1862.

1863

TALES OF ALL COUNTRIES: Second Series. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1863. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. (iv) + 371 + (1). No half-title. Blue embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Uniform with Tales of All Countries: First Series. Pale yellow end-papers.

Contents: Aaron Trow—Mrs. General Talboys—The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne—George Walker at Suez—The Mistletoe Bough—Returning Home—A Ride Across Palestine—The House of Heine Brothers in Munich—The Man Who Kept His Money in a Box.

Note—This book was published in February, 1863.

1863

RACHEL RAY: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope, author of Barchester Towers, Castle Richmond, Orley Farm etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1863. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

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

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

No half-titles. Maroon cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Cream end-papers.

Note—This book was published in October, 1863.

1864

THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON. By Anthony Trollope. With 18 illustrations by J. E. Millais, R.A. London: Smith Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXIV. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8?).

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

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 316.

No half-titles. Vol. I. contains ten illustrations, and Vol. II. eight illustrations. Green embossed cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Chocolate end-papers, printed with publishers' advertisements.

Note—This book was published in March, 1864, and completed its serial run in the “Cornhill” the month following.

1864

CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? By Anthony Trollope, author of Orley Farm, Doctor Thorne, Framley Parsonage etc. With illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1864. [1865, Vol. II.] 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 320.

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 320.

Vol. I. contains twenty etched illustrations by Phiz, and Vol. II. twenty illustrations [by a Miss Taylor], all printed separately. Red embossed cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.

This story originally appeared in twenty demy 8vo one shilling parts, dated January, 1864, to August, 1865, bound in fawn paper wrappers printed in blue and red, and containing the illustrations afterwards included in the two-volume edition. Each part contains two illustrations.

Note—The first volume of this novel appeared in book form on October 1, 1864, the second volume in August, 1865. The title-pages are dated differently.

The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. The advertisements at the front of each number are headed “Can you Forgive Her? Advertiser.” All wrappers, except front cover, are printed with advertisements.

Part I: Front—8 pp., dated January, 1864. Back—14 pp., of which the first two unnumbered on buff paper, the next four printed in blue on white paper, and the remainder a publishers' catalogue paged 1-8 and dated January 1, 1864.

Part II: Front—4 pp., dated February, 1864. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, on pink paper.

Part III: Front—4 pp., dated March, 1864. Back—6 pp.

Part IV: Front—4 pp., dated April, 1864. Between pp. 2 and 3 an inset slip on green paper advertising the part issue of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend. Back—8 pp., of which the first two on yellow paper and unnumbered, the second two unnumbered, and the remainder a publishers' catalogue paged 1-4 and dated April 1st, 1864.

Part V: Front—4 pp., dated May, 1864. Back—14 pp., of which the first four paged 1-4, the next two a reproduction on green paper of the wrapper of Part I of Our Mutual Friend, and the remainder a publishers' catalogue paged 1-8 and dated April 30, 1864.

Part VI: Front—4 pp., dated June, 1864, and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—14 pp., of which the first four and the publishers' catalogue the same as in Part V. A wrapper of Our Mutual Friend, this time of Part II, completes the total.

Part VII: Front—4 pp., dated July, 1864, printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, on yellow paper.

Part VIII: Front—4 pp., dated August, 1864, printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—4 pp., numbered 1-4.

Part IX: Front—4 pp., dated September, 1864, printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—Inset slip of yellow paper announcing the serialization in “All the Year Round” of Never Forgotten, by the author of Belladonna. 2 pp., unnumbered, on yellow paper.

Part X: Front—4 pp., dated September [sic], 1864, printed on buff paper as wrapper. In later issues “September” corrected to October. Back—8 pp., of which the last four a publishers' catalogue paged 1-4 and dated October 1, 1864. [Note—This part contains half-title, title, contents and list of illustrations (in all 8 pp.) to Volume I. It is also the last part illustrated by Hablot K. Browne.]

Part XI: Front—4 pp., dated November, 1864, and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—6 pp., of which 1-4 on lilac (or blue) paper. [Note—Although the illustrator had already been changed, the wrapper to this part still bears the name of H. K. Browne.]

Part XII: Front—4 pp., dated December, 1864, printed on buff paper as wrapper. Inset slip on yellow paper announcing Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy as Christmas number to “All the Year Round.” Back—8 pp., of which the last four a publishers' catalogue paged 1-4 and dated November 25.

Part XIII: Front—4 pp., undated and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—2 pp., of which the first printed in lilac.

Part XIV: Front—4 pp., undated and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—Inset slip of green paper and 2 pp. unnumbered, printed on yellow.

Part XV: Front—4 pp., undated and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—Inset slip of blue paper and publishers' catalogue 4 pp., dated February 28, 1865. Inset slip on white paper advertising the part issue of the Headless Horseman, by Captain Mayne Reid.

Part XVI: Front—4 pp., undated, printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—Inset slip of yellow paper announcing the serialization in “All the Year Round” of Half a Million of Money, by Amelia B. Edwards. 6 pp., of which the last four on pink paper.

Part XVII: Front—4 pp., undated and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—Nil.

Part XVIII: Front—4 pp., undated and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—Nil.

Part XIX: Front—4 pp., undated and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—8 pp., unnumbered, of which the first four on pale blue paper.

