At the Circulating Library

Title Tag: Setting: Africa

Description: The following novels are set in or contain characters from Africa (outside of Egypt, Soudan, and South Africa).

1. Richard Johns.  Legend and Romance: African and European.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1839.
2. Annie Tinsley.  The Priest of the Nile: A Tale of Ancient Egypt.  2 vol.  London: Whittaker, 1841.
3. Frederick Marryat.  The Mission: or, Scenes in Africa.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1845.
4. Eliza Lynn Linton.  Azeth, the Egyptian: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1846.
5. Andrew Archibald Paton.  The Mamelukes: A Romance of Life in Grand Cairo.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1851.
6. John Mason Neale.  The Egyptian Wanderers: A Story for Children, of the Great Tenth Persecution.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1854.
7. Annie Webb.  Idaline: A Story of the Egyptian Bondage.  1 vol.  London: Bentley, 1854.
8. John Henry Newman.  Callista: A Sketch of the Third Century.  1 vol.  London: James Burns, 1856.
9. Thomas Greenhalgh.  Kennee-Voo: or, The Sacking of Allaroonah. An Incident of the African Slave Trade.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1856.
10. Anne Bowman.  The Castaways: or, The Adventures of a Family in the Wilds of Africa.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1857.
11. Sir Charles Augustus Murray.  Hassan: or, Child of the Pyramid. An Egyptian Tale.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1857.
12. R. M. Ballantyne.  The Gorilla Hunters: A Tale of the Wilds of Africa.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1861.
13. Charles Bernard Gibson.  Beyond the Orange River: or, Scenes in Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1861.
14. William Henry Giles Kingston.  True Blue: or, The Life and Adventures of a British Seaman of the Old School.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1862.
15. Henry Robert Addison.  "All at Sea": or, Recollections of a Half-pay Officer.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1864.
16. Capt. Mayne Reid.  The Boy Slaves.  1 vol.  London: C. H. Clarke, 1865.
17. Richard Doddridge Blackmore.  Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1866.
18. Anonymous.  The Warringtons Abroad: or, Twelve Months in Germany, Italy, and Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Seeley, 1866.
19. Ouida.  Under Two Flags: A Story of the Household and the Desert.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1867.
20. Charlotte Barter.  Home in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1867.
21. Mary Louisa Whately.  The Story of a Diamond: Illustrative of Egyptian Manners and Customs.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1867.
22. Alfred Wilks Drayson.  Adventures of Hans Sterk, the South African Hunter and Pioneer.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1869.
23. Anne Mackenzie.  Charlie Douglas's Visit to a Mission Station: Being Recollections of Mission Work in Natal.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1870.
24. Jules Verne.  Five Weeks in a Balloon: A Voyage of Exploration and Discovery in Central Africa.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.
25. Edwin De Leon.  Askaros Kassis the Copt: A Romance of Modern Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1870.
26. Mary Costello Caldbeck.  Sefton Hall: A Tale.  2 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1870.
27. William Henry Giles Kingston.  In the Wilds of Africa: A Tale for Boys.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1871.
28. Anonymous.  Perilous Adventures of a French Soldier in Algeria.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo, 1872.
29. Samuel Whitchurch Sadler.  The African Cruiser: A Midshipman's Adventures on the West Coast.  1 vol.  London: Henry S. King, 1873.
30. Sir Henry Morton Stanley.  My Kalulu, Prince, King, and Slave: A Story of Central Africa.  1 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1873.
31. R. M. Ballantyne.  Black Ivory: A Tale of Adventure among the Slavers of East Africa.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1873.
32. Anonymous.  In Search of a Grandfather: A Professor's Adventures in Africa.  1 vol.  Manchester: John Heywood, 1874.
33. Charles Henry Eden.  An Inherited Task: or, Early Mission Life in Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1874.
34. Moses.  Sights in Ancient Egypt: or, A Wonderful Old Story.  1 vol.  London: William Poole, 1876.
35. Henry Cadwallader Adams.  Hair-Breadth Escapes: or, The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1877.
36. William Henry Giles Kingston.  Ned Garth: or, Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1878.
37. William Henry Giles Kingston.  Hendricks the Hunter: or, The Border Farm. A Tale of Zululand.  1 vol.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1879.
38. Emily Katharine Bates.  Egyptian Bonds: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1879.
39. Henry Samuel Budget Yates.  Adventures in Western Africa: A Tale.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co., 1880.
40. Sara K. Hunt.  Yusuf and his Friends: The Story of a Family Trip to the Land of Egypt.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1880.
41. Edith Louisa Floyer.  A Strange Journey: or, Pictures from Egypt and the Soudan.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1882.
42. Janet Gordon.  Jacob Jennings, the Colonist: or, The Adventures of a Young Scotchman in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Oliphant, 1884.
43. James Grant.  The Royal Highlanders: or, The Black Watch in Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1885.
44. H. Rider Haggard.  King Solomon's Mines.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1885.
45. William Joseph Cosens Lancaster.  The Congo Rover: A Story of the Slave Squadron.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1886.
46. H. Rider Haggard.  Allan Quatermain: Being an Account of his Further Adventures.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1887.
47. H. Rider Haggard.  She: A History of Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1887.
48. Harriett Ella Ernle Money.  A Little Dutch Maiden: A South African Sketch.  2 vol.  London: Bentley, 1887.
49. Georg Moritz Ebers.  An Egyptian Princess: An Historical Novel.  1 vol.  London: George Bell and Sons, 1887.
