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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Title Tag: Genre: Short Story Collections

Description: The following are collections of short stories.

  1. Gerald Griffin.  Tales of the Munster Festivals.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1827.
  2. Lady Dacre.  Recollections of a Chaperon.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1833.
  3. Anne Marsh.  Two Old Men's Tales.  2 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1834.
  4. Henry Fothergill Chorley.  Conti the Discarded: With Other Tales and Fancies.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1835.
  5. Lady Dacre.  Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1835.
  6. Gerald Griffin.  Tales of my Neighbourhood.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1835.
  7. Frederick Marryat.  The Pacha of Many Tales.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1835.
  8. James Augustus St. John.  Tales of the Ramad'han.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1835.
  9. Amelia Gillispie Smyth.  Selwyn in Search of a Daughter and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1835.
  10. Caroline Sheridan Norton.  The Coquette, and Other Tales and Sketches.  2 vol.  London: Edward Churton, 1835.
  11. Frederic William Naylor Bayley.  Scenes and Stories by a Clergyman in Debt: Written During his Confinement in the Debtors' Prison.  3 vol.  London: A. H. Baily and Co., 1835.
  12. Anonymous.  The English in India and Other Sketches. By a Traveller.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1835.
  13. Anonymous.  Romances of Many Lands: With Sketches of Life and Manners, Comic and Serious.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1835.
  14. Mary Russell Mitford.  Belford Regis: or, Sketches of a Country Town.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1835.
  15. Matthew Henry Barker.  Tough Yarns: A Series of Naval Tales and Sketches to Please all Hands.  1 vol.  London: Effingham Wilson, 1835.
  16. Anne Marsh.  Tales of the Woods and Fields.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1836.
  17. Matthew Henry Barker.  Land and Sea Tales.  2 vol.  London: Effingham Wilson, 1836.
  18. Thomas Haynes Bayly.  Kindness in Women: Tales.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1837.
  19. William Hamilton Maxwell.  The Bivouac: or, Stories of the Peninsular War.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1837.
  20. John Banim.  The Bit o' Writin', and Other Tales. By the O'Hara Family.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1838.
  21. Catherine Gore.  Mary Raymond, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1838.
  22. William O'Neill Daunt.  The Wife Hunter, and Flora Douglas: Tales by the Moriarty Family.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1838.
  23. Anonymous.  Historical Tales of Southern Counties.  2 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1838.
  24. Catherine Gore.  The Courtier of the Days of Charles II, with Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1839.
  25. Hon. Louisa Sarah Sayers.  Henry Acton, or the Gold Smugglers, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1839.
  26. John Gideon Millingen.  Stories of Torres Vedras.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1839.
  27. Anonymous.  Scenes and Sketches of English Life: A Series of Narratives.  3 vol.  London: Reynolds and Son, 1840.
  28. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder.  Legendary Tales of the Highlands.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1841.
  29. William Carleton.  The Fawn of Spring-Vale, The Clarionet, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1841.
  30. William Makepeace Thackeray.  Comic Tales and Sketches.  2 vol.  London: Hugh Cunningham, 1841.
  31. Countess of Blessington.  The Lottery of Life.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1842.
  32. Anonymous.  Fascination, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1842.
  33. Catherine Gore.  The Man of Fortune, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1842.
  34. Gerald Griffin.  Talis Qualis: or, Tales of the Jury Room.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1842.
  35. John Elmes.  The Last of the O'Mahoneys: and Other Historical Tales of the English Settlers in Munster.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1843.
  36. Anonymous.  Magic and Mesmerism: An Episode of the Eighteenth Century, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1843.
  37. Celia Moss Levetus.  Tales of Jewish History.  3 vol.  London: Miller and Field, 1843.
  38. George Soane.  The Last Ball, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Edward Churton, 1843.
  39. Charles Rowcroft.  Tales of the Colonies: or, The Adventures of an Emigrant.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1843.
  40. G. P. R. James.  Eva St. Clair, and Other Collected Tales.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1843.
  41. Henry William Herbert.  The Brothers: A Tale of the Fronde, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1844.
