Additional Bibliographic Information

(The following is an attempt to list the various editions of Buchanan’s books, using various sources. The list is not complete and there are undoubtedly some errors, but I thought it might prove a useful addition to the site, if only to indicate the popularity, or otherwise, of Buchanan’s works.)

1. Collected Editions

Poems.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1866. v, 311 p. ; 18 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1866. v, 311 p. ; 18 cm. Second edition.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868. Third edition.
[Contains Undertones, Idyls and Legends of Inverburn and A London Idyl (aka Liz) and Langley Lane from London Poems.]

The Poetical Works.
London: H. S. King & Co., 1874. 3 vols. ; 19 cm.
Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1874. 3 vols. front. (port.); 19 cm.

Selected Poems.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. viii, 300 p. front. (by Thomas Dalziel); 20 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)

The Poetical Works.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. viii, 534 p. : front. (port.); 20 cm.

Complete Poetical Works.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1901. 2 vols. ports; 20 cm.
New York: AMS Press, 1976. 2 vols. ports; 23 cm. ISBN: 0-404-08734-5.
[Volume 1 is a reprint of The Poetical Works of 1884.]
(available at the Internet Archive: Volume 1, Volume 2)

2. Books of Poetry

Poems & Love Lyrics
Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox. London: Hall, Virtue and Co., 1857. viii, 146 p. ; 17 cm.

Mary, and other Poems.
Glasgow: 1859.
(A copy exists in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library and a description of the book is given in the wikipedia entry for Buchanan.)

Undertones.
London: E. Moxon, 1863. viii, 241 p.; 18 cm. (First edition. Publisher's six-page catalog, dated December, 1863, inserted inside front cover. Green gilt cloth. Bookplate: Wm. A. Browne.)
Second Edition, enlarged and revised. London: Alexander Strahan, 1865. viii, 235, [1], 4 p.; 18 cm. (Publisher's device on t.p. On verso of t.p.: London: Bradbury and Evans, printers, Whitefriars. Publisher's advertisement: p. 1-4 at end.) (available at the Internet Archive)
A New Edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 235 p.; (8vo)

Idyls and Legends of Inverburn.
London: A. Strahan, 1865. 4 p. l., 206 p. ; 17 cm. (available on this site)
London; New York: A. Strahan, 1866. 5 p. l., [3]-214 p. ; 18 cm. Second Thousand.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882, 214 p. ; 18 cm.

London Poems.
London, New York: A. Strahan, 1866. 272 p. ; 19 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)
London, New York: A. Strahan, 1866. 5 p. l., [3]-272 p. ; 19 cm. Second Thousand.
London, New York: A. Strahan, 1867. 272 p. ; 19 cm. (available on this site)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883, 272, 32 p. (adverts); 20 cm. A New Edition.

Ballad Stories of the Affections: from the Scandinavian.
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1866. xiv, 174 p. front., illus. ; 24 cm. (Illustrations by G.J. Pinwell, J. D. Watson, J. Lawson, T. Dalziel, A. B. Houghton, E. Dalziel, W. Small, &c. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.) (available at the Internet Archive)
London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1869. xvi, 176 p., port. ; 15 cm.
New York: Scribner, Welford and Co., 1869. xvi, 176, 16 p. (adverts for Sampson Low, Son, and Marston) ; 15 cm. (available on this site)

North Coast and Other Poems.
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1867. xiv, 250, 6 p. (adverts for ‘Dalziels’ Fine Art Books’), front., illus. ; 24 cm. (Illustrations by J. Wolf, A. B. Houghton, W. Small, T. Dalziel, G. J. Pinwell, E. Dalziel and J. B. Zwecker. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.) (available on this site)

The Book of Orm: a prelude to the epic.
London: Strahan & Co., 1870. x, 262 p. ; 19 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. x, 262, 32 p. (adverts for Chatto & Windus); 19 cm. (available on this site)

Napoleon Fallen: a lyrical drama.
London: Strahan & Co., 1871. viii, 2 l., 141 p. ; 18 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)

The Drama of Kings.
London: Strahan & Co., 1871. xvii, 471 p. ; 20 cm.
(Contents: Dedication — Proem — Prelude before the curtain — The drama of kings : Prologue — Buonaparte, or, France against the Teuton — Choric interlude : The titan — Napoleon fallen — Choric interlude : The two voices — The Teuton against Paris — Epilogue — Epilude before the curtain — Notes — On mystic realism : A note for the adept.)

Saint Abe and His Seven Wives: a Tale of Salt Lake City.
London: Strahan & Co., 1872. ix, 169 p. ; 19 cm.
[London: Strahan & Co., 1872. ix, 169 p. ; 19 cm. Second edition.]
London : Strahan & Co., 1872. ix, 169 p., (1) leaf of plates: ill. ; 19 cm. Third edition.
New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1872. ix, 169 p. ; 19 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)
Toronto: Adams, Stevenson & Co., 1872. ix, 169 p., ill. ; 19 cm.
London: Robert Buchanan, 1896. ix, 169, 8 p. (1) leaf of plates: ill. ; 20 cm. First Cheap Edition. (Full title: Saint Abe and His Seven Wives: a Tale of Salt Lake City, with a bibliographical note.)

