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'''L. T. Meade''' was the pseudonym of '''Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith''' (1844–1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in [[Bandon, County Cork|Bandon]], County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of [[Nohoval]], County Cork.<ref name=steph>[[Stephen Brown (author)|Stephen Brown]]: A Reader's Guide to Irish Fiction (1910)</ref> She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879.
'''Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith''' (1844–1914), writing under the pseudonym '''L. T. Meade''', was a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in [[Bandon, County Cork|Bandon]], County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of [[Nohoval]], County Cork.<ref name=steph>[[Stephen Brown (author)|Stephen Brown]]: A Reader's Guide to Irish Fiction (1910)</ref> She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879.

She began writing at 17 and produced over 280 books in her lifetime,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southernstar.ie/News/The-Bandon-born-author-who-pioneered-girls-school-tales-07112014.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228102017/http://www.southernstar.ie/News/The-Bandon-born-author-who-pioneered-girls-school-tales-07112014.htm|archivedate=2017-02-28|title=The Bandon born author who pioneered girls school tales|website=The Southern Star|date=10 November 2014}}</ref> being so prolific that no fewer than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death.

She was primarily known for her books for young people, of which the most famous was ''A World of Girls'', published in 1886. ''A World of Girls'' sold 37,000 copies and was highly influential on girls’ school stories of the twentieth century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LT Meade, the JK Rowling of her day, remembered 100 years on |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/lt-meade-the-jk-rowling-of-her-day-remembered-100-years-on-1.1977221 |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> However, she also wrote "sentimental" and "sensational" stories, religious stories, historical novels, adventure, romances, and mysteries, including several with male co-authors. The first of these was Dr. Clifford Halifax, with whom she first collaborated in 1893 and wrote six books. A year later she first teamed with [[Robert Eustace]], and turned out eleven volumes with him.

Her last co-author was [[Robert Kennaway Douglas|Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas]] (her daughter's father-in-law); they produced only one book, in 1897. The Eustace partnerships are notable for two female villains, Madame Sara (in ''[[The Sorceress of the Strand]]'') and Madame Koluchy (the mastermind of a band of gangsters, in ''The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings''). Meade and Eustace also created the occult detective and palmist [[Diana Marburg]] ("the Oracle of Maddox Street"), who first appeared in the US edition of ''[[Pearson's Magazine]]'' in 1902.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Illes|first=Judika|title=The Wesier Book of Occult Detectives: 13 Stories of Supernatural Sleuthing|year=2017|isbn=9781578636242|pages=113}}</ref>


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One of her most unusual titles is ''Dumps; A Plain Girl'' (1905). She was also the editor of a popular girls' magazine, ''[[Atalanta (magazine)|Atalanta]]''.
She began writing at 17 and produced over 300 books in her lifetime, being so prolific that not less than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death. She was primarily known for her books for young people, of which the most famous was ''A World of Girls'', published in 1886. However, she also wrote "sentimental" and "sensational" stories, religious stories, historical novels, adventure, romances, and mysteries, including several with male co-authors. The first of these was Dr. Clifford Halifax, with whom she first collaborated in 1893; their books numbered six. A year later she first teamed with [[Robert Eustace]], and turned out eleven volumes with him. Her last co-author was [[Robert Kennaway Douglas|Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas]] (her daughter's father-in-law); they produced only one book, in 1897. The Eustace partnerships are notable for two female villains, Madame Sara (in ''The Sorceress of the Strand'') and Madame Koluchy (the mastermind of a band of gangsters, in ''The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings''). One of her most unusual titles is ''Dumps; A Plain Girl'' (1905).
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She was also the editor of a popular girls' magazine, ''[[Atalanta (magazine)|Atalanta]]''.


Meade was a feminist and a member of the [[Pioneer Club (women's club)|Pioneer Club]]. Following the untimely death of women's-rights pioneer and Pioneer Club founder [[Emily Langton Massingberd]] (1847–1897), Meade wrote a novel in 1898 based on her life titled ''The Cleverest Woman in England''.<ref name="Irish Women's Writing">https://books.google.com/books?id=w583DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70</ref><ref name="Women and Power">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/gunby-estate-hall-and-gardens/features/women-and-power-emily-massingberd</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=pNhTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA195</ref>
Meade was a feminist and a member of the [[Pioneer Club (women's club)|Pioneer Club]]. Following the death of women's-rights pioneer and Pioneer Club founder [[Emily Langton Massingberd]] (1847–1897), Meade wrote a novel in 1898 based on her life titled ''The Cleverest Woman in England''.<ref name="Irish Women's Writing">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w583DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70 | title=Irish Women's Writing, 1878-1922: Advancing the Cause of Liberty| isbn=9781526127112| last1=Pilz| first1=Anna| last2=Standlee| first2=Whitney| date=March 2018}}</ref><ref name="Women and Power">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/gunby-estate-hall-and-gardens/features/women-and-power-emily-massingberd|title=Women and Power: Emily Massingberd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNhTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA195 |title = The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer|year = 1899}}</ref><ref>Whitney Standlee, ''Power to Observe: Irish Women Novelists in Britain, 1890-1916''. Bern: Peter Lang, 2015, p. 78.</ref>


==List of her works==
==List of her works==
===Books for young readers===
===Books for young readers===
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# Scamp and I: A Story/Study of City Byways (1872)
# ''Scamp and I: A Story/Study of City Byways'' (1872)
# Lettie's Last Home (1876)
# ''Lettie's Last Home'' (1876)
# David’s Little Lad (1877)
# ''David’s Little Lad'' (1877)
# Water Lilies and Other Tales (1878)
# ''Water Lilies and Other Tales'' (1878)
# The Children’s Kingdom: The Story of a Great Endeavor (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)
# ''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)
# ''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 of] Tag, Rag and Bobtail 1893)
# ''Water Gipsies: A Story of Canal Life in England'' (1879, as ...or [''The Adventures of] Tag, Rag and Bobtail'' 1893)
# Dot and Her Treasures (1879)
# ''Dot and Her Treasures'' (1879)
# Andrew Harvey's Wife (1880)
# ''Andrew Harvey's Wife'' (1880)
# A Dweller in Tents (1880)
# ''A Dweller in Tents'' (1880)
# Mou-Setse, a Negro Hero, with The Orphan's Pilgrimage (1880)
# ''Mou-Setse, a Negro Hero, with The Orphan's Pilgrimage'' (1880)
# Mother Herring's Chicken (1881)
# ''Mother Herring's Chicken'' (1881)
# The Children's Pilgrimage (1883)
# ''The Children's Pilgrimage'' (1883)
# Scarlet Anemones (1884, repr 1897 as ..., & Ellie and Esther)
# ''Scarlet Anemones'' (1884, repr 1897 as ... ''& Ellie and Esther'')
# The Autocrat of the Nursery (1884)
# ''The Autocrat of the Nursery'' (1884)
# The Angel of Love (1885)
# ''The Angel of Love'' (1885)
# A Little Silver Trumpet (1885)
# ''A Little Silver Trumpet'' (1885)
# A World of Girls: The Story of a School (1886)
# ''A World of Girls: The Story of a School'' (1886)
# The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls (1887)
# ''The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls'' (1887)
# Sweet Nancy (1887, aka ...& Two Lilies)
# ''Sweet Nancy'' (1887, aka ...& Two Lilies)
# Deb and the Duchess: A Story for Girls (1888, as ...for Boys and Girls 192-)
# ''Deb and the Duchess: A Story for Girls'' (1888, as ...''for Boys and Girls'' 192-)
# Nobody's Neighbors (1888)
# ''Nobody's Neighbors'' (1888)
# A Band of Three (1888)
# ''A Band of Three'' (1888)
# The Golden Lady (1889)
# ''The Golden Lady'' (1889)
# Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl (1889, 1910)
# ''Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl'' (1889, 1910)
# The Little Princess of Tower Hill (1889)
# ''The Little Princess of Tower Hill'' (1889)
# Those Boys, a Story for All Little Fellows (189-?, 1912)
# ''Those Boys, a Story for All Little Fellows'' (189-?, 1912)
# The Honorable Miss: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Town (2v., 1890)
# ''The Honorable Miss: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Town'' (2v., 1890)
# Frances Kane's Fortune, [or] What Gold Cannot Buy (1890)
# ''Frances Kane's Fortune, [or] What Gold Cannot Buy'' (1890)
# A Girl of the People (1890)
# ''A Girl of the People'' (1890)
# Little Trouble-the-House (1890)
# ''Little Trouble-the-House'' (1890)
# Engaged to Be Married: A Tale of Today (1890, repr 1917 as Daughters of Today)
# ''Engaged to Be Married: A Tale of Today'' (1890, repr 1917 as ''Daughters of Today'')
# The Heart of Gold (1890)
# ''The Heart of Gold'' (1890)
# Dickory Dock (1890)
# ''Dickory Dock'' (1890)
# Just a Love Story (1890, repr 1900 as The Beauforts)
# ''Just a Love Story'' (1890, repr 1900 as ''The Beauforts'')
# The Beresford Prize (1890)
# ''The Beresford Prize'' (1890)
# Marigold (1890)
# ''Marigold'' (1890)
# Hepsy Gipsy (1891)
# ''Hepsy Gipsy'' (1891)
# A Sweet Girl Graduate (1891, updated c. 1910 as Priscilla's Promise)
# ''A Sweet Girl Graduate'' (1891, updated c. 1910 as Priscilla's Promise)
# The Children of Wilton Chase (1891)
# ''The Children of Wilton Chase'' (1891)
# Little Mary and Other Stories (1891)
# ''Little Mary and Other Stories'' (1891)
# Bashful Fifteen (1892)
# ''Bashful Fifteen'' (1892)
# Jill, A Flower Girl (1892)
# ''Jill, A Flower Girl'' (1892)
# Four on an Island: A Story of Adventure (1892, aka : A Book for the Little Folks)
# ''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)
# ''The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls'' (1892)
# Out of the Fashion (1892)
# ''Out of the Fashion'' (1892)
# Beyond the Blue Mountains (1893)
# ''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)
# ''Betty, A School Girl'' (1894)
# ''Red Rose and Tiger Lily; or, In a Wider World'' (1894)
# Girls, New And Old (1895)
# ''Girls, New And Old'' (1895)
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# The House of Surprises: A Story for Girls (1896)
# Good Luck: A Story for Girls (1896)
# ''The House of Surprises: A Story for Girls'' (1896)
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# ''Good Luck: A Story for Girls'' (1896)
# A Girl in Ten Thousand (1896, repr [date?] as ..., & My Sister Kate)
# ''A Girl in Ten Thousand'' (1896, repr [date?] as ..., ''& My Sister Kate'')
# Playmates: A Story for Boys and Girls (1896)
# The Merry Girls of England (1896)
# ''Playmates: A Story for Boys and Girls'' (1896)
# A Little Mother to the Others (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)
# ''Wild Kitty: A School Story'' (1897, aka ''A Story of Middleton School'')
# Catalina: Art Student (1897)
# ''Bad Little Hannah: A Story for Girls'' (1897)
# A Handful of Silver (1897)
# ''Catalina: Art Student'' (1897)
# A Bunch of Cherries: A Story of Cherry Court School (1898)
# ''A Handful of Silver'' (1897)
# ''A Bunch of Cherries: A Story of Cherry Court School'' (1898)
# Cave Perilous (1898)
# ''Cave Perilous'' (1898)
# The Rebellion of Lil Carrington (1898)
# ''The Rebellion of Lil Carrington'' (1898)
# Mary Gifford, M.B./S.(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)
# ''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)
# ''A Public School Boy: A Memoir of H. S. Wristbridge'' (1899)
# The Desire of Men: An Impossibility (1899)
# ''The Desire of Men: An Impossibility'' (1899)
# The Odds and the Evens (c. 1899)
# ''The Odds and the Evens'' (c. 1899)
# A Brave Poor Thing (1899)
# ''A Brave Poor Thing'' (1899)
# The Temptation of Olive Latimer (1899)
# ''The Temptation of Olive Latimer'' (1899)
# Light o' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl (1899)
# ''Light o' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl'' (1899)
# How Nora Crena Saved Her Own (19--)
# ''How Nora Crena Saved Her Own'' (19--)
# The Time of Roses: A Story for Girls (1900)
# ''The Time of Roses: A Story for Girls'' (1900)
# A Lonely Puppy, & The Tambourine Girl (1890)
# ''A Lonely Puppy, & The Tambourine Girl'' (1890)
# Daddy’s Girl (1900, repr 1911 as ...