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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Periodical: The Family Herald

Periodical: The Family Herald

History: Full title is The Family Herald: or, Useful Information and Amusement for the Million. Published weekly on Saturdays, price 1d. Published by George Biggs until his death in 1859 then by William Stevens.

References: British Library; "George Biggs and the 'Family Herald'," Bookseller (4 November 1893)

Novels and short stories serialized in The Family Herald:

  1. Mary Ann Bird. The Hawkshawes, 2 May 1857 to 27 June 1857 (weekly).
  2. Harriet Maria Smythies. Fitzherbert, 25 July 1857 to 31 October 1857 (weekly).
  3. Frances E. M. Notley. Olive Varcoe, 2 May 1868 to 24 October 1868 (weekly).
  4. Charlotte M. Brame. "Lord Lynne's Choice", 2 September 1869 to 4 December 1869 (weekly).
  5. Charlotte M. Brame. "Ingledew House", 5 March 1870 to 19 March 1870 (weekly).
  6. Frances E. M. Notley. Family Pride, 7 May 1870 to 1 November 1870 (weekly).
  7. Charlotte M. Brame. Lady Hutton's Ward, 4 February 1871 to 22 April 1871 (weekly).
  8. Charlotte M. Brame. Dora Thorne, 16 September 1871 to 9 December 1871 (weekly).
  9. M. H.. Mildred's Husband, 9 December 1871 to 10 February 1872 (weekly).
  10. Jesson. "King Cophetua", 9 March 1872 to 18 April 1872 (weekly).
  11. Mary Cecil Hay. Victor and Vanquished, 4 May 1872 to 7 September 1872 (weekly).
  12. Jesson. "Rose of the World", 26 October 1872 to 21 December 1872 (weekly).
  13. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. "Löys, Lord Berresford", 18 January 1873 to 8 February 1873 (weekly).
  14. Frederick William Robinson. Her Face was her Fortune, 3 May 1873 to 11 October 1873 (weekly).
  15. Mary Cecil Hay. "Known by its Fruit", 31 May 1873 to 19 July 1873 (weekly).
  16. A. A. Ellis. All in the Wild March Morning, 1 November 1873 to 31 January 1874 (weekly).
  17. Mary Cecil Hay. Old Myddelton's Money, 2 May 1874 to 12 September 1874 (weekly).
  18. Charlotte M. Brame. At War with Herself, 27 June 1874 to 10 September 1874 (weekly).
  19. Charlotte M. Brame. The Shadow of a Sin, 7 November 1874 to 30 January 1875 (weekly).
  20. Mary Cecil Hay. "Bart Bannatyne's City Home", 26 December 1874.
  21. Anna Boulton. Could Aught Atone?, 30 January 1875 to 24 April 1875 (weekly).
  22. Charlotte M. Brame. Redeemed by Love, 27 March 1875 to 19 June 1875 (weekly).
  23. Mary Cecil Hay. The Squire's Legacy, 1 May 1875 to 26 October 1875 (weekly).
  24. Charlotte M. Brame. "The Story of a Wedding-Ring", 17 July 1875. (Seaside Number).
  25. Charlotte M. Brame. Repented at Leisure, 14 August 1875 to 20 November 1875 (weekly).
  26. Charlotte M. Brame. "Lady Gwendoline's Dream", 11 December 1875. (Christmas Number).
  27. Frances E. M. Notley. The History of an Opal-Ring, 1 January 1876 to 18 March 1876 (weekly).
  28. Charlotte M. Brame. A Woman's War, 12 February 1876 to 27 May 1876 (weekly).
  29. Mary Cecil Hay. Nora's Love Test, 6 May 1876 to 30 September 1876 (weekly).
  30. Charlotte M. Brame. "On Her Wedding-Morn", 15 July 1876. (Seaside Number).
  31. Charlotte M. Brame. Wife in Name Only, 4 November 1876 to 17 February 1877 (weekly).
  32. Charlotte M. Brame. "Wedded and Parted", 9 December 1876. (Christmas Number).
  33. Edith Stewart Drewry. "Sworn Foes", 24 March 1877 to 19 May 1877 (weekly).
  34. Charlotte M. Brame. The Sin of a Lifetime, 5 May 1877 to 25 August 1877 (weekly).
  35. Charlotte M. Brame. "Bride from the Sea", 21 June 1877. (Seaside Number).
  36. Charlotte M. Brame. From Gloom to Sunlight, 6 September 1877 to 19 January 1878 (weekly).
  37. Charlotte M. Brame. "A Gilded Sin", 8 December 1877. (Christmas Number).
  38. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard. "Sweethearts", 19 January 1878 to 23 February 1878 (weekly).