  42. Catherine Gore.  The Birthright, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1844.
  43. Anonymous.  Tales of a Lay Brother: Neville's Cross.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1844.
  44. Frederick Liardet.  Tales by a Barrister.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1844.
  45. John Montmorency Tucker.  Tales of the Camp and Cabinet.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1844.
  46. Fredrika Bremer.  New Sketches of Every-day Life: A Diary, together with Strife and Peace.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1844.
  47. Thomas Colley Grattan.  The Master Passion, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1845.
  48. Mrs. Walker.  Cousin George and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1845.
  49. Thomas Cooper.  Wise Saws and Modern Instances: Tales.  2 vol.  London: Jeremiah How, 1845.
  50. Eliza Peake.  Jealousy and Revenge: Tales.  2 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1845.
  51. Catherine Gore.  Men of Capital: Two Stories.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1846.
  52. Helen Harkness.  Love, War, and Adventure: Tales.  3 vol.  London: Edward Churton, 1846.
  53. John Palgrave Simpson.  Second Love, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1846.
  54. Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga.  The Blackgown Papers: Stories of Italian Life.  2 vol.  London: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
  55. Catherine Gore.  Temptation and Atonement, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1847.
  56. Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge.  Echoes from the Backwoods: or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life.  2 vol.  London: Routledge, 1847.
  57. William Hamilton Maxwell.  Hill Side and Border Sketches: With Legends of the Chevids and the Lammermuir.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1847.
  58. Robert Francis Walrond.  Paddiana: or, Scraps and Sketches of Irish Life, Present and Past.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1847.
  59. William Mudford.  Tales and Trifles.  2 vol.  London: Thomas Tegg, 1849.
  60. Anonymous.  Tales of the Mountains: or, Sojourns in Eastern Belgium.  2 vol.  London: William Pickering, 1851.
  61. Margaret Maria Gordon.  Musgrave: A Story of Gilsland Spa, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Hope, 1851.
  62. Elizabeth Ann Dormer.  Lady Selina Clifford: A Novel, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1851.
  63. Ferenc Pulszky.  Tales and Traditions of Hungary.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1851.
  64. Lady Isabella St. John.  Augustus Courtenay, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Shoberl, 1852.
  65. Eliza Bland Norton.  The Gossip: A Collection of Tales.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1852.
  66. Dinah Marie Craik.  Avillion, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1853.
  67. James Hannay.  Sketches in Ultra-Marine: Nautical Tales.  2 vol.  London: Addey, 1853.
  68. Frances Georgiana Herbert.  A Legend of Pembroke Castle, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1853.
  69. Mary Russell Mitford.  Atherton, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1854.
  70. Elizabeth M. Stewart.  Tales of the City of London.  2 vol.  London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854.
  71. Dinah Marie Craik.  Nothing New: Tales.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857.
  72. Emily Jolly.  Love in Light and Shadow: Tales.  2 vol.  London: Groombridge, 1857.
  73. William Henry Leatham.  Tales of English Life and Miscellanies.  2 vol.  London: Arthur Hall, 1858.
  74. Julia Kavanagh.  Seven Years, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1859.
  75. Harriet Parr.  The Worltebank Diary: and, Some Old Stories from Kathie Brande's Portfolio.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1860.
  76. Anonymous.  The Twickenham Tales, by a Society of Novelists.  2 vol.  London: James Hogg, 1860.
  77. Lady Charlotte Maria Pepys.  Domestic Sketches in Russia.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861.
  78. Julian Strickland.  Abbeys and Attics: or, Sketches of Artist-life.  2 vol.  London: William Freeman, 1861.
  79. Julia Clara Byrne.  Red, White, and Blue: Sketches of Military Life.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1862.
  80. Walter Thornbury.  Tales for the Marines.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1865.
  81. John Berwick Harwood.  Odd Neighbours.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1865.
  82. Mark Lemon.  Leyton Hall, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867.
  83. Francis Claudius Armstrong.  The Wild Gazelle and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1868.
  84. Anonymous.  Love Stories of the English Watering-Places.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869.
  85. Dinah Marie Craik.  The Unkind Word, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1870.
  86. Mary Jane Linskill.  Tales of the North Riding.  2 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1871.
  87. Louisa Parr.  How It All Happened, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Alexander Strahan, 1871.
  88. J. Sheridan Le Fanu.  In a Glass Darkly.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1872.
  89. Emily Jolly.  Bruna's Revenge, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1872.
  90. Frederick William Robinson.  Wrayford's Ward, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1872.
  91. Henry Kingsley.  Hornby Mills, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
  92. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  Milly Darrell, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1873.