White Rose and Red. a love story.
London: Strahan & Co., 1873. xii, 242 p.. ; 20 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)
Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1873. xii, 243 p. ; 18 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. xii, 242 p. ; 20 cm.

Balder the Beautiful: a song of divine death.
London: William Mullan & Son, 1877. xv, 312 p. ; 18 cm.

Ballads of Life, Love, and Humour.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. 255 p., 1 leaf of plates, front. ; 20 cm.

The Earthquake: or Six days and a Sabbath.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. 236, 32 p. (adverts) ; 20 cm. (available on this site)

The City of Dream.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. xv, 364 p. : ill. ; 18 cm (available at the Internet Archive)

The Outcast: a rhyme for the time.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1891. 3 p. l., 200 p. front., illus., plates; 23 cm. (Illustrations by Rudolf Blind, Peter Macnab, Hume Nisbet, etc.)
London: Robert Buchanan, 1896. 200 p. ill. ; 23 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)

The Buchanan Ballads Old and New.
London: John Haddon and Company, 1892. 112 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. (Series: “Buchanan’s Poems for the people ; 1”) (available at the Internet Archive)

The Wandering Jew: a Christmas carol.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. viii, 164 p. ; 20 cm. (available on this site)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. viii, 164 p., 1 l. ; 20 cm. Second edition.

The Devil’s Case: a bank holiday interlude.
London: Robert Buchanan, 1896. [12], 2-169, [1], iv p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (On prelim. leaf list of author’s works. Press reviews on “The Wandering Jew”: p. i-iv at end.) (available on this site)

The Ballad of Mary the Mother: a Christmas carol (and other poems).
London: Robert Buchanan, 1897. [8], 2-154, [2] p. ; 20 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)

The New Rome: poems and ballads of our empire.
London: Walter Scott, Ltd., 1898. 387 p. ; 20 cm. (available on this site)

The Ballad of Judas Iscariot.
Reigate: The Priory Press ; London: A. C. Fifield, 1904. 21 p. ; 15 cm.
London: Old Stile Press, 1982. 32 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. 15 linocuts by J. Martin Pitts. [“The edition is limited to one hundred copies, numbered & signed by the artist” ISBN: 0-907664-00-8]

[Additional publications:

The verse prologue to Buchanan’s play Joseph’s Sweetheart (his adaptation of Fielding’s “Joseph Andrews”) was issued as a Broadside. Boston: 1889. 1 sheet ; 29 cm. Title: “Joseph's sweetheart.” : Prologue. Spoken by Miss Clarke in the character of Lady Booby. [First lines: “Ladies and gentlemen— behold in me a wicked dame of the last century!”]
‘The Burial of Parnell’ was issued as a Broadside. Dublin? c. 1891. 1 sheet ; 26 cm. Text in two columns within black border.
‘The Wedding of Shon MacLean’. Louisville Insurance Field Co., 1930. 6 l. ; 14 cm.

Orain agus dana gaidhealach, le Donnachadh Ban Macan-t-saoir. Songs and poems, in Gaelic by Duncan Ban Macintyre. 11th edition. Edinburgh: J. Grant, 1892. xi, [13]-233 p. ; 15 cm. (With an English translation of “Coire Cheathaich” and “Ben Dorain” - from Robert Buchanan’s ‘Land of Lorne’ (2 vols., London: Chapman & Hall, 1871). ]

3. Novels

The Shadow of the Sword: a romance.
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1876. 3 vols. 19 cm.
New York: Lovell, Adams, Wesson, 1877. 408 p. ; 19 cm.
Montreal: Lovell, Adams, Wesson, 1877. 408 p. Author’s Edition.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1877. 178 p. ; 23 cm. (Printed in double columns.)
London: Strahan & Co., [1879]. 468, 4p. (adverts) ; 17 cm. (Series: Strahan’s Books for the People)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. 468 p. ; 18 cm. A New Edition. (Series: Yellow-back collection)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. xi, 468 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. A New Edition. Frontispiece by A. W. Cooper.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. xi, 468 p. ; 20 cm. A New Edition.
Leipzig: Reclam Verlag, c. 1890. 400 p. (Title: Der Deserteur. German translation by Berta Katscher.)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. 468 p. A New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. 20 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1903. ix, 468 p. ; 20 cm.
Berlin: Vorwärts Verlag, 1906. Included in “In freien Stunden - Eine Wochenschrift. Romane und Erzählungen für das arbeitende Volk” [“In free hours - a weekly revue. Novels and narrations for the working people”]. Half-yearly volume, 10. 620 p. : ill. [German translation, title: Der Deserteur.]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. Fine-paper edition. (Series: The St. Martin’s Library)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1917. viii, 462 p. 20 cm. A New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. 20 cm.
New York: A. L. Burt, 19--? 382 p.
[Also available as a ‘print-on-demand’ title from various companies (ISBN: 1419182269).
The Shadow of the Sword is also available to download from the West Midlands Literary Heritage site.]