50. Verney Lovett Cameron.  Jack Hooper: His Adventures at Sea and in South Africa.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1887.
51. Joseph Thomson.  Ulu: An African Romance.  2 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1888.
52. H. Rider Haggard.  Maiwa's Revenge: or, The War of the Little Hand.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1888.
53. Thomas Vetch.  The Amber City: Being Some Account of the Adventures of a Steam Crocodile in Central Africa.  1 vol.  London: Biggs & Dibenham, 1888.
54. Verney Lovett Cameron.  The Adventures of Herbert Massey in Eastern Africa.  1 vol.  London: Routledge, 1888.
55. Ella Baker.  Kingscote Stories.  1 vol.  London: Kegan Paul, 1888.
56. John Alexander Steuart.  Self-Exiled: A Story of the High Seas and East Africa.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1889.
57. A. N. Homer.  Red Ruin: A Tale of West African River Life.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1889.
58. Verney Lovett Cameron.  In Savage Africa: or, The Adventures of Frank Baldwin from the Gold Coast to Zanzibar.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1889.
59. H. Rider Haggard.  Allan's Wife and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: Spencer Blackett, 1889.
60. George Alfred Henty.  The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1889.
61. H. Rider Haggard.  Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1889.
62. Mabel Collins.  Ida: An Adventure in Morocco.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1890.
63. Philip Norton.  Sub Sole: or, Under the Sun. Missionary Adventures in the Great Sahara.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1890.
64. Eleanor Stredder.  Jack and his Ostrich: An African Story.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1890.
65. Hall Caine.  The Scapegoat: A Romance.  2 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1891.
66. William Bury Westall.  Back to Africa: A Confession.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Downey, 1891.
67. Willis Boyd Allen.  The Lion City of Africa: A Story of Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1892.
68. Olive Schreiner.  Dream Life and Real Life: A Little African Story.  1 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893.
69. Archer Philip Crouch.  Captain Enderis, First West African Regiment: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: W. H. Allen, 1893.
70. William Joseph Cosens Lancaster.  The Pirate Slaver: A Story of the West African Coast.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1895.
71. Headon Hill.  His Egyptian Wife: An Anglo-Egyptian Romance.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1895.
72. Anna de Brémont.  The Ragged Edge: Tales of the African Gold Fields.  1 vol.  London: Downey, 1895.
73. Edwin Harcourt Burrage.  The Slave Raiders of Zanzibar.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1896.
74. Fred Whishaw.  Lost in African Jungles.  1 vol.  London: Frederick Warne, 1896.
75. George Cossins.  Isban-Israel: A South African Story.  1 vol.  London: Gay and Bird, 1896.
76. George Griffith.  Briton or Boer?: A Tale of the Fight for Africa.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1897.
77. Grant Allen.  An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay.  1 vol.  London: Grant Richards, 1897.
78. St George Henry Rathborne.  A Goddess of Africa: A Story of the Golden Fleece.  1 vol.  London: James Henderson, 1897.
79. St George Henry Rathborne.  Masked in Mystery: A Romantic Story of Adventure under Egyptian Skies.  1 vol.  London: James Henderson, 1897.
80. Charles Henry Butcher.  Armenosa of Egypt: A Romance of the Arab Conquest.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1897.
81. William Charles Scully.  Between Sun and Sand: A Tale of an African Desert.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1898.
82. Jane H. Spettigue.  An Africander Trio: A Story of Adventure.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1898.
83. Clive Holland.  An Egyptian Coquette.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1898.
84. Charles Dudley Lampen.  Mirango the Man-Eater: A Tale of Central Africa.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1899.
85. James Maclaren Cobban.  An African Treasure: A Tale of the Great Sahara.  1 vol.  London: John Long, 1899.
86. Anna de Brémont.  A Son of Africa: A Romance.  1 vol.  London: Greening and Co., 1899.
87. H. Rider Haggard.  The Swallow: A Tale of the Great Trek.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1899.
88. Guy Boothby.  Pharos the Egyptian.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1899.
89. E. Livingston Prescott.  Illusion: A Romance of Modern Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Simpkin, 1899.
90. George Alfred Henty.  At Aboukir and Acre: A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1899.
91. Alec John Dawson.  African Nights' Entertainment.  1 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1900.
92. Edwin Harcourt Burrage.  John Blessington's Enemy: A Story of Life in South Africa.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1900.
93. Henry Anderson Bryden.  From Veldt Camp Fires: Stories of Southern Africa.  1 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1900.
94. James Hume Nisbet.  For Right and England: A Story of the South African War, 1899-1900.  1 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1900.
95. Elizabeth Thomasina Meade.  A Sister of the Red Cross: A Tale of the South African War.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1900.
96. John Oakley.  A Gentleman in Khaki: A Story of the South African War.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1900.
97. H. Rider Haggard.  Black Heart and White Heart, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1900.
98. James Bagnall Stubbs.  The Order of Isis: A Story of Mystery and Adventure in Egypt.  1 vol.  London: Skeffington, 1900.
99. William Gordon Stables.  With Cutlass and Torch: A Story of the Great Slave Coast.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1901.
100. Joseph Conrad.  Youth: A Narrative, and Two Other Stories.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1902.
101. Sir Gilbert Parker.  Donovan Pasha and Some People of Egypt.  1 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1902.