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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Periodical: Manchester Weekly Times

Periodical: Manchester Weekly Times

History: Published weekly on Saturdays, price 2d. Founded in 1828. Titled Manchester Times originally then Manchester Weekly Examiner & Times (1856–57) and Manchester Weekly Times and Examiner (after 1858).

References: BNA; Nineteenth-Century British Library Newspapers

Novels and short stories serialized in Manchester Weekly Times:

  1. Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury. Marian Withers, 5 January 1850 to 18 May 1850 (weekly).
  2. Warwick Holme. Maggie Bell, 12 March 1864 to 28 May 1864 (weekly).
  3. Benjamin Brierley. Irkdale, 27 August 1864 to 10 December 1864 (weekly).
  4. Edwin Waugh. Besom Ben, 7 January 1865 to 11 February 1865 (weekly).
  5. Edwin Waugh. Ben an' the' Bantam, 23 December 1865.
  6. Eliza Meteyard. Dr. Oliver's Maid, 27 April 1867 to 22 June 1867 (weekly).
  7. Benjamin Brierley. Red Windows Hall, 29 June 1867 to 24 August 1867 (weekly).
  8. Edwin Waugh. Sneck-Bant, 28 December 1867.
  9. Edwin Waugh. Yeth-Bobs an' Scaplins, 4 January 1868.
  10. Alice Carey. Clovernook, 18 July 1868 to 28 November 1868 (weekly).
  11. Edwin Waugh. Snowed-Up, 26 December 1868.
  12. Julian Hawthorne. Bressant, 14 February 1874 to 18 April 1874 (weekly).
  13. Miriam Coles Harris. Rutledge, 9 May 1874 to 15 August 1874 (weekly).
  14. Lawrence William Maxwell Lockhart. Fair to See, 2 January 1875 to 1 May 1875 (weekly).
  15. Miriam Coles Harris. Christine, 2 January 1875 to 27 May 1875 (weekly).
  16. Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Wenderholme, 29 May 1875 to 16 October 1875 (weekly).
  17. Miriam Coles Harris. The Sutherlands, 29 May 1875 to 9 October 1875 (weekly).
  18. Margaret Oliphant. Miss Marjoribanks, 23 October 1875 to 25 March 1876 (weekly).
  19. Anthony Trollope. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite, 23 October 1875 to 11 December 1875 (weekly).