A Child of Nature: a romance.
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881. 3 vols. ;19 cm.
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881. 3 vols. ; 19 cm. Second edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. vi, 314 p. ; 20 cm. A New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. vi, 314 p., (1) leaf of plate : ill. ; 20 cm. A New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. vi, 314, 32 p. (adverts) ; 19 cm. A New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. vi, 314 p. ; 19 cm. A New Edition.

God and the Man: a romance
London: Chatto & Windus, 1881. 3 vols., 11 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. viii, 312 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. A New Edition, with Illustrations by Fred. Barnard.
New York: George Munro, 1884. 208 p. ; 20 cm. Paperback. (Series: Seaside Library No. 145)
New York: J. W. Lovell Company, 1888. 216 p. ; 18 cm. (Series: Lovell’s Library, No. 1316)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. viii, pp., 2 leaves, 312 p. : 11 plates : incl. front. ; 20 cm. A New Edition with Illustrations by Fred. Barnard.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. viii, 312, 32 p. (adverts) : plates ; 18 cm. A New Edition (Yellowback)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. 312 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. With Illustrations by Fred. Barnard.
New York: G. Munro’s Sons, 1895. 208 p. ; 18 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1900. viii, 312, 32 p. (adverts), 11 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. A New Edition, with Illustrations by Fred. Barnard.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1903. (as above)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1915. (as above)
[Also available as a ‘print-on-demand’ title from various companies (ISBN: 1419121944).
God and the Man is also available to download from the West Midlands Literary Heritage site. Fred. Barnard’s illustrations and additonal material from the ‘New Ediiton’ of 1883 is available on this site.]

The Martyrdom of Madeline.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. 3 vols. ; 19 cm.
New York: George Munro, 1882. 54 p. ; 32 cm. Soft cover, magazine format. (Series: The Seaside Library, Vol. LXIII, No. 1289)
Hamburg: K. Grädener & J.F. Richter, 1883. 2 vols. in 1 ; 16 cm. (Series: Asher’s collection of English authors ; v. 208-209)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. viii, 294 p., 1 leaf : incl. front. ; 19 cm. A New Edition with a frontispiece by A. W. Cooper.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1891. viii, 294 p. ; 19 cm. A New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1907. New impression.

Love Me For Ever: a romance.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. vi, 273 p. ; 18 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1891. vi, 273 p. : ill. : 19 cm. A New Edition.

Annan Water: a romance.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 3 vols. ; 19 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 2 (adverts), viii, 306, 32 p. (adverts) ; 20 cm. New Edition.
New York: J.W. Lovell Company, 1889. 202 p. ; 18 cm. (Series: Lovell’s Library, No. 1326)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1891. viii, 306 p. ; 20 cm. A New Edition.

Foxglove Manor: a novel.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 3 vols. ; 19 cm. (available at the Internet Archive: Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 284 p. ; 19 cm. New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. 284 p. ; 19 cm. A New Edition. (Yellowback)
London: Modern Publishing Company, c. 1930s.
New York: Garland Pub., 1975. 260, 260, 252 p. : 3 v. in 1 ; 19 cm. (Series: Victorian fiction : Novels of faith and doubt, 36). [Reprint of 1884 edition. ISBN: 0-8240-1560-6)]

[Modern Publishing Company edition of Foxglove Manor. Cover art by G. P. Micklewright]

The New Abelard: a romance.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. 3 vols. (available at the Internet Archive: Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3)
New York: George Munro, 1884. 176 p. ; 19 cm. (Series: Seaside Library. Pocket edition. No. 181)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. 48 p. ; 29 cm. (Series: Harper’s Franklin Square Library. No. 362)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. x, 260 p. ; 18 cm. A New Edition. (Yellowback)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. x, 260 p. ; 19 cm.
New York: Garland Pub., 1976. 246, 253, 224 p. : 3 v. in 1 ; 19 cm. (Series: Victorian fiction : Novels of faith and doubt, 79). [Reprint of 1884 edition. ISBN: 0-8240-1560-6)]

The Master of the Mine.
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1885. 2 vols. ; 19 cm. (available at the Internet Archive: Vol 1, Vol 2)
New York: George Munro, 1885. 189 p. ; 19 cm. (Series: Seaside Library. Pocket edition. No. 646)
New York: Street, 1885. 199 p. ; 20 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. viii, 279, 32 p. (adverts) ; 19 cm. New Edition.
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1889. 279 p. ; 19 cm.
New York: Allison Book Company, 1889. 200 p. ; 19 cm. [On cover: Allison’s select library]
New York: J. H. Plummer, 1890. 200 p. ; 19 cm.
New York: The Phoenix Publishing Company, 1892. 200 p. ; 19 cm.

