Author:Margaret Oliphant Oliphant

Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
(1828–1897)

Margaret Oliphant Oliphant

Works

Novels

• Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, of Sunnyside (1849), in 3 vols.
• Merkland: A Story of Scottish Life (1850), in 2 vols.
• Caleb Field: a Tale of the Puritans (1851)
• John Drayton; being a history of the early life and development of a Liverpool engineer (1851), in 2 vols.
• Memoirs and Resolutions of Adam Graeme of Mossgray (1852), in 3 vols.
• The Melvilles (1852), in 3 vols.
• Katie Stewart: A True Story (1852)
• Harry Muir: A Story of Scottish Life (1853), in 3 vols.
• Ailieford (1853), in 3 vols.
• The Quiet Heart (1854)
• Magdalen Hepburn: A Story of the Scottish Reformation (1854), in 3 vols.
• Mathew Paxton (1854), in 3 vols.
• Zaidee: A Romance (1855), in 3 vols.
• Christian Melville (1855)
• Lilliesleaf: being a concluding series of Passages in the life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, of Sunnyside (1855), in 3 vols.
• The Athelings; or, The Three Gifts (1857), in 3 vols.
• The days of my life, an autobiography (1857), in 3 vols.
• Orphans: A Chapter in Life (1858)
• The Laird of Nordlaw: a Scottish story (1858), in 3 vols.
• Agnes Hopetoun's Schools and Holidays (1859)
• Lucy Crofton (1860)
• The House on the Moor (1861), in 3 vols.
• The Last of the Mortimers: A story in two voices (1862), in 3 vols.
• Heart and Cross (1863)
• Agnes (1866), in 3 vols.
• A Son of the Soil (1866)
• The Brownlows (1868), in 3 vols.
• The Minister's Wife (1869), in 3 vols.
• The Three Brothers (1870), in 3 vols.
• John: A Love Story (1870), in 2 vols.
• Squire Arden (1871), in 3 vols.
• At His Gates (1872), in 3 vols.
• Ombra (1872), in 3 vols.
• May (1873), in 3 vols.
• Innocent: A Tale of Modern Life (1873), in 3 vols.
• The Story of Valentine and his Brother (1875), in 3 vols.
• A Rose in June (1874), in 2 vols.
• For Love and Life (1874), in 3 vols.
• Whiteladies (1875), in 3 vols.
• The Curate in Charge (1876), in 2 vols.
• An Odd Couple (1876)
• Carita (1877), in 3 vols.
• Young Musgrave (1877), in 3 vols. IA 1, IA 2, IA 3
• Mrs Arthur (1877), in 3 vols.
• Within the Precincts (1879), in 3 vols.
• The Primrose Path: A Chapter in the Annals of the Kingdom of Fife (1878), in 3 vols.
• The Greatest Heiress in England (1879), in 3 vols.
• He that Will Not when he May (1880), in 3 vols.
• In Trust: A Story of a Lady and her Lover (1882), in 3 vols.
• Harry Joscelyn (1881), in 3 vols.
• The Ladies Lindores (1883), in 3 vols.
• The Wizard's Son (1884), in 3 vols.
• Sir Tom (1884), in 3 vols.
• Hester: A Story of a Contemporary Life (1883), in 3 vols.
• It was a Lover and his Lass (1883), in 3 vols.
• Madam (1885), in 3 vols.
• A Country Gentleman and His Family (1886), in 3 vols.
• A House Divided against Itself (1886), in 3 vols.
• Oliver's Bride: A True Story (1886)
• Effie Ogilvie (1886), in 2 vols.
• The Son of his Father (1887), in 3 vols.
• The Second Son (1888), in 3 vols.
• Joyce (1888), in 3 vols.
• Cousin Mary (1888), in 3 vols.
• A Poor Gentleman (1889), in 3 vols.
• Lady Car: The Sequel of a Life (1889)
• Kirsteen: A Story of a Scottish Family Seventy Years Ago (1890), in 3 vols.
• The Duke's Daughter and The Fugitives (1890), in 3 vols.
• The Mystery of Mrs Blencarrow (1890)
• Sons and Daughters (1890)
• The Railway Man and his Children (1891), in 3 vols.
• Janet (1891), in 3 vols.
• The Heir Presumptive and the Heir Apparent (1892), in 3 vols.
• The Marriage of Elinor (1892), in 3 vols.
• The Cuckoo in the Nest (1892), in 3 vols.
• Diana Trelawny: The Story of a Great Mistake (1892), in 2 vols.
• Lady William (1893), in 3 vols.
• The Sorceress (1893), in 3 vols.
• A House in Bloomsbury (1894), in 2 vols.
• The Prodigals and their Inheritance (1894), in 2 vols.
• Who was Lost and is Found (1894)
• Sir Robert's Fortune: A Story of a Scotch Moor (1895)
• Two Strangers (1895)
• The Two Mary's (1896)
• Old Mr Tredgold (1896)
• The Unjust Steward; or, The Minister's Debt (1896)
• The Ways of Life (1897)

Chronicles of Carlingford

• The Rector; and, The Doctor's Family (1863)
• Salem Chapel (1863), in 2 vols.
• The Perpetual Curate (1864).
• Miss Marjoribanks (1866), in 3 vols.
• Phoebe, Junior: A Last Chronicle of Carlingford (1876), in 3 vols.

