Ellen Wood - Bibliographies

Ellen Wood's Novels & Books
Compiled by Michael Flowers ©2001-2006

Novels are issued in three volumes unless stated otherwise. American first editions are only given when they are known to precede British editions.

                                           Lord Oakburns Daughters

                                                          An illustration from Lord Oakburn's Daughters.

DATE

TITLE

PUBLISHER

1860

Danesbury House - 1 Volume

Scottish Temperance League

1861

East Lynne

Bentley

The Elchester College Boys*

Hogg

1862

The Channings

Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles

Bentley

A Life's Secret [US only - see 1867]

T.B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia.

1863

Verner's Pride

Bradbury & Evans

The Shadow of Ashlydyat

Bentley

The Foggy Night at Offord - 1 Volume

James Nisbet

The Castle's Heir -
[US version of Lady Adelaide's Oath - see 1867]

T.B. Peterson & Brothers

Squire Trevlyns's Heir - [US only]

T.B. Peterson & Brothers

1864

Oswald Cray

Adam & Charles Black

Lord Oakburn's Daughters

Bradbury & Evans

Trevlyn Hold or Squire Trevlyn's Heir

Tinsley

William Allair - 1 Volume

Griffith & Farran

1865

Mildred Arkell

Tinsley

1866

St. Martin's Eve

Tinsley

Elster's Folly

Tinsley

1867

Lady Adelaide's Oath

Bentley

A Life's Secret - 2 Volumes

Charles W. Wood

Orville College - 2 Volumes

Bentley

1868

The Red Court Farm

Tinsley

Anne Hereford

Bentley

1869

Roland Yorke

Bentley

1870

Bessy Rane

Bentley

George Canterbury's Will

Tinsley

1871

Dene Hollow

Bentley

1872

Within the Maze

Bentley

1873

The Master of Greylands

Bentley

1874

Johnny Ludlow : First Series [Anon]

Bentley

1875

Told in the Twilight

Bentley

Bessy Wells - 1 Volume

Daldy, Isbister

1876

Edina

Bentley

Parkwater & Other Stories

Bentley

Adam Grainger - 1 Volume

Bentley

Our Children - 1 Volume [non-fiction]

Daldy, Isbister

1878

Pomeroy Abbey : A Romance

Bentley

1880

Johnny Ludlow : Second Series

Bentley

1881

Court Netherleigh

Bentley

1883

About Ourselves - 1 Volume [non-fiction]

Nisbet

1885

Johnny Ludlow : Third Series

Bentley

1887

Lady Grace & Other Stories

Bentley

1888

The Story of Charles Strange

Bentley

1889

Featherston's Story - 1 Volume

Bentley

1890

The House of Halliwell

Bentley

Adam Grainger & Other Stories - 1 Volume

Bentley

The Unholy Wish & Other Stories - 1 Volume

Bentley

Johnny Ludlow : Fourth Series - 1 Volume

Bentley

Johnny Ludlow : Fifth Series - 1 Volume

Bentley

1897

Ashley & Other Stories - 1 Volume

Bentley

1899

Johnny Ludlow : Sixth Series - 1 Volume

Macmillan

n.d. - c.1900

Popular Family Tales of English Life - 1 Volume

Simpkin, Marshall

*This story originally appeared about this time in The Golden Casket by various authors, but later appeared in book form under its own title. This version was published in the 1860s by Castell, Petter, Galpin & Co, and in the early twentieth-century by R.E. King & Co.

I would like to thank Gwyn Bailey who helped clarify some of the publication details of The Elchester College Boys.


American Titles for Wood's 3-Volume Novels

The Castle's Heir - Lady Adelaide's Oath - identified by Allen J. Hubin.
Castle Wafer, or, The Plain Gold Ring - almost certainly St. Martin's Eve.
The Earl's Daughter - Subtitle and sometimes an alternative title for East Lynne.
The Earl's Heir - Probable alternative title for Lord Oakburn's Daughters.
Missing Since Midnight - Subtitle, and sometimes alternative title for Edina.
The Mystery - Definitely Anne Hereford.
Squire Trevlyn's Heir - Definitely Trevlyn Hold.