Part XX: Front—4 pp., undated and printed on buff paper as wrapper. Back—Nil. [Note—This part contains half-title, title, contents and list of illustrations (in all 8 pp.) to Volume II.]

1865

MISS MACKENZIE. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1865. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. vi + 312.

Vol. II. pp. vi + 313 + (3). Advertisement of works by the same author occupies p. (315).

Maroon cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in March, 1865.

(ii) A binding of dark green cloth is more frequently seen than that of maroon, but it is fairly certain that the latter is really the first issue. I have come to this conclusion after a study of other publications, for binding which the two types of cloth used for Miss Mackenzie were employed. Both are patterned cloths, but differently patterned. That used in maroon for Miss Mackenzie was also used—differently coloured, of course—for Trollope's Tales of All Countries (1861); Ainsworth's Constable of the Tower (1861); Mrs. Gaskell's Round the Sofa (1859) and Right at Last (1860); Charles Allston Collins' Cruise Upon Wheels (1862); and Reade's Love me Little, Love me Long (1859). The pattern of cloth, on the other hand, used in dark green for Miss Mackenzie reappears on Trollope's Belton Estate (1866); Ainsworth's John Law (1864); and Wilkie Collins' My Miscellanies (1863). I think these facts provide sufficiently conclusive evidence that the maroon cloth is of an earlier pattern than the dark green. Publishers were probably inclined, then as now, to use one type of cloth more than another at certain given dates (possibly they tended to adopt novelties as produced by their binders). This is independently suggested by the fact that in the year 1863 alone an identical pattern of cloth was used and by various publishers for Ainsworth's Cardinal Pole, for Mrs. Gaskell's A Dark Night's Work, for George Eliot's Romola, and for Mrs. Oliphant's Perpetual Curate.

1865

HUNTING SKETCHES. By Anthony Trollope. Reprinted from the “Pall Mall Gazette.” London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1865. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7½). Pp. iv + 115 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated May, 1865, bound in at end. No half-title. Red cloth gilt, blocked in blind. Green-black end-papers.

Contents: The Man who Hunts and Doesn't Like It—The Man who Hunts and Does Like It—The Lady who Rides to Hounds—The Hunting Farmer—The Man who Hunts and Never Jumps—The Hunting Parson—The Master of Hounds—How to Ride to Hounds.

Note—This book was published in May, 1865.

THE BELTON ESTATE. By Anthony Trollope, author of Can you Forgive Her?, Orley Farm, Framley Parsonage etc. etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1866. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. iv + 284.

Vol. II. pp. iv + 308.

Vol. III. pp. iv + 276.

Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., dated December 1, 1865, bound in at end. No half-titles. Scarlet embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in January, 1866. The story appeared serially in the “Fortnightly Review.”

1866

TRAVELLING SKETCHES. By Anthony Trollope. Reprinted from the “Pall Mall Gazette.” London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1866. I vol. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7½). Pp. iv + 112. Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., dated February 1, 1866, bound in at end. No half-title. Red cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Green-black end-papers. Uniform with Hunting Sketches.

Contents: The Family that Goes Abroad Because it's the Thing to Do—The Man who Travels Alone—The Unprotected Female Tourist—The United Englishmen who Travel for Fun—The Art Tourist—The Tourist in Search of Knowledge—The Alpine Club Man—Tourists who Don't Like their Travels.

Note—This book was published in February, 1866.

1866

CLERGYMEN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. By Anthony Trollope. Reprinted from the “Pall Mall Gazette.” London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1866. I vol. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 130 + (2). Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., dated March 30, 1866, bound in at end. No half-title. Red cloth, gilt. Green-black end-papers. Uniform with Hunting Sketches and Travelling Sketches.

Contents: The Modern English Archbishop—English Bishops, Old and New—The Normal Dean of the Present Day—The Archdeacon—The Parson of the Parish—The Town Incumbent—The College Fellow who has Taken Orders—The Curate in a Populous Parish—The Irish Beneficed Clergyman—The Clergyman who Subscribes for Colenso.

Note—This book was published in April, 1866.

1867

NINA BALATKA: The Story of a Maiden of Prague. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLXVII. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).

Vol. I. pp. (vi) + 228 + (2). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (229) (230).

Vol. II. pp. 215 + (I). Publishers' advertisements, 8 pp., undated, bound in at end.

The words: “Originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine'” occupy verso of half-title in each volume. Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Chocolate end-papers.

Note—This book was published on February 1, 1867.

1867

THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET. By Anthony Trollope. With 32 illustrations by George H. Thomas. London: Smith Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXVII. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8?).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 384.

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

No half-titles. Each volume contains sixteen illustrations printed separately, and line drawings in the text at the beginnings of several of the chapters. Violet-blue cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Yellow end-papers.

This story originally appeared in thirty-two sixpenny demy 8vo parts dated December 1 (1866) to July 6 (1867), bound in white wrappers with a design in scarlet and dark blue, and containing the illustrations afterwards included in the two-volume edition. Each part contains one illustration.

Notes—(i) Vol. I. of the novel in book form was published on March 16, and Vol. II. on July 6, 1867.

(ii) The words “With 32 illustrations by George H. Thomas” occur only on the title-page of Vol. II.

The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. Advertisements at the front of each part are printed on lilac paper, except where otherwise stated. All wrappers, except front covers, are printed with advertisements.

