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Author: Clara Lucas Balfour

Author: Clara Lucas Balfour (1808–1878)

Alternate Name(s): Liddell (maiden name)

Biography: Advocate of women's advancement and temperance activist. See entry in DNB or Sutherland.

References: DNB; Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

1. Happy Evenings: or, The Literary Institutions at Home.  1 vol.  London: Houlston and Co., 1851.
2. The Burnish Family.  1 vol.  Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League, 1857.
3. Toil and Trust: or, The Life-Story of Patty the Workhouse Girl.  1 vol.  London: British Workman, 1860.
4. Drift: A Story of Waifs and Strays.  1 vol.  Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League, 1861.
5. Uphill Work.  1 vol.  London: Houlston and Wright, 1861.
6. Confessions of a Decanter.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1861.
7. Passages in the History of a Shilling.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1862.
8. Retribution.  1 vol.  Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League, 1863.
9. Cousin Bessie: A Story of Youthful Earnestness.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1863.
10. Friend of the Friendless.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1863.
11. Troubled Waters.  1 vol.  Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League, 1864.
12. Ways and Means: A Story of Life's Struggles.  1 vol.  London: William Tweedie, 1868.
13. One by Herself.  1 vol.  London: Sunday School Union, 1872.
14. All but Lost.  1 vol.  London: Sunday School Union, 1873.
15. Ethel's Strange Lodger: A Story in Four Chapters.  1 vol.  London: Sunday School Union, 1873.
16. The Bond of Kindness: A Household Record for the Young.  1 vol.  London: Sunday School Union, 1873.
17. Light at Last.  1 vol.  Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League, 1874.
18. The Family Honour.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1880.
19. The Manor House Mystery.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1880.
20. Job Tufton: A Story of Life Struggles.  1 vol.  London: National Temperance Publication Depôt, 1882.
21. Lyndon the Outcast.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1883.
22. Sidney Holt's Purpose: And What Came of It.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1889.