& Consuelo's Quest of Happiness)
# ''Daddy’s Girl'' (1900, repr 1911 as ...''& Consuelo's Quest of Happiness'')
# A Big Temptation and Other Stories (1900)
# ''A Big Temptation and Other Stories'' (1900)
# Miss Nonentity: A Story for Girls (1900)
# ''Miss Nonentity: A Story for Girls'' (1900)
# The Girls of True Blue: A School Story (1901)
# ''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 New Mrs. Lascelles'' (1901, repr 1916 as ''Mother Mary: A Story/Study for Girls'')
# The Cosey Corner, Or How They Kept A Farm (1901)
# ''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 Sister of the Red Cross: A Tale of the South African War'' (1901, aka ''A Story of Ladysmith'')
# A Very Naughty Girl (1901)
# ''A Very Naughty Girl'' (1901)
# The Rebel of the School (1902)
# ''The Rebel of the School'' (1902)
# The Girls of the Forest (1902)
# ''The Girls of the Forest'' (1902)
# The Squire's Little Girl (1902)
# ''The Squire's Little Girl'' (1902)
# Drift (1902)
# ''Drift'' (1902)
# The Princess Who Gave Away All, & The Naughty One of the Family (1902)
# ''The Princess Who Gave Away All, & The Naughty One of the Family'' (1902)
# Margaret (1902)
# ''Margaret'' (1902)
# Queen Rose: A Girl's Story (1902)
# ''Queen Rose: A Girl's Story'' (1902)
# The Manor School (1903)
# ''The Manor School'' (1903)
# Peter the Pilgrim: The Story of a Boy and His Pet Rabbit (1903)
# ''Peter the Pilgrim: The Story of a Boy and His Pet Rabbit'' (1903)
# The Witch Maid (1903)
# ''The Witch Maid'' (1903)
# A Gay Charmer: A Story for Girls (1903)
# ''A Gay Charmer: A Story for Girls'' (1903)
# Stories from the Old, Old Bible (1903)
# ''Stories from the Old, Old Bible'' (1903)
# That Brilliant Peggy (1903)
# ''That Brilliant Peggy'' (1903)
# Tic-Tac-Too, & Butterfly Valley (1903)
# ''Tic-Tac-Too, & Butterfly Valley'' (1903)
# Petronella, & The Coming of Polly (1904)
# ''Petronella, & The Coming of Polly'' (1904)
# The Girls of MrsPritchard's School (1904)
# ''The Girls of Mrs. Pritchard's School'' (1904)
# A Madcap (1904)
# ''A Madcap'' (1904)
# Nurse Charlotte (1904)
# ''Nurse Charlotte'' (1904)
# A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls (1904)
# ''A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls'' (1904)
# A Bevy of Girls (1905)
# ''A Bevy of Girls'' (1905)
# A Young Mutineer: A Story for Girls (1905)
# ''A Young Mutineer: A Story for Girls'' (1905)
# The Colonel and the Boy (1906)
# ''The Colonel and the Boy'' (1906)
# A Golden Shadow (1906)
# ''A Golden Shadow'' (1906)
# The Hill-Top Girl (1906)
# ''The Hill-Top Girl'' (1906)
# Turquoise and Ruby (1906)
# ''Turquoise and Ruby'' (1906)
# Sue: The Story of a Little Heroine and Her Friend (1906; aka [A] Young Heroine: A Story of Sue and Her Friend?)
# ''Sue: The Story of a Little Heroine and Her Friend'' (1906; aka ''[A] Young Heroine: A Story of Sue and Her Friend?'')
# Queen of the Day (1906)
# ''Queen of the Day'' (1906)
# A Girl from America (1907)
# ''A Girl from America'' (1907)
# The Red Cap of Liberty (1907)
# ''The Red Cap of Liberty'' (1907)
# The Little School-Mothers: A Story for Girls (1907)
# ''The Little School-Mothers: A Story for Girls'' (1907)
# The Scamp Family: A Story for Girls (1907)
# ''The Scamp Family: A Story for Girls'' (1907)
# Three Girls from School (1907)
# ''Three Girls from School'' (1907)
# The Lady of Jerry Boy's Dreams: A Story for Girls (1907)
# ''The Lady of Jerry Boy's Dreams: A Story for Girls'' (1907)
# The Court Harman Girls (1908)
# ''The Court Harman Girls'' (1908)
# Betty of the Rectory (1908)
# ''Betty of the Rectory'' (1908)
# Sarah's Mother (1908, repr 1914 as Colonel Tracy's Wife)
# ''Sarah's Mother'' (1908, repr 1914 as ''Colonel Tracy's Wife'')
# The School Queens: A Story for Girls (1908/10)
# ''The School Queens: A Story for Girls'' (1908/10)
# Blue of the Sea (1909)
# ''Blue of the Sea'' (1909)
# Blue Shoes and Black (1909)
# ''Blue Shoes and Black'' (1909)
# Daddy's Boy (1909)
# ''Daddy's Boy'' (1909)
# Betty Vivian: A Story of Haddo Court School (1910)
# ''Betty Vivian: A Story of Haddo Court School'' (1910)
# Rosa Regina: A Story for Girls (1910)
# ''Rosa Regina: A Story for Girls'' (1910)
# Nance Kennedy (1910)
# ''Nance Kennedy'' (1910)
# Pretty-Girl and the Others (1910)
# ''Pretty-Girl and the Others'' (1910)
# Their Little Mother: A Story for Girls (1910)
# ''Their Little Mother: A Story for Girls'' (1910)
# The Girls of Merton College (1911)
# ''The Girls of Merton College'' (1911)
# For Dear Dad: A Story for Girls (1911)
# ''For Dear Dad: A Story for Girls'' (1911)
# Corporal Violet (1912)
# ''Corporal Violet'' (1912)
# How It All Came Round (1912)
# ''How It All Came Round'' (1912)
# Kitty O'Donovan: A School Story (1912)
# ''Kitty O'Donovan: A School Story'' (1912)
# The Chesterton Girl Graduates: A Story for Girls (1913)
# ''The Chesterton Girl Graduates: A Story for Girls'' (1913)
# The Girls of King's Royal: A Story for Girls (1913)
# ''The Girls of King's Royal: A Story for Girls'' (1913)
# The School Favorite: A School Girls Story (1913)
# ''The School Favorite: A School Girls Story'' (1913)
# Golden Hours Story Book (1913)
# ''Golden Hours Story Book'' (1913)
# A Band of Mirth (1914)
# ''A Band of Mirth'' (1914)
# The Wooing of Monica (1914)
# ''The Wooing of Monica'' (1914)
# The Queen of Joy (1914)
# ''The Queen of Joy'' (1914)
# The Girls of Castle Rocco: A Home Story for Girls (1914)
# ''The Girls of Castle Rocco: A Home Story for Girls'' (1914)
# Greater Than Gold (1915)
# ''Greater Than Gold'' (1915)
# The Daughter of a Soldier: A Colleen of South Ireland (1915)
# ''The Daughter of a Soldier: A Colleen of South Ireland'' (1915)
# Jill, the Irresistible (1915)
# ''Jill, the Irresistible'' (1915)
# Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (1915)
# ''Winter Fun for Merry Hearts'' (1915)
# Hollyhock: A Spirit of Mischief (1916)
# ''Hollyhock: A Spirit of Mischief'' (1916)
# Better Than Riches (1917)
# ''Better Than Riches'' (1917)
# Cassie, & Little Mary (c. 1919)
# ''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.)
(Designations of these titles as for young readers were gleaned primarily from Worldcat; others below may also belong in the category.)
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===Mysteries===
===Mysteries===
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# This Troublesome World (3v., w/Dr. Clifford Halifax, 1893)
# ''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 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)
# ''The Ponsonby Diamonds: Stories from the Diary of a Doctor'' (w/Halifax, 1894)
# A Princess of the Gutter (1895)
# ''A Princess of the Gutter'' (1895)
# The Voice of the Charmer (3v., 1895)
# ''The Voice of the Charmer'' (3v., 1895)
# Dr. Rumsey's Patient: A Very Strange Story (w/Halifax, 1896)
# ''Dr. Rumsey's Patient: A Very Strange Story'' (w/Halifax, 1896)
# A Son of Ishmael: A Clever Detective Story (1896)
# ''A Son of Ishmael: A Clever Detective Story'' (1896)
# Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Second Series (w/Halifax, 1896)