Titles of Books Attributed to Mrs Henry Wood (unique to America)

In the UK some of the following appeared either in short story collections or as episodes in novels, the remainder are untraced.
Barren Honor** - possibly a confusion with George A. Lawrence's novel of the same name.
The Canon's Daughter - alternative title for Cyrilla Maude's First Love.
Clara Lake's Dream** - an early version of part of The Red Court Farm.
Cyrilla Maude's First Love - short story - UK publication in Told in the Twilight.
The Diamond Bracelet - UK publication in Court Netherleigh.
The Doctor's Daughter - 'Anne' by "Johnny Ludlow".
Final Ending to It** - short story by "Johnny Ludlow" in the UK 2nd Series.
Five Thousand a Year - probably the novella Adam Grainger.
Frances Hildyard - short story - New Monthly Magazine (1851) & Argosy (1874).
Gervase Castonel** - 'Mr Castonel' - UK Publication in Ashley & Other Stories.
The Great Feast**
The Haunted Tower* - an early shorter version of Pomeroy Abbey.
The Heir to Ashley** - almost certainly 'Ashley' - UK Publication in Ashley & Other Stories.
A Light and a Dark Christmas - UK publication as part of Dene Hollow.
Lost in the Post, & Other Tales** - eight tales from UK Johnny Ludlow: 2nd Series, Vol. 1.
The Lost Bank-Note - possibly an alternative title for 'The Mail-Cart Robbery'.
The Lost Will* - alternative title for 'The Diamond Bracelet'.
Marrying Beneath Your Station*.
Martyn Ware's Temptation - UK publication in Told in the Twilight and Parkwater.
The Missing Letter**
The Mystery of Jessy Page & Other Stories** - five tales from UK Johnny Ludlow: 3rd Series, Vol. 1.
My Cousin Caroline's Wedding - short story which appeared in Told in the Twilight.
My Husband's First Love.
The Nobleman's Wife.
Out of the Deep; or, Cast Up by the Sea**
Robert Ashton's Wedding Day & Other Stories** - five tales from UK Johnny Ludlow: 2nd Series, Vol. 1.
Rose Lodge** - four tales from UK Johnny Ludlow: 2nd Series, Vols. 2 & 3.
The Runaway Match.
Rupert Hall - a short story - UK publication in Adam Grainger & Other Stories.
The Self-Convicted** - short story in UK Adam Grainger & Other Stories.
The Six Gray Powders - 'Mr. Castonel' - UK publication in Ashley & Other Stories.
The Smuggler's Ghost*.
The Story of Dorothy Grape, & Other Tales** - three tales from UK Johnny Ludlow: 3rd Series, Vol. 3.
A Tale of Sin, & Other Tales** - five tales from UK Johnny Ludlow: 2nd Series, Vols. 2 & 3.
Under the Rose** - some tales from the UK Johnny Ludlow: 1st Series.
Was He Severe? - early much shorter version of Court Netherleigh.
Will He Betray Her?

* For these titles I am indebted to Richard Dalby who sent me a copy of "Richard Beaton: Catalogue 17, 2000", which listed these titles in an American edition of Oswald Cray (1878). Many of the remaining American titles are listed in this same edition of Oswald Cray, and I am extremely grateful to Richard Beaton for kindly supplying this information.

** These titles are listed in Allen J. Hubin's Crime Fiction: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749 - 1990, Volume 1, New York & London, 1994 (Revised & Updated Edition). I am very grateful to Richard Dalby for supplying me with this invaluable information.