Part I: Front—4 pp., unnumbered, on grey paper; 8 pp., numbered 1-8. Back—10 pp., of which the first is printed in colours and the last four on yellow paper (or green).

Part II: Front—8 pp., numbered 9-16. Back—4 pp., of which the first is printed in colours and the last two on blue paper (or pink).

Part III: Front—8 pp., numbered 17-24. Back—Inset slip (4 pp.) of Chapman and Hall publications.

Part IV: Front—4 pp., unnumbered, on grey (or lilac) paper; 4 pp., numbered 25-28. Back—Nil.

Part V: Front—4 pp., numbered 29-32. Back—2 pp., of which the second is printed in colours.

Part VI: Front—4 pp., numbered 33-36. Back—Inset slip (4 pp.) on yellow paper.

Part VII: Front—4 pp., numbered 37-40. Back—Nil.

Part VIII: Front—Inset slip (4 pp.) of Chapman and Hall publications (as at back of Part III). 4 pp., numbered 41-44. Back—Nil.

Part IX: Front—4 pp., numbered 45-48. Back—Nil.

Part X: Front—4 pp., numbered 49-52. Back—4 pp., unnumbered.

Part XI: Front—Inset slip (4 pp.) of Chapman and Hall publications (as in Parts III. and VIII.); 4 pp., numbered 53-56. Back—Nil.

Part XII: Front—4 pp., numbered 57-60. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, of which the second printed in colours.

Part XIII: Front—4 pp., numbered 61-64. Back—Nil.

Part XIV: Front—4 pp., numbered 65-68. Back—Nil.

Part XV: Front—4 pp., numbered 69-72. Back—Nil.

Part XVI: Front—4 pp., numbered 73-76; inset slip of lilac paper announcing the appearance of Vol. I. of The Last Chronicle of Barset at ten shillings. Back—Nil. [Note—This part contains title-page, contents and list of illustrations (in all 4 pp.) to Vol. I.]

Part XVII: Front—4 pp., numbered 77-80. Back—Nil.

Part XVIII: Front—4 pp., numbered 81-84; inset slip of lilac paper announcing the appearance of Vol. I. of The Last Chronicle of Barset at ten shillings. Back—2 pp., unnumbered, of which the second printed in colours.

Part XIX: Front—4 pp., numbered 85-88. Back—Nil.

Part XX: Front—4 pp., numbered 89-92. Back—Nil.

Part XXI: Front—4 pp., numbered 93-96. Back—Nil.

Part XXII: Front—4 pp., numbered 97-100. Back—Nil.

Part XXIII: Front—4 pp., numbered 101-104. Back—Nil.

Part XXIV: Front—4 pp., numbered 105-108. Back—Nil.

Part XXV: Front—4 pp., numbered 109-112. Back—Nil.

Part XXVI: Front—4 pp., numbered 113-116. Back—Inset slip (4 pp.) advertising the “Charles Dickens Edition” of Dickens' works.

Part XXVII: Front—4 pp., numbered 117-120. Back—Nil.

Part XXVIII: Front—4 pp., numbered 121-124. Back—Nil.

Part XXIX: Front—4 pp., numbered 125-128. Back—Nil.

Part XXX: Front—4 pp., numbered 129-132. Back—Nil.

Part XXXI: Front—4 pp., numbered 133-136. Back—Nil.

Part XXXII: Front—4 pp., numbered 137-140; inset slip of lilac paper announcing the completion of The Last Chronicle of Barset in 2 volumes at 20s. Back—Nil. [Note—This part contains title-page, contents and list of illustrations (in all 4 pp.) to Vol. II.]

1867

THE CLAVERINGS. By Anthony Trollope. With 16 illustrations by M. Ellen Edwards. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXVII. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 313 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (315) and (316).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 309 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (311) and (312).

No half-titles. Each volume contains eight illustrations printed separately. Bright green cloth, blocked in black and gold. Pale chocolate end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published on April 20, 1867. The story appeared serially in the “Cornhill.”

(ii) There are two varieties of binding to this book. It is an open question whether the simpler design with no black on the sides is earlier or later than that which is more elaborate.

1867

LOTTA SCHMIDT: AND OTHER STORIES. By Anthony Trollope. Alexander Strahan, Publisher, 56 Ludgate Hill, London. 1867. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7¾). Pp. (iv) + 403 + (1). Dark red cloth, gilt. Green-black end-papers.

There is no list of contents. Titles are as follow: Lotta Schmidt—The Adventures of Fred Pickering—The Two Generals—Father Giles of Ballymoy—Malachi's Cove—The Widow's Mite—The Last Austrian who Left Venice—Miss Ophelia Gledd—The Journey to Panama.

Note—This book was published in August, 1867. The original sheets were reissued in 1870, without indication of there having been an earlier edition. The reissue is cr. 8vo in size, pp. (vi) + 425 + (1), bears the imprint “Strahan and Co.,” and is bound in pale maroon cloth. Later still copies, taken over in sheets by Chapman and Hall and also dated 1870, were issued in bright green cloth, with chocolate end-papers, printed with Chapman and Hall advertisements.

1868

LINDA TRESSEL. By the author of Nina Balatka. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXVIII. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).

Vol. I. pp. 216.