  39. Charlotte M. Brame. The Cost of her Love, 16 March 1878 to 15 June 1878 (weekly).
  40. Edith Stewart Drewry. "The Skeleton on the Hearth", 6 April 1878 to 27 April 1878 (weekly).
  41. Charlotte M. Brame. "A Queen amongst Women", 20 July 1878. (Seaside Number).
  42. Charlotte M. Brame. Weaker than a Woman, 17 August 1878 to 23 November 1878 (weekly).
  43. Alison. Eily's Confession, 2 November 1878 to 1 March 1879 (weekly).
  44. Charlotte M. Brame. "More Bitter than Death", 14 December 1878. (Christmas Number).
  45. Charlotte M. Brame. The Love that Lives, 1 March 1879 to 7 June 1879 (weekly).
  46. Charlotte M. Brame. "A Golden Dawn", 28 June 1879. (Seaside Number).
  47. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard. The Old Love or the New?, 28 June 1879 to 20 September 1879 (weekly).
  48. Charlotte M. Brame. Which Loved Him Best?, 20 September 1879 to 13 December 1879 (weekly).
  49. Mary Cecil Hay. For Her Dear Sake, 1 November 1879 to 10 April 1880 (weekly). (Irregular).
  50. Charlotte M. Brame. "A Dead Heart", 13 December 1879. (Christmas Number).
  51. A. J. W.. My Marriage, 21 February 1880 to 29 May 1880 (weekly).
  52. Charlotte M. Brame. A Rose in Thorns, 1 May 1880 to 7 August 1880 (weekly).
  53. Eliza Margaret von Booth. My Lady Coquette, 29 May 1880 to 18 September 1880 (weekly).
  54. Charlotte M. Brame. "A Bridge of Love", 26 June 1880. (Seaside Number).
  55. Charlotte M. Brame. "The Fatal Lilies", 11 December 1880. (Christmas Number).
  56. Charlotte M. Brame. Love's Warfare, 1 January 1881 to 26 March 1881 (weekly).
  57. Charlotte M. Brame. Hilary's Folly, 7 May 1881 to 6 August 1881 (weekly).
  58. Charlotte M. Brame. "Like No Other Love", 25 June 1881. (Seaside Number).
  59. Charlotte M. Brame. A Golden Heart, 3 December 1881 to 25 February 1882 (weekly).
  60. Charlotte M. Brame. "Two Kisses", 10 December 1881. (Christmas Number).
  61. Charlotte M. Brame. A Broken Wedding-Ring, 25 February 1882 to 17 June 1882 (weekly).
  62. Frances E. M. Notley. Red Riding Hood, 6 May 1882 to 7 October 1882 (weekly).
  63. Charlotte M. Brame. "Love for a Day", 24 June 1882. (Seaside Number).
  64. Charlotte M. Brame. "Between Two Sins", 9 December 1882. (Christmas Number).
  65. Charlotte M. Brame. Romance of a Black Veil, 23 December 1882 to 17 March 1883 (weekly).
  66. Arnold Gray. The Wild Warringtons, 6 January 1883 to 5 May 1883 (weekly).
  67. Florence Warden. The House on the Marsh, 17 March 1883 to 30 June 1883 (weekly).
  68. Charlotte M. Brame. Her Mother's Sin, 5 May 1883 to 4 August 1883 (weekly).
  69. Constance Susanna Blount. Lover and Lord, 23 June 1883 to 8 September 1883 (weekly).
  70. Florence Warden. At the World's Mercy, 4 August 1883 to 29 September 1883 (weekly).
  71. Charlotte M. Brame. Thorns and Orange Blossoms, 1 September 1883 to 29 December 1883 (weekly).
  72. Frank Barrett. Little Lady Linton, 8 December 1883 to 8 March 1884 (weekly).
  73. BTAO "Kathleen". Addie's Husband, 16 February 1884 to 3 May 1884 (weekly).
  74. Charlotte M. Brame. Diana's Discipline, 3 May 1884 to 6 September 1884 (weekly).
  75. Florence Warden. A Dog with a Bad Name, 21 June 1884 to 25 October 1884 (weekly).
  76. Charlotte M. Brame. "A Terrible Repentance", 21 June 1884. (Seaside Number).
  77. Alice Mangoldt Diehl. A Woman's Love-Story, 27 September 1884 to 13 December 1884 (weekly).
  78. Mary Cecil Hay. Lester's Secret, 1 November 1884 to 21 March 1885 (weekly).
  79. Charlotte M. Brame. "In Cupid's Net", 6 December 1884. (Christmas Number).
  80. Florence Warden. A Vagrant Wife, 21 March 1885 to 20 June 1885 (weekly).
  81. Charlotte M. Brame. Her Martyrdom, 13 June 1885 to 26 September 1885 (weekly).
  82. Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi. Margery Daw, 7 November 1885 to 23 January 1886 (weekly).