An American Anthology

Something to Read, No.1: Comprising Seven Complete Stories by Mrs. Henry Wood,
            New York: J.S. Ogilvie & Company, [n.d.]
Listed Contents:
1. East Lynne
2. A Life's Secret
3. 'The Tale of Sin' [a Johnny Ludlow story].
4. 'Was he Severe?'
5. 'The Lost Bank-Note'
6. 'The Doctor's Daughter' [a Johnny Ludlow story].
7. 'The Haunted Tower'

This volume also contains the following, which are not included in the contents:
'My First Offer' by Mary Cecil Hay
'A Sister's Story' [Anon].
'Rose Lodge' by Mrs Henry Wood writing as 'Johnny Ludlow'.
'Charles Van Rheyn' by Mrs Henry Wood writing as 'Johnny Ludlow'.

French Titles

Lady Isabel (1862) - French title for East Lynne, which was thought too English!
La Famille Halliburton (1868) - Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles.
Le Château Tragique (c.1886) - Second translation of East Lynne into French.

Tauchnitz Volumes of Wood's Books

DATE

TITLE

VOLUME

1861

East Lynne

(574, 575, 576)

1862

The Channings

(599, 600)

1863

Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles

(640, 641)

Verner's Pride

(654, 655, 656)

The Shadow of Ashlydyat

(684, 685, 686)

1864

Trevlyn Hold

(713, 714)

Lord Oakburn's Daughters

(743, 744)

1865

Oswald Cray

(755, 756)

Mildred Arkell

(783, 784)

1866

St. Martin's Eve

(818, 819)

Elster's Folly

(845, 846)

1867

Lady Adelaide's Oath

(879, 880)

Orville College

(916)

A Life's Secret

(930)

1868

The Red Court Farm

(965, 966)

1869

Anne Hereford

(998, 999)

Roland Yorke

(1050, 1051)

1870

George Canterbury's Will

(1084, 1085)

Bessy Rane

(1125, 1126)

1871

Dene Hollow

(1181, 1182)

1872

The Foggy Night at Offord/Martyn Ware's Temptation/The Night Walk Over the Mill Stream*

(1217)

Within the Maze

(1270, 1271)

1873

The Master of Greylands

(1361, 1362)

1874

Johnny Ludlow

(1411, 1412)

William Allair

**

1875

Told in the Twilight

(1518, 1519)

1876

Adam Grainger

(1586)

Edina

(1629, 1630)

1878

Pomeroy Abbey

(1786, 1787)

1881

Lost in the Post & Other Tales [Johnny Ludlow: Second Series,
Volume 1]

(1947)

A Tale of Sin & Other Tales [Johnny Ludlow: Second Series,
Volume 2]

(1986)

Anne & Other Tales [Johnny Ludlow: Second Series,
Volume 3]

(1999)

1882

Court Netherleigh

(2029)

1885

The Mystery of Jessy Page & Other Tales [Johnny Ludlow: Third Series,
Volume 1]

(2324)

Helen Whitney's Wedding & Other Tales [Johnny Ludlow: Third Series,
Volume 2]

(2338)

The Story of Dorothy Grape & Other Tales [Johnny Ludlow: Third Series, Volume 3]

(2361)

* This item is a first edition as it represents the first book publication of the stories 'Martyn Ware's Temptation' and 'The Night-Walk Over the Mill-Stream'. UK publication of these tales followed three years after in Told in the Twilight.

** [Volume 22 of the Series for the Young].

This Tauchnitz section has been taken from Tauchnitz International Editions in English 1841 - 1955 , A Bibliographical History by William Todd and Ann Bowden, Bibliographical Society of America (New York), 1988. I am extremely grateful to Richard Beaton who very kindly transcribed these details in order that this section could appear on this website.


Sources
M.G. Devonshire, The English Novel in France: 1830-1870, London: University of London, 1929.
Michael Flowers, Unpublished personal research.
Michael Sadleir, Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1951.
Robert Lee Wolff, Nineteenth-Century Fiction, New York: Garland, 1986.
Charles W. Wood, "Mrs. Henry Wood: In Memoriam", Argosy June 1887, p.441.