Part XI. is entitled “The Euphrosyne in the Downs,” but this

legend is omitted altogether in some copies of the book. (_b_) Included in Part XII. is a plate entitled “The Prize at Sheerness.” This underline reads in most copies of the book “The Prize in The Medway.” Collectors anxious to possess the actual first issue of the book—_i.e._, that bound up from actual parts—should examine these two points in copies they consider purchasing.

1840

OLLA PODRIDA. By the author of _Peter Simple_ etc. etc. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row. 1840. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. vi + (ii) + 310.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 362 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 332.

Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers. Also issued in ribbed maroon cloth, gilt. Yellow end-papers.

There is no contents list to Volume I. The complete contents are: Diary on the Continent—The Monk of Seville (a play)—S.W. and by W. ¾ W.—Ill-Will (a charade)—The Sky-Blue Domino—Modern Town Houses—The Way to be Happy—How to Write a Fashionable Novel—How to Write a Book of Travels—How to Write a Romance—The Legend of the Bell Rock—Moonshine.

NOTE—This book was published on December 1, 1840. Of the contents the “Diary on the Continent” appeared serially in the “Metropolitan Magazine” (see above, _Diary of a Blasé_, 1836), and the shorter pieces partly in the same journal, partly in the “New Monthly,” and one (“Moonshine”) in _The Keepsake_ (see above, _Stories of the Sea_, 1836).

1841/2

MASTERMAN READY OR THE WRECK OF THE PACIFIC. Written for Young People. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row. 1841 (Vol. I.), 1842 (Vols. II. and III.). 3 vols. in all. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 287 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., dated February, 1841, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 269 + (3). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp. (maybe two catalogues each of 16 pp.), dated April, 1842, bound in at end or, in some cases, after first front end-paper.

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 225 + (3). Publishers' catalogue, 30 pp., dated October, 1842, bound in at end.

Each volume contains frontispiece (that to Vol. III. is a map) and several text illustrations, wood engraved and printed on text paper. Dark green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.

NOTES—(i) Vol. I. was published in May, 1841; Vol. II. in April, 1842; and Vol. III. in December, 1842.

(ii) Because the book was first planned to occupy one volume only, there is no indication on Vol. I. of its being the first of a series. Vols. II. and III., however, are so described on title-page and on binding.

(iii) Vol. I. was catalogued on its publication as bound in “boards.” This indicates that copies were first issued with paper label and in half cloth, but I have never seen one so bound.

1841

JOSEPH RUSHBROOK: Or THE POACHER. By the author of _Peter Simple_. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Co., Paternoster Row. 1841. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 275 + (1).

Vol. II. pp. viii + 293 + (3).

Vol. III. pp. viii + 269 + (7). Advertisements of works by the same author occupy pp. (270) to (276).

Paper boards, half cloth, paper label. White end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in June, 1841. The story appeared serially in “The Era.”

1842

PERCIVAL KEENE. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, author of _Peter Simple_, _Jacob Faithful_ etc. etc. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1842. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 293 + (3).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 279 + (1).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 315 + (1).

Paper boards, half cloth, paper label. White end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in August, 1842.

1843

NARRATIVE OF THE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF MONSIEUR VIOLET IN CALIFORNIA, SONORA AND WESTERN TEXAS. Written by CAPTAIN MARRYAT, C.B. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row. 1843. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).

Vol. I. pp. viii + 312.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 318 + (2).

Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 299 + (1).

Folding map faces title-page of Vol. I. Paper boards, half cloth, paper label. White end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in October, 1843.

1844

THE SETTLERS IN CANADA: Written for Young People. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row. 1844. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4⅛ × 6¾).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 356. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., undated or dated September, 1844, or earlier, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 374 + (2).

Each volume contains frontispiece in wood engraving printed on text paper. Grey-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.

NOTES—(i) This book was published on September 7, 1844. It is possible that the earliest issue contained an undated catalogue, but this can only be established by comparison between a larger number of copies of the book than I have contrived to examine, and a careful investigation of the books listed in any such undated catalogue.

(ii) I have seen an announcement of this book as in “boards,” but have never met with copies so bound.

1845

THE MISSION: OR SCENES IN AFRICA. Written for Young People. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Paternoster Row. 1845. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).

Vol. I. pp. (vi) + 328. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp. and undated, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 374 + (2).

Each volume contains frontispiece in wood engraving, printed on text paper. Vol. I. contains, following title and also on text paper, a map. Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Pale yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in June, 1845.

1846

THE PRIVATEER'S-MAN: ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, R.N. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row. 1846. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 379 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, dated July, 1846, or earlier, bound in at end.

Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 361 + (1).

Grey-green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.

NOTE—This book was published in July, 1846. The story appeared serially in the “New Monthly Magazine,” which periodical had just been purchased by W. Harrison Ainsworth.

[1847]

THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, R.N. London: H. Hurst, 27 King William Street, Charing Cross. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).

Vol. I. pp. (iv) [enclosing inset title-page printed in red and green] + 288 + (2).

Vol. II. pp. (iv) [enclosing inset title-page printed in red and green] + 298 + (4).

Vol. I. contains eight and Vol. II. four steel-engraved illustrations by Frank Marryat, printed separately.

NOTES—(i) This book was the first story in _The Juvenile Library_. Vol. I. was published in July and Vol. II. in October, 1847. In all the copies I have been able to examine pp. (299) to (302) of Vol. II. are occupied by an announcement of this library and by reviews of _The Children of the New Forest_ itself. Whether the book, on its actual first appearance, had these pages blank or otherwise occupied I do not know, but it is certainly curious to find press notices of a story in any but subsequent issues of that story. It should be noted that the pages in question are not inset, but form the last quarter of a 16 pp. sheet.

(ii) It is rumoured in some quarters that the book, as originally issued, was dated on the title-page. I have never seen a copy so dated.

1848/9

THE LITTLE SAVAGE. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, R.N. In Two Parts. Part I. First edition. London: H. Hurst, 27 King William Street, Charing Cross. 1848. Part II. First edition. London: H. Hurst and Co., King William Street, Charing Cross. 1849. 2 vols. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾).