Author:Edward Bradley

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Edward Bradley
(1827–1889)

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English novelist and clergyman; wrote under the pen name "Cuthbert Bede, B.A.". Many of his works were illustrated by himself. His most popular books were The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, on the experiences of an Oxford undergraduate, and its sequels; The celebrated illustrations to the series being his.

Works

Fiction

Mr. Verdant Green (and related) stories

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green (1853?) IA, (1900, c. 1893) Project Gutenberg
- Part I: The adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford freshman (1853)
- II: The further adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford under-graduate (1854)
- III: Mr. Verdant Green Married and Done for, 1857 (1856)
Mr. Verdant Green (includes Part I and II of The adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, 1898?) IA
Little Mr. Bouncer; and Tales of College Life (1893):
- Little Mr Bouncer and His Friend Verdant Green (1855?)
  Companion volume to The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
- Tales of College Life (1858)
  - "Aeger;" or, Mistaken Identity, novella
  - A Long-Vacation Vigil, novella
  - The Only Man Left in College on Christmas Day, short story

Other fiction

Motley. Prose and Verse: Grave and Gay (1855) IA
The Shilling Book of Beauty, edited and illustrated by Cuthbert Bede (1856)
Nearer and Dearer: A Tale out of School (1857). Illustrated by the author. novelette (transcription project)
Fairy Fables (1858).
Our New Rector, or, The Village of Norton (1861) IA
The Curate of Cranston; With Other Prose and Verse (1862) IA
The White Wife; with Other Stories, supernatural, romantic and legendary (1868) (transcription project)
Argyll's Highlands, or, MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne: with traditionary tales and legends of the County of Argyll and the Campbells and Macdonalds (1902) IA

Poetry and songs

"The Ratcatcher's Daughter"

Non-fiction

Photographic Pleasures: popularly portrayed with pen and pencil (1855) (external scan)
"The Folk-lore of a Country Parish" in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860)
"The Agreeable Monk" in Once a Week, Series 1, 3 (1860)
"Alnwick Castle" in Once a Week, Series 1, 4 (1861)
"The Literature of the Shop: A Country Rector's Commentary" in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
Glencreggan; or, A Highland Home in Cantire (1861) Illustrated with chromolithographs and woodcuts on his drawings, by the author and J. W. Brooks
"The Head-Gardener" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
A Tour in Tartan-land (1863)
The Rook's Garden: essays and sketches (1865) Illustrated by the author (external scan)
Fotheringhay, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Being an account, historical and descriptive, of Fotheringhay Castle, the last prison of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the scene of her trial and execution (1886) (external scan)

Works about Bradley

"Bradley, Edward," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
"Bradley, Edward," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Bradley, Edward," in Men of the Time (eleventh edition), by Thompson Cooper, London: George Routledge and Sons (1884)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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