List of her works
Books for young readers
# ''Scamp and I: A Story/Study of City Byways'' (1872) # ''Lettie's Last Home'' (1876) # ''David’s Little Lad'' (1877) # ''Water Lilies and Other Tales'' (1878) # ''The Children’s Kingdom: The Story of a Great Endeavor'' (1878) # ''Outcast Robin, or Your Brother and Mine: A Cry from the Great City'' (1878) # ''Great St. Benedict's: A Tale'' (1879, aka ''Dorothy's Story, or Great St. Benedict's'') # ''Water Gipsies: A Story of Canal Life in England'' (1879, as ...or 'The Adventures ofTag, Rag and Bobtail'' 1893) # ''Dot and Her Treasures'' (1879) # ''Andrew Harvey's Wife'' (1880) # ''A Dweller in Tents'' (1880) # ''Mou-Setse, a Negro Hero, with The Orphan's Pilgrimage'' (1880) # ''Mother Herring's Chicken'' (1881) # ''The Children's Pilgrimage'' (1883) # ''Scarlet Anemones'' (1884, repr 1897 as ... ''& Ellie and Esther'') # ''The Autocrat of the Nursery'' (1884) # ''The Angel of Love'' (1885) # ''A Little Silver Trumpet'' (1885) # ''A World of Girls: The Story of a School'' (1886) # ''The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls'' (1887) # ''Sweet Nancy'' (1887, aka ...& Two Lilies) # ''Deb and the Duchess: A Story for Girls'' (1888, as ...''for Boys and Girls'' 192-) # ''Nobody's Neighbors'' (1888) # ''A Band of Three'' (1888) # ''The Golden Lady'' (1889) # ''Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl'' (1889, 1910) # ''The Little Princess of Tower Hill'' (1889) # ''Those Boys, a Story for All Little Fellows'' (189-?, 1912) # ''The Honorable Miss: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Town'' (2v., 1890) # ''Frances Kane's Fortune, rWhat Gold Cannot Buy'' (1890) # ''A Girl of the People'' (1890) # ''Little Trouble-the-House'' (1890) # ''Engaged to Be Married: A Tale of Today'' (1890, repr 1917 as ''Daughters of Today'') # ''The Heart of Gold'' (1890) # ''Dickory Dock'' (1890) # ''Just a Love Story'' (1890, repr 1900 as ''The Beauforts'') # ''The Beresford Prize'' (1890) # ''Marigold'' (1890) # ''Hepsy Gipsy'' (1891) # ''A Sweet Girl Graduate'' (1891, updated c. 1910 as Priscilla's Promise) # ''The Children of Wilton Chase'' (1891) # ''Little Mary and Other Stories'' (1891) # ''Bashful Fifteen'' (1892) # ''Jill, A Flower Girl'' (1892) # ''Four on an Island: A Story of Adventure'' (1892, aka: ''A Book for the Little Folks'') # ''The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls'' (1892) # ''Out of the Fashion'' (1892) # ''A Ring of Rubies'' (1892) # ''Beyond the Blue Mountains'' (1893) # ''Betty, A School Girl'' (1894) # ''Red Rose and Tiger Lily; or, In a Wider World'' (1894) # ''Girls, New And Old'' (1895) # ''The House of Surprises: A Story for Girls'' (1896) # ''Good Luck: A Story for Girls'' (1896) # ''A Girl in Ten Thousand'' (1896, repr ate?as ..., ''& My Sister Kate'') # ''Playmates: A Story for Boys and Girls'' (1896) # ''The Merry Girls of England'' (1896) # ''A Little Mother to the Others'' (1896) # ''Wild Kitty: A School Story'' (1897, aka ''A Story of Middleton School'') # ''Bad Little Hannah: A Story for Girls'' (1897) # ''Catalina: Art Student'' (1897) # ''A Handful of Silver'' (1897) # ''A Bunch of Cherries: A Story of Cherry Court School'' (1898) # ''Cave Perilous'' (1898) # ''The Rebellion of Lil Carrington'' (1898) # ''Mary Gifford, M.B./S.''(1898) # ''Me and My Dolls: The Story of the Joys and Troubles of Miss Bo-Peep and Her Doll Family... The Strange Adventures of Mopsy and Hans'' (1898) # ''A Public School Boy: A Memoir of H. S. Wristbridge'' (1899) # ''The Desire of Men: An Impossibility'' (1899) # ''The Odds and the Evens'' (c. 1899) # ''A Brave Poor Thing'' (1899) # ''The Temptation of Olive Latimer'' (1899) # ''Light o' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl'' (1899) # ''How Nora Crena Saved Her Own'' (19--) # ''The Time of Roses: A Story for Girls'' (1900) # ''A Lonely Puppy, & The Tambourine Girl'' (1890) # ''Daddy’s Girl'' (1900, repr 1911 as ...''