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Legendary & romantic tales of Indian history

Chapter 138: Frederick Warne & Co.’s PUBLICATIONS IN NOVELS, WORKS OF FICTION, &c.
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A collection of linked historical romances and legends drawn from Muslim-era annals in India, retelling episodes of conquest, sieges, and court intrigue alongside personal stories of love, rivalry, and social constraints. Narratives emphasize military encounters, dramatic reversals, and moral consequences while also touching on cultural practices such as harem confinement and caste tensions. The volume combines an introductory historical summary and preface with individual tales that blend romance, legend, and moral reflection, aiming to present vivid scenes of conflict, loyalty, ambition, and the human costs of power.

Frederick Warne & Co.’s
PUBLICATIONS IN
NOVELS, WORKS OF FICTION, &c.

Price 6s. each.

ONE VOLUME COPYRIGHT NOVELS.

In crown 8vo, cloth gilt.

JULIAN KARSLAKE’S SECRET. By Mrs. J. H. Needell.

PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN. By Mrs. J. H. Needell, Author of “Stephen Ellicott’s Daughter,” &c.

“Mrs. Needell’s story is not only interesting, it is told with a charm and dignity of expression that are extremely rare.”—Court Circular.

PHILIP METHUEN. By Mrs. J. H. Needell, Author of “Julian Karslake,” &c.

“No one should fail to read this, the most powerful and original novel we have read for some time.”—Manchester Examiner.

UNDER FIRE: A Tale of the War with the Sioux. By Captain Charles King, Author of “The Queen of Bedlam,” &c., &c. With Original Illustrations by C. R. Cox.

“Captain Charles King has all the faculty of James Grant in writing vivaciously a military novel, and, what is still higher praise, he has a considerable share of Marryat’s power of stirring the deeper emotions.”—Bristol Mercury.

A CRUEL DILEMMA. By Mary H. Tennyson.

“The book is entertaining, and the character, notably the Baronet and the picture-dealer—a refreshing old ruffian—are cleverly portrayed.”—Daily Chronicle.


Price 3s. 6d. each.

WARNE’S POPULAR NOVELS.

A New Series of Copyright Works by well-known English and American Authors.


In crown 8vo, cloth gilt.

GUENN: A Wave on the Breton Coast. By Blanche Willis Howard.
AULNAY TOWER. By the Author of “Guenn.”
A YOUNG GIRDS WOOING: A Love Story. By the Rev. E. P. Roe.
LADY MAUDE’S MANIA: A Tragedy in High Life. By G. Manville Fenn.
THROUGH ONE ADMINISTRATION. By Frances Hodgson Burnett.
SYLVESTER SOUND, the Somnambulist. By Henry Cockton. With Twelve of the Original Steel Plates by Onwhyn.
A DIVIDED DUTY. By Ida Lemon, Author of “That Little Woman,” &c.
STEPHEN ELLICOTT’S DAUGHTER. By Mrs. J. H. Needell.
DUN WELL PARVA. By Reginald Lucas.
HIS GREAT SELF. By Marion Harland.
ON THE EDGE OF THE STORM. By Author of “Mdlle. Mori,” &c.
HIS LIFE’S MAGNET. By Theodora Emslie.


Price 2s. 6d. each.

THE LIBRARY OF FICTION.

A Series of Copyright Works by well-known Authors.

In crown 8vo, cloth gilt.

The Queen of Bedlam. By Captain Charles King.
The Gargrave Mystery. By Hugh Coleman Davidson.
The Mynn’s Mystery. By G. Manville Fenn.
Expiation. By Octave Thavet. With Illustrations by A. B. Frost
The Fatal Request. By A. L. Harris.
Charlie Kingston’s Aunt. By Sir Henry Thompson, F.R.C.S.
At Bay. By Mrs. Alexander.
Struck Down. By Hawley Smart.
Marie May. By Mrs. W. K. Clifford.
Sir Jeffrey’s Wife. By A. W. Marchmont, B.A.


Price 2s. each,

In crown 8vo, picture boards.