Matt: A Story of a Caravan.
(U.S. title: Matt: A Tale of a Caravan)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. 4 p., l., 239 p. ; 20 cm. (Series: Piccadilly Novels)
New York: D. Appleton, 1885. 173 p. ; 19 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1886. 239 p. New Edition. (Yellowback)
New York: F. M. Lupton Publishing Co., 1890. 173 p. ; 20 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. 239, 32 p. (adverts) ; 8vo. A New Edition.
New York: F. M. Lupton Publishing Co., 1892. 173 p. ; 20 cm. (Series: The Bijou Series. No. 50)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. 239 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. A New Edition.
Springfield, Massachusetts: Five Cent Novel Company, n.d. (c. 1900). 125 p. ; 20 cm.
New York: Wm. L. Allison, n.d.

Stormy Waters: a Story of Today.
London: John and Robert Maxwell, 1885. 3 vols. ; 20 cm.
London: John and Robert Maxwell, n.d. iv, 327 p. ; 17 cm. Cheap Uniform Edition.
New York: G. Munro, 1888. 1 p. l., [5]-238 p. ; 19 cm. (Series: Seaside Library. No. 1074)

That Winter Night: or, Love’s Victory.
Bristol: Arrowsmith’s Bristol Library, 1886. 175 p. ; 17 cm. (Series: Arrowsmith’s Bristol Library. Vol. 18)
New York: Harper & brothers, 1886. 122 p. ; 18 cm. (Series: Harper’s Handy Series. No. 103)
Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Grit, 1895.

The Heir of Linne.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. 2 vols. ; 19 cm.
Toronto: National Pub. Co., 1888. 234 p.
New York: G. Munro, 1888. 1 p., l., [5]-185 p. ; 20 cm. (Series: Seaside Library. No. 1104)
New York: Street, 1888. 234 p. ; 19 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. viii, 312 p. ; 19 cm. A New Edition.
New York: G. Munro, 1894. 185 p. ; 18 cm. (Series: Munro’s Library of Popular Novels. No. 135)
New York: George Munro’s Sons, 1900. 185 p. Crescent Edition.
New York, London: Street & Smith, n.d. 234 p. (Series: Sea Shore & Mountain)
Chicago: Rand, McNally, n.d. 1 p., l., 234 p. ; 19 cm.
Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., n.d. 234 p. ; 20 cm.
Royal Publishing Company, n.d. Soft Cover.

The Moment After: a tale of the unseen.
London: William Heinemann, 1890. 212 p. ; 20 cm.
New York: G. Munro, 1894. 158 p. ; 19 cm. (Series: Munro’s Library of Popular Novels. No. 47)
London: Amalgamated Press, 1930. The Argosy, vol. 8, No. 50, July 1930 : 152 p. [p. 97-121]. (Series: World’s Best Short Novels. No. 7)
Germany: Weichert Verlag, c. 1930-1940. 95 p. Paperback. [In German. Title:  Einen Augenblick nachher ]

Come Live with Me and Be My Love: an English pastoral
(Alternate title: Squire Kate.)
London: William Heinemann, 1891. 2 vols.
New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co., 1891. 324 p.
New York: Street & Smith, 1891. 324 p. ; 19 cm. [Title: ‘Squire Kate: a novel’]
London: William Heinemann, 1892. x, 277, 16 p. (adverts) ; 20 cm. (Series: The Crown Copyright Series)
Leipzig, Heinemann and Balestier, 1892. 320 p. ; 16 cm. (Series: The English Library. No. 155)
New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co. 1892. 324 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. (Series: Lovell’s Illustrated Series. No. 13) [Title: ‘Squire Kate, or, Come Live with me, and be my love: an English Pastoral’]

The Wedding Ring: a tale of to-day.
New York: Cassell Publishing Co., 1891. iv, 300 p. ; 19 cm.
New York: Street & Smith, 1900. iv, 300 p. ; 19 cm.

Woman and the Man.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. 2 vols. ; 19 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. viii, 279, 32 p. (adverts) ; 8vo. A New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. viii, 279, 32 p. (adverts). A New Edition.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. viii, 279 p. ; 20 cm. A New Impression.

Rachel Dene: a tale of the Deepdale Mills. 2 vols.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. 2 vols. ; 19 cm.
Chicago: F. T. Neely, 1894. 287 p. 20 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. 287 p. A New Edition. (available at the Internet Archive)

Lady Kilpatrick.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. 2 (adverts), 279, 32 p. (adverts) ; 19 cm.
Chicago, New York: Rand, McNally, 1897: 1 p., l., [5]-226 p. ; 20 cm. (Series: Globe Library. Vol. 1, No. 254)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1898. 279 p. ; 20 cm. A New Edition.

