Didactic literature

Short Fiction Titles

• Annie’s Pet Lamb; or, Kindness Brings Its Own Reward by Anonymous, in The Children’s Friend (1866)
• Black Jenny: A Tale Founded on Facts by Mrs. Moodie, in Marshall’s Christmas Box (1832) [Draft]
• The Cake King; A Russian Fairytale by N. P. Vagner, in Our Corner (1888) [Draft]
• The Carpenter’s Boy by Anonymous, in The Working Man’s Friend, and Family Instructor (1850)
• Cray Thornton’s Chestnuts by Mary Dwinell Chellis, in The Chatterbox (1876) [Draft]
• Daisy and Buttercup, Part 1 by Mrs. J. F. B. Firth, in The Girl’s Own Paper (1882)
• The Discontented Boy by Anonymous, in Pleasant Hours: An Illustrated Monthly (1866)
• Don’t Tell Father! by Anonymous, in The Family Economist (1848)
• Dorothea’s Dream by Anonymous, in The Girl’s Own Paper (1882) [Draft]
• The Emu and the Inkstand by Anonymous, in The Christian Keepsake and Missionary Annual (1837)
• Expelled! by Fred Whishaw, in Young England: An Illustrated Magazine for Recreation and Instruction (1895) [Draft]
• Fables, The Little Dog by J. A. Shepard, in The Strand Magazine (1895) [Draft]
• Fairy Turnspit by Anonymous, in Aunt Judy’s Magazine; for Young People (1881)
• The Farmer’s Tale; or, That Way Won’t Do by Anonymous, in The Child’s Companion and Juvenile Instructor (1853)
• The Fireside Fairy, Part 1 by Anonymous, in The Ladies’ Companion at Home and Abroad (1850)
• The Fireside Fairy, Part 2 by Anonymous, in The Ladies’ Companion at Home and Abroad (1850)
• The Fireside Fairy, Part 3 by Anonymous, in The Ladies’ Companion at Home and Abroad (1850)
• A Fireside Story, Told by the Poker by Anonymous, in Belgravia; A London Magazine (1866)
• For Money—For Love by Lucy Jane Clifford, in Cassell’s Family Magazine (1881)
• French with a Mistress by George Manville Fenn, in Hood’s Comic Annual (1883) [Draft]
• Good Advice by Anonymous, in The Chatterbox (1883)
• A Good Young Prince by L. W., in Beeton’s Annual: Fact, Fiction, History, and Adventure (1870)
• The Great Inundation by W. W. Fenn, in Routledge’s Every Boy’s Annual (1886)
• Have Patience by Anonymous, in Primitive Methodist Juvenile Magazine (1864)
• Honesty and Industry: A Narrative for the Young by Anonymous, in The Working Man’s Friend, and Family Instructor (1852) [Draft]
• Honoria Spencer’s Mistake; or, Duty Versus Love, Part 1 by S. L. Gibbs, in The Girl’s Own Paper (1882)
• A House to Let, Part 6: Let at Last by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, in Household Words: A Weekly Journal (1858) [Draft]
• A Journey to the End of the World by A. G., in The Chatterbox (1883)
• Just Too Late by Anna Maria Sargeant, in Howitt’s Journal of Literature and Popular Progress (1848)
• Killing the Watch Dog by Spurgeon, in The Cottager and Artisan (1884)
• The King-fisher’s Egg by L. T. Meade, in Nister’s Holiday Annual (1900)
• The Land of Suspense: A Story of the Seen and Unseen by Anonymous, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (1897) [Draft]
• Lilly Watson; or, The Star on the Deep by , in Eliza Cook’s Journal (1850) [Draft]
• Lilly Watson; or, The Star on the Deep by Anonymous, in Eliza Cook’s Journal (1850) [Draft]
• Lizzie Leigh, Part 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, in Household Words: A Weekly Journal (1850)
• Lizzie Leigh, Part 2 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, in Household Words: A Weekly Journal (1850)
