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    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [Seventh Season, 1866] (S.O. Beeton, 82pp) []
    • 3 · No Secret at All · [uncredited] · nv; framing narrative for the following ten stories.
    • _7 · Uncle Ack’s Christmas Party · [uncredited] · ss
    • _13 · The Story of the German Count: Von Russow’s Doom · [uncredited] · ss
    • _16 · Miss Hen’s Story: How Atty Beauchamp Won His French Bride · [uncredited] · ss
    • _18 · The Authoress’s Story: Lord Mountsales · [uncredited] · ss
    • _22 · Molly’s Story: “Fairy Ballast” · [uncredited] · ss
    • _25 · Mr. Buchanan’s Story: Mr. Flowerdew · [uncredited] · ss
    • _34 · Mr. Dalrymple’s Story: How Holland Fought a Duel · [uncredited] · ss
    • _42 · A Run for Life · [uncredited] · ss
    • _48 · Mr. Jones’ Story: The Queer Little Man Who Laughed with His Nose · [uncredited] · pm
    • _52 · Between Two · [uncredited] · vi
    • 53 · Sir Dagobert and the Dragon · F. C. Burnand · pl
    • 59 · Divination in the Drawing-Room · [uncredited] · ss
    • 64 · The Great Failure of a Small Tragedian · Charles H. Ross · cs
    • 68 · The Man in the Moon, or, Harlequin in the Shades · An Old Hand · ar
    • 71 · Chrysanthemums · [uncredited] · pm
    • 72 · Chinese Fireworks · [uncredited] · ar
    • 75 · Alliteration’s Artful Art · [uncredited] · ms
    • 77 · Charades, Enigmas, Conundrums, etc. · Various · pz
    • 80 · Nonsense Pages · W. Brunton · gp
    • 82 · The Christmas Annual Correspondence · The Odd Boy · ms


    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [Eighth Season, 1867] (Ward, Lock, and Tyler) []
    Details supplied by Richard Bleiler.
    • 3 · Nine of Us · gp
    • _3 · How We Got Up “Beeton’s Annual” · The Editor · ed
    • _6 · The Scotchman’s Story: Aleck Cameron; or, the Grieve of Bieldside · [uncredited] · ss
    • _12 · The German’s Story: Carl von Linden’s Defence · [uncredited] · ss
    • _17 · The Yankee’s Story: How I Got My Postmastership after all, and Swung Round the Circle · [uncredited] · ss
    • _22 · The Englishman’s Story: Squire Chalcombe’s Oath · [uncredited] · ss
    • _27 · The Turk’s Story: The Crippled Cobbler of Bagdad · [uncredited] · ss
    • _30 · The Frenchman’s Story: A Frog—He Would A-Wooing Go · [uncredited] · ss
    • _37 · The Dutchman’s Story: Cast for Death · [uncredited] · ss
    • _43 · The Irishman’s Story: How Dan Heggarty became a Fenian, and Mistress H. Helped Him · [uncredited] · ss
    • _49 · The Welshman’s Story: Mynach-Heb-Un-Pen · [uncredited] · ss
    • 55 · Divination by the Hand; or, Palmistry · The Author of “Divination of the Cards” · ar
    • 60 · The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein · [uncredited] · pl
    • 71 · Conundrums and Double Acrostics · [uncredited] · pz
    • 72 · A Puff of Thought, and Afterthought · [uncredited] · ct
    • 73 · Society in the Zodiac—New Signs of Old Weaknesses · [uncredited] · ct
    • 74 · Twelve of Them; or Celebrated Latin Dogs Done Into Dog-English · Alfred Crowquill · pm
    • 76 · An Animated Alphabet—Laugh as You Learn · [uncredited] · il
    • 78 · In the Rot Roy Canoe—A Thousand Yards on the Rivers and Streams of London · Geo. Cruikshank, [Jun] · cs
    • 82 · A Page of Many Parts · Geo. Cruikshank, [Jun] · ct
    • 83 · The New Game of Sortes; or, the Book of Fate · Abracadabra · ar
    • 86 · Santa Claus and His Christmas Bag · [uncredited] · ss
    • 88 · Moralities in Rhyme · The Odd Boy · pm; illustrated by C. H. Bennett
    • 92 · Christmas Annual Correspondence · Suivez-Moi · lc
    • · Beeton’s Illuminated Almanac. Printed after the Byzantine Style, in Gold and Many Colours. For My Lady’s Chambers · [uncredited] · ms



    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [Tenth Season, 1869] (Ward, Lock & Tyler, 84pp) []
    • 1 · This Way Out or, Modern Pilgrims · [uncredited] · gp
    • _1 · The Prologue · [uncredited] · vi
    • _3 · Trusty and Truelove · [uncredited] · ss; subtitled “Sometimes Known as Palamon and Arcite”.
    • _8 · The Reve’s Tale · [uncredited] · ss; subtitled “Disclosing the Villainy of a Modern Rascal as Bad as Chaucer’s ‘Miller’”.
    • _16 · Five Times a Relict; or, Mrs. Tom’s Tale · [uncredited] · ss; subtitled “Being the History of a Modern Wife of Bath”.
    • _23 · Diamond Cut Diamond · [uncredited] · ss; subtitled “Three Knaves in a Modern Pack After the Pardoner’s Pattern, Designed by Geoffrey Chaucer”.
    • _28 · The Poor Parson’s Tale · [uncredited] · ss; subtitled “Whereby It May Be Seen That There Are Still, as in Chaucer’s Time, Some Men of the Cloth Who Know Their Duty and Do It”.
    • _33 · The Clerk of Oxenforde’s Tale · [uncredited] · ss; subtitled “or, Just as It Was, It Is, and Always Will Be”.
    • 38 · Klepto Mania · J. T. · ss
    • 45 · Numeral Cabala: The Seek’s Prophetic Numbers and Lots · [uncredited] · ar
    • 50 · Twenty Years’ Struggle with the R.A.’s · [uncredited] · ms
    • 51 · Raphael Smithers, or, Twenty Years’ Struggle with the R.A.’s · E. F. Mullen · cs
    • 54 · A Turn at Tupper, or, Roasted Philosophy · George Cruikshank · cs
    • 56 · Wishes · [uncredited] · ss
    • 59 · Jolly Christmas · A. Crowquill · pm
    • 60 · The Story of a Dy-nasty: A Napoleonic Epic · [uncredited] · cs
    • 64 · Ane Xmasse Ballade · [uncredited] · pm
    • 65 · East, West, North, and South · [uncredited] · pm
    • 67 · Gone Back to Powder · [uncredited] · pl
    • 70 · Odd Boy Oddities · [uncredited] · ms



