Sunday Library for Household Reading explained

The Sunday Library for Household Reading was a British series of children's religious biographies and histories.[1] It was published by Macmillan from 1868, and edited by Frances Martin.[2] The intended audience has been identified as families reading after church service on Sunday.[3]

The works appeared in monthly parts at one shilling, as part publishing.

NumberYearAuthorTitle
I1868 Charlotte Mary YongeThe Pupils of St. John the Divine[4]
II1868Charles KingsleyThe Hermits[5]
III1868 Frederic William FarrarSeekers after God[6]
IV1868England's Antiphon[7]
V1869François GuizotSaint Louis and Calvin, translation by Frances Martin[8]
VI1869Christian Singers of Germany[9]
VII1869George Frederick MaclearApostles of Mediæval Europe[10]
VIII1869Thomas HughesAlfred the Great[11]
IX1870Annie KearyThe Nations Around[12]
X1870R. W. ChurchSt. Anselm[13]
XI1868Saint Francis of Assisi[14]
XII1871Charlotte YongePioneers and Founders; or, Recent Workers in the Mission Field[15]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Thomas Rawson Birks. First Principles of Moral Science a Course of Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge Thomas Rawson Birks. 1873. Macmillan and Company. 1–.
  2. 48513. Martin, (Mary Anne) Frances. M. C.. Curthoys.
  3. Book: Michael J. P. Robson. The Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi. 17 November 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-76043-0. 275.
  4. Book: Michael Wheeler. St John and the Victorians. 24 November 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-50215-3. 45–.
  5. Book: J. M. I. Klaver. The Apostle of the Flesh: A Critical Life of Charles Kingsley. 587. 2006. Brill. 978-90-04-15128-4.
  6. Farrar, Frederic William. 2.
  7. Book: Lawrence N. Crumb. The Oxford Movement and Its Leaders: A Bibliography of Secondary and Lesser Primary Sources. 20 March 2009. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6280-7. 280–1.
  8. Book: Laurent Theis. François Guizot. 352. 2008. Fayard. 978-2-213-63653-5. fr.
  9. Book: Joanne Shattock. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 1800-1900. 1999. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-39100-9. 1837.
  10. Book: George Frederick Maclear. Apostles of Mediæval Europe. 1869.
  11. Book: T. A. Shippey. Martin Arnold. Film and Fiction: Reviewing the Middle Ages. January 2003. Boydell & Brewer. 978-0-85991-772-8. 130–.
  12. Book: Annie Keary. The Nations Around. 1870. Macmillan & Company.
  13. Book: Richard William Church. Saint Anselm. 1870. Macmillan.
  14. Book: Saint Francis (of Assisi). Francis of Assisi. By Mrs. Oliphant. [Sunday Library. The Sunday Library for Household Reading.]. 1868.
  15. Book: Charlotte Mary Yonge. Pioneers and Founders, or Recent workers in the mission field. 1871. Macmillan.