Joseph Paul Christopher Hatton (3 February 1837 (baptised in

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22 March 1837) – 31 July 1907) was an English novelist and journalist. He was Editor of ''

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'' from 1874 to 1881.

Life

Hatton was born and baptised in

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, but his parents, Francis Augustus and Mary Ann Hatton, moved to Chesterfield when he was young, where he later became apprenticed as a printer to his father. Hatton married Louisa Johnson and had three children: the artist Helen Howard Hatton, Bessie Lyle Hatton, and Frank Hatton. His brother Joshua Hatton was also a journalist. Hatton accompanied

Henry Irving Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility ...

on an North American tour to write his biography. Joseph Hatton died in St John's Wood, Middlesex at the age of 70.

Works

Editor *''Bristol Mirror'' *'' Gentleman's Magazine'' *''School Board Chronicle'' *''Illustrated Midland News'' *''

'' *'' The People'' (1892) Novels (incomplete) In title order: *''Bitter Sweets: a Love Story'', London, 1865 *''By Order of the Czar. A Novel'', New York: John W. Lovell, 1890
''By Order of the Czar. A drama in five acts''
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1904 *''Captured by Cannibals. Some incidents in the life of Horace Duran'', London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1888 *''Christopher Henrick: his Life and Adventures'' London, 1869 *''Cigarette Papers for after dinner smoking'' Anthony Treherne & Co.: London, 1902 *''Clytie: a Novel of Modern Life'' London, Guildford, 1874 *''Cruel London'' London, 1878 *''The Dagger and the Cross'' London: Hutchinson & Co., 1897 *''The Gay World'' London: Hurst & Blackett, 1877 *''In Male Attire: a Romance of the Day'' London: Hutchinson & Co., 1900 *''In the Lap of Fortune. A story stranger than fiction.'' London, 1873 *'' John Needham's Double'', London: John & Robert Maxwell, 1885 (also a play, 1891) *''Kites and Pigeons'' London, 1872 *''The Park Lane Mystery: a Story of Love and Magic'' London, 1887 *''The Princess Mazaroff. A romance'' London: Hutchinson & Co., 1891 *''The Queen of Bohemia'' London, 1877 *''The Tallants of Barton: A Tale of Fortune and Finance'', London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867 *''The Valley of Poppies'' London: Chapman and Hall, 1871 *''Three Recruits, and the girls they left behind them'' London : Hurst & Blackett, 1880 *''The Old House at Sandwich'', 1892 *''The White King of Manoa'', London: Hutchinson & Co., 1899 *Contribution to ''

The Fate of Fenella ''The Fate of Fenella'' was an experiment in consecutive novel writing inspired by J. S. Wood and published in his magazine ''The Gentlewoman'' in twenty-four parts between 1891 and 1892. When first published in book form its title was ''The Fat ...

'', 1892 Non-fiction *
Henry Irving's Impression of America
', Boston: James R Osgood, 1884 *
North Borneo: Explorations and Adventures on the Equator
' ith son, Frank Hatton London: Sampson Low, 1885

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