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[ROSE, George] ("Arthur Sketchley"). Mrs. Brown's visit to the Paris exhibition, [1867]; Mrs. Brown in America, [1868]; Mrs. Brown at the Sea-side, [?1868]; Mrs. Brown in London, [?1869]; Mrs. Brown up the Nile, [?1869]; Mrs. Brown in the Highlands, [?1869]; Mrs. Brown at the Play, [1870]; Mrs. Brown on the Grand Tour, [?1870] [not in Sadleir]; Mrs. Brown's Christmas Box, [1870]; Mrs. Brown's "'Oliday Outins.", [1871]; Mrs. Brown on the Battle of Dorking, [1871]; Mrs. Brown on the Tichborne Case, 1872; Mrs. Brown on the Alabama Claims, [1872]; Mrs. Brown on the Shah's visit, [1873]; Mrs. Brown and Disraeli, [1874]; Mrs. Brown at Margate, [?1874]; Mrs. Brown at Brighton, [?1875]; Mrs. Brown on spelling bees, [?1876], 18 works, 12°, FIRST EDITIONS (occasional light spotting), various original bindings, the majority in yellow pictorial boards (most in good condition, but a few with damaged backstrips). Sadleir II.3631 (2-4, 6-8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 23-25, 30). (18)
Sadleir lists 36 titles in this popular series, and opines: "the enormous contemporary popularity of Sketchley's heroine more than justifies the inclusion of her opinions and adventures in a library of significant nineteenth-century fiction." (18)
Sadleir lists 36 titles in this popular series, and opines: "the enormous contemporary popularity of Sketchley's heroine more than justifies the inclusion of her opinions and adventures in a library of significant nineteenth-century fiction." (18)