  83. Charlotte M. Brame. Romance of a Young Girl, 5 December 1885 to 20 March 1886 (weekly).
  84. A. J. W.. Society's Verdict, 16 January 1886 to 30 April 1886 (weekly). (end date approximate).
  85. Florence Warden. Doris's Fortune, 1 May 1886 to 3 July 1886 (weekly).
  86. Clara Catherine Andrews. Madam's Ward, 11 September 1886 to 25 December 1886 (weekly).
  87. Mary Jemima Albert. A Hidden Terror, 6 November 1886 to 5 February 1887 (weekly).
  88. Arnold Gray. Periwinkle, 18 December 1886 to 23 April 1887 (weekly).
  89. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard. "Her Johnnie", 29 January 1887 to 2 April 1887 (weekly).
  90. Emma Sarah Williamson. Her Own Sister, 2 April 1887 to 11 June 1887 (weekly).
  91. Geraldine Penrose Fitzgerald. Sir Alan's Wife, 23 July 1887 to 1 October 1887 (weekly).
  92. BTAO "Guilty without a Crime". Her Bitter Reward, 1 October 1887 to 26 November 1887 (weekly).
  93. Ellen Baseley. Sweet Anna Greyson, 26 November 1887 to 21 January 1888 (weekly).
  94. Alice Mangoldt Diehl. Dead or Alive?, 11 February 1888 to 28 April 1888 (weekly).
  95. Constance Susanna Blount. Coral, 5 May 1888 to 21 July 1888 (weekly).
  96. Mary H. Folkard. Love will Find Out the Way, 26 May 1888 to 1 September 1888 (weekly).
  97. Fanny Lablache. That Girl!, 21 July 1888 to 3 November 1888 (weekly).
  98. May Crommelin. The Freaks of Lady Fortune, 6 October 1888 to 29 December 1888 (weekly).
  99. Mary Kernahan Harris. A Great Deception, 3 November 1888 to 19 January 1889 (weekly).
  100. Clara Catherine Andrews. Cruel Kindred, 29 December 1888 to 16 March 1889 (weekly).
  101. Adeline Sergeant. A Life Sentence, 9 March 1889 to 13 July 1889 (weekly).
  102. Caroline Emily Cameron. Lord Elwyn's Daughter, 23 March 1889 to 22 June 1889 (weekly).
  103. T. Ferguson. As Through Fire, 22 June 1889 to 7 September 1889 (weekly).
  104. Sophy Beckett. The Story of an Error, 13 July 1889 to 30 August 1889 (weekly). (end date approximate).
  105. Jesson. Audrey's Neighbours, 7 September 1889 to 7 December 1889 (weekly).
  106. M. E. Manton. "Peggy's Widow", 2 November 1889 to 28 December 1889 (weekly).
  107. Robin Gray. A Slandered Memory, 7 December 1889 to 9 March 1890 (weekly).
  108. Clara Catherine Andrews. Cherry-Blossom, 3 May 1890 to 31 May 1890 (weekly).
  109. Clara Lemore. Gwen Dale's Ordeal, 3 May 1890 to 17 May 1890 (weekly).
  110. Clara Lemore. Madge Dale's Marriage Portion, 17 May 1890 to 19 July 1890 (weekly).
  111. Caroline Emily Cameron. Proved Unworthy, 31 May 1890 to 30 August 1890 (weekly).
  112. Alice Dudeney. Young, and So Fair!, 19 July 1890 to 20 September 1890 (weekly).
  113. Daine. Lady Olivia's Step-Daughters, 30 August 1890 to 6 December 1890 (weekly).
  114. Emma Sarah Williamson. The Very Eyes of Me!, 20 September 1890 to 1 November 1890 (weekly).
  115. Jesson. Cross-Purposes, 1 November 1890 to 3 January 1891 (weekly).
  116. Mary H. Folkard. Paid in Full, 6 December 1890 to 14 March 1891 (weekly).
  117. Clara Catherine Andrews. "A Long Lane", 3 January 1891 to 18 April 1891 (weekly).
  118. Mary Cross. A Woman's Victory, 14 March 1891 to 16 May 1891 (weekly).
  119. E. W.. Merle, or One Fair Daughter, 18 April 1891 to 18 July 1891 (weekly).
  120. A. J. W.. No Rent, 16 May 1891 to 29 August 1891 (weekly).
  121. Daine. Cicely's Error, 18 July 1891 to 10 October 1891 (weekly).
  122. Jesson. A Missing Heiress, 29 August 1891 to 21 November 1891 (weekly).
  123. Clara Lemore. Put Asunder, 10 October 1891 to 9 January 1892 (weekly).
  124. Gwyneth. Bertha's Fate, 21 November 1891 to 27 February 1892 (weekly).
  125. Z. Y. X.. Angela, 9 January 1892 to 26 March 1892 (weekly).
