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ENEMY TO THE KING — R. N. Stephens
Henry of Guise
Methuen & Co.

A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE — Stanley Weyman
Period of the League
Longmans, Green, & Co.

THE KING'S HENCHMAN and UNDER THE SPELL OF THE FLEUR DE LIS —
W. H. Johnson
Henry of Navarre
Gay & Bird

THE HELMET OF NAVARRE — Bertha Runkle
Henry of Navarre
Macmillan & Co.

THE KING'S PAWN — Hamilton Drummond
Henry of Navarre
W. Blackwood & Sons

CHEVALIER D'AURIAC — Levett Yeats
Henry of Navarre
Longmans, Green, & Co.

FROM THE MEMOIRS OF A MINISTER OF FRANCE — Stanley Weyman
Henry of Navarre
Cassell & Co.

LA DAME DE MONSOREAU — Dumas (translation)
French Court, &c. (1578)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE FORTY FIVE — Dumas (translation)
French Court, &c. (1585)
J. M. Dent & Co.

BEATRICE CENCI — F. D. Guerrazzi (translation)
Italy, late Sixteenth Century
Bosworth & Harrison, London, 1858

THE TERRIBLE CZAR — Count A. K. Tolstoy (translation)
Russia—Ivan IV.
Sampson Low & Co.

A BOYAR OF THE TERRIBLE — F. Whishaw
Russia—Ivan IV.
Longmans, Green, & Co.

UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS — Anonymous
Peru—late Sixteenth Century
T. Nelson & Sons

THE FLAMINGO FEATHER — K. Munro
Huguenots in Florida
T. Nelson & Sons

THE MONASTERY — Scott
Melrose and District. (1550).
A. & C. Black

THE ABBOT — Scott
Mary, Queen of Scots
A. & C. Black

THE QUEEN'S MARIES — G. J. Whyte Melville
Mary, Queen of Scots
W. Thacker & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co.

UNKNOWN TO HISTORY — Charlotte M. Yonge
Mary, Queen of Scots
Macmillan & Co.

MARY HAMILTON — Lord Ernest Hamilton
Mary, Queen of Scots
Methuen & Co.

ONE QUEEN TRIUMPHANT — Frank Mathew
Mary, Queen of Scots
John Lane

MAGDALEN HEPBURN — Mrs. Oliphant
Mary, Queen of Scots (Knox)
Hurst & Blackett. (1854)

KENILWORTH — Scott
Elizabeth
A. & C. Black

WESTWARD HO! — Charles Kingsley
Elizabeth
Macmillan & Co.

FOR GOD AND GOLD — Julian Corbett
Elizabeth
Macmillan & Co.

BY STROKE OF SWORD — A. Balfour
Elizabeth
Methuen & Co.

SONS OF ADVERSITY — L. Cope Cornford
Elizabeth
Methuen & Co.

A GENTLEMAN PLAYER — R. N. Stephens
Elizabeth
Methuen & Co.

SIR LUDAR — T. Baines Reed
Elizabeth
Sampson Low & Co.

MAELCHO — Emily Lawless
Irish Rebellion
Methuen & Co.

GUAVAS THE TINNER — S. Baring-Gould
The Devonshire Tinneries
Methuen & Co.

THE WHITE KING OF MANOA — Joseph Hatton
Sir Walter Raleigh, &c.
Hutchinson & Co.

PENSHURST CASTLE — Emma Marshall
Sir Philip Sydney
Seeley & Co.

MASTER SKYLARK — John Bennett
Shakespeare
Macmillan & Co.

THE OUTLAWS OF THE MARCHES — Lord Ernest Hamilton
Scotland (1587)
Fisher Unwin

THE FLIGHT OF THE EAGLE — Standish O'Grady
Ireland, late Sixteenth Century
Lawrence & Bullen

WITH ESSEX IN IRELAND — Emily Lawless
Ireland (1599)
Methuen & Co.

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL — Scott
Time of James I.
A. & C. Black

*THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES — Harrison Ainsworth
Time of James I.
Geo. Routledge & Sons

* Ainsworth's two novels, "Guy Fawkes" and "The Star Chamber," also deal with James I., but they are distinctly inferior in literary workmanship.

