H. M. Caldwell

 
 


Famous Books by Famous Authors (1)

Topic:

Publish Dates: 1896-1897

Volumes: 120

Formats: 1

 


Title:

Author:

Year:

1

Adam Bede

George Eliot

 

2

Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

Lewis Carroll

 

3

Ardath

Marie Corelli

 

4

Egyptian Princess

George Ebers

 

5

Abbe Constantin

Ludovic Halevy

 

6

Alhambra

Washington Irving

 

7

Aesop's Fables

Anonymous

 

8

Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen

 

9

Arabian Nights

Anonymous

 

10

All Sorts and Conditions of Men

Walter Besant

 

11

Bondman

Hall Caine

 

12

Cloister and the Hearth

Charles Reade

 

13

Child's History of England

Charles Dickens

 

14

Country Doctor

Honore de Balzac

 

15

Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles

Creasy

 

16

Children of the Abbey

R. M. Roche

 

17

Chevalier d'Harmental

Alexandre Dumas

 

18

Corinne

Madame de Stael

 

19

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

 

20

Daniel Deronda

George Eliot

 

21

Deemster

Hall Caine

 

22

Devereaux

Bulwer Lytton

 

23

East Lynne

Mrs. Henry Wood

 

24

Emerson's Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

25

Eugene Aram

Bulwer Lytton

 

26

Foul Play

Charles Reade

 

27

Felix Holt

George Eliot

 

28

French Revolution

Thomas Carlyle

 

29

Forty-Five

Alexandre Dumas

 

30

First Violin

Jessie Fothergill

 

31

Firm of Girdlestone

Arthur Conan Doyle

 

32

Frederick the Great

L. Muhlbach

 

33

Gold Elsie

E. Marlitt

 

34

Green Mountain Boys

D. P. Thompson

 

35

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Anonymous

 

36

Hard Cash

Charles Reade

 

37

Henry Esmond

William Thackeray

 

38

Hypatia

Charles Kingsley

 

39

History of Civilization in Europe

M. Guizot

 

40

Holy Roman Empire

James Bryce

 

41

Ivanhoe

Walter Scott

 

42

It's Never too Late

Charles Reade

 

43

In the Golden Days

Edna Lyall

 

44

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

 

45

John Halifax

Miss Mulock

 

46

Kenilworth

Walter Scott

 

47

Knickerbocker's History of New York

Washington Irving

 

48

Knight Errant

Edna Lyall

 

49

Last Days of Pompeii

Bulwer Lytton

 

50

Lucile

Owen Meredith

 

51

Last of the Barons

Bulwer Lytton

 

52

Life of Christ

Canon Farrar

 

53

Lorna Doone

R. D. Blackmore

 

54

Light of Asia

Edward Arnold

 

55

Lamplighter

Maria S. Cummins

 

56

Little Minister

J. M. Barrie

 

57

Louise de la Valliere

Alexandre Dumas

 

58

Middlemarch

George Eliot

 

59

Marguerite of Valois

Alexandre Dumas

 

60

Man Who Laughs

Victor Hugo

 

61

Makers of Florence

Mrs. Oliphant

 

62

Makers of Venice

Mrs. Oliphant

 

63

Micah Clarke

Arthur Conan Doyle

 

64

Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

 

65

Man With the Iron Mask

Alexandre Dumas

 

66

Newcomes

William M. Thackeray

 

67

Ninety-Three

Victor Hugo

 

68

Not Like Other Girls

R. N. Carey

 

69

Notre Dame

Victor Hugo

 

70

Natural Law in the Spiritual World

Henry Drummond

 

71

Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens

 

72

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

 

73

Old Mam'selle's Secret

E. Marlitt

 

74

On the Heights

Berthold Auerbach

 

75

One Thousand Miles Up the Nile

Amelia B. Edwards

 

76

Origin of the Species

Charles Darwin

 

77

Put Yourself in His Place

Charles Reade

 

78

Past and Present

Thomas Carlyle

 

79

Page of the Duke of Savoy

Alexandre Dumas

 

80

Pendennis

William M. Thackeray

 

81

Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens

 

83

Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

 

84

Parisians

Bulwer Lytton

 

85

Poe's Tales

Edgar Allan Poe

 

86

Queen's Necklace

Alexandre Dumas

 

87

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

 

88

Romola

George Eliot

 

89

Royal Edinburgh

Mrs. Oliphant

 

90

Rienzi

Bulwer Lytton

 

91

Regent's Daughter

Alexandre Dumas

 

92

Romance of Two Worlds

Marie Corelli

 

93

Rob Roy

Walter Scott

 

94

Sartor Resartus

Thomas Carlyle

 

95

Silence of Dean Maitland

Maxwell Gray

 

96

Shadow of a Crime

Hall Caine

 

97

Son of Hagar

Hall Caine

 

98

Sketch Book

Washington Irving

 

99

Scottish Chiefs

Jane Porter

 

100

Swiss Family Robinson

Johann David Wyss

 

101

Spy

James Fenimore Cooper

 

102

Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

 

103

Taking the Bastile

Alexandre Dumas

 

104

Twenty Years After

Alexandre Dumas

 

105

Toilers of the Sea

Victor Hugo

 

106

Thelma

Marie Corelli

 

107

Tom Brown at Oxford

Thomas Hughes

 

108

Tom Brown at Rugby

Thomas Hughes

 

109

Tales from Shakespeare

Charles and Mary Lamb

 

110

Tom Jones

Fielding

 

111

Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

 

112

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

 

113

Vanity Fair

William M. Thackeray

 

114

Vicomte de Bragelonne

Alexandre Dumas

 

115

Waverly

Walter Scott

 

116

White Company

Arthur Conan Doyle

 

117

Westward Ho

Charles Kingsley

 

118

Wild Ass's Skin

Honore de Balzac

 

119

Wide Wide World

Susan Warner

 

120

Zenobia

William Ware

 

 

H. M. Caldwell Co. published this series from 1896 until 1902.

The numbering noted above was used for this format in 1896 and with some additions and deletions in 1897. Also in 1896 a fifty volume library was issued in two different formats. (Holiday Style and Half Calf -See Famous Books by Famous Authors (2))

All of the titles are reprints.

 

1897:
Deleted title: Abbe Constantin by Ludovic Halevy

New titles:


Data of Ethics

Herbert Spencer

 


Descent of Man

Charles Darwin

 


Donovan

Edna Lyall

 


Discourses of Epictetus

Epictetus

 


Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb

 


Faust

Goethe

 


First Principles

Herbert Spencer

 


Gil Blas

Le Sage

 


Last Vendee

Alexandre Dumas

 


Molly Bawn

"The Duchess"

 


Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius

 


Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens

 


Other Worlds Than Ours

Richard Proctor

 


Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

 


Reign of Terror

G. A. Henty

 


Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin

 


Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 


Twice Told Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 


Two Years Before the Mast

R. H. Dana, Jr.

 


Tour of the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

 


Wormwood

Marie Corelli

 


Company of Jehu

Alexandre Dumas

 


First Republic

Alexandre Dumas

 


Two Dianas

Alexandre Dumas

 

 

Format:
Bound in maroon silk. Embossed cover and spine design. Gilt top. 7.5” x 5"

 

 

 

 

Last Revision: January 13, 2025