Vol. II. pp. 215 + (1).

The words: “Originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine'” occupy verso of half-title in each volume. Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Chocolate end-papers. Uniform with Nina Balatka.

Note—This book was published in May, 1868.

PHINEAS FINN, THE IRISH MEMBER. By Anthony Trollope. With 20 illustrations by J. E. Millais, R.A. London: Virtue and Co., 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. 1869. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾).

Vol. I. pp. vi + (ii) + 320.

Vol. II. pp. vi + (ii) + 328.

No half-titles. Ten illustrations in each volume printed separately. Bright green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers. It may be noted that the author's name is not given on the spine of this book.

Note—This book was published in March, 1869. The same novel still in two volumes and at the same price (25s. net) was advertised in May, 1869, by Strahan and Co., who were at the time closely identified with Virtue and Co. Copies with a Strahan imprint, if such exist, are not of the first issue. The story appeared serially in “St. Paul's Magazine.”

1869

HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. By Anthony Trollope. With 64 illustrations by Marcus Stone. Strahan and Co., Publishers, 56 Ludgate Hill, London. 1869. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8?).

Vol. I. pp. ix + (iii) + 384.

Vol. II. pp. ix + (iii) + 384.

Each volume contains sixteen illustrations printed separately and sixteen line drawings in the text. Green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.

This story first appeared in thirty-two demy 8vo sixpenny weekly parts, dated October 17 (1868) to May 22 (1869), bound in green-grey paper wrappers, printed in red and black. Each part contains a full-page line-engraved illustration by Marcus Stone, printed separately, and one small drawing in the text. Each part, as well as the title-page, etc., included in Part XXXII. bears the imprint of Virtue and Co., but the novel, when issued in book form, appeared over the imprint of Strahan and Co.

Notes—(i) Four weeks after the appearance of Part I. (early in November, 1869) a parallel series of two-shilling monthly parts was inaugurated, of which the first, containing the first four weekly parts, was immediately issued, and the remainder at regular intervals. The earliest part issue was therefore the weekly one. Margaret Lavington in her Trollope bibliography, states that the first four parts were wrappered in one. This observation was probably made from an examination of a made-up set of parts composed, as to the first four, of the second issue and, as to the remainder, of the first (see above).

(ii) The story appeared in two-volume form in May, 1869.

The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. Advertisements at the front of each part are printed on greenish blue paper except where otherwise stated. All wrappers except front covers are printed with advertisements.

Part I: Front—6 pp. Back—4 pp.

Parts II to XXIX: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil.

Part XXX: Front—Inset slip of orange paper announcing the serialization in “S. Paul's” of The Three Brothers, by Mrs. Oliphant. Back—Nil.

Part XXXI: Front— Nil. Back—Nil.

Part XXXII: Front—Nil. Back— Nil. [Note— This part contains half-title, titles, contents and lists of illustrations (in all 24 pp.) to both volumes of the novel.]

1869

*DID HE STEAL IT? A Comedy in three Acts. By Anthony Trollope. Printed for private circulation. 1869.

Note—This is a dramatization of an episode in The Last Chronicle of Barset, which Trollope prepared by special request, only to have the play rejected by the commissioning manager.

1870

THE VICAR OF BULLHAMPTON. By Anthony Trollope. With 30 illustrations by H. Woods. London: Bradbury, Evans and Co., Bouverie Street. 1870. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾). Pp. xvi + 481 + (11). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (483) to (492). Brown cloth, blocked in gold and black. Grey end-papers.

This story originally appeared in 11/12 demy 8vo monthly parts, dated July 18, 1869, to May 18, 1870. Parts I. to X. cost one shilling, and the last double part (XI/XII.) half-a-crown. The parts are bound in blue-grey paper wrappers, with a design in red and black, and contain the illustrations afterwards included in the one-volume edition. Parts I. to X. each contain two full-page illustrations; Part XI/XII. contains four, of which one is a picture title-page.

Note—The novel was published in volume form in April, 1870.

The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. The advertisements at the front of Parts I. to III. are headed “The Vicar of Bullhampton Advertiser.” All wrappers, except front covers, are printed with advertisements.

Part I: Front—12 pp., dated July, 1869. Back—4 pp., printed in colours and unnumbered.

Part II: Front—4 pp., dated August, 1869. Back—Nil.

Part III: Front—4 pp., dated September, 1869. Back—Nil.

Parts IV to X inclusive contain no advertisement pages.

Part XI (double number): Front (or back)—10 pp., publishers' advertisements, unnumbered and undated. [Note—This part contains half-title, title, preface, contents, list of illustrations and frontispiece to the complete novel. This preliminary matter is paged (i)-xvi, despite the fact that frontispiece and title-page (4 pp.) are printed separately.]

1870

AN EDITOR'S TALES. By Anthony Trollope. Strahan and Co., Publishers, 56 Ludgate Hill, London. 1870. 1 vol. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5? × 7¾). Pp. (viii) + 375 + (1). Publishers' advertisement occupies p. (376). Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Chocolate end-papers.

Contents: The Turkish Bath—Mary Gresley—Josephine de Montmorenci—The Panjandrum—The Spotted Dog—Mrs. Brumby.

Note—This book was published in July, 1870. The stories had appeared in “St. Paul's Magazine.”

