Fireside Library
Robert Carter & Brothers began this publisher's series with 25
titles in 1855. In 1856 the series was markedly expanded into the
Fireside Library with series #1-4, each with multiple volumes. As time
went on additional titles were added. This Library was published into
the 1880's.
The books consist of a mix of topics. Some are for juveniles while
others are not. The "Library" is included in the bibliography for
completeness.
The Fireside Library included this list of cloth 18 mo. titles when it
was introduced in 1855. None of the 1855 volumes have been seen.
| 1855 list: |
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| 1. Mabel Grant |
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| 2. Woodcutters of Lebanon |
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| 3. Louis and Frank |
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| 4. Clara Stanley |
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| 5. Claremont Tales |
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| 6. Convent |
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| 7. Far Off |
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| 8. Near Home |
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| 9. Happy Home |
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| 10. Jamie Gordon |
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| 11. Children of the Manse |
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| 12. Tales of the Scottish Peasantry |
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| 13. School Days and Companions |
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| 14. Indian Tribes of Guiana |
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| 15. Holiday House |
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| 16. Olive Leaves |
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| 17. Brother and Sister |
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| 18. Pollok's Tales of the Covenanters |
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| 19. Rainbow in the North |
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| 20. Infant's Progress |
by Mrs. Sherwood |
| 21. World of Waters |
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| 22. Blossoms of Childhood |
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| 23. May Dundas |
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| 24. Abbeokuta; or, Sunrise in the Tropics |
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| 25. Family at Heatherdale |
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By 1857 (and perhaps in 1856) the book covers noted the series
number within an embossed pattern on the front cover. Although there
are a couple of exceptions, three time specific covers have been seen.
The spines of the various series are different.
Format 1-Earliest cover (1856 to 1861 (latest seen))
1859 volume - Series 1
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1860 - Series 2
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Format 2 (1862-1866 (latest seen))
Format 3 (1867-1872 (latest seen))
Cloth. Various colors. Blindstamped with embossed clover on the front
cover. Gilt
lettering and decoration on the spine. 6.25" x 4".
As noted above, titles were added after 1855 to the various series. The
complete series' lists are shown here.
First Series
| A. L. O. E. Books (Claremont Tales to City
of No Cross) |
| Claremont Tales |
| Adopted Son |
| Young Pilgrim |
| Giant Killer and Sequel |
| Flora; or, Self-Deception |
| Needle and the Rat |
| Eddie Ellerslie |
| Precepts in Practice |
| Christian Mirror |
| Idols of the Heart |
| Pride and His Prisoners |
| Shepherd of Bethlehem |
| Poacher |
| Chief's Daughter |
| Lost Jewel |
| Stories on the Parables |
| Ned Manton |
| War and Peace |
| Robber's Cave |
| Crown of Success |
| Rebel Reclaimed |
| Silver Casket |
| Christian Conquests |
| Try Again |
| Corley Hall |
| Good for Evil |
| Christian's Panoply |
| Exiles in Babylon |
| Giles Oldham |
| Nutshell of Knowledge |
| Rescued from Egypt |
| Triumph over Midian |
| Sunday Chaplet |
| Holiday Chaplet |
| Children's Treasury |
| Lake of the Woods |
| On the Way |
| House Beautiful |
| Sheer Off |
| John Carey |
| Braid of Cords |
| Claudia |
| Cyril Ashley |
| Guy Dalesford |
| Children's Tabernacle |
| Lady of Provence |
| City of No Cross |
| Anna; or, Home Life |
| Aunt Edith |
| Ballantyne's Mabel Grant |
| Baillie's Life of Captain Bate |
| Black Ship |
| Blind Lilias |
| Blind Man's Holiday |
| Broad Shadows |
| Brother and Sister |
| Brother's Watchword |
| Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress |
| Clara Stanley |
| Collier's Little Crown |
| Constance and Edith |
| Cottage and Its Visitor |
| Cripple Dan |
| Day Break |
| Days at Muirhead |
| Days of Old |
| Drummond's Emily Vernon |
| Duncan's Children of Maine |
| Edward Clifford |
| Ellie Randolph |
| Fanny Aiken |
| Far Off |
| Florence Egerton |
| Gatty's Alice and Adolphus |
| Gatty's Aunt Judy's Tales |
| Gatty's Parables from Nature |
| Geldart's May Dundas |
| Grandmama's Sunshine |
| Hamilton's Happy Home |
| Haste to the Rescue |
| Life of General Havelock |
| Infant's Progress |
| Jack the Conqueror |
| Jamie Gordon |
| Jeanie Morrison |
| Jolly and Katy in the Country |
| Juke's Earnest Christian |
| Kate Kilborn |
| Kate and Effie |
| Kitty's Victory |
| Life of Richard Knill |
| Lionel St. Clair |
| Little Lychetts |
| Louis and Frank |
| Mabel's Experience |
| Mackay's Family at Heatherdale |
| Margaret Warner |
| Maud Summers the Sightless |
| McCrindell's Convent |
| Mia and Charlie |
| Ministering Children 2 Volumes |
| Sequel to Ministering Children 2 Volumes |
| My School Days and Sequel |
| Near Home |
| Osborne's World of Waters |
| Passing Clouds |
| Pet Rabbits |
| Peter Pound and Paul's Penny |
| Pollock's Tales of Covenanters |
| Rival Kings |
| Round the Fire |
| Ruth and Her Friends |
| Sale of Crummie |
| Sidney Gray |
| Sigourney's Olive Leaves |
| Sigourney's Water Drops |
| Sinclair's Holiday House |
| Stewart's Alick Baillie |
| Tales of English History |
| Tales of Sweden |
| Tales of Travellers |
| Taylor's Conversations of Q. Q. |
| Torn Bible |
| Tucker's Abbeokuta |
| Taylor's Rainbow in North |
| Taylor's Southern Cross |
| Warfare and Work |
| Way Home |
| Week |
| Willie and Unica |
| William Wilberforce |
| Woodcutter, and Exiles |
Second Series
| African Mountain Valley |
| Ashton Cottage |
| Baillie's Life Studies |
| Bertie Lee |
| Brook Farm |
| Charles Roussell |
| Children on the Plains |
| Command with Promise |
| Cosmo's Visit |
| Duncan's Cottage Fireside |
| First and Last Journey |
| Frank Netherton |
| Fritz Harold |
| Jewish Twins |
| Johnson's Rasselas |
| Magical and Bethany |
| Marlon's Sandays |
| Michael Kemp |
| Mine |
| Newton's Giants and How to Fight Them |
| Opie on Lying |
| Power's Three Cripples |
| Power's Lost Shilling |
| Power's Two Brothers |
| Richmond's Annuals of Poor |
| Sigourney's Boys' Book |
| Sigourney's Girls' Book |
| Taylor's Original Poems |
| Cigars' (Capt.) Memoir |
Third Series
| 1. Annie Price |
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| 2. Bags of Gold |
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| 3. Beautiful Home |
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| 4. Black Cliff |
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| 5. Broken Chain |
