Notes—(i) This book was published on August 1, 1856. The story is based on the play Gold (see below, p. 171).
(ii) Reade replied to certain charges brought against the novel in a pamphlet, but I cannot determine the details of its title and appearance.
1857
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH. By Charles Reade, author of It Is Never Too Late to Mend, Peg Woffington and Christie Johnstone. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1857. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (ii) + 269 + (3). No half-title. Blue cloth, blocked in gold. Yellow end-papers. Also in pink picture boards.
Note—This book was published on September 28, 1857. The cloth and boards editions were simultaneous.
1857
WHITE LIES: A Story. By Charles Reade. London: Trübner and Co., 60 Paternoster Row. 1857. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. v + (i) + 300.
Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 237 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 231 + (1).