For the first of this series see under 1861. For these two books and (probably) for Lotta Schmidt, virtually one of the same series, though the title was discontinued, Trollope received a total sum of £1830. The tales reflect much of his own experiences.
1863
RACHEL RAY. | A Novel. | By Anthony Trollope. | Author of | “Barchester Towers,” “Castle Richmond,” “Orley Farm,” etc. | In Two Volumes. | London: | Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. | 1863. | [The right of Translation is reserved.]
Small 8vo. Vol I., pp. iv, 319; Vol. II., pp. iv, 310.
Written at the request of Dr. Norman Macleod for Good Words, Rachel Ray was partly printed by him, and then returned with profuse apologies as unsuitable—as Trollope had predicted it would be. It therefore appeared in ordinary volume form. A later and cheaper edition contained one illustration by Millais. Trollope received a total of £1645.
1864
THE | SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON. | By | Anthony Trollope. | With Eighteen Illustrations by J. E. Millais, R.A. | In Two Volumes. | London: | Smith, Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill. | M.DCCC.LXIV. | [The right of Translation is reserved.]
Octavo. Vol. I., pp. 312; Vol. II., pp. 316.
Vol. I. contains ten illustrations; Vol. II., eight.
On the conclusion of The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson, this far more popular work appeared serially in the Cornhill from September 1862 to April 1864. Published in book form in 1864, it ran into a third edition within the year, and Trollope received a sum of £3000. Sir Raffle Buffle, a hero of the Civil Service, was intended to represent a type, not a man; but the man for the picture was soon chosen. Trollope, however, had never seen, and never did see, the supposed prototype.