  20. Jessie Fothergill. Healey, 1 January 1876 to 25 March 1876 (weekly).
  21. Susan Morley. Throstlethwaite, 13 May 1876 to 12 August 1876 (weekly).
  22. Eliza Lynn Linton. Patricia Kemball, 29 July 1876 to 23 December 1876 (weekly).
  23. Mary Jane Linskill. Cleveden, 19 August 1876 to 7 October 1876 (weekly).
  24. J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Checkmate, 14 October 1876 to 24 February 1877 (weekly).
  25. Anthony Trollope. The Bertrams, 30 December 1876 to 9 June 1877 (weekly).
  26. Matilda Barbara Betham-Edwards. Kitty, 10 March 1877 to 4 August 1877 (weekly).
  27. Berthold Auerbach. The Country House on the Rhine, 16 June 1877 to 15 December 1877 (weekly).
  28. Jessie Fothergill. Aldyth, 8 September 1877 to 15 December 1877 (weekly).
  29. Percy H. Fitzgerald. Never Forgotten, 5 January 1878 to 18 May 1878 (weekly).
  30. Victor Hugo. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 5 January 1878 to 18 May 1878 (weekly).
  31. Eleanor C. Price. A Lost Battle, 25 May 1878 to 31 August 1878 (weekly).
  32. Mary Jane Linskill. "For Pity's Sake", 25 May 1878 to 15 June 1878 (weekly).
  33. Mary Jane Linskill. "Godwyn", 22 June 1878 to 3 August 1878 (weekly).
  34. Mary Jane Linskill. "Robert Holt's Illusion", 10 August 1878 to 31 August 1878 (weekly).
  35. George MacDonald. Sir Gibbie, 12 October 1878 to 1 March 1879 (weekly).
  36. Jessie Fothergill. Made or Marred, 11 January 1879 to 1 March 1879 (weekly).
  37. Anthony Trollope. Cousin Henry, 8 March 1879 to 24 May 1879 (weekly).
  38. Mary Elizabeth Fraser Tytler. Grisel Romney, 8 March 1879 to 24 May 1879 (weekly).
  39. James Augustus St. John. Weighed in the Balance, 31 May 1879 to 28 June 1879 (weekly).
  40. Justin McCarthy. Linley Rochford, 31 May 1879 to 27 September 1879 (weekly).
  41. James Payn. The Best of Husbands, 5 July 1879 to 27 September 1879 (weekly).
  42. William Bury Westall. Larry Lohengrin, 11 October 1879 to 31 January 1880 (weekly).
  43. Eliza Lynn Linton. The World Well Lost, 11 October 1879 to 31 January 1880 (weekly).
  44. William Moy Thomas. A Fight for Life, 7 February 1880 to 19 June 1880 (weekly).
  45. Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster. Blue Roses, 7 February 1880 to 24 April 1880 (weekly).