# ''Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Second Series'' (w/Halifax, 1896)
# Under the Dragon Throne (w/Robert K. Douglas, 1897)
# ''Under the Dragon Throne'' (w/Robert K. Douglas, 1897)
# Where the Air Quivered (w/Eustace, 1898)
# ''Where the Air Quivered'' (w/Eustace, 1898)
# The Cleverest Woman in England (1898)
# ''The Cleverest Woman in England'' (1898)
# On the Brink of a Chasm: A Record of Plot and Passion (1898)
# ''On the Brink of a Chasm: A Record of Plot and Passion'' (1898)
# A Master of Mysteries (w/Eustace, 1898)
# ''A Master of Mysteries'' (w/Eustace, 1898)
# Mr. Bovey's Unexpected Will (w/Eustace, 1899)
# ''Mr. Bovey's Unexpected Will'' (w/Eustace, 1899)
# An Adventuress (1899)
# ''An Adventuress'' (1899)
# The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings (w/Eustace, 1899)
# ''The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings'' (w/Eustace, 1899)
# The Gold Star Line (w/Eustace, 1899)
# ''The Gold Star Line'' (w/Eustace, 1899)
# Wages: A Novel (1900)
# ''Wages: A Novel'' (1900)
# The Outside Ledge (w/Eustace, 1900)
# ''The Outside Ledge'' (w/Eustace, 1900)
# The Sanctuary Club (w/Eustace, 1900)
# ''The Sanctuary Club'' (w/Eustace, 1900)
# Where the Shoe Pinches (w/Halifax, 1900)
# ''Where the Shoe Pinches'' (w/Halifax, 1900)
# The Blue Diamond (1901)
# ''The Blue Diamond'' (1901)
# The Secret of the Dead (1901)
# ''The Secret of the Dead'' (1901)
# Wheels of Iron (1901)
# ''Wheels of Iron'' (1901)
# A Race With the Sun (w/Halifax, 1901)
# ''A Race With the Sun'' (w/Halifax, 1901)
# Confessions of a Court Milliner (1902)
# ''Confessions of a Court Milliner'' (1902)
# A Double Revenge (1902)
# ''A Double Revenge'' (1902)
# The Dead Hand: Being the First of the Experiences of the Oracle of Maddox Street (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)
# ''Fingertips: One of the Sensational Experiences of Diana Marburg, the Oracle of Maddox Street'' (1902)
# The Sorceress of the Strand (w/Eustace, 1902)
# ''The Sorceress of the Strand'' (w/Eustace, 1902)
# The Lost Square (w/Eustace, 1902)
# ''The Lost Square'' (w/Eustace, 1902)
# The Face in the Dark (w/Eustace, 1903)
# ''The Face in the Dark'' (w/Eustace, 1903)
# The Adventures of Miranda (1904)
# ''The Adventures of Miranda'' (1904)
# At the Back of the World (1904)
# ''At the Back of the World'' (1904)
# A Maid of Mystery (1904)
# ''A Maid of Mystery'' (1904)
# Silenced (1904)
# ''Silenced'' (1904)
# The Lady Cake-Maker (1904)
# ''The Lady Cake-Maker'' (1904)
# The Oracle of Maddox Street (1904)
# ''The Oracle of Maddox Street'' (1904)
# His Mascot (1905)
# ''His Mascot'' (1905)
# Bess of Delaney's (1905)
# ''Bess of Delaney's'' (1905)
# A Golden Shadow (1906)
# ''A Golden Shadow'' (1906)
# From the Hand of the Hunter (1906)
# ''From the Hand of the Hunter'' (1906)
# The Home of Sweet Content (1906)
# ''The Home of Sweet Content'' (1906)
# The Maid With the Goggles (1906)
# ''The Maid With the Goggles'' (1906)
# The Girl and Her Fortune (1906)
# ''The Girl and Her Fortune'' (1906)
# The Chateau of Mystery (1907)
# ''The Chateau of Mystery'' (1907)
# The Curse of the Feverals (1907)
# ''The Curse of the Feverals'' (1907)
# The Home of Silence (1907)
# ''The Home of Silence'' (1907)
# Kindred Spirits (1907)
# ''Kindred Spirits'' (1907)
# The Red Ruth (1907)
# ''The Red Ruth'' (1907)
# The Courtship of Sybil (1908)
# ''The Courtship of Sybil'' (1908)
# The Fountain of Beauty (1909)
# ''The Fountain of Beauty'' (1909)
# I Will Sing a New Song (1909)
# ''I Will Sing a New Song'' (1909)
# The Necklace of Parmona (1909)
# ''The Necklace of Parmona'' (1909)
# The Pursuit of Penelope (1909)
# ''The Pursuit of Penelope'' (1909)
# The Stormy Petrel (1909)
# ''The Stormy Petrel'' (1909)
# Wild Heather (1909)
# ''Wild Heather'' (1909)
# The A. B. C. Girl (1910)
# ''The A. B. C. Girl'' (1910)
# Micah Faraday, Adventurer (1910)
# ''Micah Faraday, Adventurer'' (1910)
# Twenty-Four Hours: A Novel of Today (1911)
# ''Twenty-Four Hours: A Novel of Today'' (1911)
# The House of Black Magic (1912)
# ''The House of Black Magic'' (1912)
# The Great Lord Masareene (1913)
# ''The Great Lord Masareene'' (1913)
# The Passion of Kathleen Duveen (1913)
# ''The Passion of Kathleen Duveen'' (1913)
# Her Happy Face (1914)
# ''Her Happy Face'' (1914)
# The Maid Indomitable (1916)
# ''The Maid Indomitable'' (1916)
# The Detections of Miss [Florence] Cusack (1998)
# ''The Detections of Miss [Florence] Cusack'' (1998)
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===Other titles===
===Other titles===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
# A Knight of Today (1877)
# ''A Knight of Today'' (1877)
# Bel Marjory: A Tale (1878, as : A Story of Conquest 1898)
# ''Bel Marjory: A Tale'' (1878, as : A Story of Conquest 1898)
# Miss Toosey's Mission (1878)
# ''Miss Toosey's Mission'' (1878)
# Laddie (1879)
# ''Laddie'' (1879)
# The Floating Light of Ringfinnan, and Guardian Angels (1880)
# ''The Floating Light of Ringfinnan, and Guardian Angels'' (1880)
# A Band of Three (Seaside Library, 1882)
# ''A Band of Three'' (Seaside Library, 1882)
# A London Baby: The Story of King Roy (1882)
# ''A London Baby: The Story of King Roy'' (1882)
# How It All Came About (1883)
# ''How It All Came About'' (1883)
# Hermie's Rosebuds and Other Stories (1883)
# ''Hermie's Rosebuds and Other Stories'' (1883)
# Tip Cat (1884)
# ''Tip Cat'' (1884)
# The Two Sisters (1884)
# ''The Two Sisters'' (1884)
# Our Little Ann: A Tale (1885)
# ''Our Little Ann: A Tale'' (1885)
# Merry Chimes for Happy Times (1886)
# ''Merry Chimes for Happy Times'' (1886)
# Faithful Friends: Stories of Struggle and Victory (1886)
# ''Faithful Friends: Stories of Struggle and Victory'' (1886)
# Beforehand (1887)
# ''Beforehand'' (1887)
# Letters to Our Working-Party (1887)
# ''Letters to Our Working-Party'' (1887)
# The O'Donnells of Inchfawn (1887)
# ''The O'Donnells of Inchfawn'' (1887)
# Pen (1888)
# ''Pen'' (1888)
# Poor Miss Carolina (1889)
# ''Poor Miss Carolina'' (1889)
# A Farthingful (1889)
# ''A Farthingful'' (1889)
# A Life for a Love: A Story of Today (1891)
# ''A Life for a Love: A Story of Today'' (1891)
# A Soldier of Fortune (3v., 1894)
# ''A Soldier of Fortune'' (3v., 1894)
# Kitty O'Hara (c. 1895)
# ''Kitty O'Hara'' (c. 1895)
# The Least of These, and Other Stories (1895)
# ''The Least of These, and Other Stories'' (1895)
# The Heart of Helen (1896)
# ''The Heart of Helen'' (1896)
# The White Tzar (1896)
# ''The White Tzar'' (1896)
# The Way of a Woman (1897)
# ''The Way of a Woman'' (1897)
# The Secret of Emu Plain (1898)
# ''The Secret of Emu Plain'' (1898)
# The Siren (1898)
# ''The Siren'' (1898)
# The Girl of St. Wode's (1898)
# ''The Girl of St. Wode's'' (1898)
# ''The Cleverest Woman in England'' (1898)
# All Sorts (1899)
# A Plucky Girl (1900)
# ''All Sorts'' (1899)
# In a Time of Roses (c. 1900)
# ''A Plucky Girl'' (1900)
# A Stumble by the Way (1901)
# ''In a Time of Roses'' (c. 1900)
# Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Third Series (1901)