Through One Administration. By Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Sylvyster Sound, the Somnambulist. By Henry Cockton.
Guenn. By B. W. Howard.
Aulnay Tower. By B. W. Howard.
The Queen of Bedlam. By Captain Charles King.
Philip Mordant’s Ward. By Marianne Kent.
The Mynn’s Mystery. By G. Manville Fenn.
Expiation. By Octave Thanet. With Illustrations by A. B. Frost.
The Knight’s Ransom. A Tale of the Crusades. By Mrs. L. Valentine.
The Captain-General. By W. J. Gordon.
That Lass o’ Lowrie’s. By Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Valentine Vox, the VentriloQUIST. By Henry Cockton.
Handy Andy. By Samuel Lover.
Rory O’More. Samuel Lover.
The Fatal Request. By A. L. Harris.
Lady Maude’s Mania. By Geo Manville Fenn.
He Would Be a Gentleman. By Samuel Lover.
Jack Hinton, the Guardsman. By Charles Lever.
In the Sunlight: A Tale of Mentone. By Angelica Selby.
Harry Lorrequer. By Charles Lever.
The Collegians; or, The Colleen Bawn. By Gerald Griffin.
Jan Vedder’s Wife. By Amelia F. Barr.
A Plunge into Space. By Robert Cromie.
Charley Kingston’s Aunt. By Sir Henry Thompson, F.R.C.S.
At Bay. By Mrs. Alexander.
Marie May. By Mrs. W. K. Clifford.
On the Edge of the Storm. By Author of “Mademoiselle Mori.”
Stephen Ellicott’s Daughter. By Mrs. J. H. Needell.
Sir Jeffrey’s Wife. By A. W. Marchmont, B.A.


WARNE’S STAR SERIES.


In this Series, from time to time, will be issued Popular Editions of well-known Books, many of them Copyright, and published at prices, united with style and completeness, hitherto unequalled.


Price 2s. each,

In crown 8vo, cloth gilt, extra.

9 The Wide, Wide World.

10 Queechy. By S. Warner.

11 Melbourne House. Ditto.

12 Drayton Hall. By Alice Gray.

13 Say and Seal. By S. Warner.

36 The Lamplighter. By Miss Cummins.

43 Ellen Montgomery’s Book-SHELF. By S. Warner.

44 Old Helmet. By S. Warner.

50 Straight Paths & Crooked WAYS. By H. B. Paull.

52 Englefield Grange. Ditto.

62 Little Women and Little WIVES. By Louisa Alcott.

64 Leyton Auberry’s Daughters. By H. P. Paull.

65 Hedington Manor.

66 Without and Within.

75 Sceptres and Crowns, &c. By S. Warner.

88 Little Sunbeams. By J. H. Matthews.

91 Ben-Hur. By Lew Wallace.

95 Golden Ladder. By S. Warner.

96 Vinegar Hill. By S. Warner.

97 What She Could. Ditto.

100 Wych Hazel. Ditto.

101 Gold of Chickaree. By S. Warner.

102 Diana. Ditto.

105 The Letter of Credit. By S. Warner.

106 The End of a Coil. Ditto.

108 The Daughter of Fife. By Amelia E. Barr.

109 The Bow of Orange Ribbon. By Amelia E. Barr.

110 Between Two Loves. Ditto.

113 My Desire. By S. Warner.

114 Nobody. Ditto.

119 Philip Mordant’s Ward. By M. Kent.

123 Jan Vedder’s Wife. By Mrs. A. E. Barr.

125 Beulah.

126 At the Mercy of Tiberius.

128 The Gayworthys. By Mrs. Whitney.

129 Naomi. By Mrs. Webb.

130 A Divided Duty. By Ida Lemon.


Price 1s. 6d. each,

In small crown 8vo, cloth gilt, extra.