  46. Jessie Fothergill. Probation, 5 June 1880 to 18 September 1880 (weekly).
  47. Justin McCarthy. Dear Lady Disdain, 26 June 1880 to 16 October 1880 (weekly).
  48. George MacDonald. Mary Marston, 2 October 1880 to 16 April 1881 (weekly).
  49. William Bury Westall. The Old Factory, 23 October 1880 to 5 February 1881 (weekly).
  50. James Payn. A Confidential Agent, 12 February 1881 to 21 May 1881 (weekly).
  51. Lawrence William Maxwell Lockhart. Mine is Thine, 28 May 1881 to 1 October 1881 (weekly).
  52. William Bury Westall. Red Ryvington, 8 October 1881 to 1 April 1882 (weekly).
  53. William Harrison Ainsworth. Mervyn Clitheroe, 8 October 1881 to 7 January 1882 (weekly).
  54. Jessie Fothergill. Kith and Kin, 14 January 1882 to 29 April 1882 (weekly).
  55. William Clark Russell. The Wreck of the "Grosvenor", 6 May 1882 to 19 August 1882 (weekly).
  56. Wilkie Collins. Heart and Science, 22 July 1882 to 13 January 1883 (weekly).
  57. David Christie Murray. Joseph's Coat, 4 November 1882 to 3 March 1883 (weekly).
  58. Alice O'Hanlon. Robert Reid, 20 January 1883 to 21 April 1883 (weekly).
  59. Frances Hodgson Burnett. "Haworth's", 21 April 1883 to 16 June 1883 (weekly).
  60. William Bury Westall. Ralph Norbreck's Trust, 26 May 1883 to 29 September 1883 (weekly).
  61. David Christie Murray. Val Strange, 4 August 1883 to 17 November 1883 (weekly).
  62. Emma Frances Brooke. A Fair Country Maid, 13 October 1883 to 26 January 1884 (weekly).
  63. Sarah Selina Hamer. Phyllis Raymond, 12 January 1884 to 22 May 1884 (weekly).
  64. Robert Williams Buchanan. Annan Water, 2 February 1884 to 26 April 1884 (weekly).
  65. Isabella Banks. Forbidden to Marry, 26 April 1884 to 2 August 1884 (weekly).
  66. I. Gilchrist. A Daughter of our Time and Other Stories, 3 May 1884 to 17 May 1884 (weekly).
  67. L. B. Walford. The Baby's Grandmother, 11 October 1884 to 10 January 1885 (weekly).
  68. Henrietta Keddie. Saint Mungo's City, 17 January 1885 to 25 April 1885 (weekly).
  69. Isabella Banks. In His Own Hand, 4 April 1885 to 26 September 1885 (weekly).
  70. Hall Caine. The Shadow of a Crime, 2 May 1885 to 15 August 1885 (weekly).
  71. Emma Frances Brooke. Entangled, 22 August 1885 to 28 November 1885 (weekly).
  72. Anna Katherine Green. A Strange Disappearance, 3 October 1885 to 7 November 1885 (weekly).
  73. Hall Caine. A Son of Hagar, 28 November 1885 to 15 May 1886 (weekly).
  74. William Bury Westall. Two Pinches of Snuff, 20 March 1886 to 19 June 1886 (weekly).
  75. George Manville Fenn. Double Cunning, 22 May 1886 to 18 September 1886 (weekly).
  76. Frederick John Fargus. A Cardinal Sin, 26 June 1886 to 2 October 1886 (weekly).
  77. Richard Dowling. Tempest-Driven, 8 January 1887 to 2 April 1887 (weekly).
  78. Jessie Fothergill. Borderland, 5 March 1887 to 4 June 1887 (weekly).
  79. David Christie Murray. The Queen's Scarf, 16 April 1887 to 7 May 1887 (weekly).
  80. Mrs. Alexander. Forging the Fetters, 14 May 1887 to 4 June 1887 (weekly).
  81. Benjamin Leopold Farjeon. Doctor Glennie's Daughter, 11 June 1887 to 30 July 1887 (weekly).
  82. Hall Caine. The Deemster, 18 June 1887 to 19 November 1887 (weekly).
  83. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. The Duchess, 6 August 1887 to 8 October 1887 (weekly).
  84. Robert Williams Buchanan. The Heir of Linne, October 1887 to January 1888 (monthly).
  85. David Christie Murray. Old Blazer's Hero, 26 November 1887 to 14 January 1888 (weekly).
  86. Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The Fatal Three, 14 January 1888 to 23 June 1888 (weekly).
  87. Sarah Selina Hamer. An Old Chronicle of Leighton, 21 January 1888 to 5 May 1888 (weekly).
  88. Alice O'Hanlon. Chance? or Fate?, 30 June 1888 to 20 October 1888 (weekly).
  89. William Bury Westall. Nigel Fortescue, 18 August 1888 to 10 November 1888 (weekly).
  90. Byron Webber. In Luck's Way, 27 October 1888 to 16 February 1889 (weekly).
  91. Anna Katherine Green. Behind Closed Doors, 17 November 1888 to 23 February 1889 (weekly).
  92. L. B. Walford. A Stiff-Necked Generation, 23 February 1889 to 1 June 1889 (weekly).
  93. Arthur Conan Doyle. Micah Clarke, 8 June 1889 to 28 September 1889 (weekly).
  94. George Gissing. Demos, 20 July 1889 to 1 February 1890 (weekly).
  95. Bret Harte. A Waif of the Plains, 5 October 1889 to 16 November 1889 (weekly).
  96. Robert Edward Francillon. King or Knave?, 12 October 1889 to 25 January 1890 (weekly).
  97. Margaret Oliphant. The Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow, 30 November 1889 to 28 December 1889 (weekly).
  98. Anna Katherine Green. The Forsaken Inn, 11 January 1890 to 1 March 1890 (weekly).
  99. Hugh Coleman Davidson. Not a Moment to Spare, 15 February 1890 to 5 April 1890 (weekly).
  100. Julian Hawthorne. An American Monte Cristo, 22 February 1890 to 12 April 1890 (weekly).
  101. Stanley John Weyman. The House of the Wolf, 19 April 1890 to 24 May 1890 (weekly).
  102. Ada Cambridge. A Marked Man, 28 June 1890 to 10 October 1890 (weekly).
  103. George Alfred Henty. A Hidden Foe, 12 July 1890 to 14 November 1890 (weekly).
  104. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard. The Other Man's Wife, 5 September 1890 to 19 December 1890 (weekly).
  105. Anna Katherine Green. A Matter of Millions, 19 September 1890 to 9 January 1891 (weekly).
  106. Florence Warden. Pretty Miss Smith, 2 January 1891 to 6 March 1891 (weekly).
  107. William Edward Norris. Miss Wentworth's Idea, 13 March 1891 to 19 June 1891 (weekly).
  108. Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock. "The Gilsland Mystery", 10 April 1891 to 17 April 1891 (weekly).