  93. Amelia B. Edwards.  Monsieur Maurice, a New Novelette: And Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1873.
  94. James Payn.  Murphy's Master, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873.
  95. Charlotte Elizabeth Riddell.  Frank Sinclair's Wife, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874.
  96. Wilkie Collins.  The Frozen Deep and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1874.
  97. Ellen Wood.  Told in the Twilight.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1875.
  98. Emily Jolly.  A Wife's Story, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1875.
  99. Oswald John Frederick Crawfurd.  The Fool of the Family, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1875.
  100. Mary Cecil Hay.  Brenda Yorke, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1875.
  101. Thomas Adolphus Trollope.  Diamond Cut Diamond: A Story of Tuscan Life, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1875.
  102. Louisa Parr.  The Gosau Smithy, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Daldy, Isbister, 1875.
  103. Katharine Sarah Macquoid.  Lost Rose, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1876.
  104. Walter Besant.  The Case of Mr. Lucraft, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1876.
  105. Georgiana Marion Craik.  Two Tales of Married Life.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1877.
  106. Mary Elizabeth Braddon.  Weavers and Weft, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: John Maxwell, 1877.
  107. Mary Cecil Hay.  Under the Will, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1878.
  108. Emily Feake Bridges.  A Young Man's Fancy, with Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1879.
  109. James Payn.  High Spirits, Being Certain Stories Written in Them.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1879.
  110. Henry James.  The Madonna of the Future, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1879.
  111. Honoré de Balzac.  The Cat and Battledore, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1879.
  112. May Crommelin.  Orange Lily, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1879.
  113. Bertha Jane Adams.  My Land of Beulah, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1880.
  114. Eliza Lynn Linton.  With a Silken Thread, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1880.
  115. Earl of Desart.  Mervyn O'Connor, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1880.
  116. Frederick William Robinson.  Poor Zeph, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1880.
  117. Lewis Strange Wingfield.  Eros: Four Tales.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1880.
  118. Eleanor Grace O'Reilly.  Sussex Stories.  3 vol.  London: Alexander Strahan, 1880.
  119. Julian Hawthorne.  Ellice Quentin, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1880.
  120. William Black.  The Beautiful Wretch; The Four Macnicols; The Pupil of Aurelius.  3 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1881.
  121. Katharine Sarah Macquoid.  Little Fifine and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1881.
  122. Mary Cecil Hay.  Missing! and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1881.
  123. Emma Reade.  A Rose in the Sawdust, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1881.
  124. Walter Besant.  The Ten Years' Tenant, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1881.
  125. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard.  Cavalry Life: or, Sketches and Stories in Barracks and Out.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1881.
  126. Richard Dowling.  A Sapphire Ring and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Tinsley Brothers, 1882.
  127. David Christie Murray.  Coals of Fire, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.
  128. Bertha Jane Adams.  Lady Deane, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1882.
  129. George MacDonald.  The Gifts of the Child Christ, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1882.
  130. Julian Hawthorne.  Prince Saroni's Wife, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1882.
  131. Frederick William Robinson.  Women are Strange, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1883.
  132. Florence Marryat.  A Moment of Madness, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1883.
  133. Mrs. Alexander Fraser.  A Peeress of 1882, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1883.
  134. Mary Cecil Hay.  Bid me Discourse, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1883.
  135. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford.  Loÿs, Lord Berresford, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1883.
  136. Sylvanus Ward.  The Bankers of St. Hubert, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Remington, 1883.
  137. William Wilthew Fenn.  A Noble Name: with other stories by W.W. Fenn.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1883.
  138. Isabella Banks.  Sybilla, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1884.
  139. Charles Gibbon.  Fancy Free, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1884.
  140. Grant Allen.  Strange Stories.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1884.
  141. Frederick John Fargus.  Bound Together: Tales.  2 vol.  London: Remington, 1884.
  142. Elsa D'Esterre Keeling.  Three Sisters: or, Sketches of a Highly Original Family.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1884.
  143. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford.  A Maiden All Forlorn, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1885.
