SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
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*THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES -- Harrison Ainsworth Time of James I. Geo. Routledge & Sons
* Ainsworth's two novels, "Guy Fawkes" and "The Star Chamber," also deal with James I., but they are distinctly inferior in literary workmanship.
THE BLACK TOR -- G. Manville Fenn Time of James I. W. & R. Chambers
IN THE DAYS OF KING JAMES -- S. H. Burchell Time of James I. Gay & Bird
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THE LOST TREASURE OF TREVLYN -- E. Everett Green Time of the Gunpowder Plot T. Nelson & Sons
*STANDISH OF STANDISH -- J. G. Austin America--Period of the Pilgrim Fathers Ward, Lock, & Co.
* This is the first of a series of tales dealing with Early American history by the same author, viz.:--"Betty Alden" (sequel to above); "A Nameless Nobleman" (half-century later than "Standish of Standish"), with its sequel, "Dr. Le Baron and his Daughters" (all published by Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.)
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LONGFEATHER THE PEACEMAKER -- Kirk Monroe America-- Period of the Pilgrim Fathers George Newnes
BY ORDER OF THE COMPANY (TO HAVE AND TO HOLD) --
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MISTRESS BRENT -- Lucy M. Thruston Maryland, 1636 Little, Brown, & Co., U.S.A.
ANTONIA -- Jessie Van Zile Belden Dutch Colonists in Hudson River Districts, 1640-50 John Murray
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WHITEHALL -- Anonymous Earlier years of Charles I. Geo.
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Blackwood & Sons
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*FOR KING AND KENT -- Col. Colomb Civil War Period Remington
* This book well represents the extreme Royalist point of view.
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THE MAIDEN AND MARRIED LIFE OF MARY POWELL -- Miss
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Richelieu, &c. J. M. Dent & Co.
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CAPTAIN FRACASSE -- Theophile Gautier (translation) Strolling Players, in time of Louis XIII. Duckworth & Co. and J. Macqueen
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*THE BETROTHED LOVERS -- Manzoni (translation) Italy--the Plague in Milan, 1630 Ward, Lock, & Co. ("Minerva Library," 1889)
* Also published by George Bell & Sons (Bohn's Series) under the title "The Betrothed." I adopt the fuller title to prevent confusion with Scott's romance.
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RED AXE -- S. R. Crockett Thirty Years War Smith, Elder, & Co.
*THE KING'S RING -- Zacharias Topelius (translation) Thirty Years War Jarrold & Sons
* The first of a series covering the 17th and 18th Centuries. Under the general title of "The Surgeon's Stories," the remaining volumes were published by Messrs. Jansen & Co., of Chicago (1883- 4); one of these appears in my list later on.
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PHILLIP ROLLO -- James Grant Thirty Years War Geo. Routledge & Sons
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MARIE DE MANCINI -- Madame Sophie Gay (translation) France-- Time of Mazarin, &c. Lawrence & Bullen
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ETHNE -- Mrs. Field Ireland--Cromwellian wars Wells, Gardner, &
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*DEBORAH'S DIARY -- Miss Manning Milton's Daughter (1665) J.
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* Sequel to "The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell."
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THE ROMANCE OF DOLLARD -- Mrs. Catherwood French in Canada Fisher Unwin
TARA -- Meadows Taylor India, 1657 Kegan, Paul, & Co. BRAMBLETYE HOUSE -- Horace Smith Commonwealth--Charles II.
Henry Colburn, 1826
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SIR RALPH ESHER -- Leigh Hunt Time of Charles II. Henry Colburn, 1832
MARY HOLLIS -- H. J. Schimmel (translation) Time of Charles II. John Camden Hotten
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THE VICOMTE DE BRAGELONNE -- Dumas (trans.) France--Louis
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BELLE ROSE -- Amedee Achard France--Louis XIV. A. Bourdilliat et Cie., Paris, 1859
IN THE DAY OF ADVERSITY -- J. Bloundelle Burton France--Louis
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*THE SCOURGE OF GOD -- J. Bloundelle Burton France--Louis
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* Intentionally placed with the Louis XIV. romances. It should, however, be noted that the events of the story are supposed to happen in the first years of the Eighteenth Century (the Cevennes Revolt).
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DEB CLAVEL -- M. E. Palgrave James II.--Monmouth Rebellion Religious Tract Society
DUKE OF MONMOUTH -- Gerald Griffin James II.--Monmouth Rebellion R. Bentley, 1836
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Period of James II. Seeley & Co.
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THE COURTSHIP OF MORICE BUCKLER -- A. E. W. Mason
Period of James II. (1685-7) Macmillan & Co.
THE SWORD OF THE KING -- Ronald Macdonald William of Orange John Murray
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THE LIFEGUARDSMAN -- H. J. Schimmel (translation) Revolution period (1688) A. & C. Black
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THE CRIMSON SIGN -- S. R. Keightley Siege of Derry (1689)
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THE BOYNE WATER -- J. Banim Battle of the Boyne (1690) James Duffy, Dublin
THE MAC MAHON -- Owen Blayney Battle of the Boyne (1690) Constable & Co.
REDMOND COUNT O'HANLON -- W. Carleton Battle of Aughrim James Duffy, Dublin
THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR -- Scott East Lothian, 1695 A. &
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THE BEGUM'S DAUGHTER -- E. L. Bynner New York (Jacob Leisler) Houghton, Muffin. & Co.
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DARIEN -- Eliot Warburton William Paterson and the Darien Scheme (1698) Colburn, 1852
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