1 Daisy. By S. Warner (E. Wetherell.)

2 Daisy in the Field. Ditto.

3 Nettie’s Mission. By Alice Gray.

4 Stepping Heavenward. By Mrs. E. Prentiss.

14 From Jest to Earnest. By Rev. E. P. Roe.

15 Mary Elliot. By C. D. Bell.

16 Sydney Stuart. Ditto.

17 Picciola. By X. B. Saintine.

18 Hope Campbell. By C. D. Bell.

19 Horace and May. Ditto.

20 Ella and Marian. By C. D. Bell.

21 Kenneth and Hugh. Ditto.

22 Rosa’s Wish. Ditto.

23 Margaret Cecil. Ditto.

26 What Katy Did at School. By S. Coolidge.

28 Wearyfoot Common. By Ritchie.

30 Aunt Jane’s Hero. By Mrs. E. Prentiss.

31 Aunt Ailie. By C. D. Bell.

32 What Katy Did. By S. Coolidge.

38 The Flower of the Family. By Mrs. E. Prentiss.

39 Madame Fontenoy. By the Author of “Mdlle. Mori.”

41 Toward Heaven. By Mrs. E. Prentiss.

42 Little Camp on Eagle Hill. By S. Warner.

45 The Prince of the House of DAVID. By Rev. J. H. Ingraham.

46 The Pillar of Fire. Ditto.

47 The Throne of David. Ditto.

48 The Admiral’s Will. By M. M. Bell.

51 That Lass o’ Lowrie’s. By F. H. Burnett.

54 Alec Green. By S. K. Hocking.

57 Little Women. By Louisa Alcott.

58 Little Wives. Ditto.

59 Barriers Burned Away. By Rev. E. P. Roe.

60 Opening a Chestnut Burr. By Rev. E. P. Roe.

61 Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

63 Dorothy. By J. A. Nutt.

69 Huguenot Family. C. D. Bell.

70 Only a Girl’s Life. By Mrs. Mercier.

74 Bessie Harrington’s Venture.

76 Without a Home. By Rev. E. P. Roe.

77 Moods. By Louisa Alcott.

81 The Torn Bible. By Alice Somerton.

82 Lily Gordon. By C. D. Bell.

83 A Knight of the Nineteenth CENTURY. By Rev. E. P. Roe.

84 Near to Nature’s Heart. By Rev. E. P. Roe.

85 His Sombre Rivals. Ditto.

93 Una. By M. Bird.

94 A Young Girl’s Wooing. By Rev. E. P. Roe.

98 The House in Town. By S. Warner.

99 Trading. By S. Warner.

104 What Katy Did Next. By S. Coolidge.

112 The Queen of Spades. By Rev. E. P. Roe.

115 Mariamne. Nathaniel Ogle.

116 A Titled Maiden. By C. A. Mason.

117 My Lady Nell. By Emily Weaver.

118 In Safe Hands. By M. H. Howell.

124 John Ward, Preacher. By Margaret Deland.

127 Faith Gartney’s Girlhood. By Mrs. Whitney.


Price 1s. 6d. each.

NOVELS AND STORIES.

by MRS. BURNETT.

In small crown 8vo, cloth gilt, neat uniform style.

A Fair Barbarian.

A Woman’s Will; or, Miss Defarge.

Natalie, and other Stories.

Theo: A Love Story.

The Fortunes of Philippa FAIRFAX.

That Lass o’ Lowrie’s.

Kathleen: A Love Story.

The Tide on the Moaning BAR, &c.

Dolly: A Love Story.

Lindsay’s Luck.

Pretty Polly Pemberton.

Miss Crespigny.

Esmeralda, and other Stories.

Surly Tim, and other Stories.

The Pretty Sister of José.

“The Press have received the short stories and novels of Mrs. Burnett with the same enthusiasm as they did ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy.’ In speaking of ‘Dolly,’ the Post says: ‘It is one of the sweetest of love stories ever written.’”


By JOHN STRANGE WINTER.

In small crown 8vo, cloth gilt, neat uniform style.

Bootle’s Baby.
Houp-La.
Harvest.
Dinna Forget.


SPORTING, FARMING AND COUNTRY BOOKS.

In demy 8vo. half-bound, price 21s., marbled edges, 1,100 pages.

THE SEVENTEENTH EDITION OF
STONEHENGE’S
BRITISH RURAL SPORTS

Completely Re-edited, Re-arranged and Re-composed.

By STONEHENGE (J. W. Walsh, late Editor of The Field).

Comprising Athletics, Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Yachting, Lawn Tennis, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism, and the various Rural Games of Great Britain, with complete Index, &c.

Illustrated by numerous Engravings.

