Author:William Clark Russell

William Clark Russell
(1844–1911)

American writer of nautical novels and horror stories; also wrote under the pseudonyms of 'Sydney Mostyn', 'Eliza Rhyl Davies' and 'Seafarer'

William Clark Russell

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  • Fra Angelo – A tragedy in five acts (1865)
  • The Hunchback's Charge (1867)
  • The Book of Authors – A Collection of Criticisms, Ana, Môts, Personal Descriptions, etc (1871)
  • Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia Boothby (1872)
  • Perplexity (1872), as "Sydney Mostyn" (external scan)
  • Representative Actors – A Collection of Criticisms, Anecdotes, Personal Descriptions, etc (1872)
  • The Surgeon's Secret (1872), as "Sydney Mostyn" (external scan)
  • Kitty's Rival (1873), as "Sydney Mostyn"
  • Which Sister? (1873), as "Sydney Mostyn", in 2 vols. (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
  • As Innocent as a Baby (1874)
  • The Book of Table-talk–Selections from the Conversations of Poets, Philosophers, Statesmen, Divines, &c (1874)
  • Representative actors: a collection of criticisms, anecdotes, personal descriptions, etc., etc., referring to many celebrated British actors from the sixteenth to the present century: with notes, memoirs, and a short account of English acting (1870) (external scan)
  • The book of authors (1871) (external scan)
  • The Deceased Wife's Sister: My Beautiful Neighbour (1874), published anonymously (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
  • The Mystery of Ashleigh Manor–A Romance (1874), as "Eliza Rhyl Davies",
  • A Dark Secret (1875), as "Eliza Rhyl Davies",
  • John Holdsworth, Chief Mate (1875)
  • Jilted! or, My Uncle's Scheme (1875) vol 1, vol 2, vol 3, published anonymously
  • Captain Fanny (1876)
  • The Wreck of the "Grosvenor" (1877) vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
  • The Little Loo (1878), as "Sydney Mostyn"
  • Auld Lang Syne (1878)
  • A Sailor's Sweetheart. An account of the wreck of the sailing ship, "Waldershare," (1880) vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
  • My Watch Below – or Yarns Spun When Off Duty (1881), as "Seafarer"
  • An Ocean Free-Lance: From a Privateersman's Log, 1812 (1882) (external scan)
  • Round the galley fire (1883) (external scan)
  • Jack's courtship: a sailor's yarn of love and shipwreck (1884) vol 1,vol 2, vol 3
  • English Channel Ports (1884)
  • The Sea Queen (1884)
  • Our Pilots (1885), as "Seafarer"
  • A Strange Voyage (1885)
  • In the Middle Watch (1885)
  • On the Fo'k'sle Head (1886) (external scan)
  • A Book for the Hammock (1887) (external scan)
  • The Golden Hope: a romance of the deep (1887) vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
  • THe Frozen Pirate (1887) vol 1, vol 2
  • The Death Ship, a Strange Story; an account of a cruise in "The Flying Dutchman," (1888) vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
  • A Voyage to the Cape (1888) (external scan)
  • The Mystery of the "Ocean Star" (1888) (external scan)
  • An Ocean Tragedy (1889)
  • Betwixt the Forelands (1889), historical essays
  • The Romance of Jenny Harlowe (1889)
  • William Dampier (1889) (external scan)
  • John Holdsworth chief mate (1889) (external scan)
  • Marooned (1889) vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
  • "Jackson," or The story of a sea dog (1890) (external scan)
  • Horatio Nelson and the naval supremacy of England with Sérgio Antônio Sapucahy da Silva (1890) (external scan)
  • An ocean tragedy (1890) vol 1, vol 2, vol 3
  • My Danish sweetheart; the romance of a month (1890) (external scan)
  • Nelson's Words and Deeds (with W H Jacques, 1890)
  • A Voyage at Anchor (1890)
  • My Shipmate Louise (1890)
  • Marooned (1891)
  • My Danish Sweetheart (1891)
  • A Marriage at Sea (1891)
  • The Life of Admiral Lord Collingwood (1891) (external scan)
  • The Tragedy of Ida Noble (1891) (external scan)
  • Master Rockafellar's voyage (1891) (external scan)
  • "Captain Jones of the Rose" in The Strand Magazine, 1 (5) (1891).
  • "Three in Charge" in The Strand Magazine, 2 (10) (1891)
  • "A Nightmare of the Doldrums" in The Strand Magazine, 4 (20) (1892).
  • Mrs. Dines's Jewels—A Mid-Atlantic Romance (1892)
  • A Strange Elopement (1892)
  • List, Ye Landsmen! (1893)
  • The Emigrant Ship (1893)
  • The Tragedy of Ida Noble (1893)
  • A Three-Stranded Yarn (1894)
  • The Good Ship Mohock (1894)
  • Heart of Oak (1895)
  • The Convict Ship (1895)
  • The Phantom Death (1895), collected horror stories)
  • The Honour of the Flag, and Other Stories (1896), short stories
  • The Copsford Mystery (1896)
  • The Tale of The Ten (1896)
  • The Lady Maud (1896)
  • What Cheer! (1896)
  • A Noble Haul (1897)
  • Pictures from the Life of Nelson (1897)
  • The Two Captains (1897)
  • The Last Entry (1897)
  • A Tale of Two Tunnels (1897)
  • Romance of A Midshipman (1898)
  • An Atlantic Tragedy, and Other Stories (1899)
  • The Ship–Her Story (1899)
  • Rose Island–The Strange Story of Love Adventure at Sea (1899)
  • His Island Princess (1900)
  • The Cruise of The Pretty Polly (1900)
  • The Ship's Adventure (1901)
  • Overdue (1903)
  • The Captain's Wife (1903)
  • Abandoned (1904)
  • Wrong Side Out (1904)
  • The Life of Nelson in a Series of Episodes (1905)
  • The Yarn of Old Harbour Town (1905)
  • The Mystery of the "Ocean Star" and Other Maritime Sketches (1905)
  • An Atlantic Tragedy, and Other Stories (1905)
  • The Turnpike Sailor – Or Rhymes on the Road (1907)
  • The Father of the Sea, and Other Legends of the Deep (1911), a new edition of The Turnpike Sailor

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