# ''A Stumble by the Way'' (1901)
# ''Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Third Series'' (1901)
# The Blood-Red Cross (1902)
# ''The Blood-Red Cross'' (1902)
# Madame Sara (1902)
# ''Madame Sara'' (1902)
# The Face of the Abbot (1902)
# ''The Face of the Abbot'' (1902)
# Through Peril for a Wife (1902)
# ''Through Peril for a Wife'' (1902)
# The Pursuit of Penelope (1902, 1909)
# ''The Pursuit of Penelope'' (1902, 1909)
# The Burden of Her Youth (1903)
# ''The Burden of Her Youth'' (1903)
# Resurgam (1903)
# ''Resurgam'' (1903)
# By Mutual Consent (1903)
# ''By Mutual Consent'' (1903)
# Followed (1903)
# ''Followed'' (1903)
# Rosebury (1903)
# ''Rosebury'' (1903)
# Love Trumphant (1904)
# ''Love Trumphant'' (1904)
# Castle Poverty (1904)
# ''Castle Poverty'' (1904)
# Bride of Tomorrow (1904)
# ''Bride of Tomorrow'' (1904)
# Nurse Charlotte (1904, j)
# ''Nurse Charlotte'' (1904, j)
# The Other Woman (1905)
# ''The Other Woman'' (1905)
# Dumps: A Plain Girl (1905)
# ''Dumps: A Plain Girl'' (1905)
# Willful Cousin Kate: A Girl's Story (1905)
# ''Willful Cousin Kate: A Girl's Story'' (1905)
# Old Readymoney's Daughter (1905)
# ''Old Readymoney's Daughter'' (1905)
# Little Wife Hester (1905)
# ''Little Wife Hester'' (1905)
# Loveday: The Story of an Heiress (1905)
# ''Loveday: The Story of an Heiress'' (1905)
# The Other Woman (1905)
# ''The Other Woman'' (1905)
# The Face of Juliet (1906)
# ''The Face of Juliet'' (1906)
# Victory (1906)
# ''Victory'' (1906)
# In the Flower of Her Youth (1906)
# ''In the Flower of Her Youth'' (1906)
# The Colonel’s Conquest (1907)
# ''The Colonel’s Conquest'' (1907)
# Little Josephine (1907)
# ''Little Josephine'' (1907)
# The Lady of Delight (1907)
# ''The Lady of Delight'' (1907)
# The Love of Susan Cardigan (1907)
# ''The Love of Susan Cardigan'' (1907)
# The Aim of Her Life (1908)
# ''The Aim of Her Life'' (1908)
# Hetty Beresford (1908)
# ''Hetty Beresford'' (1908)
# A Lovely Fiend/Friend and Other Stories (1908)
# ''A Lovely Fiend/Friend and Other Stories'' (1908)
# Brother or Husband (1909)
# ''Brother or Husband'' (1909)
# A[y]lwyn's Friends (1909)
# ''A[y]lwyn's Friends'' (1909)
# Oceana's Girlhood (1909)
# ''Oceana's Girlhood'' (1909)
# The Princess of the Revels (1909)
# ''The Princess of the Revels'' (1909)
# "The Least of These" and Other Stories (191-)
# ''"The Least of These" and Other Stories'' (191-)
# Belinda Treherne (1910)
# ''Belinda Treherne'' (1910)
# Sue, a Little Heroine (1910)
# ''Sue, a Little Heroine'' (1910)
# A Girl of Today (1910)
# ''A Girl of Today'' (1910)
# The Wild Irish Girl (1910)
# ''The Wild Irish Girl'' (1910)
# Lady Anne (1910)
# ''Lady Anne'' (1910)
# Miss Gwendoline (1910)
# ''Miss Gwendoline'' (1910)
# Desborough's Wife (1911)
# ''Desborough's Wife'' (1911)
# The Doctor's Children (1911)
# ''The Doctor's Children'' (1911)
# The Soul of Margaret Rand (1911)
# ''The Soul of Margaret Rand'' (1911)
# The Girl from Spain (1911)
# ''The Girl from Spain'' (1911)
# Mother and Son (1911)
# ''Mother and Son'' (1911)
# A Bunch of Cousins and the Barn Boys (1911)
# ''A Bunch of Cousins and the Barn Boys'' (1911)
# Love's Cross Roads (1912)
# ''Love's Cross Roads'' (1912)
# Lord and Lady Kitty (1912)
# ''Lord and Lady Kitty'' (1912)
# Peggy from Kerry (1912)
# ''Peggy from Kerry'' (1912)
# The Girls of Abinger Close (1913)
# ''The Girls of Abinger Close'' (1913)
# Elizabeth's Prisoner (1914)
# ''Elizabeth's Prisoner'' (1914)
# A Girl of High Adventure (1914)
# ''A Girl of High Adventure'' (1914)
# The Darling of the School (1915)
# ''The Darling of the School'' (1915)
# Madge Mostyn's Nieces (1916)
# ''Madge Mostyn's Nieces'' (1916)
# The Fairy Godmother (1917)
# ''The Fairy Godmother'' (1917)
# Miss Patricia (1925)
# ''Miss Patricia'' (1925)
# Roses and Thorns (1928)
# ''Roses and Thorns'' (1928)
# Old Rail Fence Corners (2010)
# ''Old Rail Fence Corners'' (2010)
# Without Witnesses (??)
# ''Without Witnesses'' (??)
# Mrs. Reid's Terror (??)
# ''Mrs. Reid's Terror'' (??)
# The Pearl: A Complete Story (??)
# ''The Pearl: A Complete Story'' (??)
# A Botanical Ladder for the Young (??)
# ''A Botanical Ladder for the Young'' (??)
# The Grass-Green Carpet (??)
# ''The Grass-Green Carpet'' (??)
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Although most of Meade's shorter work remains confined to the pages of magazines, examples may be found in the following anthologies:
Although most of Meade's shorter work remains confined to the pages of magazines, examples may be found in the following anthologies:
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:A Pretty Pair: Stories (1894)
*''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)
*''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)
*''The Kingfisher's Egg, and Other Stories'' (1899)
:Sweet Bright Eyes: A Volume of Original Pictures, Stories, and Verses (18--)
*''Sweet Bright Eyes: A Volume of Original Pictures, Stories, and Verses'' (18--)
:Seaside Story Book, With Tales (c. 1900)
*''Seaside Story Book, With Tales'' (c. 1900)
:Sunny Days: A Volume of Original Pictures, Stories, and Verses (c. 1900)
*''Sunny Days: A Volume of Original Pictures, Stories, and Verses'' (c. 1900)
:A Golden Apple, and Other Stories (1902)
*''A Golden Apple, and Other Stories'' (1902)
:The Merry Wheelers (ss, 1903)
*''The Merry Wheelers'' (ss, 1903)
:Seaside Holiday Frolics, With Stories (1910)
*''Seaside Holiday Frolics, With Stories'' (1910)
:Stories for Holiday Times (1914)
*''Stories for Holiday Times'' (1914)
:The Story-Teller: A Volume of Original Pictures, Stories, and Verses (c. 1915)
*''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)
*''Happy Hearts and Merry Eyes: A Book of Stories and Verses'' (1916)
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
* Carpenter, Hand MPrichard 1984 ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'', Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
* Carpenter, H and M Prichard 1984 ''[[The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature]]'', Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
* https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/jessnevins/vicintro.html&date=2009-10-26+22:36:37