1870

THE STRUGGLES OF BROWN, JONES AND ROBINSON: BY ONE OF THE FIRM. Edited by Anthony Trollope, author of Framley Parsonage, The Last Chronicle of Barset etc. etc. Reprinted from the “Cornhill Magazine.” With four illustrations. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 15 Waterloo Place. 1870. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7½). Pp. iv + 254 + (2). Advertisements of works by the same author occupy pp. (255) and (256). No half-title. Frontispiece and illustrated title-page, in line engraving and printed separately, precede the printed title. Brown cloth, blocked in black and gold. Pale yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in November, 1870. The story had appeared serially in the “Cornhill” in the years 1861 and 1862. Its unpopularity as a serial accounts for the delay in its book publication.

1870

THE COMMENTARIES OF CÆSAR. By Anthony Trollope. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXX. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. (x) [paged as vi] + 182. Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (i) to (iv), and a list of volumes in the Series “Ancient Classics for English Readers” occupies p. (vi), facing title-page. Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Chocolate end-papers.

SIR HARRY HOTSPUR OF HUMBLETHWAITE. By Anthony Trollope, author of Framley Parsonage etc. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13 Great Marlborough Street. 1871. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. vii + (1) + 323 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., undated but paged, bound in at end. Scarlet cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Black end-papers.

Note—Although dated 1871, this book was actually published in November, 1870. The story appeared serially in “Macmillan's Magazine.”

1871

RALPH THE HEIR. By Anthony Trollope, author of Framley Parsonage, Sir Harry Hotspur etc., etc. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13 Great Marlborough Street. 1871. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7?).

Vol I. pp. (iv) + 342. Advertisement of Sir Harry Hotspur occupies p. (ii) facing title.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 338.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 347 + (1).

Publishers' advertisements, 16 pp., printed on text paper and paged, bound in at end. Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Blue-black end-papers.

This story originally appeared in parts, which were issued as supplements to “St. Paul's Magazine.” The instalments were paged continuously, but separately from the rest of the magazine.

Parts I. to XI. were enclosed in fawn paper wrappers printed in black and red and dated January, 1870, to November, 1870. Parts XII. to XVIII. were not wrappered at all, but merely stitched in at the end of the numbers of the magazine with their own pagination. The series contained eleven full-page line-engraved illustrations by F. A. Fraser, the last of which appeared in Part XI.

Apart from that printed on the back wrappers of Parts I. to XI., no advertisement material was included with the part issue. Title-page and contents (4 pp.) for the one-volume edition were supplied with the eighteenth and last instalment.

Although the real first book edition of the novel (published in April, 1870) was in three volumes cr. 8vo. as described above, the type and illustrations of the “St. Paul's” issue were used in a one-volume demy 8vo (5? × 7?) edition (pp. iv + 434—no half-title or list of illustrations) issued by Strahan and Co. in 1871, after the story's serial completion. This one-volume edition is bound in green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind, and has dark yellow or terra-cotta end-papers.

Note—The three-volume edition was published on April 6, 1871. I have failed to establish the exact publishing date of the one-volume edition, but it was in June or July of the same year. Oddly enough the later issue is rarer than the earlier, for the sheets were quickly taken over by Routledge and issued in a different binding in 1872.

1872

THE GOLDEN LION OF GRANPERE. By Anthony Trollope, author of Ralph the Heir, Can you Forgive Her? etc. London: Tinsley Bros., 18 Catherine Street, Strand. 1872. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5? × 7¾). Pp. (iv) + 353 + (9). Publishers' advertisements, paged 1 to 6 and dated May, 1872, occupy pp. 355 to 363. Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pale yellow end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in May, 1872. The story appeared serially in “Good Words.” It had been written in 1867 for “Blackwood's,” but had proved unacceptable.

(ii) Copies are sometimes found in dark brown cloth, lettered and blocked less heavily and with lighter boards. These are probably later in issue.

THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1873. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 354.

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

Vol. III. pp. viii + 354.

Brown salmon cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.

Note—Although dated 1873, this book was actually published in December, 1872. The story appeared serially in the “Fortnightly Review.”

1873

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1873. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8½).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 533 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 516.

Vol. I. contains a coloured map as frontispiece printed on text paper, and two folding coloured maps mounted on linen at end. Vol. II. contains folding coloured map mounted on linen facing p. 1; four folding coloured maps mounted on linen at end. Orange brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark green end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in March, 1873.

(ii) The text was later split up and issued in four small volumes, each dealing with a definite province or provinces of Australia and New Zealand. These little books have no importance as “editions,” for they contain no matter not include in the original two-volume issue.

1874

PHINEAS REDUX. By Anthony Trollope, author of Phineas Finn. With illustrations engraved on wood. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1874. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8?).

Vol. I. pp. vi + (ii) + 339 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. vi + (ii) + 329 + (3).

Each volume contains twelve illustrations printed separately. Blue cloth, gilt, blocked in black and gold. Yellow end-papers.

Note—Although dated 1874, this book was actually published in December, 1873. The story appeared serially in “The Graphic.”

1874

LADY ANNA. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1874. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7¼).

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

Vol. II. pp. viii + 314.

Red-brown cloth, blocked in black and gold. Yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in May, 1874. The story appeared serially in the “Fortnightly Review.”