The Charlatan. (In collaboration with Henry Murray.)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. 2 vols. ; 20 cm.
Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895. viii, 272, 8 p. (adverts) ; 20 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1896. New Edition: with a frontispiece by T.H. Robinson.
Chicago: F. T. Neely, 1896. viii, 272 p. ; 19 cm. (Series: Neely’s Library of Choice Literature. No. 56)
New York: Hurst & Co., 1901. viii, 272 p. ; 20 cm. (Series: Hawthorne Library)

Diana’s Hunting.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. 253 p. ; 20 cm.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1895. 2 p., l., 218 p. : ill. 4 plates by Edwin B. Child. (Series: Twentieth Century Series)

A Marriage by Capture: a romance of to-day.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 208 p. ; 19 cm. (Series: The Autonym Library. No. 15)
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1896. 196 p. : front., 3 plates ; 17 cm. (Series: The Lotos Library)

Effie Hetherington.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 264 p. ; 21 cm.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 264 p. ; 21 cm. Second Edition.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. 2 p., l., [vii]-viii, 264 p. ; 21 cm.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1896. 2 p., l., [vii]-viii, 264, 8 p. (adverts) :  front. by Amy Brooks ; 21 cm.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1899. 264 p. :  col’d front. ; 20 cm.

Father Anthony: a romance of today.
London: John Long, 1898.
London: John Long, 1899. 283 p. Second Edition.
London: John Long, 1900. New Edition.
New York: G. W. Dillingham Co., 1900. 261 p., plates ; 19 cm. Sixteen illustrations by Sydney Cowell. [“First edition, October, 1899, new edition (illustrated) January, 1900.”]
Paris: P. Lethielleux, 1901. 278 p. ; 18 cm. [in French]

The Rev. Annabel Lee: a tale of to-morrow.
London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. 1898. [i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-255 [256: printer’s imprint], 12 p. (adverts);  20 cm.

Andromeda: an idyll of the Great River.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1900. [2], vi, 413, [2], 32 p. (adverts) ; 19 cm.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1900. 1 p., l., vi, 413 p. 20 cm.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1901. vi, 413 p. ; 20 cm. A New Edition. (available at the Internet Archive)

The Peep O’ day boy: a romance of ’98.
London: John Dicks, 1902. 213 p.; 22 cm.

4. Short Stories

Stormbeaten:  or Christmas Eve at the “Old Anchor” Inn. (Written in collaboration with Charles Gibbon.) (more information)
London: Ward Lock & Co., 1862.
London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1869.

Red and White Heather: North Country tales and ballads. (more information)
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. 272 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

5. Essays

David Gray and other Essays, chiefly on poetry.
London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868. vi, 318, 28 p. (adverts) ; 19 cm.
[Contents: The poet, or seer — David Gray — The student, and his vocation — Walt Whitman — Herrick’s Hesperides — Literary morality — On a passage in Heine — On my own tentatives]
(available at the Internet Archive)

The Land of Lorne: including the cruise of the ‘Tern’ to the Outer Hebrides.
(Alternate title: The Land of Lorne; or, a poet’s adventures in the Scottish Hebrides, including the cruise of the “Tern” to the Outer Hebrides.)
London: Chapman and Hall, 1871. 2 vols. xii, 282, vi, 278, 1 p. (adverts) : fronts. (photos.) ; 19 cm.
New York: Francis B. Felt & Co., 1871. 2 v. in 1. 384 p. : fronts. (photos.) ; 19 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)

The Fleshly School of Poetry and Other Phenomena of the Day.
London: Strahan & Co., 1872. ix, 97 p. ; 19 cm. (available on this site)
New York: AMS Press, 1975. ix, 113 p. ; 19 cm. [Reprint of the 1872 ed. published by Strahan, London; bound together with ‘The Stealthy School of Criticism’ by D. G. Rossetti, originally published in the Athenaeum, Dec. 16, 1871. ISBN: 0-404-08821-X]
New York: Garland Pub., 1986. ix, 97, 88 p. ; 19 cm. (Series: The Victorian Muse) [Includes ‘Under The Microscope’ by Algernon Swinburne. ISBN: 0-8240-8625-2]

Master-Spirits.
London: Henry S. King and Company, 1873. 4 p., l., 349 p. ; 21 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)
London: Henry S. King and Company, 1874. 4 p., l., 349 p. ; 21 cm. Second Edition.
(Contents: Introduction: Criticism as one of the fine arts — The 'good genie' of fiction (Charles Dickens) — Tennyson, Heine & De Musset — Browning’s masterpiece [The Ring and the Book] — A young English positivist [John Morley] — Hugo in 1872 — Prose and verse — Birds of the Hebrides — Scandinavian studies — Poets in obscurity: George Heath. Laureate of the nursery [William Miller] — Note: Hunter’s Retrospect)

The Hebrid Isles:  wanderings in the Land of Lorne and the Outer Hebrides.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1882.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. xi, 328 p. : front. ; 20 cm. A New Edition, with a frontispiece by William Small.
[A revised edition of The Land of Lorne.]

A Poet’s Sketch-Book. Selections from the prose writings of Robert Buchanan.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 5 p., l., [3]-314 p. ; 20 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)
[Contents: The poet or seer — David Gray — Literary sketches — Nature sketches.]