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/tb1&CISOPTR=2224&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 UNCG American Publishers' Trade Bindings: The Heart of Gold, L. T. Meade]
* [http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/tb1&CISOPTR=2224&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 UNCG American Publishers' Trade Bindings: The Heart of Gold, L. T. Meade]
* [http://www.southernstar.ie/News/The-Bandon-born-author-who-pioneered-girls-school-tales-07112014.htm Southern star article]
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* {{LCAuth|n84107680|L. T. Meade|77|ue}}
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZId-ggshCGQ&ab_channel=GoldenCollectionOfBooks Listen ''The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings'' by L. T. Meade on Youtube]


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Latest revision as of 10:07, 19 November 2024

Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith
Photo portrait, 1912
Photo portrait, 1912
Born1844
Bandon, County Cork, Munster, Ireland
Died1914
Pen nameL. T. Meade
OccupationWriter, editor
NationalityIrish
CitizenshipBritish
Period19th century
GenreChildren's literature, mystery
SpouseAlfred Toulmin Smith (m. 1879)

Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), writing under the pseudonym L. T. Meade, was a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork.[1] She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879.

She began writing at 17 and produced over 280 books in her lifetime,[2] being so prolific that no fewer than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death.

She was primarily known for her books for young people, of which the most famous was A World of Girls, published in 1886. A World of Girls sold 37,000 copies and was highly influential on girls’ school stories of the twentieth century.[3] However, she also wrote "sentimental" and "sensational" stories, religious stories, historical novels, adventure, romances, and mysteries, including several with male co-authors. The first of these was Dr. Clifford Halifax, with whom she first collaborated in 1893 and wrote six books. A year later she first teamed with Robert Eustace, and turned out eleven volumes with him.

Her last co-author was Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas (her daughter's father-in-law); they produced only one book, in 1897. The Eustace partnerships are notable for two female villains, Madame Sara (in The Sorceress of the Strand) and Madame Koluchy (the mastermind of a band of gangsters, in The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings). Meade and Eustace also created the occult detective and palmist Diana Marburg ("the Oracle of Maddox Street"), who first appeared in the US edition of Pearson's Magazine in 1902.[4]

One of her most unusual titles is Dumps; A Plain Girl (1905). She was also the editor of a popular girls' magazine, Atalanta.

Meade was a feminist and a member of the Pioneer Club. Following the death of women's-rights pioneer and Pioneer Club founder Emily Langton Massingberd (1847–1897), Meade wrote a novel in 1898 based on her life titled The Cleverest Woman in England.[5][6][7][8]

List of her works

[edit]