& Consuelo's Quest of Happiness'') # ''A Big Temptation and Other Stories'' (1900) # ''Miss Nonentity: A Story for Girls'' (1900) # ''Girls of the True Blue: A School Story'' (1901) # ''The New Mrs. Lascelles'' (1901, repr 1916 as ''Mother Mary: A Story/Study for Girls'') # ''The Cosey Corner, Or How They Kept A Farm'' (1901) # ''A Sister of the Red Cross: A Tale of the South African War'' (1901, aka ''A Story of Ladysmith'') # ''A Very Naughty Girl'' (1901) # ''The Rebel of the School'' (1902) # ''The Girls of the Forest'' (1902) # ''The Squire's Little Girl'' (1902) # ''Drift'' (1902) # ''The Princess Who Gave Away All, & The Naughty One of the Family'' (1902) # ''Margaret'' (1902) # ''Queen Rose: A Girl's Story'' (1902) # ''The Manor School'' (1903) # ''Peter the Pilgrim: The Story of a Boy and His Pet Rabbit'' (1903) # ''The Witch Maid'' (1903) # ''A Gay Charmer: A Story for Girls'' (1903) # ''Stories from the Old, Old Bible'' (1903) # ''That Brilliant Peggy'' (1903) # ''Tic-Tac-Too, & Butterfly Valley'' (1903) # ''Petronella, & The Coming of Polly'' (1904) # ''The Girls of Mrs. Pritchard's School'' (1904) # ''A Madcap'' (1904) # ''Nurse Charlotte'' (1904) # ''A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls'' (1904) # ''A Bevy of Girls'' (1905) # ''A Young Mutineer: A Story for Girls'' (1905) # ''The Colonel and the Boy'' (1906) # ''A Golden Shadow'' (1906) # ''The Hill-Top Girl'' (1906) # ''Turquoise and Ruby'' (1906) # ''Sue: The Story of a Little Heroine and Her Friend'' (1906; aka '' Young Heroine: A Story of Sue and Her Friend?'') # ''Queen of the Day'' (1906) # ''A Girl from America'' (1907) # ''The Red Cap of Liberty'' (1907) # ''The Little School-Mothers: A Story for Girls'' (1907) # ''The Scamp Family: A Story for Girls'' (1907) # ''Three Girls from School'' (1907) # ''The Lady of Jerry Boy's Dreams: A Story for Girls'' (1907) # ''The Court Harman Girls'' (1908) # ''Betty of the Rectory'' (1908) # ''Sarah's Mother'' (1908, repr 1914 as ''Colonel Tracy's Wife'') # ''The School Queens: A Story for Girls'' (1908/10) # ''Blue of the Sea'' (1909) # ''Blue Shoes and Black'' (1909) # ''Daddy's Boy'' (1909) # ''Betty Vivian: A Story of Haddo Court School'' (1910) # ''Rosa Regina: A Story for Girls'' (1910) # ''Nance Kennedy'' (1910) # ''Pretty-Girl and the Others'' (1910) # ''Their Little Mother: A Story for Girls'' (1910) # ''The Girls of Merton College'' (1911) # ''For Dear Dad: A Story for Girls'' (1911) # ''Corporal Violet'' (1912) # ''How It All Came Round'' (1912) # ''Kitty O'Donovan: A School Story'' (1912) # ''The Chesterton Girl Graduates: A Story for Girls'' (1913) # ''The Girls of King's Royal: A Story for Girls'' (1913) # ''The School Favorite: A School Girls Story'' (1913) # ''Golden Hours Story Book'' (1913) # ''A Band of Mirth'' (1914) # ''The Wooing of Monica'' (1914) # ''The Queen of Joy'' (1914) # ''The Girls of Castle Rocco: A Home Story for Girls'' (1914) # ''Greater Than Gold'' (1915) # ''The Daughter of a Soldier: A Colleen of South Ireland'' (1915) # ''Jill, the Irresistible'' (1915) # ''Winter Fun for Merry Hearts'' (1915) # ''Hollyhock: A Spirit of Mischief'' (1916) # ''Better Than Riches'' (1917) # ''Cassie, & Little Mary'' (c. 1919) (Designations of these titles as for young readers were gleaned primarily from Worldcat; others below may also belong in the category.)Mysteries
# ''This Troublesome World'' (3v., w/Dr. Clifford Halifax, 1893) # ''The Arrest of Captain Vandaleur: How Miss Cusack Discovered His