• Lizzie Leigh, Part 3 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, in Household Words: A Weekly Journal (1850)
• Lucky Jack by Anonymous, in Little Wide-Awake: A Story Book for Little Children (1875)
• The Man Who Carried His Own Bundle by Anonymous, in The Comic Offering, or, Ladies’ Melange of Literary Mirth (1832) [Draft]
• Minna, the Broom Girl by Anonymous, in Marshall’s Christmas Box (1832)
• A Mother’s Love (Chapters 1-2) by Frederick Hastings, in The Mothers’ Treasury (1883) [Draft]
• A Mother’s Love (Chapters 3-4) by Frederick Hastings, in The Mothers’ Treasury (1883) [Draft]
• A Mother’s Love (Chapter 5) by Frederick Hastings, in The Mothers’ Treasury (1883) [Draft]
• A Musical Cinderella by William Freeland, in Hedderwick’s Miscellany of Instructive and Entertaining Literature (1862)
• My First Picture. A Tale. by R. M., in London Society (1862)
• The Noble Florentine and the Lord Chancellor by Anonymous, in The Family Friend (1876) [Draft]
• Not Quite Such a Duffer by Somerville Gibney, in Young England: An Illustrated Magazine for Recreation and Instruction (1892) [Draft]
• The Old, Old Story by B. G. P., in The Young Ladies’ Journal (1877)
• One To-Day Is Worth Two To-Morrows by Anonymous, in Tract Magazine; or, Christian Miscellany (1864) [Draft]
• Our Bonnie, Part 1 by Herbert Oakburne, in Utopia: A Mutual Improvement Magazine and Monthly Review (1881) [Draft]
• Our Bonnie, Part 5 by Herbert Oakburne, in Utopia: A Mutual Improvement Magazine and Monthly Review (1881) [Draft]
• A Pair of Silk Stockings by Sabine Baring-Gould, in Atalanta (1889)
• The Prude, A Warning to Young Ladies in General, and Engaged Ones in Particular by George Augustus Sala, in Belgravia; A London Magazine (1869)
• Red Riding Hood’s Doll by Red Riding Hood, in The Ladies’ Companion at Home and Abroad (1850)
• The Scarlet Jacket by K. H., in The Young Ladies’ Journal (1877)
• The Shoe-Black by Uncle Tom, in The Children’s Treasury & Advocate of the Homeless & Destitute (1874)
• The Showman’s Hat by Anonymous, in Little Folks (1886) [Draft]
• Sleeping Beauty: A Masque for the Times by J. H. S., in The Truth-Seeker (1849) [Draft]
• Teddy’s Tree: A London Story by Anonymous, in The Quiver (1896) [Draft]
• Tempted, but Not Overcome by Anonymous, in The Ladies’ Treasury (1861)
• The Tender-hearted Society by Beech-Holme, in Early Days (1898)
• True and Just in All My Dealings by R. L. C., in The Monthly Packet (1881)
• The Two New Year’s Gifts, Part 1 by S. M. F., in Tract Magazine; or, Christian Miscellany (1857) [Draft]
• The Two New Year’s Gifts, Part 2 by S. M. F., in Tract Magazine; or, Christian Miscellany (1857) [Draft]
• Uncle Jacob, Part 1 by Anonymous, in Aunt Judy’s Magazine; for Young People (1869)
• Uncle Jacob, Part 2 by Anonymous, in Aunt Judy’s Magazine; for Young People (1869)
• The Ungrateful Man by Massenius, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction (1835)
• The Unicorn, A Story for Children by , in The Strand Magazine (1895) [Draft]
• Unopened Parcels by Margaret Gatty, in Aunt Judy’s Magazine; for Young People (1868)
• WORK! An Anecdote by Richard Hengist Horne, in Household Words: A Weekly Journal (1850)
• Whirlwind Reapers by Mrs. John Brett, in A 1 Annual (1888)
• Why Mabel Altered Her Will, Part 1 by , in The Prize (1884) [Draft]
• Winter’s Evening by Sarah Stickney Ellis, in Fisher’s Juvenile Scrap-Book (1842)
• The Young Countess by Anonymous, in Eliza Cook’s Journal (1849)