  144. William Edward Norris.  A Man of his Word, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1885.
  145. John Berwick Harwood.  Ralph Raeburn, and other tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1885.
  146. Henry James.  Stories Revived.  3 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1885.
  147. Emily Feake Bridges.  Although He was a Lord, and other tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1885.
  148. Matilda Barbara Betham-Edwards.  Love and Mirage: or, Waiting on an Island, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1885.
  149. William Wilthew Fenn.  Woven in Darkness: A Medley of Stories, Essays, and Dreamwork.  2 vol.  London: Kelly and Co., 1885.
  150. L. B. Walford.  Nan, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1885.
  151. Mary Cecil Hay.  A Wicked Girl, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1886.
  152. Eleanor Frances Poynter.  The Wooing of Catherine, and Other Tales.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1886.
  153. Amelia E. Barr.  The Harvest of the Wind and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: James Clarke, 1886.
  154. Ellen Wood.  Lady Grace, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1887.
  155. James Payn.  Glow-Worm Tales.  3 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1887.
  156. Grant Allen.  The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1887.
  157. Anonymous.  Dreamland and Ghostland: Original Collection of Tales and Warnings from the Borderland of Substance and Shadow.  3 vol.  London: George Redway, 1887.
  158. Frederick William Robinson.  In Bad Hands, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1887.
  159. Maria Antonietta Torelli-Viollier.  In the Rice Fields, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1887.
  160. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard.  A Siege Baby, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1887.
  161. Thomas Hardy.  Wessex Tales: Strange, Lively, and Commonplace.  2 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1888.
  162. Charlotte Elizabeth Riddell.  Idle Tales.  3 vol.  London: George Redway, 1888.
  163. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford.  In Durance Vile, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1889.
  164. H. Rider Haggard.  Allan's Wife and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Spencer Blackett, 1889.
  165. Katharine Sarah Macquoid.  Roger Ferron, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1889.
  166. Esmé Stuart.  One for the Other: Stories of French Life.  3 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1889.
  167. David Christie Murray.  Schwartz.  2 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1889.
  168. Bret Harte.  The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Macmillan, 1889.
  169. Charles Gibbon.  Blood Money and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1889.
  170. Charlotte Elizabeth Riddell.  Princess Sunshine, and Other Stories.  2 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1889.
  171. Amelia E. Barr.  Scottish Sketches.  1 vol.  London: Oliphant, 1890.
  172. Thomas Hardy.  A Group of Noble Dames.  1 vol.  London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891.
  173. Grant Allen.  Ivan Greet's Masterpiece Etc..  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1893.
  174. Frederick William Robinson.  The Fate of Sister Jessica, and Other Tales.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1893.
  175. William Wilthew Fenn.  Twixt the Lights: or, Odd Tales for Odd Times.  2 vol.  London: H. J. Drane, 1893.
  176. John Arthur Barry.  Steve Brown's Bunyip and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Remington, 1893.
  177. William Francis Barry.  The Place of Dreams: Four Stories.  1 vol.  London: Catholic Truth Society, 1893.
  178. Thomas Hardy.  Life's Little Ironies: A Set of Tales with Some Colloquial Sketches Titled A Few Crusted Characters.  1 vol.  London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1894.
  179. Grant Allen.  The Desire of the Eyes and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1895.
  180. Ivan S. Turgenev.  A Sportsman's Sketches.  2 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1895.
  181. Amelia E. Barr.  The Flower of Gala Water and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1895.
  182. Marie Corelli.  Cameos: Short Stories.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1896.
  183. John Arthur Barry.  In the Great Deep: Sea Stories.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1896.
  184. Henry Anderson Bryden.  Tales of South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Archibald Constable, 1896.
  185. Grant Allen.  An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay.  1 vol.  London: Grant Richards, 1897.
  186. George Gissing.  Human Odds and Ends: Stories and Sketches.  1 vol.  London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1898.
  187. Grant Allen.  Miss Cayley's Adventures.  1 vol.  London: Grant Richards, 1899.
  188. Grant Allen.  Twelve Tales with a Headpiece, a Tailpiece, and an Intermezzo: Being Select Stories by Grant Allen.  1 vol.  London: Grant Richards, 1899.
  189. Grant Allen.  Hilda Wade.  1 vol.  London: Grant Richards, 1900.
  190. Henry Anderson Bryden.  From Veldt Camp Fires: Stories of Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1900.