  109. Walter Besant. "King David's Friend", 1 May 1891 to 8 May 1891 (weekly).
  110. Annie S. Swan. Roger Marchman's Ward, 10 July 1891 to 31 July 1891 (weekly).
  111. George Robert Sims. "My Two Wives", 11 September 1891 to 18 September 1891 (weekly).
  112. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. Nor Wife Nor Maid, 16 October 1891 to 1 April 1892 (weekly).
  113. James Payn. A Modern Dick Whittington, 8 January 1892 to 27 May 1892 (weekly).
  114. Joseph Hatton. Under the Great Seal, 2 September 1892 to 24 February 1893 (weekly).
  115. Richard Marsh. "By Suggestion", 6 January 1893 to 13 January 1893 (weekly).
  116. Mary Elizabeth Braddon. All Along the River, 20 January 1893 to 2 June 1893 (weekly).
  117. Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett. When the Sea gives up its Dead, 7 April 1893 to 30 June 1893 (weekly).
  118. Hall Caine. The Manxman, 5 January 1894 to 20 July 1894 (weekly).
  119. George Manville Fenn. The White Virgin, 16 February 1894 to 1 June 1894 (weekly).
  120. Henry Herman. The Sword of Fate, 8 June 1894 to 12 October 1894 (weekly).
  121. Mary Kennard. Fooled by a Woman, 28 September 1894 to 1 March 1895 (weekly).
  122. Joseph Hatton. The Banishment of Jessop Blythe, 12 October 1894 to 1 March 1895 (weekly).
  123. William Bury Westall. Sons of Belial, 29 March 1895 to 12 July 1895 (weekly).
  124. Katharine Sarah Macquoid. His Last Card, 12 July 1895 to 18 October 1895 (weekly).
  125. Mrs. Alexander. A Winning Hazard, 25 October 1895 to 30 June 1896 (weekly). (End date approximate).
  126. Arthur Conan Doyle. Uncle Bernac, 8 January 1897 to 5 March 1897 (weekly).
  127. William Bury Westall. A Woman Tempted Him, 1 July 1897 to 14 January 1898 (weekly). (Start date approximate).
  128. Annie E. Holdsworth. The Valley of the Great Shadow, 7 January 1898.
  129. Fergus Hume. The Rainbow Feather, 7 January 1898 to 25 March 1898 (weekly).
  130. Elizabeth Thomasina Meade. The Siren, 21 January 1898 to 8 April 1898 (weekly).
  131. William Le Queux. The Day of Temptation, 4 March 1898 to 10 June 1898 (weekly).
  132. Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard. Heart and Sword, 17 June 1898 to 30 September 1898 (weekly).
  133. H. Rider Haggard. The Swallow, 1 July 1898 to 28 October 1898 (weekly).
  134. Richard Marsh. "Something to his Advantage", 7 October 1898 to 4 November 1898 (weekly).
  135. Guy Boothby. Love Made Manifest, 28 October 1898 to 17 February 1899 (weekly).
  136. Richard Marsh. "The Burglary at Azalea Villa", 13 January 1899.
  137. William Le Queux. The Bond of Black, 20 January 1899 to 21 April 1899 (weekly).
  138. Richard Marsh. In Full Cry, 3 March 1899 to 9 June 1899 (weekly).
  139. George Griffith. Brothers of the Chain, 16 June 1899 to 22 September 1899 (weekly).
  140. Elizabeth Thomasina Meade. The Wooing of Monica, 28 July 1899 to 29 September 1899 (weekly).
  141. William Le Queux. Wiles of the Wicked, 29 September 1899 to 5 January 1900 (weekly).
  142. Richard Marsh. "The Stolen Treaty", 27 October 1899.
  143. Winifred Graham. The Beautiful Mrs. Leach, 12 January 1900 to 13 April 1900 (weekly).
  144. Richard Marsh. The Goddess, 12 January 1900 to 30 March 1900 (weekly).
  145. William Le Queux. In White Raiment, 29 June 1900 to 12 October 1900 (weekly).
  146. Headon Hill. The Sentence of the Court, 28 September 1900 to 21 December 1900 (weekly).
  147. Richard Marsh. The Joss, 12 October 1900 to 8 February 1901 (weekly).
  148. Richard Marsh. The Twickenham Peerage, 6 September 1901 to 27 December 1901 (weekly).