Note—This book was published in May, 1863.
1865
THE GREY WOMAN: And Other Tales. By Mrs. Gaskell, Author of Mary Barton, North and South, Sylvia's Lovers, Cousin Phillis, Cranford etc. Illustrated Edition. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXV. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 280. No half-title. Wood-engraved frontispiece and picture title-page precede printed title. Two illustrations in course of the text, wood engraved and printed separately. Red embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.
Contents: The Grey Woman—Curious if True—Six Weeks at Heppenheim—Libbie Marsh's Three Eras—Christmas Storms and Sunshine—Hand and Heart—Bessie's Troubles at Home—Disappearances.
Note—This book was published in October, 1865. It is a first edition of Curious if True and Six Weeks at Heppenheim.
1865
COUSIN PHILLIS: And Other Tales. By Mrs. Gaskell, author of Mary Barton, North and South, Sylvia's Lovers, Cranford etc. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. MDCCCLXV. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 286 + (2). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (287) and (288). No half-title. Wood-engraved frontispiece and picture title-page, printed separately, precede printed title. Two illustrations in the course of the text, wood engraved and printed separately. Red embossed cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Uniform with The Grey Woman. Cream end-papers.
Contents: Cousin Phillis—Company Manners—Mr. Harrison's Confessions—The Sexton's Hero.
Notes—(i) This book was published in December, 1865.
(ii) It is a first edition of Cousin Phillis, which story appeared serially in the “Cornhill.”