Contents — Anthony Trollope: His Work, Associates and Literary Originals by T. H. S. Escott

The Turkish Bath.
Mary Gresley.
Josephine de Montmorenci.
The Panjandrum.
The Spotted Dog.
Mrs. Brumby.

Republished from the St. Paul’s Magazine, of which he was editor, these stories reflect in an indirect manner Trollope’s own experiences. He himself considered The Spotted Dog the best of them. The total sum received for this book was £378.

1871

Begun in November 1868 on the conclusion of The Vicar of Bullhampton, and written on the same plan as Nina Balatka and Linda Tressel, this story was sold to Macmillan’s Magazine for £750, in which it appeared serially without any marked success. It was then sold by the proprietors to Messrs. Hurst & Blackett, who proposed bringing it out in two volume form. Trollope, however, had his own ideas as to the proper length of a volume, and persuaded them to print it in one.

A new edition was published by Macmillan & Co., London and New York, in the same year.

1871

This ran serially through the St. Paul’s Magazine. Trollope thought it one of the worst novels he had ever written, but the plot of it was afterwards used by Charles Reade for his play, Shilly-Shally.

The total sum received for this book was £2500, and it was re-issued in the same year by another firm, as follows:

1872

Written in September and October 1867, this story was intended for anonymous publication in Blackwood’s Magazine, but as Blackwood had not found this arrangement profitable in the cases of Nina Balatka and Linda Tressel, it lay by until it appeared in Good Words and the author received £550.

1873

Small 8vo. Vol. I., pp. viii, 354; Vol. II., pp. viii, 363; Vol. III., pp. viii, 354.

This appeared in the Fortnightly from July 1871 during Trollope’s absence in Australia. The legal opinion as to heirlooms which it contains was written by Charles Merewether, afterwards M.P. for Northampton, and Trollope was told that it became the ruling authority on the subject. As regarded sales, this was the most successful book since The Small House at Allington. The author received £2500.

1873

8vo. Vol. I., pp. vi, 533. With coloured map as frontispiece; Introduction, pp. 1-22: Queensland, pp. 25-181; New South Wales, pp. 185-348; Victoria, pp. 351-515; Appendices I-V, pp. 516-530; Index, pp. 531-533.

Vol. II., pp. vi, 516. With coloured folding map of Tasmania; Tasmania, pp. 1-76; Western Australia, pp. 79-150; South Australia, pp. 153-250; Australian Institutions, pp. 253-297; New Zealand, pp. 301-494; Conclusion, pp. 497-500; Appendices I-III, pp. 501-512; Index, pp. 513-516.

This was the outcome of a visit to the Antipodes. Trollope, with his wife, left England in May 1871, and returned with the MS. practically finished in December 1872. About 2000 copies of the first edition were sold, and the book again did well in small four-volume form. Trollope received £1300.

1874

Written in 1873 by request of the proprietors of the Graphic, who paid him £450, Harry Heathcote reflects many of the experiences of Trollope’s second son, who was a sheep farmer in Australia.

1874

This story was written on the voyage to Australia in 1871, at the rate of sixty-six pages of MS. a week for eight weeks, each page containing 250 words. Trollope records that he missed one day’s work through illness. It appeared in the Fortnightly in 1873 on the conclusion of The Eustace Diamonds.

1874

Octavo. Vol. I., pp. vi, 339; Vol. II., pp. v., 329.

This story, with An Eye for an Eye, was left behind in a strong box by Trollope when he visited Australia in 1871-2. It was subsequently sold to the proprietors of the Graphic for £2500, in which paper it appeared in 1873.

The illustrations, twelve in each volume, are by Frank Holl.

See also the note under Can You Forgive Her? above.

1875

The illustrations are by L. G. F.

This was a vigorous piece of satire, written in Trollope’s new home, 39 Montagu Square, in 1873. It appeared in shilling numbers from February 1874 to September 1875.

1876

Small 8vo. Vol. I., pp. vi, 337; Vol. II., pp. iv, 342; Vol. III., vi, 346; Vol. IV., pp. vi, 347.

This book appeared in eight parts at five shillings each, with an illustration in medallion on the paper covers, which were engraved by Dalziel. It was in most respects a failure, worse reviewed than any novel Trollope had written. He was especially hurt by a criticism in the Spectator. The total sum received for this work was £2500.

See also note under Can You Forgive Her? above.

1877

Small 8vo. Vol. I., pp. viii, 293; Vol. II., pp. viii, 293; Vol. III., pp. vii, 284.

First appeared in Temple Bar in 1875, while Trollope was engaged upon his Autobiography. The total sum received for this book was £1800.

The author himself regarded it as inferior to The Prime Minister, but it was more favourably received.

1878

Small 8vo. Vol. I., pp. vii, 301; Vol. II., pp. vii, 297; Vol. III., pp. vii, 319.

The total sum received for this book was £1600. It was written immediately after The Prime Minister.

1878

8vo. Vol. I., pp. vii, 352; Vol. II., pp. vii, 346 and index, pp. 347-352 inclusive.

Written during a visit to the colony in 1877. The total sum received for this book was £850.

1879

Small 8vo. Vol. I., pp. vi, 290; Vol. II., pp. vi, 296; Vol. III., pp. vi, 302.

The total sum received for this book was £1800. It appeared first in Blackwood’s Magazine.

1879

1879

This was one of the English Men of Letters Series, edited by John Morley.

1880

Small 8vo. Vol. I., pp. viii, 320; Vol. II., pp. viii, 327; Vol. III., pp. viii, 312.

First published in volume form.

1880

8vo. Vol. I., pp. vii, 419, with Introduction, pp. 1 to 40 inclusive; and Appendices A, B, C, D, E, pp. 401-419 inclusive; Vol. II., pp. vii, 423, with Appendix, pp. 405-410 inclusive; and Index, pp. 411-423 inclusive.

1881

8vo. Vol. I., pp. iv, 280; Vol. II., pp. iv, 272; Vol. III., iv, 277.

Published in volume form only.

1881

Published in volume form only.

1882

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