1874

HARRY HEATHCOTE OF GANGOIL: A Tale of Australian Bush Life. By Anthony Trollope. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street. 1874. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 313 + (3). Publishers' catalogue, 48 pp., dated October, 1873, bound in at end. No half-title. Bright blue cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Cream end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in October, 1874. The story appeared serially in “The Graphic.”

(ii) The sheets of this edition were, in the year of publication, cut down and issued in a volume measuring 4½ × 6¾, together with six full-page line-engraved illustrations, printed separately. This later issue is bound in green or in violet cloth, blocked in gold and black, and contains at the end a 40 pp. publishers' catalogue dated October, 1874.

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. By Anthony Trollope. With forty illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1875. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8½).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 320.

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 319 + (1).

Each volume contains twenty illustrations printed separately. Bright green cloth, blocked in gold and black. Dark brown end-papers.

This story originally appeared in twenty one-shilling demy 8vo parts, dated February, 1874, to September, 1875, bound in greenish-blue wrappers printed in black and containing the illustrations afterwards included in the two-volume edition. Each part contains two full-page illustrations.

Note—The novel appeared in book form in July, 1875.

The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. The advertisements at the front of each number are headed: “The Way We Live Now Advertiser.” All wrappers, except front covers, are printed with advertisements.

Part I: Front—8 pp. Back—16 pp., paged in fours, of which the last eight publishers' lists.

Parts II to VIII: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil.

Part IX: Front—4 pp. Back—4 pp.

Parts X to XV: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil.

Part XVI: Front—4 pp. Back—Publishers' catalogue, 20 pp., dated April 10, 1875.

Parts XVII to XIX: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil.

Part XX: Front—4 pp. Back—Nil. [Note—This part contains half-titles, titles, contents and lists of illustrations (in all 16 pp.) to both volumes of the novel.]

1876

THE PRIME MINISTER. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1876. 4 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 337 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. iv + 342.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 346.

Vol. IV. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 347 + (1).

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

This story originally appeared in eight cr. 8vo five-shilling parts, dated 1876 (no title-pages in Parts I., III., V., and VII.), bound in grey paper wrappers, printed in black. Part I. appeared in November, 1875, and subsequent numbers at intervals of one month.

Notes—(i) The novel was published in volume form in May, 1876.

(ii) Sets of the parts are sometimes met with, bound separately in red-brown cloth and lettered on spine only with the title of the book and the number of the part. I cannot establish the relative dates of the regular four-volume cloth issue and of the eight clothbound parts.

Apart from that printed on the wrappers, no advertisement material was included with the parts of this novel, save that at front of Part VI was inserted a 4 pp. leaflet (4 × 6?) of Chapman and Hall's Popular Two Shilling novels. Note should, however, be taken of the incidence of preliminary matter.

Part I: (iv) + 1-162. The preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART I., Vol. I. Verso blank. Title, reading: The Prime Minister. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 1876. Verso blank. No list of contents.

Part II: (ii) + 163-337 + (1). Preliminary matter: Section half-title: PART II., Vol. I. Verso blank.

Part III: (vi) [paged as iv] + 1-170. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART III., Vol. II. Verso blank. Title, as in Part I. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. II. (2 pp.).

Part IV: (iv) + 171-342. Preliminary matter: 2 pp. blank. Section half-title: PART IV., Vol. II. Verso blank.

Part V: vi + 1-174. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART V., Vol. III. Verso blank. Title, as in Parts I. and III. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. III. (2 pp.).

Part VI: (iv) + 175-346. Preliminary matter: 2 pp. blank. Section half-title: PART VI. Verso blank.

Part VII: vi + 1-168. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title reading: PART VII., Vol. IV. Verso blank. Title, as in Parts I., III., and V. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. IV. (2 pp.).

Part VIII: (ii) + 169-347 + (1). Preliminary matter. Section half-title: PART VIII. Verso blank.

It is evident, from a comparison between the foregoing details and the collation of the four-volume edition previously described, that the publishers were compelled, to complete the latter, to print a contents list to Vol. 1. and to add the words “In four volumes, Vol. 1.,” etc., to the title-pages. It will be seen that they had so mismanaged the pagination of the preliminary matter during part issue, that only one of the four final volumes was correctly paged throughout.

1877

THE AMERICAN SENATOR. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1877. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 293 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. viii + 293 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. viii + 284.

Yellow-ochre cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in July, 1877. The story appeared serially in the “Temple Bar Magazine.”

(ii) There is a remainder binding for this book, but the blocking is lighter and the sheets are cut to a smaller size.

1878

SOUTH AFRICA. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1878. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (1) + 352.

Vol. II. pp. vii + (1) + 352.

Folding map in colours faces p. 1 of Vol. I. Red cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Black end-papers.

Note—This book was published in March, 1878.

1878

IS HE POPENJOY?: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1878. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 301 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (303) and (304).

Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 297 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (299) and (300).

Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 319 + (1).

Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in April, 1878. The story appeared serially in “All the Year Round.”

1878

HOW THE 'MASTIFFS' WENT TO ICELAND. By Anthony Trollope. With illustrations by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn. London: Virtue and Co. Limited. 1878. 1 vol. Demy 4to (8? × 11?). Pp. (vi) + 46. Bright blue cloth, blocked in gold. Dark grey end-papers. Coloured map as frontispiece in lithography; fourteen pencil drawings in lithography, and two silver print photographs, mounted, throughout the text. All illustrations printed separately.