Trick'' (w/Robert Eustace, 1894) # ''The Ponsonby Diamonds: Stories from the Diary of a Doctor'' (w/Halifax, 1894) # ''A Princess of the Gutter'' (1895) # ''The Voice of the Charmer'' (3v., 1895) # ''Dr. Rumsey's Patient: A Very Strange Story'' (w/Halifax, 1896) # ''A Son of Ishmael: A Clever Detective Story'' (1896) # ''Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Second Series'' (w/Halifax, 1896) # ''Under the Dragon Throne'' (w/Robert K. Douglas, 1897) # ''Where the Air Quivered'' (w/Eustace, 1898) # ''The Cleverest Woman in England'' (1898) # ''On the Brink of a Chasm: A Record of Plot and Passion'' (1898) # ''A Master of Mysteries'' (w/Eustace, 1898) # ''Mr. Bovey's Unexpected Will'' (w/Eustace, 1899) # ''An Adventuress'' (1899) # ''The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings'' (w/Eustace, 1899) # ''The Gold Star Line'' (w/Eustace, 1899) # ''Wages: A Novel'' (1900) # ''The Outside Ledge'' (w/Eustace, 1900) # ''The Sanctuary Club'' (w/Eustace, 1900) # ''Where the Shoe Pinches'' (w/Halifax, 1900) # ''The Blue Diamond'' (1901) # ''The Secret of the Dead'' (1901) # ''Wheels of Iron'' (1901) # ''A Race With the Sun'' (w/Halifax, 1901) # ''Confessions of a Court Milliner'' (1902) # ''A Double Revenge'' (1902) # ''The Dead Hand: Being the First of the Experiences of the Oracle of Maddox Street'' (1902) # ''Fingertips: One of the Sensational Experiences of Diana Marburg, the Oracle of Maddox Street'' (1902) # ''The Sorceress of the Strand'' (w/Eustace, 1902) # ''The Lost Square'' (w/Eustace, 1902) # ''The Face in the Dark'' (w/Eustace, 1903) # ''The Adventures of Miranda'' (1904) # ''At the Back of the World'' (1904) # ''A Maid of Mystery'' (1904) # ''Silenced'' (1904) # ''The Lady Cake-Maker'' (1904) # ''The Oracle of Maddox Street'' (1904) # ''His Mascot'' (1905) # ''Bess of Delaney's'' (1905) # ''A Golden Shadow'' (1906) # ''From the Hand of the Hunter'' (1906) # ''The Home of Sweet Content'' (1906) # ''The Maid With the Goggles'' (1906) # ''The Girl and Her Fortune'' (1906) # ''The Chateau of Mystery'' (1907) # ''The Curse of the Feverals'' (1907) # ''The Home of Silence'' (1907) # ''Kindred Spirits'' (1907) # ''The Red Ruth'' (1907) # ''The Courtship of Sybil'' (1908) # ''The Fountain of Beauty'' (1909) # ''I Will Sing a New Song'' (1909) # ''The Necklace of Parmona'' (1909) # ''The Pursuit of Penelope'' (1909) # ''The Stormy Petrel'' (1909) # ''Wild Heather'' (1909) # ''The A. B. C. Girl'' (1910) # ''Micah Faraday, Adventurer'' (1910) # ''Twenty-Four Hours: A Novel of Today'' (1911) # ''The House of Black Magic'' (1912) # ''The Great Lord Masareene'' (1913) # ''The Passion of Kathleen Duveen'' (1913) # ''Her Happy Face'' (1914) # ''The Maid Indomitable'' (1916) # ''The Detections of Miss lorenceCusack'' (1998)Other titles
# ''A Knight of Today'' (1877) # ''Bel Marjory: A Tale'' (1878, as : A Story of Conquest 1898) # ''Miss Toosey's Mission'' (1878) # ''Laddie'' (1879) # ''The Floating Light of Ringfinnan, and Guardian Angels'' (1880) # ''A Band of Three'' (Seaside Library, 1882) # ''A London Baby: The Story of King Roy'' (1882) # ''How It All Came About'' (1883) # ''Hermie's Rosebuds and Other Stories'' (1883) # ''Tip Cat'' (1884) # ''The Two Sisters'' (1884) # ''Our Little Ann: A Tale'' (1885) # ''Merry Chimes for Happy Times'' (1886) # ''Faithful Friends: Stories of Struggle and Victory'' (1886) # ''Beforehand'' (1887) # ''Letters to Our Working-Party'' (1887) # ''The O'Donnells of Inchfawn'' (1887) # ''Pen'' (1888) # ''Poor Miss Carolina'' (1889) # ''A Farthingful'' (1889) # ''A Life for a Love: A Story of Today'' (1891) # ''A Soldier of Fortune'' (3v., 1894) # ''Kitty O'Hara'' (c. 1895) # ''The Least of These, and Other Stories'' (1895) # ''The