Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (EOCL) V2.1

Steve Holland

Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

v2.1

Electronic file 

database on CD-Rom

Underworld Studios

Colchester, Essex

2002

Doesn't run on actual computers.

Replaced by the actual extended version available online :

British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

(part of the FictionMags Index Family)

 

Forgotten authors (Volume 4)

Steve Holland

Forgotten authors

(volume 4)

Bear Alley Books

Wivenhoe, Essex, U.K.

258 pages, 2018

ISBN : 9781790648092

https://bearalleybooks.blogspot.com/2018/12/forgotten-authors-volume-4.html

Introduction

Acknowledgments

J. Redding Ware

     Publications

William Nicholas Willis

     1. White slaves in a Piccadilly flat

     2. Roving days

     3. The truth

     4. Land agent

     5. The Lands Commission

     6. Three trials and a Royal Commission

     7. Aftermath

     8. Willis in London

     Publications

Marion Lehane Willis

     Publications

Charles McDonald Lindsay

     Publications

James Edward Crabtree

     Publications

Randal Charlton

     Publications

Eardley Beswick

     Publications

Olga Katzin

     Publications

Donald Sinderby (Donald Ryder Stephens)

     Publications

The case of the two Hazel Adairs

     1. Hazel Iris Addis (1900-1990)

     Publications

     2. Hazel Joyce Adair (1920-2015)

     Publications

Eileen Owbridge

     Publications

Alan Melville (W. Allan Caverhill)

     Publications

Enid Florence Brockies

     Publications

Anita Hewett

     Publications

Index

 

Forgotten authors (Volume 3)

Steve Holland

Forgotten authors

(volume 3)

Bear Alley Books

Wivenhoe, Essex, U.K.

252 pages, 2018

ISBN : 9781980761372

https://bearalleybooks.blogspot.com/2018/04/forgotten-authors-volume-3.html

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Mysteries of the House of Harrison & Viles

     1. "Useful and entertaining literature for youth"

     2. "The highwaymen were my favourite dish"

     3. "Some of the author's friends cry'd - 'Look'ee, the man is a villain"

     4. "They did not care who had the credit"

     5. "A caution against spurious imitations"

     6. "The last moments of a hero"

     Publications

Walter Viles

     Publications

Dempster Heming

     Publications

Philip Heming

     Publications

Mrs. Frances Campbell

     1. The mysterious Mrs. Campbell

     2. What happened to Douglas ? and after...

     3. Trips, pleasant and otherwise

     4. Postscript

     Publications

Phyllis Campbell and the Angels of Mons

     Publications

W. Keppel Honnywill

     Publications

J. Weedon Birch

     Publications

Michael Storm (A. Ernest Hinshelwood)

     Publications

Michael Storm (Charles Ignatius Sempill)

     Publications

George Hamilton Teed

     Prologue

     1. Following in Columbus' footsteps

     2. Dead man's shoes

     3. Travelling the world

     4. Back with a (re-)vengeance

     Publications

Michael Storme (George H.A. Dawson)

     Publications

Index

 

Forgotten authors (Volume 2)

Steve Holland

Forgotten authors

(volume 2)

Bear Alley Books

Wivenhoe, Essex, U.K.

240 pages, 2018

ISBN : 9781977064363

https://bearalleybooks.blogspot.com/2018/02/forgotten-authors-volume-2.html

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Bracebridge Hemyng

     1. The fate of a family

     2. The fly in the Golden Web

     3. The bank failure

     4. The dark cloud with the silver lining

     5. Jack Harkaway among the brigands

     6. Jack Harkaway in America

     7. Beyond his income

     Publications

Philip Richards

     Publications

Frank Barrett (Frank Davis)

     Publications

Ernest Protheroe

     Publications

Charles Granville (Charles Hosken)

     Publications

Louise Heilgers

     Publications

C.E. Vulliamy

     Publications

Evelyn Winch

     Publications

Frederick Foden

     Publications

David Roberts

     Publications

Index

 

Forgotten authors (Volume 1)

Steve Holland

Forgotten authors

(volume 1)

Bear Alley Books

Wivenhoe, Essex, U.K.

220 pages, 2017

ISBN : 9781973487678

https://bearalleybooks.blogspot.com/2017/12/forgotten-authors-volume-1.html

Introduction

Acknowledgments

W. Stephens Hayward

     1. "The eldest son of a once wealthy family..."

     2. "I was not brought up to any profession..."

     3. "I turned my attention to literature..."

     4. "...and for the last seven years have supported myself as a gentleman entirely by my pen"

     5. "I found myself  incapable of doing any literary work"

     Publications

Anonyma

     Prelude : "The pretty-horsebreakers"

     1. "A romance of West-end life"

     2. The Anonyma series

     3. Who wrote Anonyma ?

     Publications

Stella M. During

     Publications

Edric Vredenburg

     Publications

Morley Adams

     Publications

Gerald Biss

     Publications

W. Holt-White

     Publications

Alphonse Courlander

     Publications

Ella M. Scrymsour

     Publications

Alexander Wilson

     Publications

Guy Ramsey

     Publications

E. T. Portwin

     Publications

Dail Ambler

     Publications

Index

 

The trials of Hank Janson (2023 edition)

Steve Holland

The trials of Hank Janson

Bear Alley Books

Wivenhoe, Essex, U.K.

320 pages, 2023

ISBN : 9798858392590

https://bearalleybooks.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-trials-of-hank-janson-new-edition.html

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Part 1 : Prelude

     1. Learning life's lessons

     2. Looking for Miller's farm

     3. A glimpse of blue sky

     4. A holiday in Spain

     5. The Hank Janson treadmill

     6. Success story

Part 2 : The trials of Hank Janson

     7. Falling into temptation

     8. "Like life; maybe with a little extra flavouring"

     9. The Hank Janson blues

     10. Prosecution

     11. Accused

     12. The verdict

     13. The law stands fast

     14. The tide turns

Part 3 : Whatever happened to Hank Janson ?

     15. Situation  - Grave !

     16. A risky business

     17. "It takes time to build a millennium"

     18. Ghosts

     19. Close to the breadline

     20. The changing face

     21. "Ask all the questions you want"

Appendix 1 : The Hank Janson novels

Appendix 2 : Novels by Stephen Frances

Appendix 3 : Destruction orders issued against Hank Janson titles

Appendix 4 : Schedule of  successful prosecutions

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