  126. Anonymous. Joan's Secret, 27 February 1892 to 14 May 1892 (weekly).
  127. Adeline Sergeant. St. Maur, 26 March 1892 to 6 August 1892 (weekly).
  128. Clara Catherine Andrews. Not a Saint, 14 May 1892 to 3 September 1892 (weekly).
  129. Arnold Gray. The One Maid for Me!, 6 August 1892 to 22 October 1892 (weekly).
  130. Alice Mangoldt Diehl. The Hollwood Mystery, 3 September 1892 to 5 November 1892 (weekly).
  131. Marian Comyn. Diana's Love-Story, 5 November 1892 to 21 January 1893 (weekly).
  132. Gertrude Warden. The Haunted House at Kew, 3 December 1892 to 25 February 1893 (weekly).
  133. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. A Little Deceiver, 21 January 1893 to 1 April 1893 (weekly).
  134. Z. Y. X.. For Nita, 25 February 1893 to 29 April 1893 (weekly).
  135. Daine. Hilary and Vivian, 1 April 1893 to 17 June 1893 (weekly).
  136. Florence Warden. A Terrible Family, 6 May 1893 to 1 July 1893 (weekly).
  137. Clara Catherine Andrews. A Desperate Game, 10 June 1893 to 9 September 1893 (weekly).
  138. Jesson. Love-Knots, 1 July 1893 to 23 September 1893 (weekly).
  139. Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi. My Pretty Jane, 9 September 1893 to 9 December 1893 (weekly).
  140. Caroline Emily Cameron. An Unselfish Woman, 23 September 1893 to 30 December 1893 (weekly).
  141. Florence Warden. Adela's Ordeal, 9 December 1893 to 24 February 1894 (weekly).
  142. BTAO "Her Second Marriage". Dalrymple's Wife, 30 December 1893 to 7 April 1894 (weekly).
  143. Dorothea Mary Corbould. A Father's Sin, 24 February 1894 to 5 May 1894 (weekly).
  144. M. E. Manton. Her Golden Sorrow, 7 April 1894 to 2 June 1894 (weekly).
  145. Ethel Legros Sanderson. The Story of Leah, 5 May 1894 to 4 August 1894 (weekly).
  146. Clara Catherine Andrews. Prue, 2 June 1894 to 15 September 1894 (weekly).
  147. Gertrude Warden. Five Old Maids, 4 August 1894 to 27 October 1894 (weekly).
  148. Clara Lemore. At War with Destiny, 8 December 1894 to 9 March 1895 (weekly).
  149. D. P.. Love's Conquest, 19 January 1895 to 6 April 1895 (weekly).
  150. Gwyneth. Knight or Knave?, 9 March 1895 to 20 July 1895 (weekly).
  151. Clara Catherine Andrews. A Barren Victory, 6 April 1895 to 6 July 1895 (weekly).
  152. Gertrude Warden. Her Fairy Prince, 1 July 1895 to 5 October 1895 (weekly). (Dates approximate).
  153. BTAO "Poppet". Vanished!, 20 July 1895 to 14 September 1895 (weekly).
  154. Alice Mangoldt Diehl. Rachel's Reward, 5 October 1895 to 31 December 1895 (weekly). (end date approximate).
  155. Laurentia Drewry. Atoned, 7 December 1895 to 8 February 1896 (weekly).
  156. Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi. A Faithful Traitor, 21 December 1895 to 21 March 1896 (weekly).
  157. Clara Lemore. A Bondage without Fetters, 8 February 1896 to 18 April 1896 (weekly).
  158. Clara Catherine Andrews. A Bitter Penitence, 21 March 1896 to 16 May 1896 (weekly).
  159. Jesson. Wednesday's Child, 18 April 1896 to 4 July 1896 (weekly).
  160. Herbert Flowerdew. A Californian Girl, 16 May 1896 to 25 July 1896 (weekly).
  161. A. J. W.. Kathleen's Engagement, 4 July 1896 to 26 September 1896 (weekly).
  162. Clara Lemore. The Sport of Fate, 25 July 1896 to 24 October 1896 (weekly).
  163. Ruth Sterling. Tom's Sweetheart, 26 September 1896 to 5 December 1896 (weekly).
  164. Gertrude Warden. An Angel of Evil, 24 October 1896 to 9 January 1897 (weekly).
  165. Owen Masters. For Love of Marjorie, 5 December 1896 to 27 February 1897 (weekly).
  166. Daine. Lucilla's Inheritance, 9 January 1897 to 1 May 1897 (weekly).
  167. Alice Mangoldt Diehl. Sweet Nance Waverley, 27 February 1897 to 30 April 1897 (weekly). (end date approximate).