Books for young readers

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  1. Scamp and I: A Story/Study of City Byways (1872)
  2. Lettie's Last Home (1876)
  3. David’s Little Lad (1877)
  4. Water Lilies and Other Tales (1878)
  5. The Children’s Kingdom: The Story of a Great Endeavor (1878)
  6. Outcast Robin, or Your Brother and Mine: A Cry from the Great City (1878)
  7. Great St. Benedict's: A Tale (1879, aka Dorothy's Story, or Great St. Benedict's)
  8. Water Gipsies: A Story of Canal Life in England (1879, as ...or [The Adventures of] Tag, Rag and Bobtail 1893)
  9. Dot and Her Treasures (1879)
  10. Andrew Harvey's Wife (1880)
  11. A Dweller in Tents (1880)
  12. Mou-Setse, a Negro Hero, with The Orphan's Pilgrimage (1880)
  13. Mother Herring's Chicken (1881)
  14. The Children's Pilgrimage (1883)
  15. Scarlet Anemones (1884, repr 1897 as ... & Ellie and Esther)
  16. The Autocrat of the Nursery (1884)
  17. The Angel of Love (1885)
  18. A Little Silver Trumpet (1885)
  19. A World of Girls: The Story of a School (1886)
  20. The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls (1887)
  21. Sweet Nancy (1887, aka ...& Two Lilies)
  22. Deb and the Duchess: A Story for Girls (1888, as ...for Boys and Girls 192-)
  23. Nobody's Neighbors (1888)
  24. A Band of Three (1888)
  25. The Golden Lady (1889)
  26. Polly: A New-Fashioned Girl (1889, 1910)
  27. The Little Princess of Tower Hill (1889)
  28. Those Boys, a Story for All Little Fellows (189-?, 1912)
  29. The Honorable Miss: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Town (2v., 1890)
  30. Frances Kane's Fortune, [or] What Gold Cannot Buy (1890)
  31. A Girl of the People (1890)
  32. Little Trouble-the-House (1890)
  33. Engaged to Be Married: A Tale of Today (1890, repr 1917 as Daughters of Today)
  34. The Heart of Gold (1890)
  35. Dickory Dock (1890)
  36. Just a Love Story (1890, repr 1900 as The Beauforts)
  37. The Beresford Prize (1890)
  38. Marigold (1890)
  39. Hepsy Gipsy (1891)
  40. A Sweet Girl Graduate (1891, updated c. 1910 as Priscilla's Promise)
  41. The Children of Wilton Chase (1891)
  42. Little Mary and Other Stories (1891)
  43. Bashful Fifteen (1892)
  44. Jill, A Flower Girl (1892)
  45. Four on an Island: A Story of Adventure (1892, aka: A Book for the Little Folks)
  46. The Lady of the Forest: A Story for Girls (1892)
  47. Out of the Fashion (1892)
  48. A Ring of Rubies (1892)
  49. Beyond the Blue Mountains (1893)
  50. Betty, A School Girl (1894)
  51. Red Rose and Tiger Lily; or, In a Wider World (1894)
  52. Girls, New And Old (1895)
  53. The House of Surprises: A Story for Girls (1896)
  54. Good Luck: A Story for Girls (1896)
  55. A Girl in Ten Thousand (1896, repr [date?] as ..., & My Sister Kate)
  56. Playmates: A Story for Boys and Girls (1896)
  57. The Merry Girls of England (1896)
  58. A Little Mother to the Others (1896)
  59. Wild Kitty: A School Story (1897, aka A Story of Middleton School)
  60. Bad Little Hannah: A Story for Girls (1897)
  61. Catalina: Art Student (1897)
  62. A Handful of Silver (1897)
  63. A Bunch of Cherries: A Story of Cherry Court School (1898)
  64. Cave Perilous (1898)
  65. The Rebellion of Lil Carrington (1898)
  66. Mary Gifford, M.B./S.(1898)
  67. 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)
  68. A Public School Boy: A Memoir of H. S. Wristbridge (1899)
  69. The Desire of Men: An Impossibility (1899)
  70. The Odds and the Evens (c. 1899)
  71. A Brave Poor Thing (1899)
  72. The Temptation of Olive Latimer (1899)
  73. Light o' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl (1899)
  74. How Nora Crena Saved Her Own (19--)
  75. The Time of Roses: A Story for Girls (1900)
  76. A Lonely Puppy, & The Tambourine Girl (1890)
  77. Daddy’s Girl (1900, repr 1911 as ...& Consuelo's Quest of Happiness)
  78. A Big Temptation and Other Stories (1900)
  79. Miss Nonentity: A Story for Girls (1900)
  80. Girls of the True Blue: A School Story (1901)
  81. The New Mrs. Lascelles (1901, repr 1916 as Mother Mary: A Story/Study for Girls)
  82. The Cosey Corner, Or How They Kept A Farm (1901)
  83. A Sister of the Red Cross: A Tale of the South African War (1901, aka A Story of Ladysmith)
  84. A Very Naughty Girl (1901)
  85. The Rebel of the School (1902)
  86. The Girls of the Forest (1902)
  87. The Squire's Little Girl (1902)
  88. Drift (1902)
  89. The Princess Who Gave Away All, & The Naughty One of the Family (1902)
  90. Margaret (1902)
  91. Queen Rose: A Girl's Story (1902)
  92. The Manor School (1903)
  93. Peter the Pilgrim: The Story of a Boy and His Pet Rabbit (1903)
  94. The Witch Maid (1903)
  95. A Gay Charmer: A Story for Girls (1903)
  96. Stories from the Old, Old Bible (1903)
  97. That Brilliant Peggy (1903)
  98. Tic-Tac-Too, & Butterfly Valley (1903)
  99. Petronella, & The Coming of Polly (1904)
  100. The Girls of Mrs. Pritchard's School (1904)
  101. A Madcap (1904)
  102. Nurse Charlotte (1904)
  103. A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls (1904)
  104. A Bevy of Girls (1905)
  105. A Young Mutineer: A Story for Girls (1905)
  106. The Colonel and the Boy (1906)
  107. A Golden Shadow (1906)
  108. The Hill-Top Girl (1906)
  109. Turquoise and Ruby (1906)
  110. Sue: The Story of a Little Heroine and Her Friend (1906; aka [A] Young Heroine: A Story of Sue and Her Friend?)
  111. Queen of the Day (1906)
  112. A Girl from America (1907)
  113. The Red Cap of Liberty (1907)
  114. The Little School-Mothers: A Story for Girls (1907)
  115. The Scamp Family: A Story for Girls (1907)
  116. Three Girls from School (1907)
  117. The Lady of Jerry Boy's Dreams: A Story for Girls (1907)
  118. The Court Harman Girls (1908)
  119. Betty of the Rectory (1908)
  120. Sarah's Mother (1908, repr 1914 as Colonel Tracy's Wife)
  121. The School Queens: A Story for Girls (1908/10)
  122. Blue of the Sea (1909)
  123. Blue Shoes and Black (1909)
  124. Daddy's Boy (1909)
  125. Betty Vivian: A Story of Haddo Court School (1910)
  126. Rosa Regina: A Story for Girls (1910)
  127. Nance Kennedy (1910)
  128. Pretty-Girl and the Others (1910)
  129. Their Little Mother: A Story for Girls (1910)
  130. The Girls of Merton College (1911)
  131. For Dear Dad: A Story for Girls (1911)
  132. Corporal Violet (1912)
  133. How It All Came Round (1912)
  134. Kitty O'Donovan: A School Story (1912)
  135. The Chesterton Girl Graduates: A Story for Girls (1913)
  136. The Girls of King's Royal: A Story for Girls (1913)
  137. The School Favorite: A School Girls Story (1913)
  138. Golden Hours Story Book (1913)
  139. A Band of Mirth (1914)
  140. The Wooing of Monica (1914)
  141. The Queen of Joy (1914)
  142. The Girls of Castle Rocco: A Home Story for Girls (1914)
  143. Greater Than Gold (1915)
  144. The Daughter of a Soldier: A Colleen of South Ireland (1915)
  145. Jill, the Irresistible (1915)
  146. Winter Fun for Merry Hearts (1915)
  147. Hollyhock: A Spirit of Mischief (1916)
  148. Better Than Riches (1917)
  149. 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

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  1. This Troublesome World (3v., w/Dr. Clifford Halifax, 1893)
  2. The Arrest of Captain Vandaleur: How Miss Cusack Discovered His Trick (w/Robert Eustace, 1894)
  3. The Ponsonby Diamonds: Stories from the Diary of a Doctor (w/Halifax, 1894)
  4. A Princess of the Gutter (1895)
  5. The Voice of the Charmer (3v., 1895)
  6. Dr. Rumsey's Patient: A Very Strange Story (w/Halifax, 1896)
  7. A Son of Ishmael: A Clever Detective Story (1896)
  8. Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Second Series (w/Halifax, 1896)
  9. Under the Dragon Throne (w/Robert K. Douglas, 1897)
  10. Where the Air Quivered (w/Eustace, 1898)
  11. The Cleverest Woman in England (1898)
  12. On the Brink of a Chasm: A Record of Plot and Passion (1898)
  13. A Master of Mysteries (w/Eustace, 1898)
  14. Mr. Bovey's Unexpected Will (w/Eustace, 1899)
  15. An Adventuress (1899)
  16. The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings (w/Eustace, 1899)
  17. The Gold Star Line (w/Eustace, 1899)
  18. Wages: A Novel (1900)
  19. The Outside Ledge (w/Eustace, 1900)
  20. The Sanctuary Club (w/Eustace, 1900)
  21. Where the Shoe Pinches (w/Halifax, 1900)
  22. The Blue Diamond (1901)
  23. The Secret of the Dead (1901)
  24. Wheels of Iron (1901)
  25. A Race With the Sun (w/Halifax, 1901)
  26. Confessions of a Court Milliner (1902)
  27. A Double Revenge (1902)
  28. The Dead Hand: Being the First of the Experiences of the Oracle of Maddox Street (1902)
  29. Fingertips: One of the Sensational Experiences of Diana Marburg, the Oracle of Maddox Street (1902)
  30. The Sorceress of the Strand (w/Eustace, 1902)
  31. The Lost Square (w/Eustace, 1902)
  32. The Face in the Dark (w/Eustace, 1903)
  33. The Adventures of Miranda (1904)
  34. At the Back of the World (1904)
  35. A Maid of Mystery (1904)
  36. Silenced (1904)
  37. The Lady Cake-Maker (1904)
  38. The Oracle of Maddox Street (1904)
  39. His Mascot (1905)
  40. Bess of Delaney's (1905)
  41. A Golden Shadow (1906)
  42. From the Hand of the Hunter (1906)
  43. The Home of Sweet Content (1906)
  44. The Maid With the Goggles (1906)
  45. The Girl and Her Fortune (1906)
  46. The Chateau of Mystery (1907)
  47. The Curse of the Feverals (1907)
  48. The Home of Silence (1907)
  49. Kindred Spirits (1907)
  50. The Red Ruth (1907)
  51. The Courtship of Sybil (1908)
  52. The Fountain of Beauty (1909)
  53. I Will Sing a New Song (1909)
  54. The Necklace of Parmona (1909)
  55. The Pursuit of Penelope (1909)
  56. The Stormy Petrel (1909)
  57. Wild Heather (1909)
  58. The A. B. C. Girl (1910)
  59. Micah Faraday, Adventurer (1910)
  60. Twenty-Four Hours: A Novel of Today (1911)
  61. The House of Black Magic (1912)
  62. The Great Lord Masareene (1913)
  63. The Passion of Kathleen Duveen (1913)
  64. Her Happy Face (1914)
  65. The Maid Indomitable (1916)
  66. The Detections of Miss [Florence] Cusack (1998)