A Look Round Literature.
London: Ward and Downey, 1887. 3 p., l., [ix]-xi, 386 p. ; 20 cm. (available at the Internet Archive)
New York: Garland Pub., 1986. 386 p. ; 19 cm. (Series: The Victorian Muse) [ISBN: 0-8240-8601-5]
[Contents: From Æschylus to Victor Hugo — The character of Goethe — A note on Lucretius — Free thought in America — A note on Dante Rossetti — Thomas Love Peacock; a personal reminiscence — Sydney Dobell, and the “Spasmodic school;” a souvenir — The Irish “national” poet — Heine in a court suit — A talk with George Eliot — The literature of spiritualism; “post mortem” fiction — The modern stage — Flotsam and jetsam — From Pope to Tennyson — A last look around]

On Descending into Hell: a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Henry Matthews, Q.C., Home Secretary, concerning the proposed suppression of literature.
London: George Redway, 1889. 38, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
[Reprinted in The Coming Terror, and other essays and letters (1891) (available on this site)
The copy held by Stanford University Library is of particular interest:
‘“This is A. C. Swinburne’s Copy, who evidently has carefully perused it, and marked certain paragraphs in blue pencil.”—Clipping inserted. Book-plate of A. C. Swinburne on verso of cover. Book-plate of Jerome Kern on verso of cover of case.’]

The Coming Terror, and other essays and letters.
London: William Heinemann, 1891. x, 385, 16 p. (adverts) ; 22 cm. (available on this site)
London: William Heinemann, 1891. x, 385 p. ; 22 cm. Second Edition.
New York: J. W. Lovell, 1891. xiv, 385 p. ; 22 cm.
New York: United States Book Co., 1891. 385 p. ; 22 cm. Second Edition.

(Contents: The coming terror: a dialogue between Alienatus, a provincial, and Urbanus, a cockney — Are men born free and equal? A controversy — On descending into hell: a protest against over-legislation in matters literary — The modern young man as critic — Is chivalry still possible? — Imperial cockneydom — Is the marriage contract eternal? — Flotsam and jetsam — Final words)

Is Barabbas a necessity? A discourse on publishers and publishing.
London: Robert Buchanan, 1896. 31 p. ; 25 cm.

The Voice of “The Hooligan”; a discussion of Kiplingism. (with Sir Walter Besant.)
New York: The Tucker Pub. Co.,1900. 59 p. ; 29 cm.

The Story of David Gray.
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. 4 p., l., [v]-xxii p., 1l. [3]-85 [1] p. front. (port.) ; 19 cm.
[The 100th title published by Mosher. “400 copies of this book have been printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper, and the type distributed.” ‘The Story of David Gray’ first appeared in the Cornhill Magazine, Feb. 1864, v. 9, p. 164-177; and was reprinted, with additions, in Buchanan’s David Gray, and other Essays, chiefly on poetry, London, 1868. ‘To David in heaven’: p. [ix]-xxii. ‘Poet Andrew’: p. [65]-85. ]

6. The Dramas

Corinne. 1876.
London: 1876. 78 p. ; 19 cm. [“Corinne. A romantic play, by Robert Buchanan, in four acts. Entirely original. Privately printed, not for publication.”]

Alone in London, or, A woman against the world. (In collaboration with Harriett Jay.) 1885.
Promptbook. New York Public Library. ca. 150 leaves ; 32 cm.
[The New York Public Library also has the following: Alone in London production materials, 1887-1888. 1 folder :  Scene, property, lighting and fly plots.]
A novelisation of “Alone in London” was also published in 1892:
Alone in London / founded, by special permission, on the above popular drama by Harriet Jay and R. Buchanan.
London: 1892. Aldine Publishing Company. 62p; 22 cm. (Series: Home library of powerful dramatic tales: 26.)

Sophia. (An adaptation of Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones.) 1886.
Promptbook. Typescript in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington. [5], 11, 13-28, [1], 24, [1], 7, [1], 8-29, [1], 17 leaves ; 29 cm. [Records a Henry Jewett production, probably for the week of Jan. 19, 1920. Includes 5 scaled groundplans. Title: “Fielding's Tom Jones : a comedy in four acts / made by Rbt. Buchanan, Esq.”]

Sweet Nancy. (An adaptation of Rhoda Broughton’s Nancy.) 1890.
New York: S. French, 1914. 76 p. : plans ; 19 cm. (Series: French’s Acting Edition. No. 2455)
[Title: ‘Sweet Nancy : a comedy in three acts / by Robert Buchanan ; founded on Rhoda Broughton’s novel “Nancy.”’]

Squire Kate. (An adaptation of La Fermière by Armand d'Artois and Henri Pagat. A dramatisation of Buchanan’s novel, Come Live with Me and Be My Love.) 1892.
Typescript; with property plot. 1 v. ; 29 cm. New York Public Library.
[“Founded on ‘La farmiere’ [sic] ... by Armand d’Artois and Henri Pagat ... ‘Squire Kate’ however, is not an adaptation ... but an English play founded upon the subject.”]

