Author:Laura Valentine

Laura Jewry Valentine
(1814–1899)

Works (partial list)

For children

• Harry Brightside; or, The Young Traveller in Italy (1852) (external scan)
• Beatrice; or, Six Years of Childhood and Youth (1859) (external scan)
• Reading and Teaching; or, Sundays at Selby Manor (1859) (external scan)
• Aunt Louisa's Birthday Gift (1865) (external scan)
• Aunt Louisa's Keepsake (1868)) (external scan)
• Aunt Louisa's Nursery Favourite (1870) (external scan)
• The Knight's Ransom (1870) (external scan)
• Maidenhood; or, The Verge of the Stream (1876) (external scan)
• Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift (1878) (external scan)
• The Little Sportsman's Alphabet (1880) (external scan)
• The Farm Yard Hunt (1880) (external scan)
• We Three Boys; or, A Year of Adventure (1884) (external scan)
• Aunt Louisa's Stories of Old (1887) (external scan)
• Aunt Louisa's Charms for Children (1890) (external scan)
• Aunt Louisa's First Book for Children (1893) (external scan)
• Our Favourite Animal Book (n.d.) (external scan)

"Shakespearian Tales in Verse"

• The Tempest (1882) (external scan)
• The Merchant of Venice (1882) (external scan)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1883) (external scan)
• The Winter's Tale (1883) (external scan)

Other works

• The Ransom: A Tale of the Thirteenth Century, Founded on a Family Tradition (1846) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• Kirkholme Priory; or, Modern Heroism: A Tale (1847) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• The Vassal: A Story of Old Normandy (1850) (external scan)
• The Forest and the Fortress: A Romance of the 19th Century (1850) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• The Cup and the Lip: A Novel (1851) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• Audrey: A Novel (1853) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• The Language and Sentiment of Flowers and the Classical Floral Legends (1860) (external scan)
• "Anglo-India from a French Point of View" in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "A Danish Visit to England a Hundred Years Ago" in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Treasure Trove, at Home and Abroad" in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
• "Volunteers of the Past" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "A Narrow Escape" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
• "Italy and England" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
• Sea Fights, from Sluys to Navarino: A Popular Account of the Most Important Actions in Which the British Navy Has Been Engaged (1868) (external scan)

As editor and anthologist

• Warne's Victoria Picture Spelling Book (1866) (external scan)
• The Home Book of Pleasure and Instruction (1867) (external scan)
• Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers (1868) (external scan)
• The Nobility of Life: Its Graces and Virtues Portrayed in Prose and Verse by the Best Writers (1868) (external scan)
• Beautiful Bouquets, Culled from the Poets of All Countries (1869) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
• Games for Family Parties and Children (1869) (external scan)
• The Young Woman's Book: A Useful Manual for Everyday Life (1877) (external scan)
• On Honour's Roll: Tales of Heroism in the Nineteenth Century (1886) (external scan)
• The Old Old Fairy Tales (1889) (external scan)
• The Girl's Home Companion: A Book of Pastimes in Work and Play (1891) (external scan)
• Picturesque England: Its Landmarks and Historic Haunts, as Described in Lay and Legend, Song and Story (1891) (external scan)
• Palestine, Past and Present: Pictorial and Descriptive (1893) (external scan)