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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Matilda Anne Mackarness

Author: Matilda Anne Mackarness (1825–1881)

Alternate Name(s): Planché (maiden name)

Biography: Children's writer. See entry in DNB.

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References: DNB; RLF (case number 1991)

Fiction Titles:

  1. The Dream Chintz.  1 vol.  London: W. N. Wright, 1851.
  2. The House on the Rock.  1 vol.  London: W. N. Wright, 1852.
  3. Influence: or, The Evil Genius.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1853.
  4. The Star in the Desert.  1 vol.  London: W. N. Wright, 1853.
  5. Sibert's Wold.  1 vol.  London: Lockwood and Co., 1856.
  6. A Ray of Light to Brighten Cottage Homes.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1857.
  7. Minnie's Love.  1 vol.  London: Lockwood and Co., 1860.
  8. Sunbeam Stories: A Selection of the Tales.  1 vol.  London: Lockwood and Co., 1860.
  9. A Guardian Angel.  2 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1864.
  10. When We Were Young and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Groombridge, 1864.
  11. The Naughty Girl of the Family.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1866.
  12. The Village Idol.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1867.
  13. Example Better than Precept.  1 vol.  London: Frederick Warne, 1867.
  14. Climbing the Hill: A Story for the Household.  1 vol.  London: Groombridge, 1868.
  15. Granny's Spectacles, and What She Saw Through Them.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1869.
  16. A Peerless Wife.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1871.
  17. A Mingled Yarn: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1872.
  18. Old Saws New Set.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1872.
  19. Sweet Violets and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1873.
  20. Sweet Flowers.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1873.
  21. Wild Rose and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1874.
  22. Snowdrop and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1874.
  23. Tell Mamma.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1874.
  24. Pearls Re-Strung: Stories from the Apacrypha.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1878.
  25. The Dawn of the Morning.  1 vol.  London: J. T. Hayes, 1879.
  26. The Cloud with the Silver Lining and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Crosby Lockwood, 1882.