1879

AN EYE FOR AN EYE. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 2 vols. Small Cr. 8vo (4? × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 215 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated December, 1878, printed on text paper, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 288.

Greenish-ochre cloth, blocked in gold and black. Yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in January, 1879. It was, however, written in 1871.

1879

THACKERAY. By Anthony Trollope. London: Macmillan and Co. 1879. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. vi + (ii) + 210 + (2). List of volumes in the “English Men of Letters” Series occupies pp. (211) and (212). A volume in the “English Men of Letters” Series edited by John Morley. Buff cloth, paper label. White end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in May, 1879.

(ii) The first issue was bound as described above. Later issues of the first edition sheets were bound in scarlet or in yellow-ochre cloth, blocked in black with the Series design, and had black end-papers. These later copies were slightly cut, the pages measuring 4? × 7?.

1879

JOHN CALDIGATE. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall. 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. vi + 290.

Vol. II. pp. vi + 296.

Vol. III. pp. vi + 302 + (2).

Grey cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.

Notes—(i) This book was published in June, 1879. The story appeared serially in “Blackwood's Magazine.”

(ii) There are two varieties in the lettering and blocking of the volumes of this novel. In one the words “Vol. I.,” “Vol. II.,” “Vol. III.” on the spines of the volumes are in thicker roman capitals than in the other. There are also slight differences of decorative blocking. Which style is the earlier I do not know.

1879

COUSIN HENRY: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 219 + (5). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (221) to (223).

Vol. II. pp. viii + 222 + (2).

Light blue cloth, blocked uniform with “An Eye for An Eye” in black and gold. Pale yellow end-papers.

Note—This book was published in November, 1879.

THE DUKE'S CHILDREN: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited 193 Piccadilly. 1880. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 320.

Vol. II. pp. viii + 327 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. viii + 312.

Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., undated but paged, bound in at end. Dark blue-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pink-cream end-papers.

Note—This book was published in May, 1880.

1880

THE LIFE OF CICERO. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall Limited 193 Piccadilly. 1880. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5? × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 419 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 424 + (1).

Dark red cloth, gilt. Black end-papers.

1881

DOCTOR WORTLE'S SCHOOL: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 193 Piccadilly. 1881. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 237 + (3).

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 246 + (2).

Publishers' catalogue, 28 pp., dated November, 1880, printed on text paper, bound in at end. Grey cloth, blocked in gold and black. Pale yellow end-papers.

Note—This novel was published in February, 1881.

AYALA'S ANGEL. By Anthony Trollope, author of Doctor Thorne, The Prime Minister, Orley Farm etc. etc. London: Chapman and Hall (Limited) 11 Henrietta Street Covent Garden. 1881. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. iv + 280.

Vol. II. pp. iv + 272.

Vol. III. pp. iv + 277 + (3).

No half-titles. Orange cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Blue-black end-papers.

Note—This novel was published in June, 1881.

1882

WHY FRAU FROHMANN RAISED HER PRICES: AND OTHER STORIES. By Anthony Trollope, author of Framley Parsonage, The Small House at Allington etc. etc. London: William Isbister Limited 56 Ludgate Hill. 1882. 1 vol. Large Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7¾). Pp. vi + (ii) + 416. Pale olive-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark chocolate end-papers.

Contents: Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices—The Lady of Launay—Christmas at Thompson Hall—The Telegraph Girl—Alice Dugdale.

Notes—(i) Copies of this book were also issued in two volumes, but with the same pagination and composed of the same sheets as the more usual one-volume issue. A new edition, with a frontispiece, was issued in November, 1882.

(ii) In 1885, under the title Thompson Hall, the third story in this volume was issued separately by Messrs. Sampson Low. In some quarters the little book is regarded as a first edition and highly valued accordingly, but in truth it is not bibliographically an item of any importance, being a textual reprint of Christmas at Thompson Hall, under a slightly different title and with the addition of a few second-rate illustrations. For the benefit of those interested, the description and collation of the book is as follows:

THOMPSON HALL. By Anthony Trollope, author of The Prime Minister, Orley Farm etc. etc. With illustrations. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street. 1885. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. 127 + (1). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (iv) and (128). Eight line-engraved illustrations printed on text paper. Grey paper boards, printed in dark blue and brown. White end-papers.

1882

LORD PALMERSTON (English Political Leaders). By Anthony Trollope. London: Wm. Isbister Limited 56 Ludgate Hill, 1882. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¼). Pp. (iv) + 220. No half-title. Smooth red-brown cloth, lettered in black. Black end-papers.

Note—This book was reissued the following year with title-page dated 1883 but without any indication of there having been a previous edition. The later issue is bound in grained cloth of the same colour as that originally used and has white end-papers.

1882

KEPT IN THE DARK: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. With a frontispiece by J. E. Millais R.A. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1882. 2 vols. Short Cr. 8vo (5 × 7).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 253 + (3).

Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 239 + (1).

Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated July, 1882, bound in at end. Grey-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black and red-brown. Blue and white decorated end-papers. Line-engraved frontispiece to Vol. I. printed separately.

Note—This book was published in October, 1882.

