Author:Charles William Shirley Brooks

Charles William Shirley Brooks
(1816–1874)

Charles William Shirley Brooks

Works

Fiction

• Aspen Court: A Story of Our Own Time (1855) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• "An Election Story" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Savernake and Forty-Five" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• The Gordian Knot: A Story of Good and of Evil (1860) (external scan)
• "Prospective Retrospects" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "An Extraordinary Story" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• "The Latest from Spirit Land" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
• The Silver Cord, serialized 1860-1861; 3 vols. 1861 (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• Sooner or Later (1868) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)

Poetry

• "Once a Week" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Sketching the Castle" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "La Fille Bien Gardée" in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859)
• "Practising" in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860)
• "The Private View" in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860)
• Wit and Humour (Poems from "Punch") (1875) (external scan)

Theater

• The Creole; or, Love's Fetters: An Original Drama in Three Acts (1847) (external scan)
• Anything for a Change: A Petite Comedy in One Act (1848) (external scan)
• The Daughter of the Stars: A Drama in Two Acts (1850) (external scan)

Journalism and essays

• The Russians of the South (1854) (external scan)
• "Volunteer-Day in 1803" in Once a Week, Series 1, 3 (1860)
• "Revenge for a Lady" in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "'And Back Again'" in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
• "An Electrotype Wedding" in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)

Works about Brooks

• "Brooks, Charles William Shirley," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Brooks, Charles William Shirley," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Brooks, Charles William Shirley," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Shirley Brooks," in Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day, by anonymous, illustrated by Frederick Waddy, London: Tinsley Brothers (1873)