“One of the most inclusive, best-written and best-arranged compendiums ever published.”—Times.

“It is unnecessary to recommend a work that has been so emphatically endorsed by the sporting world.”—Standard.

“As an authority on sporting matters it seems unnecessary here to say that it is a book no country gentleman should be without.”—Yorkshire Post.


Price 2s. 6d. each.

HANDY INFORMATION BOOKS.

AGRICULTURAL MANUALS.—NEW EDITIONS.

THE HORSE: Its Varieties and Management in Health and Disease.

SHEEP: Their Varieties and Management in Health and Disease.

CATTLE: Their Varieties and Management in Health and Disease.

New and Enlarged Editions by George Armatage, M.R.C.V.S.

Very fully Illustrated. In crown 8vo, cloth gilt.

“These works are deserving of a large sale, and the more carefully they are perused the more highly they will be appreciated by the horse owner.”—Farrier and Stockbreeder.

(Also the three volumes in cloth upright case, “The Farmer’s Library,” per set, 7s. 6d.)

ANGLING AND HOW TO ANGLE. By J. T. Burgess. A new Edition, entirely Re-edited by R. B. Marston, Editor of the Fishing Gazette, with additional chapters on Pike Fishing by Jardine, and Dry Fly-fishing by R. S. Marston. Crown 8vo. Also Popular Edition, sewed 1s.


BOOKS ON BIRDS.

BIRD-KEEPING: A Practical Guide to the Management of Cage and Singing Birds. By C. F. Dyson. With numerous Engravings and Coloured Plates. Crown 8vo.

THE CANARY: Its Varieties, Management and Breeding. By Rev. F. Smith. Crown 8vo.

“A useful handbook giving extensive and accurate information as to the management of these most delightful of household pets.”—Fancier’s Gazette.


Price 2s. 6d. each.

Handy Information Bookscontinued.

In crown 8vo, cloth gilt extra.

By a Member of the Aristocracy.

THE MANNERS AND RULES OF GOOD SOCIETY. The Standard Handbook of Etiquette. Twenty-first Edition, thoroughly Revised.

“This book may be accepted as a standard work of reference on all questions of etiquette.”—The Queen.

SOCIETY SMALL TALK; or, What to Say and When to Say It. Tenth Edition.

THE MANAGEMENT OF SERVANTS: A Practical Guide to the Routine of Domestic Service. Fourth Edition.

THE CORRECT GUIDE TO LETTER WRITING. Fifth Edition.

HEALTH, BEAUTY AND THE TOILET: Letters to Ladies from a Lady Doctor. By Anna Kingsford, M.D., Paris. Third Edition.

THE HOME, as it Should Be: its Duties and Amenities. By L. Valentine. Second Edition.

TRICKS WITH CARDS: A Complete Manual of Card Conjuring. By Professor Hoffmann. Illustrated with over a Hundred Practical Illustrations and Diagrams.

GAMES FOR FAMILY PARTIES. Containing over 350 Games. Edited by Mrs. Valentine. Fully Illustrated.

MENUS MADE EASY; or, How to Order Dinner and Give the Dishes their French Names. By Nancy Lake. Eighth Revised Edition.

DAILY DINNERS. 366 Menus in English and French. By Nancy Lake, Author of “Menus Made Easy.”

“A capital little book for ladies who find difficulty in varying their menus and who are blest with idealess cooks, and it will be found most useful for planning out dinners which are both dainty and inexpensive.”—Myra’s Journal.

HOW WE ARE GOVERNED: A Handbook of the Constitution, Government, Laws and Power of the British Empire. By Albany de Fonblanque. Sixteenth Edition, Revised by W. J. Gordon.

ELECTRICITY UP TO DATE, for Light, Power and Traction. By John B. Verity, M. Inst. E.E. With a New Chapter on Electric Cooking and Heating, and nearly 50 practical Instructions. (Also Popular Edition, boards, 2s.)

MUSICAL GROUNDWORK: Being a First Manual of Musical Form and History for Students and Readers. By Frederick J. Crowest.

“We have not met with any manual of the same kind so well calculated to quicken the mind of the musical reader and thence to stimulate him to a more extended study of the history and science of musical form.”—Manchester Guardian.