526:(6 October 1860 to 6 July 1861, Nos. 817-56); 'Imogine: or The Marble Heart' (7 September 1861 to 14 June 1862, Nos. 805-905); 'The Scarlet Flower', in which he went back to cavalier days (7 June 1862 to 15 November, Nos. 904-27); 'The Poor Girl', one of his best known novels (on 1 November 1862 to 5 September 1863); 'Such is Life ' (5 December 1863 to 2 July 1864, Nos. 982-1012); 'Fair Lilias' (14 January 1865 to 16 December 1865, Nos. 1040-88); 'The Light of Love; or the Diamond and the Snowdrop' (28 April 1806 to 16 February 1867, Nos. 1107-49); 'Eve; or The Angel of Innocence', another widely popular work (18 May to 21 December 1867, Nos. 1162-93). He wrote nothing in vol. xlvii., but resumed on 5 September 1868 with 'The Blue-eved Witch; or not a Friend in the World' (ending 8 May 1869, Nos. 1230-65).
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Frail' (13 Feb. to 19 June 1875, Nos. 1566-84); 'The Pride of Birth' (20 Nov. 1875 to 1 April 1876, Nos. 1606-25); 'Two Young Hearts' (25 Nov. 1876 to 14 April 1877, Nos. 1659-79); then, after short intervals, 'His Sworn Bride' (16 December 1877 to 4 May 1878, Nos. 1714-34, in vol. lxvi.); 'Loved in Secret' (2 Nov. 1878 to 29 March 1879, Nos. 1760-81); and, his latest work of all, at first entitled 'A Shadow on the
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in 3 books, 1841, re-published in 1851, full of slaughter, with love scenes; the novel originally began life as a story about Oliver
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Bolwell Davidge's
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