Other titles

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  1. A Knight of Today (1877)
  2. Bel Marjory: A Tale (1878, as : A Story of Conquest 1898)
  3. Miss Toosey's Mission (1878)
  4. Laddie (1879)
  5. The Floating Light of Ringfinnan, and Guardian Angels (1880)
  6. A Band of Three (Seaside Library, 1882)
  7. A London Baby: The Story of King Roy (1882)
  8. How It All Came About (1883)
  9. Hermie's Rosebuds and Other Stories (1883)
  10. Tip Cat (1884)
  11. The Two Sisters (1884)
  12. Our Little Ann: A Tale (1885)
  13. Merry Chimes for Happy Times (1886)
  14. Faithful Friends: Stories of Struggle and Victory (1886)
  15. Beforehand (1887)
  16. Letters to Our Working-Party (1887)
  17. The O'Donnells of Inchfawn (1887)
  18. Pen (1888)
  19. Poor Miss Carolina (1889)
  20. A Farthingful (1889)
  21. A Life for a Love: A Story of Today (1891)
  22. A Soldier of Fortune (3v., 1894)
  23. Kitty O'Hara (c. 1895)
  24. The Least of These, and Other Stories (1895)
  25. The Heart of Helen (1896)
  26. The White Tzar (1896)
  27. The Way of a Woman (1897)
  28. The Secret of Emu Plain (1898)
  29. The Siren (1898)
  30. The Girl of St. Wode's (1898)
  31. The Cleverest Woman in England (1898)
  32. All Sorts (1899)
  33. A Plucky Girl (1900)
  34. In a Time of Roses (c. 1900)
  35. A Stumble by the Way (1901)
  36. Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, Third Series (1901)
  37. The Blood-Red Cross (1902)
  38. Madame Sara (1902)
  39. The Face of the Abbot (1902)
  40. Through Peril for a Wife (1902)
  41. The Pursuit of Penelope (1902, 1909)
  42. The Burden of Her Youth (1903)
  43. Resurgam (1903)
  44. By Mutual Consent (1903)
  45. Followed (1903)
  46. Rosebury (1903)
  47. Love Trumphant (1904)
  48. Castle Poverty (1904)
  49. Bride of Tomorrow (1904)
  50. Nurse Charlotte (1904, j)
  51. The Other Woman (1905)
  52. Dumps: A Plain Girl (1905)
  53. Willful Cousin Kate: A Girl's Story (1905)
  54. Old Readymoney's Daughter (1905)
  55. Little Wife Hester (1905)
  56. Loveday: The Story of an Heiress (1905)
  57. The Other Woman (1905)
  58. The Face of Juliet (1906)
  59. Victory (1906)
  60. In the Flower of Her Youth (1906)
  61. The Colonel’s Conquest (1907)
  62. Little Josephine (1907)
  63. The Lady of Delight (1907)
  64. The Love of Susan Cardigan (1907)
  65. The Aim of Her Life (1908)
  66. Hetty Beresford (1908)
  67. A Lovely Fiend/Friend and Other Stories (1908)
  68. Brother or Husband (1909)
  69. A[y]lwyn's Friends (1909)
  70. Oceana's Girlhood (1909)
  71. The Princess of the Revels (1909)
  72. "The Least of These" and Other Stories (191-)
  73. Belinda Treherne (1910)
  74. Sue, a Little Heroine (1910)
  75. A Girl of Today (1910)
  76. The Wild Irish Girl (1910)
  77. Lady Anne (1910)
  78. Miss Gwendoline (1910)
  79. Desborough's Wife (1911)
  80. The Doctor's Children (1911)
  81. The Soul of Margaret Rand (1911)
  82. The Girl from Spain (1911)
  83. Mother and Son (1911)
  84. A Bunch of Cousins and the Barn Boys (1911)
  85. Love's Cross Roads (1912)
  86. Lord and Lady Kitty (1912)
  87. Peggy from Kerry (1912)
  88. The Girls of Abinger Close (1913)
  89. Elizabeth's Prisoner (1914)
  90. A Girl of High Adventure (1914)
  91. The Darling of the School (1915)
  92. Madge Mostyn's Nieces (1916)
  93. The Fairy Godmother (1917)
  94. Miss Patricia (1925)
  95. Roses and Thorns (1928)
  96. Old Rail Fence Corners (2010)
  97. Without Witnesses (??)
  98. Mrs. Reid's Terror (??)
  99. The Pearl: A Complete Story (??)
  100. A Botanical Ladder for the Young (??)
  101. The Grass-Green Carpet (??)

Short stories

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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

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  1. ^ Stephen Brown: A Reader's Guide to Irish Fiction (1910)
  2. ^ "The Bandon born author who pioneered girls school tales". The Southern Star. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017.
  3. ^ "LT Meade, the JK Rowling of her day, remembered 100 years on". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ^ Illes, Judika (2017). The Wesier Book of Occult Detectives: 13 Stories of Supernatural Sleuthing. p. 113. ISBN 9781578636242.
  5. ^ Pilz, Anna; Standlee, Whitney (March 2018). Irish Women's Writing, 1878-1922: Advancing the Cause of Liberty. ISBN 9781526127112.
  6. ^ "Women and Power: Emily Massingberd".
  7. ^ "The Bookseller, Newsdealer and Stationer". 1899.
  8. ^ Whitney Standlee, Power to Observe: Irish Women Novelists in Britain, 1890-1916. Bern: Peter Lang, 2015, p. 78.
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