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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Henry Frith

Author: Henry Frith (1840–1917)

Biography: Civil servant, translator, and author.

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References: British Census (1871, 1881, 1901, 1911); Times (15 October 1917)

Fiction Titles:

  1. My Wife's Relations: or, Some Passages in the Life of a Young Runaway Couple. Their Fortunes and Misfortunes.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1877.
  2. Little Valentine and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1878.
  3. Caught at Last, and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1879.
  4. Through Flood--Through Fire: And Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1880.
  5. Jack O'Lanthorn: A Tale of Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1884.
  6. On the Wings of the Wind.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1885.
  7. For Queen and King: or, The Loyal 'Prentice. A Story of Old London.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1885.
  8. In the Brave Days of Old: The Story of the Crusades.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1886.
  9. Escaped from Siberia: The Adventures of Three Distressed Fugitives.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1886.
  10. The Search for the Talisman: A Tale of Adventure in Labrador.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1886.
  11. The Wrecking of the Samphire: A Tale of Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Frederick Warne, 1886.
  12. Under Bayard's Banner!: A Story of the Days of Chivalry.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1886.
  13. Aboard the "Atalanta": The Story of a Truant.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1888.
  14. The Hunting of the "Hydra": or, The Phantom Prahu.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1889.
  15. The Captains of Cadets: A Story of the Rule of Britannia.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1889.
  16. The Opal Mountain: A Tale of Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1889.
  17. The "Saucy May": or, The Adventures of a Stowaway.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1889.
  18. The Cruise of the Wasp: A Romance of the North Atlantic.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1890.
  19. The Log of the Bombastes.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1890.
  20. The Light-ship Hand: or, The Strange Adventures of Richard Gayden.  1 vol.  London: Sunday School Union, 1893.
  21. A Cruise in Cloudland: and What Came of It.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1893.
  22. The Lost Trader: or, The Mystery of the Lombardy.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1894.
  23. In the Yellow Sea: A Tale of the Japanese War.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1898.