Heart of Helen'' (1896) # ''The White Tzar'' (1896) # ''The Way of a Woman'' (1897) # ''The Secret of Emu Plain'' (1898) # ''The Siren'' (1898) # ''The Girl of St. Wode's'' (1898) # ''The Cleverest Woman in England'' (1898) # ''All Sorts'' (1899) # ''A Plucky Girl'' (1900) # ''In a Time of Roses'' (c. 1900) # ''A Stumble by the Way'' (1901) # ''Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Third Series'' (1901) # ''The Blood-Red Cross'' (1902) # ''Madame Sara'' (1902) # ''The Face of the Abbot'' (1902) # ''Through Peril for a Wife'' (1902) # ''The Pursuit of Penelope'' (1902, 1909) # ''The Burden of Her Youth'' (1903) # ''Resurgam'' (1903) # ''By Mutual Consent'' (1903) # ''Followed'' (1903) # ''Rosebury'' (1903) # ''Love Trumphant'' (1904) # ''Castle Poverty'' (1904) # ''Bride of Tomorrow'' (1904) # ''Nurse Charlotte'' (1904, j) # ''The Other Woman'' (1905) # ''Dumps: A Plain Girl'' (1905) # ''Willful Cousin Kate: A Girl's Story'' (1905) # ''Old Readymoney's Daughter'' (1905) # ''Little Wife Hester'' (1905) # ''Loveday: The Story of an Heiress'' (1905) # ''The Other Woman'' (1905) # ''The Face of Juliet'' (1906) # ''Victory'' (1906) # ''In the Flower of Her Youth'' (1906) # ''The Colonel’s Conquest'' (1907) # ''Little Josephine'' (1907) # ''The Lady of Delight'' (1907) # ''The Love of Susan Cardigan'' (1907) # ''The Aim of Her Life'' (1908) # ''Hetty Beresford'' (1908) # ''A Lovely Fiend/Friend and Other Stories'' (1908) # ''Brother or Husband'' (1909) # ''A wyn's Friends'' (1909) # ''Oceana's Girlhood'' (1909) # ''The Princess of the Revels'' (1909) # ''"The Least of These" and Other Stories'' (191-) # ''Belinda Treherne'' (1910) # ''Sue, a Little Heroine'' (1910) # ''A Girl of Today'' (1910) # ''The Wild Irish Girl'' (1910) # ''Lady Anne'' (1910) # ''Miss Gwendoline'' (1910) # ''Desborough's Wife'' (1911) # ''The Doctor's Children'' (1911) # ''The Soul of Margaret Rand'' (1911) # ''The Girl from Spain'' (1911) # ''Mother and Son'' (1911) # ''A Bunch of Cousins and the Barn Boys'' (1911) # ''Love's Cross Roads'' (1912) # ''Lord and Lady Kitty'' (1912) # ''Peggy from Kerry'' (1912) # ''The Girls of Abinger Close'' (1913) # ''Elizabeth's Prisoner'' (1914) # ''A Girl of High Adventure'' (1914) # ''The Darling of the School'' (1915) # ''Madge Mostyn's Nieces'' (1916) # ''The Fairy Godmother'' (1917) # ''Miss Patricia'' (1925) # ''Roses and Thorns'' (1928) # ''Old Rail Fence Corners'' (2010) # ''Without Witnesses'' (??) # ''Mrs. Reid's Terror'' (??) # ''The Pearl: A Complete Story'' (??) # ''A Botanical Ladder for the Young'' (??) # ''The Grass-Green Carpet'' (??)Short stories
Although most of Meade's shorter work remains confined to the pages of magazines, examples may be found in the following anthologies: *''A Pretty Pair: Stories'' (1894) *''Fifty-Two Stories of Pluck, Peril, and Romance for Girls'' (1896, as Fifty-Two Stirring Stories for Girls c. 1901) *''The Kingfisher's Egg, and Other Stories'' (1899) *''Sweet Bright Eyes: A Volume of Original Pictures, Stories, and Verses'' (18--) *''Seaside Story Book, With Tales'' (c. 1900) *''Sunny Days: A Volume of Original Pictures, Stories, and Verses'' (c. 1900) *''A Golden Apple, and Other Stories'' (1902) *''The Merry Wheelers'' (ss, 1903) *''Seaside Holiday Frolics, With Stories'' (1910) *''Stories for Holiday Times'' (1914) *''The Story-Teller: A Volume of Original Pictures, Stories, and Verses'' (c. 1915) *''Happy Hearts and Merry Eyes: A Book of Stories and Verses'' (1916)References
* Carpenter, H and M Prichard 1984 '' The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'', Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.External links
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