Stories of the Seen and Unseen

• A Christmas Tale (1857, Blackwood's Magazine) short story
• The Secret Chamber (1876, Blackwood's Magazine) short story
• A Beleaguered City (1880) novella
• Earthbound: A Story of the Seen and Unseen (1880, Blackwood's Magazine)
• "The Open Door" (1882, Blackwood's Magazine) (novelette)
• A Little Pilgrim: in the Unseen (Macmillan's Magazine, 1882 May)
• The Little Pilgrim: Goes Up Higher (Macmillan's Magazine, 1882 Sept)
• A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen (Macmillan and Co, 1882 (1882)
• The Lady's Walk (Longman's Magazine, 1882 Dec, 1883 Jan) novella
• Two Stories of the Seen and Unseen (1885)
  • The Open Door — Old Lady Mary
• The Land of Darkness, along with some Further Chapters in the Experience of the Little Pilgrims (1888)
• 'Dies Iræ', the Story of a Spirit in Prison (1895)
• The Library Window (1896)
• The Lady's Walk (Methuen, 1897) (1897) novella: revised from the magazine version
• Stories of the Seen and the Unseen (Little, Brown, and company, 1900)
  • A Little Pilgrim — The Little Pilgrim: Further Experiences — Old Lady Mary — The Open Door — The Portrait
• Stories of the Seen and Unseen (William Blackwood and Sons, 1902) 1902 omnibus
  • The Open Door — Old Lady Mary — The Portrait — The Library Window

Story collections

• Neighbours on the Green (1889), in 3 vols.
• Katie Stewart and Other Tales (1892)
  • Katie Stewart: a True Story — John Rintoul; or, The Fragment of the Wreck — A Railway Junction; or, The Romance of Ladybank
• A Widow's Tale and Other Stories (1898)
• That Little Cutty and Other Stories (1898)

Non-fiction

• A History of Scotland for the Young (1850)
• Sundays (1858)
• Life of Edward Irving (1862), in 2 vols.
• Historical Sketches of the Reign of George II. (1869), in 2 vols.
• Francis of Assissi (1870)
• Memoire of Count de Montalembert (1872)
• The Makers of Florence: Dante, Giotto, Savonarola, and their City (1876)
• Dante (1877) (Foreign Classics for English Readers series)
• Dress (1878) (Art at Home Series)
• Moliere (1879) (Foreign Classics for English Readers series) (in conjunction with F. Tarver)
• Cervantes (1880) (Foreign Classics for English Readers series)
• Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Nineteenth Century (1882), in 3 vols.
• Sheridan (1883) (English Men of Letters)
• Selections from Cowper's Poems (1883)
• The Makers of Venice: Doges, Conquerors, Painters, and Men of Letters (1887)
• A Memoir of the Life of John Tulloch (1888) external source
• Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets, and Poets (1890)
• A House of Peace (1890)
• A memoir of the life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant, his wife (1890)
• Jerusalem: Its History and Hope (1891)
• The Victorian Age of English Literature (1892), in 2 vols. (with F. R. Oliphant)
• Thomas Chalmers, Preacher, Philosopher, and Statesman (1893) (English Leaders of Religion)
• Historical Sketches of the Reign of Queen Anne (1894)
• A Child's History of Scotland (1895)
• The Makers of Modern Rome (1895)
• Jeanne d'Arc: Her Life and Death (1896) (Heroes of the Nations)
• Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's reign (1897), by various authors
  • Contributed chapter The Sisters Brontë
• Annals of a Publishing House: William Blackwood and his Sons, their Magazine and Friends (1897), in 2 vols.

Translations

• The Monks of the West from St. Benedict to St. Bernard (1861-79), in 7 vols, by Count de Montalembert

Works from magazines

• A Christmas Tale (1857, Blackwood's Magazine) ss
• A Story of a Voice (The Victoria Magazine, Vol 1, 1863)
• "The Two Mrs. Scudamores" (1871 Nov–1872 Jan, Scribner's Monthly) novelette
• "Norah: The Story of a Wild Irish Girl" (1871 May & June, Scribner's Monthly) novelette
• "The Open Door" (1882, Blackwood's Magazine) novelette
• The Lady's Walk (Longman's Magazine, 1882 Dec, 1883 Jan) novella
• "At His Gates" (1872, Scribner's Monthly) novel
• Earthbound: A Story of the Seen and Unseen (1880, Blackwood's Magazine) ss
• "Heidelburg" (1884-85, The English Illustrated) article
• "A Girl of the Period" (1891-92, The English Illustrated) ss
• "A Mysterious Bridegroom" (1895, The Pall Mall Magazine) ss
• She published extensively in Littell's Living Age and Blackwood's Magazine, which need incorporating here.

Other

• (1870) Introductory Chapter to 'Life of Robert Lee,' by R. H. Story
• (1872) Memoirs of the Count de Montalembert: A Chapter of recent French History
• (1875) Preface to 'Art of Swimming in the Eton Style' by J. Leahy
• (1878) Postscript to 'Life of Anna Jameson,' by G. Macpherson
• (1895) A Mysterious Bridegroom

Works about Oliphant

• "The autobiography and letters of Mrs. M. O. W. Oliphant" (1899), edited by Annie Louisa Walker
• "Oliphant, Mrs. Margaret Oliphant," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.

About Oliphant's works

• "Works by Mrs. Oliphant" (1869 June 19, in Littell's Living Age)