The Home and Colonial Library was a series of works published in London from 1843 to 1849, comprising 49 titles, by John Murray III. He founded it, as a series of cheap reprints, original works and translations, slanted towards travel literature in the broad sense, in the year of death of his father, John Murray II.
Listing This listing of 44 titles of the Library, two of those coming in 2 vols., was published in 1876.s:Page:Memoir and correspondence of Caroline Herschel (1876).djvu/398 AuthorTitleCharles AclandManners and Customs in IndiaJoseph AbbottMissionary Life in CanadaJohn BarrowLife of Sir Francis DrakeGeorge BorrowThe Bible in SpainGeorge BorrowGypsies in SpainThomas CampbellThe British PoetsCharles DarwinVoyage of a NaturalistJohn DrinkwaterSiege of GibraltarJohn Hay Drummond-HayMorocco and the MoorsWilliam Henry EdwardsThe River AmazonRichard FordGatherings from SpainLord EllesmereThe Sieges of ViennaGeorge Robert GleigSale's Brigade in AfghanistanGeorge Robert GleigCampaigns at WashingtonGeorge Robert GleigThe Battle of WaterlooGeorge Robert GleigLife of Lord CliveGeorge Robert GleigLife of MunroAlexander Duff GordonSketches of German LifeLucie, Lady Duff-GordonThe Amber WitchLucie, Lady Duff-GordonThe French in AlgiersAlexis Guignard, comte de Saint-PriestHistory of the Fall of the JesuitsHenry William HaygarthBush Life in AustraliaSir Francis Bond Head, 1st BaronetStokers and PokersSir Francis Bond Head, 1st BaronetPampas JourneysReginald HeberJournal in IndiaHenry Herbert, 3rd Earl of CarnarvonPortugal and GaliciaCharles Leonard Irby and James ManglesTravels in the Holy LandMatthew Gregory LewisJournal of a Residence Among the Negroes in the West IndiesLord MahonLife of CondéLord MahonHistorical EssaysJulia Charlotte MaitlandLetters from Madras: During the Years 1836-1839John MalcolmSketches of PersiaHerman MelvilleTypee and OmooLouisa Anne MeredithNotes and Sketches of New South WalesEdward Augustus MilmanThe Wayside Cross; or, the Raid of Gomez, a tale of the Carlist WarElizabeth Rigby,Livonian Tales"A Lady" (Elizabeth Rigby)Letters from the Shores of the BalticMatteo RipaThe Court of ChinaGeorge Frederick RuxtonAdventures in MexicoBayle St JohnThe Libyan DesertCharles George William St JohnHighland SportsRobert SoutheyCromwell and BunyanHenrik SteffensAutobiography"A Lady" (missionary who used the pseudonym Mary Church)Letters from Sierra Leone Originally there were some extra titles, or works later substituted. Two books were often printed in one volume, and 49 works in all were in 37 volumes. Washington Irving's Bracebridge Hall, Traveller's Tales and Oliver Goldsmith were included. There were also the Memoirs of Sir Fowell Buxton. Melville's works Typee and Omoo were at first issued separately. Murray required that Typee appear as Four Months among the Natives of the Marquesas.
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External links Home and Colonial Library (John Murray) - Book Series List - includes series description