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| 6. Buried Bible |
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| 7. Cameron's Farmer's Daughter |
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| 8. Cities of Refuge |
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| 9. Claire's Little Charge |
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| 10. Diamond Brooch |
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| 11. Diary of Brother Bartholomew |
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| 12. Dolly's Christmas Chickens |
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| 13. Esther Parsons |
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| 14. Faithful Rover |
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| 15. Faithful Sister |
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| 16. Falsely Accused |
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| 17. Fanny, the Flower Girl |
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| 18. Frank Harrison |
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| 19. Freddie Fighting His Way |
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| 20. French Bessie |
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| 21. Gatty's Circle of Blessing |
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| 22. Gatty's Motes in Sunbeam |
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| 23. Gatty's Proverbs Illustrated |
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| 24. Gatty's Worlds not Realized |
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| 25. Giant Killer |
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| 26. Great Journey |
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| 27. Greystone Lodge |
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| 28. Hamilton's Lake of Galilee |
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| 29. Hamilton's Lamp and Lantern |
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| 30. Happy Charlie |
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| 31. Harry and His Pony |
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| 32. Harry Dangerfield |
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| 33. Kennedy's Anna Ross |
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| 34. Kennedy's Professions |
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| 35. Kennedy's Philip Colville |
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| 36. Little Freddie Feeding His Soul |
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| 37. Little Katy and Jolly Jim |
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| 38. Little Willie |
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| 39. Living Jewels |
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| 40. Lost Spectacles |
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| 41. Gold Thread |
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| 42. Macleod's Gold Thread |
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| 43. Maggie and the Sparrows |
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| 44. Maia and Cleon |
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| 45. Morning |
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| 46. Mother's Last Words |
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| 47. My Neighbor's Shoes |
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| 48. My School Boy Days |
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| 49. My Youthful Companions |
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| 50. Old Friends |
by A. L. O. E. |
| 51. Old Margie's Flower Stall |
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| 52. Parliament in Play Room |
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| 53. Paying Dear |
by A. L. O. E. |
| 54. Ramble of a Rat |
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| 55. Toby Family |
by A. L. O. E. |
| 56. Sinclair's Charlie Sinclair |
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| 57. Stories of Jewish History |
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| 58. Stories in Lord's Prayer |
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| 59. Stories of the Ocean |
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| 60. Three Months Under Snow |
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| 61. Taylor's Display |
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| 62. Tuppy the Donkey |
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| 63. Uncle Jack |
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| 64. Wanderer in Africa |
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| 65. What Elise Loved Best |
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| 66. Wreath of Smoke |
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Fourth Series
| Angus Carlton |
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| Australia, Loss of the |
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| Bunbury's Glory, Glory |
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| Child's Book of Divinity |
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| Collier's Tale |
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| Cottage by the Stream |
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| Day Break in Britain |
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| Fergus Morton |
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| Happy Land |
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| How Jennie Found Her Lord |
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| Kennedy's Decision |
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| Kennedy's Jessy Allan |
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| Little Walter |
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| Lonely Lily |
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| Lost Child |
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| Mat and Sofie |
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| My Mother's Chair |
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| Old Ginger Bread |
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| Pastor's Family |
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| Peter's Pound |
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| Pollock's Helen of the Glen |
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| Pollock's Persecuted Family |
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| Pollock's Ralph Gemmel |
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| Rift in the Clouds |
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| Straight Road |
by A. L. O. E. |
| Toll Gate |
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| Trust in God |
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| Truth is Always Best |
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| Story of a Needle |
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| Two Paths |
by A. L. O. E. |
| True Heroism |
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| Utica |
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| Village Home |
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| Walter Binning |
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| Wee Davie |
by MacLeod |
| Wings and Stings |
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