The Piper of Hamelin: a fantastic Opera in two acts. 1893.
London: William Heinemann, 1893. 64 p., [13] leaves of plates, incl. title page (repeated on front cover) : ill. ; 20 cm. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
London: William Heinemann, 1893. 7-63, [64] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Limited edition. [“Fifty-five copies only have been printed of this edition on Whatman paper. T.p. in blue lettering; added illustrated t.p. Colophon: Chiswick Press:—C. Whittingham and Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.”]

The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown. (Written in collaboration with Charles Marlowe - pseudonym of Harriett Jay.) 1895.
New York ; London: S. French, 1909. 3 p., l., 5-88 p. : diagr. ; 19 cm. (Series: French’s International Copyrighted Edition of the Works of the Best Authors. No. 163)
New York: S. French, 1925. 88 p. ; plan ; 20 cm. (Series: French’s International Copyrighted Edition of the Works of the Best Authors. No. 163) [Includes cast list for original production at Terry’s Theatre, London, Oct. 14, 1895.]
Promptbook. Typescript in the New York Public Library. 36, 48, 25 leaves ; 27 cm.
A novelisation of “The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown” was also published in 1897, written by Harriett Jay:
The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown.  250 p. 8^o. London: R. Buchanan, 1897.

[This play was later adapted into the musical comedy, Tulip Time, book by Worton David and Alfred Parker; lyrics by Bruce Sievier; music by Colin Wark; additional music and lyrics by Hubert W. David. The Guide To Musical Theatre has further information about Tulip Time, including the original cast list, a brief synopsis of the plot and a list of musical numbers.
Tulip Time. (Libretto)
London: Samuel French Ltd., 1939. 74 p. ; 25 cm.]

The Maiden Queen. (A comic opera in 2 acts, book by Robert Buchanan and ‘Charles Marlowe’, music by Florian Pascal.) 1905.
London: Joseph Williams, Ltd., 1908. 55 p. 8^o.(Libretto only)

The Squireen. (Written in collaboration with Aubrey Boucicault.) (n.d.)
Promptbook. Typescript in the New York Public Library. 1 vol. ; 28 cm. [“With this is bound: Buchanan, Robert Williams, 1841-1901. "The squireen." A second copy.”]

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[In his preface to the bibliography in Robert W. Buchanan (New York: Twayne Publishers Inc., 1973), John A. Cassidy writes the following: “Of the fifty plays listed by Allardyce Nicoll in his Late Nineteenth Century Drama (282-83), only three have been published; and my efforts have unearthed only forty-four plays in manuscript or typescript in the Lord Chancellor’s collection now in the British Museum.” The British Library now holds the collection of ‘Lord Chamberlain’s plays 1824 - 1968’, but further details are not available online.]

7. Miscellaneous

Wayside Posies: original poems of the country life. Edited by R. Buchanan.
London: G. Routledge & Sons, 1866. 91 l. : ill. ; 27 cm. (Illustrations by G. J. Pinwell, J. W. North and Frederick Walker. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.)

The Poetical Works of H. W. Longfellow. Edited and prefaced by R. Buchanan.
London: E. Moxon & Co., 1869. 2 vols. : fronts. (port., facsim.) ; 17 cm.

The Life and Adventures of J. J. Audubon. Edited, from materials supplied by his widow, by Robert Buchanan.
London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1868. viii, 366 p. ; Front. (port.) ; 23 cm.
London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1869. viii, 366 p. ; Front. (port.) ; 23 cm. Second Edition.
London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1869. viii, 366 p. ; Front. (port.) ; 23 cm. Third Edition.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.,1869. viii, 366 p. ; Front. (port.) ; 23 cm.
Revised edition: The life of John James Audubon, the naturalist. Ed. by his widow. (Lucy Green Bakewell Audubon, 1788-1874) With an introduction by Jas. Grant Wilson. (“The following pages are substantially the recently published work [Life and adventures of John James Audubon ... edited ... by Robert Buchanan, London, 1868] reproduced with some additions, and the omission of several objectionable passages.”—Introd.)
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1869. 443 p. (available at the Internet Archive)
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1871. [iii]-x 443 p. : illus. ; 20 cm.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1873. 2 p., l., [iii]-x, [11] -443 p. : front. (port.) ; 20 cm.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1875. x, 443 p. : port. ; 20 cm.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1879. x, [11]-443 p. : front. (port.) ; 20 cm.
New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1890. x, [11]-443 p. : front. (port.) ; 20 cm.
New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1894. 443 p. : front. (port.) ; 20 cm.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1901. 443 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. ; 20 cm. (Series: American men of energy)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., ; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1912. xx, 335 p. ; 17 cm. (Series: Everyman’s Library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Biography. No. 601). (“Chiefly consisting of extracts from the diary of the great American naturalist.”—Editor’s pref. : Introduction by John Burroughs. : Bibliography of Robert Buchanan: p.[xiii] : Bibliography of John James Audubon: p.[xiii])
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., ; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1913. xviii, 335 p. ; 17 cm. (Series: Everyman’s Library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Biography. No. 601). Introduction by John Burroughs.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., ; New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1915. xviii, 335 p. ; 17 cm. (Series: Everyman’s Library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Biography. No. 601). Introduction by John Burroughs.
London: J. M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1924. xviii, 335 p. ; 17 cm. (Series: Everyman’s Library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Biography. No. 601). Introduction by John Burroughs. Reprint of 1915 edition.
[Also available as a ‘print-on-demand’ title from various companies (ISBN: 1596050543).]