    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [Twelfth Season, 1871] (S.O. Beeton, 100pp) []
    • 1 · Bagh O Bahar · [uncredited] · nv; framing narrative for the following five stories.
    • _6 · Murtaza-Ali, the Veiled Horseman of the Mountain · [uncredited] · ss
    • _21 · The Lady of Pearls and the Prince of Nimroz · [uncredited] · ss
    • _31 · The Emerald Collar of Nishāpūr · [uncredited] · ss
    • _46 · Kamgar, the Wandering Prince of Khurasan · [uncredited] · ss
    • _56 · Malik Shaw Bal, the King of the Genii · [uncredited] · ss
    • 59 · The Rise of the British Republic · [uncredited] · ss
    • 64 · Observations of Rugonathjee Purshotumdass · [uncredited] · ss
    • 67 · A Night in the Palace of Kasarat Al Kalam; or, Tawkee-Tawkee · [uncredited] · ss
    • 73 · Sadak and Tahmiral · [uncredited] · pl
    • 83 · A Case of Pickles · [uncredited] · pm
    • 84 · The Bloated Bashaw of Bagdad; or, The Terrible Tyrant of the Tigris!!! · [uncredited] · pl
    • 94 · Plan for the Defence of London · [uncredited] · ss
    • 98 · The Bazaars of London · [uncredited] · ss; given as by Zelica, the Gem of the Harem.





    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Sixteenth Season, 1875] ed. Samuel Orchart Beeton (Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 120pp) []
    from a bound volume at the U of Minnesota Library. (pp. 97-120 are all advertisements)
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.
    • 1 · Faust and ’Phisto · [uncredited] · pl; a long verse drama, including some inserted poems and songs.
    • _18 · Free the State Shall Be · [uncredited] · sg
    • _48-60, 63-78 · Childe Albert’s Pilgrimmage · [uncredited] · pm
    • _61-62 · England’s Roll-Call · [uncredited] · sg
    • _79 · From Our Special Correspondent · [uncredited] · pm
    • _84 · From Another Special Correspondent · [uncredited] · pm


    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Seventeenth Season, 1876] ed. Samuel Orchart Beeton (Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 80pp+) []
    from a bound volume at the U of Minnesota Library.
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.
    • 1 · The Mystery · [uncredited] · gp; series of short stories loosely connected by frame narrative.
    • _1 · Mysterious Prologue · [uncredited] · pl
    • _8 · Beat, Billows, Beat on Britain’s Shore · [uncredited] · sg
    • _10 · The Mystery · [uncredited] · ss (r)
    • _14 · The Mystery of the Lake Maiden · [uncredited] · ss
    • _21 · The Mystery of My Uncle’s Ghost · [uncredited] · ss
    • _26 · The Mystery in the Railway Carriage · [uncredited] · ss
    • _33 · The Mystery of a Velvet Coat · [uncredited] · ss
    • _38 · The Mystery at the Turnpike Gate · [uncredited] · ss
    • _45 · The Mystery of the Spirit Visitor · [uncredited] · ss
    • 50 · Very Special Correspondence · [uncredited] · hu
    • 57 · A Crumpled Rose Leaf: A Comedietta in One Scene · [uncredited] · pl
    • 64 · Illustrated Quotations · A Contributor with a Bad Memory · ct
    • 66 · The Authentic Journey Due North · [uncredited] · ss
    • 70 · 1877: Hieroglyphic Vaticination for Net Year · [uncredited] · hu
    • 73 · The Mystery for Young Folks: Puzzles, Acrostics and Riddles, Old and New · [uncredited] · ms
    • 78 · Proposition for Establishing a Metropolitan Coal Board · [uncredited] · hu
    • 80 · Answers to Acrostics, Riddles, Puzzles, etc. · [uncredited] · ms


    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Eighteenth Season, 1877] (Ward, Lock) []
    Issue partially indexed.
    • 36 · Very Much Married, or, The Man of Thirty-Three Wives · Max Adeler · nv; subtitled “A Story with a Caution”.



    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Twentieth Season, 1879] (Ward, Lock, 1/-) []
    Subtitled “Seven Poor Tradesmen”. Issue partially indexed.
    • 1 · The City of Burlesque · Max Adeler · na; subtitled “An Account of Some of the Inhabitants Thereof”.


    Beeton’s Christmas Annual [The Twenty-First Season, 1880] (Ward, Lock, 135pp) []
    Subtitled “The Fortunate Island”, the framing device for a series of stories concerns an idyllic island paradise which suffers from visitors from Britain. A satirical volume.


















































































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