Notes—(i) This book was published in September, 1855. It is a volume in Chapman and Hall's Select Library of Fiction, published at two shillings.
(ii) It may be of interest to enthusiasts to know that Lizzie Leigh was adapted for the stage by W. R. Waldron and published in May, 1872, as No. 1393 in Lacy's Acting Editions of British Plays. Mrs. Gaskell must be absolved from all responsibility for this dramatization.
1855
NORTH AND SOUTH. By the author of Mary Barton, Ruth, Cranford etc. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1855. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 320. Advertisement of previous works by the same author occupies p. (i), preceding half-title. Publishers' advertisements, 4 pp., bound in at end.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 361 + (1). Dark brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.
Note—This book was published in March, 1855.
1855
[*]HAND AND HEART and BESSIE'S TROUBLES AT HOME. By the author of Mary Barton. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1855. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Paper wrappers.