1882

MARION FAY: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope, author of Framley Parsonage, Orley Farm, The Way We Live Now etc. etc. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 11 Henrietta Street. 1882. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7½).

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

Vol. II. pp. viii + 282 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. viii + 271 + (1).

Yellow-ochre cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark brown or yellow end-papers.

1882

THE FIXED PERIOD: A Novel. By Anthony Trollope. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLXXXII. 2 vols. Small Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7).

Vol. I. pp. (vi) + 200.

Vol. II. pp. (vi) + 203 + (1).

The words “Originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine'” occupy verso of half-title in each volume. Dark red cloth, gilt. Dark green end-papers.

1883

MR. SCARBOROUGH'S FAMILY. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1883. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 308. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated March, 1883, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 326 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 325 + (3).

Greenish-blue cloth, gilt, blocked in red-brown. White end-papers.

Note—This novel was published in May, 1883. The story appeared serially in “All the Year Round.”

1883

THE LANDLEAGUERS. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1883. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4? × 7¼).

Vol. I. pp. vii + (iii) + 280. Note by Henry M. Trollope occupies p. (ix).

Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 296.

Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 291 + (1).

Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated October, 1883, bound in at end. Dark green cloth, gilt, blocked in yellow. White end-papers.

Note—This book was published in October, 1883.

1883

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By Anthony Trollope. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXXXIII. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5? × 7?).

Vol. I. pp. xi + (iii) + 259 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. vi + 227 + (5). Publishers' advertisements paged 1 to 4 occupy pp. (229) to (232).

Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., undated but paged and printed on text paper, bound in at end. Portrait in photogravure as frontispiece to Vol. I. Dark red cloth, gilt, blocked and lettered on side in black. Dark green end-papers.

Note—This book was published in November, 1883.

1884

AN OLD MAN'S LOVE. By Anthony Trollope. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXXXIV. 2 vols. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7).

Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 226.

Vol. II. pp. (vi) + 219 + (1).

Publishers' advertisements, 4 pp., numbered 1-4, and printed on text paper, bound in at end. Red cloth, gilt, uniform with The Fixed Period. Dark brown end-papers.

1861

THE VICTORIA REGIA: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose. Edited by Adelaide A. Procter. London: Printed and Published by Emily Faithfull and Co., Victoria Press (for the Employment of Women), Great Coram Street, W.C. 1861. 1 vol. Royal 8vo (6¼ × 9?). Pp. x + 349 + (1). No half-title. Red-brown embossed cloth, all edges gilt, blocked in gold and blind. Red chocolate end-papers.

1863

A WELCOME: Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose. London: Emily Faithfull, Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, Princes Street, Hanover Square, and 183A Farringdon Street. 1863. 1 vol. Imp. 16mo (5½ × 7¾). Pp. vi + (ii) + 291 + (1). Green cloth, full gilt, blocked in gold. Pale pink end-papers. A story by Anthony Trollope entitled Miss Ophelia Gledd occupies pp. 239 to 283. This is the first appearance of a story later included in Lotta Schmidt and other Stories.

NOTE.--Pp. 187 to 214 are occupied by a story by Anthony Trollope entitled The Journey to Panama. This is the first appearance in book form of a tale afterwards published in Lotta Schmidt and other Stories.

1868

BRITISH SPORTS AND PASTIMES 1868. Edited by Anthony Trollope. London: Virtue and Co., 26 Ivy Lane. New York: Virtue and Yorston. 1868. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. (vi) + 322. Bright green embossed cloth, gilt, with title printed both on spine and side. Pale yellow end-papers.

Contents: On Horse-Racing—On Hunting—On Shooting—On Fishing—On Yachting—On Rowing—On Alpine Climbing—On Cricket. Trollope was responsible for the preface (pp. 1-7) and the Essay “On Hunting” (pp. 70-129).

Notes—(i) This book was published in November, 1868. The contents had appeared in “St. Paul's Magazine.”

(ii) The sheets of the first edition were later issued without change of date in a slightly different green binding, without the title in gold on the side, and bearing as imprint on spine, Daldy, Isbister and Co. The reissue was cut down to cr. 8vo, and the end-papers were chocolate instead of yellow.

(iii) A still later issue of the book in its reduced format was bound in bright blue cloth, blocked in gold and black. This binding bears no imprint on spine, and was probably carried out by W. H. Smith and Son for a balance of edition purchased by them. George Eliot's novel Felix Holt was treated in this way by Smiths some twelve years after publication, and the binding is very similar to that now under consideration.

NOTE

It is stated by Margaret Lavington in her appendix to Escott's book that Trollope “printed but never published” several of his lectures. I have been unable to trace any privately printed lectures, but feel sure that Trollope's first bibliographer would not speak of them as she does without certain knowledge of their existence. The titles mentioned are:

No dates or other details are given.

From the same source I borrow a statement that a study of Thackeray by Trollope, originally printed in the “Cornhill,” was republished as part of Theodore Taylor's book Thackeray: The Humourist and Man of Letters, which was issued in 1864. It is noticeable that Margaret Lavington speaks of the publisher of this book as Appleton of New York. A book of the same title by the same author was issued in the same year by Hotten of Piccadilly, and it is a fair presumption that the volumes are identical, but, although I have been carefully through the volume issued by Hotten, I cannot identify any section as contributed by Trollope.