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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Periodical: Monthly Packet

Periodical: Monthly Packet

History: Full title is: The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church. Published monthly, price 1s. Originally published by John and Charles Mozley, then Walter Smith, then Innes. Edited by Charlotte M. Yonge followed later by Christabel Rose Coleridge.

References: DNCJ; GoogleBooks (1866-1895; incomplete); Nineteen-Century UK Periodicals: New Readerships; Sutherland

Novels and short stories serialized in Monthly Packet:

  1. Charlotte Mary Yonge. The Daisy Chain, July 1853 to December 1855 (monthly).
  2. Anne Maria Carter Smith. "Lucy and Christian Wainwright", February 1856.
  3. Charlotte Mary Yonge. The Trial, January 1862 to April 1864 (monthly).
  4. Beatrice Batty. The Apostle of the Alps, February 1862 to September 1862 (monthly).
  5. Charlotte Mary Yonge. The Pillars of the House, January 1870 to December 1873 (monthly).
  6. Charlotte Mary Yonge. The Three Brides, January 1874 to June 1876 (monthly).
  7. Charlotte Mary Yonge. Magnum Bonum, January 1877 to December 1879 (monthly).
  8. Rosa Nouchette Carey. Heriot's Choice, July 1877 to October 1879 (monthly).
  9. Christabel Rose Coleridge. An English Squire, January 1880 to December 1880 (monthly).
  10. Lewis Carroll. A Tangled Tale, April 1880 to March 1885 (monthly). (Irregular).
  11. Charlotte Mary Yonge. Stray Pearls, January 1881 to May 1883 (monthly).
  12. Christabel Rose Coleridge. A Near Relation, January 1884 to May 1885 (monthly).
  13. Charlotte Mary Yonge. A Modern Telemachus, January 1886 to December 1886 (monthly).
  14. Charlotte Mary Yonge. Beechcroft at Rockstone, January 1887 to December 1888 (monthly).
  15. Helen Shipton. Dagmar, July 1887 to December 1888 (monthly).
  16. Charlotte Mary Yonge. Two Penniless Princesses, January 1890 to December 1890 (monthly).
  17. Charlotte Mary Yonge. That Stick, January 1891 to December 1891 (monthly).
  18. Katharine Sarah Macquoid. In an Orchard, April 1893 to December 1893 (monthly).
  19. Dorothea Gerard. Lot 13, July 1893 to June 1894 (monthly).
  20. Roma White. The Changeling of Brandlesome, January 1896 to June 1896 (monthly).
  21. Christabel Rose Coleridge. Ravenstone, January 1896 to June 1896 (monthly).
  22. Annie Victoria Dutton. Jonathan Toms, July 1896 to October 1896 (monthly).
  23. A. E. W. Mason. Lawrence Clavering, January 1897 to December 1897 (monthly).
  24. Arthur Paterson. The Gospel Writ in Steel, January 1898 to October 1898 (monthly).
  25. Christabel Rose Coleridge. The Main Chance, January 1898 to September 1898 (monthly).
  26. Eleanor C. Price. Off the High Road, July 1898 to October 1898 (monthly).
  27. Dorothea Gerard. The Conquest of London, October 1898 to December 1898 (monthly).
  28. Helen Shipton. The Strong God Circumstance, November 1898 to June 1899 (monthly).