THE BLACK TOR — G. Manville Fenn
Time of James I.
W. & R. Chambers

IN THE DAYS OF KING JAMES — S. H. Burchell
Time of James I.
Gay & Bird

ROMANCE OF THE LADY ARBELL — Alastor Graeme
Time of James I.
F. V. White

JUDITH SHAKESPEARE — William Black
Time of James I.
Sampson Low & Co.

THE LOST TREASURE OF TREVLYN — E. Everett Green
Time of the Gunpowder Plot
T. Nelson & Sons

*STANDISH OF STANDISH — J. G. Austin
America—Period of the Pilgrim Fathers
Ward, Lock, & Co.

* This is the first of a series of tales dealing with Early American history by the same author, viz.:—"Betty Alden" (sequel to above); "A Nameless Nobleman" (half-century later than "Standish of Standish"), with its sequel, "Dr. Le Baron and his Daughters" (all published by Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.)

SOLDIER RIGDALE — B. M. Dix
America—Period of the Pilgrim Fathers
Macmillan & Co.

LONGFEATHER THE PEACEMAKER — Kirk Monroe
America—Period of the Pilgrim Fathers
George Newnes

BY ORDER OF THE COMPANY (TO HAVE AND TO HOLD) — Mary Johnston
Old Virginia, 1622
Constable & Co.

MERRY-MOUNT — J. L. Motley
Plymouth Colony
James Monroe & Co. Boston 1849

MISTRESS BRENT — Lucy M. Thruston
Maryland, 1636
Little, Brown, & Co., U.S.A.

ANTONIA — Jessie Van Zile Belden
Dutch Colonists in Hudson River Districts, 1640-50
John Murray

THE DUKE'S SERVANTS — S. H. Burchell
The Duke of Buckingham (1624-8)
Gay & Bird

IN HIGH PLACES — Miss Braddon
Earlier years of Charles I.
Hutchinson & Co.

WHITEHALL — Anonymous
Earlier years of Charles I.
Geo. Routledge & Sons

MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER — Defoe
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE CAVALIERS — S. R. Keightley
Civil War Period
Hutchinson & Co.

WHEN CHARLES I. WAS KING — J. S. Fletcher
Civil War Period
Gay & Bird

HOLMEY HOUSE — G. J. Whyte Melville
Civil War Period
W. Thacker & Co. and Ward, Lock, & Co.

THE SPLENDID SPUR — "Q"
Civil War Period
Cassell & Co.

WITH THE KING AT OXFORD — A. J. Church
Civil War Period
Seeley & Co.

MISTRESS SPITFIRE — J. S. Fletcher
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.

CROMWELL'S OWN — A. Paterson
Civil War Period
Harper & Brothers

ST. GEORGE AND ST. MICHAEL — George Macdonald
Civil War Period
H. S. King, 1876

HUGH GWYETH — B. M. Dix
Civil War Period
Macmillan & Co.

MIRIAM CROMWELL — Dora McChesney
Civil War Period
W. Blackwood & Sons

THE CHILDREN OF NEW FOREST — Marryatt
Civil War Period
J. M. Dent & Co.

*FOR KING AND KENT — Col. Colomb
Civil War Period
Remington

* This book well represents the extreme Royalist point of view.

TO RIGHT THE WRONG — Edna Lyall
Hampden
Hurst & Blackett

IN SPITE OF ALL — Edna Lyall
Falkland, Laud, &c.
Hurst & Blackett

JOHN INGLESANT — J. H. Shorthouse
England (Charles I.) and Italy (the Molinists).
Macmillan & Co.

UNDER SALISBURY SPIRE — Emma Marshall
George Herbert
Seeley & Co.

A HAUNT OF ANCIENT PEACE — Emma Marshall
Nicholas Ferrar
Seeley & Co.

THE MAIDEN AND MARRIED LIFE OF MARY POWELL — Miss Manning
John Milton (1643)
J C. Nimmo

OLD BLACKFRIARS — Beatrice Marshall
Van Dyck
Seeley & Co.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS — Dumas (translation)
France—Richelieu, &c.
J. M. Dent & Co.

UNDER THE RED ROBE — Stanley Weyman
France—Richelieu, &c.
Methuen & Co.

THE MAN IN BLACK — Stanley Weyman
France—Richelieu, &c.
Cassell & Co.

CINQ MARS — A. de Vigny (trans.)
France—Richelieu, &c.
Geo. Routledge & Sons, 1877

RICHELIEU — G. P. R. James
France—Richelieu, &c.
G. P. Putnam's Sons

CAPTAIN FRACASSE — Theophile Gautier (translation)
Strolling Players, in time of Louis XIII.
Duckworth & Co. and J. Macqueen

A DAUGHTER OF FRANCE — Eliza Pollard
France and Acadia
T. Nelson & Sons

*THE BETROTHED LOVERS — Manzoni (translation)
Italy—the Plague in Milan, 1630
Ward, Lock, & Co. ("Minerva Library," 1889)

* Also published by George Bell & Sons (Bohn's Series) under the title "The Betrothed." I adopt the fuller title to prevent confusion with Scott's romance.

RUPERT BY THE GRACE OF GOD — Dora McChesney
Prince Rupert's time
Macmillan & Co.

STRAY PEARLS — Charlotte M. Yonge
Prince Rupert's time
Macmillan & Co.

THE LION OF THE NORTH — G. A. Henty
Gustavus Adolphus
Blackie & Son

A BRAVE RESOLVE — J. B. de Liefde
Wallenstein
Hodder & Stoughton

BARON AND SQUIRE — Noeldechen (translated by Mrs. Pereira)
Thirty Years War
J. Nisbet & Co.

WON BY THE SWORD — G. A. Henty
Thirty Years War
Blackie & Son

MY LADY ROTHA — Stanley Weyman
Thirty Years War
A. D. Innes & Co.

RED AXE — S. R. Crockett
Thirty Years War
Smith, Elder, & Co.

*THE KING'S RING — Zacharias Topelius (translation)
Thirty Years War
Jarrold & Sons

* The first of a series covering the 17th and 18th Centuries. Under the general title of "The Surgeon's Stories," the remaining volumes were published by Messrs. Jansen & Co., of Chicago (1883- 4); one of these appears in my list later on.

DER DEUTSCHE KRIEG (Collective Title of Series) — Heinrich Laube
Thirty Years War
H. Haeffel, 1863

PHILLIP ROLLO — James Grant
Thirty Years War
Geo. Routledge & Sons

TWENTY YEARS AFTER — Dumas (translation)
France—Time of Mazarin, &c. (1648-9)
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE WAR OF WOMEN — Dumas (translation)
France—Time of Mazarin, &c. (1650)
J. M. Dent & Co.

MARIE DE MANCINI — Madame Sophie Gay (translation)
France—Time of Mazarin, &c.
Lawrence & Bullen

THE SILVER CROSS — S. R. Keightley
France—Time of Mazarin
Hutchinson & Co.

HENRY MASTERTON — G. P. R. James
England (Civil War) and France (the Fronde).
Warne & Co.

PRETTY MICHAL — M. Jokai (translation)
Hungary, middle Seventeenth Century
Jarrold & Sons

WITH FIRE AND SWORD — H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE DELUGE — H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.

PAN MICHAEL — H. Sienkiewicz (translation)
Poland and Russia, from middle of the Seventeenth Century
J. M. Dent & Co.

JOHN SPLENDID — Neil Munro
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Wm. Blackwood & Sons

THE LEGEND OF MONTROSE — Scott
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
A. & C. Black

JOURNAL OF THE LADY BEATRIX GRAHAM — Mrs. Fowler Smith
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Geo. Bell & Sons

THE ANGEL OF THE COVENANT — J. Maclaren Cobban
Period of Montrose and the Covenant
Methuen & Co.

KATHLEEN CLARE — Dora McChesney
Ireland, 1637-41
W. Blackwood & Sons

JOHN MARMADUKE — S. H. Church
Ireland—Cromwellian wars
G. P. Putnam's Sons

IN THE KING'S SERVICE — F. S. Brereton
Ireland—Cromwellian wars
Blackie & Son

ETHNE — Mrs. Field
Ireland—Cromwellian wars
Wells, Gardner, & Co.

HARRY OGILVIE — James Grant
Scotland. Cromwellian wars
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE WHITE KING'S DAUGHTER — Emma Marshall
The Princess Elizabeth
Seeley & Co.

IN COLSTON'S DAYS — Emma Marshall
Bristol, 1636-1720
Seeley & Co.

WOODSTOCK — Scott
Commonwealth period
A. & C. Black

CAPTAIN JACOBUS — L. Cope Cornford
Commonwealth period
Methuen & Co.

AFTER WORCESTER — E. Everett Green
Commonwealth period
T. Nelson & Sons

ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SEA — Mrs. Charles
Commonwealth period
T. Nelson & Sons

THE MAKING OF CHRISTOPHER FERRINGHAM — B. M. Dix
Commonwealth period (New England)
Macmillan & Co.

*DEBORAH'S DIARY — Miss Manning
Milton's Daughter (1665)
J. C. Nimmo

* Sequel to "The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell."

ADAM HEPBURN'S VOW — Annie S. Swan
Scotland—Kirk and Covenant
Cassell & Co.

FRIEND OLIVIA — Amelia E. Barr
George Fox, the Quaker
James Clarke & Co.

THE SHADOW OF A CRIME — Hall Caine
Quakers at the Restoration
Chatto & Windus

A GALLANT QUAKER — Mrs. M. H. Roberton
George Fox and William Penn
Methuen & Co.

THE ROMANCE OF DOLLARD — Mrs. Catherwood
French in Canada
Fisher Unwin

TARA — Meadows Taylor
India, 1657
Kegan, Paul, & Co.

BRAMBLETYE HOUSE — Horace Smith
Commonwealth—Charles II.
Henry Colburn, 1826

GOD SAVE THE KING — Ronald Macdonald
Commonwealth—Charles II.
John Murray

PEVERIL OF THE PEAK — Scott
Time of Charles II.
A. & C. Black

LONDON PRIDE — Miss Braddon
Time of Charles II.
Simpkin & Co.

DANIEL HERRICK — S. H. Burchell
Time of Charles II.
Gay & Bird

I LIVED AS I LISTED — Arthur L. Maitland
Time of Charles II.
Wells, Gardner, & Co.

THE PURITAN'S WIFE — Max Pemberton
Time of Charles II.
Cassell & Co.

WHITEFRIARS — Anonymous
Time of Charles II.
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE ROBBER — G. P. R. James
Time of Charles II.
Warne & Co.

SILAS VERNEY — E. Pickering
Time of Charles II.
Blackie & Son

CHERRY AND VIOLET — Miss Manning
Time of Charles II.
J. C. Nimmo

HISTORY OF THE PLAGUE — Defoe
Time of Charles II. (Plague)
J. M. Dent & Co.

OLD ST. PAULS — Harrison Ainsworth
Time of Charles II. (Plague)
Geo. Routledge & Sons

THE DAGGER AND THE CROSS — J. Hatton
Time of Charles II. (Eyam)
Hutchinson & Co.

TRAITOR OR PATRIOT? — Mary C. Rowsell
Time of Charles II. (Rye House Plot)
Blackie & Son

SIMON DALE — Anthony Hope
Time of Charles II.
Methuen & Co.

NELL GWYNN, COMEDIAN — Frankfort Moore
Time of Charles II.
C. A. Pearson

IN THE GOLDEN DAYS — Edna Lyall
Time of Charles II. (Algernon Sidney)
Hurst & Blackett

SIR RALPH ESHER — Leigh Hunt
Time of Charles II.
Henry Colburn, 1832

MARY HOLLIS — H. J. Schimmel (translation)
Time of Charles II.
John Camden Hotten

OLD MORTALITY — Scott
Bothwell Bridge, 1679
A. & C. Black

THE MEN OF THE MOSS HAGS — S. R. Crockett
Bothwell Bridge, 1679
Isbister & Co.

JOHN BURNET OF BARNS — J. Buchan
Scotland and the Low Countries (1678-88)
John Lane

WINCHESTER MEADS — Emma Marshall
Bishop Ken
Seeley & Co.

IN THE EAST COUNTRY WITH SIR THOMAS BROWNE — Emma Marshall
Author of "Religio Medici."
Seeley & Co.

IN WESTMINSTER CHOIR — Emma Marshall
Purcell the Composer
Seeley & Co.

THE CARVED CARTOON — Austin Clare
Grinling Gibbons
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

SPINOZA — Auerbach (trans.)
A romance of Spinoza the Philosopher.
Sampson Low & Co.

'MIDST THE WILD CARPATHIANS — M. Jokai (trans.)
Transylvania, 1666
Jarrold & Sons

THE BLACK TULIP — Dumas (trans.)
William of Orange, 1672
J. M. Dent & Co.

THE