Gilbert and Sullivan Society

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The Works of WILLIAM GILBERT Snr. The list from which these titles are taken has been supplied by Brian Jones, Librarian to the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, to whom I am indebted. Mr Jones himself would not claim that it is exhaustive. There has been a recent revival of interest in the works of Gilbert Snr., not least as they give us an insight into the literary style of W. S. Gilbert, his son, who also acted as illustrator for some of his father's books. Where any of these works has recently been republished a hyperlink will be provided to bookstores able to supply that title. Abbreviations: AB = Abebooks; AM = Amazon; B = Browns Books; Q = Quartermelon (N.B. The Quartermelon site can be somewhat un-user friendly but their discounted prices may be found via Abebooks and Amazon)
Margaret Meadows A Tale for Pharisees (1858)	Shirley Hall Asylum Or the Memoirs of a Monomaniac (1863) Reputedly Gilbert's first novel. Written entirely in the first person, this tale adopts what will be come a familiar Gilbert Snr. format of a number of individual tales within the framework of an all encompassing story. AB AM B	Christmas Tale: The Rosary, a Legend of Wilton Abbey (1863) AB AM B
Dr Austin's Guests (1866)	Magic Mirror (The) A Round of Tales for Young and Old (1865) The most popular of Gilbert's books, exists in two editions - the original published in 1865 and illustrated with more than 90 drawings by W S Gilbert. The second published in 1907 with 20 full page colour illustrations by John Menzies. AB AM B	Wizard of the Mountain (The) (1867) Illustrated by W S Gilbert
Doctor of Beauweir (The) (1868) An autobiography in 2 volumes.	King George's Middy (1869) Illustrated by W S Gilbert	Landlord of "The Sun" (The) (1871) Three volumes.
Clara Levesque (1872) Three volumes.	James Duke, Costermonger (1879) A tale of the social aspects	Memoirs of a Cynic (1880) In three volumes. At present only Vol: 1 is available in print. AB AM B
Short Stories Again, the following list may not be exhaustive and some of the stories may actually appear as individual chapters in longer works. 'The Sacristan of St. Botolph' for example is one of the tales included in 'The Magic Mirror'.
Sacristan of St Botolph (The) (1866)	Doctor Onofrio (The) (1867)	Don Bucefalo and the Curate (1867)
Fra Gerolamo (1867)	Innominato's Confession (The) (1867)	Last Lords of Gardonal (The) (1867) A rather gruesome tale of vampires published in Argosy (1867), apparently much admired by Bram Stoker. Read or download this story here. AB AM
Magic Flower (The) (1867)	Physician's Daughter (The) (1867)	Robber Chief (The) (1867)
Tomaso and Pepina (1867)	Two Lovers (The) (1867)	Friar Peter's Confession (1869)
How Brother Ignatius Became a Monk (1869)	How Brother Jonas, the Sub-Cellarer, Was Haunted by an Evil Spirit (1869)	Shrine of Santa Clara (The) (1869)
	Walter, the Sub-Steward (1869)
Other Works
Contrasts	De Profundis	Disestablishment from a Church Point of View
Dives and Lazarus	Facta non Verba	Goldsworthy Family (The)
Inquisitor (The)	Legion, or the modern demoniac	Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara AB AM B
City, an inquiry into the Corporation (The)	Martha	Modern Wonders of the World
Mrs Dubosq's Bible	Nothing but the Truth	Sir Thomas Branston
Struggles in Ferrara (The)	Them Boots	Weaver's Family (The)

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