Hon. Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel: Poems of the Hon. Roden Noel. A selection. With an introduction by Robert Buchanan.
London, New York: W. Scott, 1892. xxiv, 368 p. ; 15 cm. (Series: The Canterbury Poets)

J. Connell, Poacher: The Truth about the Game Laws: a record of cruelty, selfishness, and oppression. With a preface by Robert Buchanan.
London: William Reeves, 1898. viii, 85 p. ; 20 cm. (Series: Humanitarian League’s publications. New Series. No. 2)

Algernon Charles Swinburne: Under the Microscope.
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899. ix, 96 p. ; 24 cm. (This edition of Swinburne’s reply to “The Fleshly School of Poetry”, originally published by D. White in 1872, contains the following appendices: 1. ‘The Session of the Poets’, 2. ‘The Monkey and the Microscope’, 3. Buchanan’s Apologia.) (available on this site)

8. Biographical and Critical Writings about Robert Williams Buchanan

Robert Buchanan: some account of his life, his life's work, and his literary friendships by Harriett Jay.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. xii, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports., facsims. ; 23 cm. (available on this site)
New York: AMS Press, 1970. xii, 324 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 23 cm. [ISBN: 0-404-03555-8]

Robert Buchanan, the Poet of Modern Revolt by Archibald Stodart-Walker. (available on this site)
London: Grant Richards, 1901.

Robert W. Buchanan by John A. Cassidy.
New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1973. 172 p. ; 22 cm. (Series: Twayne’s English authors series, TEAS 157) [ISBN: 0-8057-1066-3]

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[I also came across the following theses and dissertations:

Robert Williams Buchanan als kritiker der englischen literatur by Hubert Schneider. Strassburg: Schultz, 1914. 74 p. ; 24 cm.

Robert Buchanan by Cordelia Dorothea Crain. Stanford University, 1927. Typewritten. 6 p.l., 316 numb. l. ; 28 cm.

The Fiction of Robert Buchanan by Earl Leslie Sasser. Cornell University Library. [Ithaca, N. Y.] 1936. 5 p., l., 310 p. ; 27 cm.

Robert Buchanan as mid-Victorian critic and controversialist by Gareth W. Dunleavy. 1949. Typewritten. iv, 75 numb. l. ; 28 cm.

Robert Williams Buchanan; a critical interpretation by George Gilbert Storey. Harvard University, 1949.

Robert Williams Buchanan, 1841-1901 : a bio-bibliography by Shirley Lai-chih Lin. 1966. 87 l.;
28 cm.

Robert Buchanan (1841-1901) : An assessment of his career. by Christopher D. Murray. Queen Mary, University of London, 1974. 282 p.]

[From The Crisis (August, 1936 - p.254)]

9. Musical Adaptations of Buchanan Works

The Syren. 1870. Composer: Francesco Berger (1834-1933). London: Lamborn Cock and Co.

Meg Blane; a rhapsody of the sea. Op. 48. 1902. Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912).
London: Novello ; New York: Novello, Ewer & Co., c. 1902. [4], 80 p. ; 26 cm. (Series: Novello’s original octavo edition) [Vocal score. Orchestral accompaniment arranged for pianoforte.]

The Wedding of Shon McLean, a Scottish rhapsody. 1909. Composer: Hubert Bath (1883-1945)
London, New York: Chappell, 1909. [8] 115 p. ; 26 cm. [Vocal score. Orchestral accompaniment arranged for pianoforte.]

The Veil. [Based on The Book of Orm] 1910. Composer: Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935).
London: Novello ; New York: H. W. Gray, c. 1910. vii, 112 p. ; 26 cm. (Series: Novello’s original octavo edition) [Vocal score.]

The Wake of O'Connor, an Irish rhapsody. 1913. Composer: Hubert Bath (1883-1945)
London: Novello ; New York: H. W. Gray, 1913. 78 p. ; 26 cm. (Series: Novello’s original octavo edition) [Vocal score. Orchestral accompaniment arranged for pianoforte.]

In The Garden. 1915. Composer: William H. Spear (?). London: Cary & Co.

Phil Blood’s Leap. 1918. Composer: Cuthbert Clarke (?). Reynolds & Co.

The Ballad of Judas Iscariot. 1947. Composer: Richard Purvis (1913-1994)
Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel, 1947: 51 p.

[Cover of the July 1930 edition of The Argosy, featuring Buchanan’s novel, The Moment After.]