Year Information At the Circulating Library

Titles published in the year 1856:

  1. Charles Warren Adams.  Randal Vaughan: or, Self in Self-Sacrifice.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  2. Mrs. Alexander.  Agnes Waring: An Autobiography.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  3. Mrs. Alexander.  The Happy Cottage: A Tale of Summer's Sunshine.  1 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  4. Anonymous.  Deverell: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  5. Anonymous.  Colonel Biron: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  6. Anonymous.  Life's Chances: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  7. Anonymous.  Richard Embleton: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  8. Anonymous.  Rank and Beauty: or, The Young Baroness: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  9. Anonymous.  Laura Gay: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  10. Anonymous.  Claude de Vesci: or, The Ancient Patrimony. A Tale.  2 vol.  London: Bell and Daldy.
  11. Anonymous.  Poisoners and Propagandists: or, A Developed Age. A Tale.  2 vol.  London: Westerton.
  12. Capt. Sir Edward Belcher.  Horatio Howard Brenton: A Naval Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  13. John Richard Digby Beste.  Modern Society in Rome.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  14. Archibald Boyd.  The Crown Ward: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  15. Mary Isabella Irwin Brotherton.  Arthur Brandon: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  16. Selina Bunbury.  Our Own Story: or, The History of Magdalene and Basil St. Pierre.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  17. Lady Charlotte Bury.  The Lady of Fashion.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  18. Lady Georgiana Chatterton.  Compensation: A Story of Real Life Thirty Years Ago.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  19. Wilkie Collins.  After Dark.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  20. William John Conybeare.  Perversion: or, The Causes and Consequences of Infidelity.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  21. Dinah Marie Craik.  John Halifax, Gentleman.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  22. Capt. Henry Curling.  Edith Frankheart: or, The Baronet's Daughter.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  23. Wilfrid East.  Maurice Elvington: or, One Out of Suits with Fortune.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  24. Sarah Strickney Ellis.  The Mother's Mistake.  1 vol.  London: Houlston and Wright.
  25. Stephen Watson Fullom.  The Man of the World: or, Vanities of the Day.  3 vol.  London: Skeet.
  26. A. M. Goodrich.  The Myrtle and the Heather: A Tale.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  27. Catherine Gore.  A Life's Lesson: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  28. James Grant.  Harry Ogilvie: or, The Black Dragoons.  1 vol.  London: Routledge.
  29. Josepha Heath Gulston.  Young Singleton.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  30. Professor H..  The Letter and the Spirit: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  31. Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer.  The Old Monastery: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Bentley.
  32. Jane Margaret Hooper.  The House of Raby: or, Our Lady of Darkness: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  33. Catherine Anne Hubback.  The Old Vicarage: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Skeet.
  34. Catherine Anne Hubback.  Agnes Milbourne: or, Foy pour Devoir.  2 vol.  London: Skeet.
  35. Henry Noel Humphreys.  Diamonds and Dust: Being Grains from the Sands of Society.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  36. Mary Jackson.  The Story of my Wardship.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  37. John Cordy Jeaffreson.  Isabel: The Young Wife and the Old Love.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  38. Henrietta Camilla Jenkin.  Violet Bank and Its Inmates: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  39. Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury.  The Sorrows of Gentility: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  40. Emily Jolly.  Mr. Arle.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  41. Capt. Brook J. Knight.  The General's Daughter.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  42. William Knighton.  Edgar Bardon: An Autobiographical Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  43. L. S. Lavenu.  Erlesmere: or, Constrasts of Character.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  44. Charles Lever.  The Martins of Cro' Martin.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  45. Thomas Litchfield.  The Coldstreams and the Musqueteers: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  46. Max Lyle.  Fair Oaks: or, The Experiences of Arnold Osborne, M.D..  2 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley.
  47. Rosina Bulwer Lytton.  Very Successful!: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Whittaker.
  48. Catherine Charlotte Maberly.  Leonora: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  49. Daniel Owen Madden.  The Mildmayes: or, The Clergyman's Secret. A Story of Twenty Years Ago.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  50. Sara Anne Marsh-Caldwell.  Evelyn Marston.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  51. Colburn Mayne.  Madeline Clare: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  52. Julia Melville.  Old Memories: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  53. George Meredith.  The Shaving of Shagpat: An Arabian Entertainment.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  54. Eustace Mitford.  The Wilderness of the World: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  55. Susannah Moodie.  The Monctons: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Bentley.
  56. Albert Julius Mott.  Amberhill: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  57. Edward Hungerford Elers Napier.  The Linesman: A Military Novel.  3 vol.  London: J. Chapman.
  58. Emma Newby.  Sunshine and Shadow: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  59. Emilia Norris.  Henry Lyle: or, Life and Existance.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  60. Margaret Oliphant.  Zaidee: A Romance.  3 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood.
  61. Octavia Oliphant.  Frirwin: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hope.
  62. Margaret Oliphant.  Christian Melville.  1 vol.  London: David Bogue.
  63. Henry Owgan.  Out on the World: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  64. Harriet Parr.  Kathie Brande: A Fire Side History of a Quiet Life.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  65. Mrs. Parry.  Olive Hastings: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  66. Margaret Agnes Paul.  Dorothy: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  67. Margaret Agnes Paul.  DeCressy: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker.
  68. Lady Emily Ponsonby.  The Young Lord: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  69. Noell Radecliffe.  Diana Wynyard.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  70. Charles Reade.  It is Never too Late to Mend: A Matter of Fact Romance.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  71. Capt. Mayne Reid.  The Quadroon.  3 vol.  London: Hyde.
  72. James Reynolds.  Eveleen: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  73. Charlotte Elizabeth Riddell.  Zuriel's Grandchild: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  74. Emma Robinson.  The City Banker: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Routledge.
  75. Lady Scott.  The Old Gray Church: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley.
  76. Elizabeth Missing Sewell.  Ivors.  2 vol.  London: Longman.
  77. Elizabeth Sara Sheppard.  The Double Coronet: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  78. Catherine Sinclair.  What Might Have Been!: or, The Old Love and the New. A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  79. Charlotte Smith.  The Dull Stone House.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  80. Catherine Helen Spence.  Tender and True: A Colonial Tale.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  81. James Augustus St. John.  The Ring and the Veil: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  82. Charles Edward Stewart.  Oliver Cromwell: A Tale of the Civil War.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  83. Harriet Beecher Stowe.  Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low.
  84. Julia Cecilia Stretton.  Margaret and Her Bridesmaids: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  85. William Makepeace Thackeray.  The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon.  1 vol.  London: Bradbury and Evans.
  86. Henrietta Euphemia Tindal.  The Heirs of Blackridge Manor: A Tale of the Past and Present.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall.
  87. Frances Milton Trollope.  Fashionable Life: or, Paris and London.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  88. Ellen Wallace.  Beyminstre: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder.
  89. Susan Bogert Warner.  Mr. Rutherford's Children.  2 vol.  London: James Nisbet.
  90. Emma Jane Worboise.  Veiled Hearts: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett.
  91. A. Wygorn.  Elsie Seymour: or, The Contrast.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby.
  92. Charlotte Mary Yonge.  The Daisy Chain.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker.