This page list the published work of Harry Collingwood, the pseudonym for William Joseph Cosens Lancaster. The 44 novels and the stories are organised by year of first publication, but the tables can be sorted interactively.
Novels
List of Novels by Harry Collingwood No Year Title Pages Initial UK Publisher UK illustrator Illustrations 1 1878 The Secret of the Sands 287+289 Griffith and Farran - London Nil 2 1884 The Pirate Island; a story of the South Pacific 339 Blackie and Son Limited C. J. Staniland and J. R. Wells 8 2 1884 Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War 326 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. M. L. P. 1 4 1885 The Voyage of the 'Aurora' 307 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. 1, 6 5 1885 The Congo Rovers; a Story of the Slave Squadron 352 Blackie and Son Limited Johann Schönberg 8 in Burt Ed. 6 1886 The Log of the Flying Fish; a story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure 384 Blackie and Son Limited Gordon Browne 12 7 1887 The Rover's Secret; a tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba 352 Blackie and Son Limited William Christian Symons 3 8 1888 The Missing Merchantman 352 Blackie and Son Limited W. H. Overend 4 9 1892 The Doctor of the 'Juliet' 360 Methuen Gordon Browne 5 10 1894 The Cruise of the 'Esmeralda' 384 SPCK W. H. Overend 4 11 1895 The Pirate Slaver; a story of the West African Coast 384 SPCK W. H. Overend 12 1896 Jack Beresford's Yarn 401 SPCK 13 1896 The Log of a Privateersman 376 Blackie and Son Limited William Rainey 12 14 1897 For Treasure Bound 395 Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Ltd A front piece by Charles de Lacy? 1 15 1897 The Homeward Voyage 383 SPCK W. H. Overend 4 16 1898 A Pirate of the Caribbees 343 Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Ltd Charles de Lacy 17 1898 An Ocean Chase 324 Blackie and Son Limited J. B. Greene 18 1899 The Castaways Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Ltd Percy F. S. Spence 19 1906 Across the Spanish Main 351 Blackie and Son Limited William Rainey 6 20 1906 Dick Leslie's Luck 383 SPCK Harrold Piffard 21 1907 Geoffrey Harrington's Adventures 511 SPCK Harrold Piffard 6 col. 22 1907 With Airship and Submarine 376 Blackie and Son Limited Edward S. Hodgson 23 1908 Blue and Grey 317 Cassell & Co. E. S. Hardy 24 1908 A Middy in Command; a tale of the Slave Squadron 384 Blackie and Son Limited Edward S. Hodgson 25 1908 Under the Chilian Flag; a tale of war between Chili and Peru 280 Blackie and Son Limited William Rainey 1 26 1909 Harry Escombe; a tale of adventure in Peru 303 Blackie and Son Limited Victor Prout 27 1909 The Cruise of the 'Thetis'; a tale of the Cuban Insurrection 367 Blackie and Son Limited Cyrus Cuneo 4 28 1910 A Middy of the Slave Squadron 352 Blackie and Son Limited William Rainey 29 1910 Overdue; the story of a missing ship 287 Blackie and Son Limited W. H. Holloway 30 1911 A Middy of the King 368 Blackie and Son Limited Edward S. Hodgson 31 1911 The Adventures of Dick Maitland; a tale of unknown Africa 288 Blackie and Son Limited Alec Ball 32 1912 Two Gallant Sons of Devon 364 Blackie and Son Limited Edward S. Hodgson 33 1912 A Strange Cruise 296 Blackie and Son Limited Archibald Webb 4 34 1913 Through Veld and Forest 351 Blackie and Son Limited Archibald Webb 35 1913 Turned Adrift 295 Blackie and Son Limited Edward S. Hodgson 4 36 1914 The Cruise of the 'Nonsuch' Buccaneer 315 SPCK John Williamson 37 1914 The First Mate 288 Blackie and Son Limited Edward S. Hodgson 38 1914 A Chinese Command; a Story of Adventures in Eastern Seas 352 Blackie and Son Limited Archibald Webb 39 1915 In Search of El Dorado 312 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. Oscar Wilson 4 40 1916No confirmation of publication date found in newspaper archives Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun 348 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. Savile Lumley 5 41 1922 The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn 317 Blackie and Son Limited C. M. Padday 42 1923 The Wreck of the Andromeda 288 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. L Parker 43 1923No confirmation of publication date found in newspaper archives The Cruise of the 'Flying Fish', the Airship-submarine 314 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. M. L. P. 2 44 1925Published as a serial story in 1912. In the Power of the Enemy (published as serial in 1912) 282 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. M. L. P. 4
Sources
This list of novels above is based on a range of sources including the British Library Catalogue for the author, the Wikisource page for the author, Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive, WorldCat, HathiTrust, Collingwood books available from the used books trade, and publishers catalogues and advertisements for the period. This list agrees with the list provided by Dizer, although he includes an omnibus edition as a separate work. Years of first publication were taken from the British Library, but not all the novels were catalogued at the British Library and even when they were, there were gaps in the information as they did not always indicate: The actual year of publication rather than the nominal one. The number of pages in the book Whether the book was illustrated or not The name of the illustrator, if any The number of illustrations, if any
As noted in G. A. Henty, it was common for some publishers, especially Blackie, to print not the year of publication, but the following one, so that they might look fresh for two Christmas buying seasons. This sometimes led to American editions having an earlier date than the UK edition as was the case for The Log of a Privateersman which has a date of 1896 for the Scribner edition in the US and 1897 for the Blackie edition in the UK. However, this book was published in 1896 in the UK also and was reviewed in The Scotsman (A tale palpitating with perilous adventure, fighting at sea, storms, wrecks, and multitudinous hazards.. . . ) in October and in St James Gazette (This is just the book to put into the hands of lads with a love for things nautical. . .) in November of that year. Except where noted in the list above, the actual year of publication has been confirmed by contemporary reviews in the year of publication.
Some of the information from sources such as WorldCat has been verified by examining scans of books and: Verifying the page count Verifying the number of illustrations (if not stated on the title page) . Note that the number of illustrations can vary by edition. In that case, two or more numbers may be given for the number of illustrations. Verifying the name of the illustrator from the illustrations is not printed on the title page
+Location of cataloging data, texts, and scans of original books by Harry Collingwood. No. Year Title 1 1878 The Secret of the Sands 2 1884 The Pirate Island 3 1884 Under the Meteor Flag 4 1885 The Voyage of the 'Aurora' 5 1885 The Congo Rovers 6 1886 The Log of the Flying Fish 7 1887 The Rover's Secret 8 1888 The Missing Merchantman 9 1892 The Doctor of the 'Juliet' 10 1894 The Cruise of the 'Esmeralda' 11 1895 The Pirate Slaver 12 1896 Jack Beresford's Yarn The British Library Catalogue notes that their copy of the book was destroyed in the Second World War. 13 1896 The Log of a Privateersman 14 1897 For Treasure Bound 15 1897 The Homeward Voyage 16 1898 A Pirate of the Caribbees 17 1898 An Ocean Chase 18 1899 The Castaways 19 1906 Across the Spanish Main 20 1906 Dick Leslie's Luck 21 1907 Geoffrey Harrington's Adventures 22 1907 With Airship and Submarine 23 1908 Blue and Grey 24 1908 A Middy in Command 25 1908 Under the Chilian Flag 26 1909 Harry Escombe 27 1909 The Cruise of the 'Thetis' 28 1910 A Middy of the Slave Squadron 29 1910 Overdue 30 1911 A Middy of the King 31 1911 The Adventures of Dick Maitland 32 1912 Two Gallant Sons of Devon 33 1912 A Strange Cruise 34 1913 Through Veld and Forest 35 1913 Turned Adrift 36 1914 The Cruise of the 'Nonsuch' Buccaneer 37 1914 The First Mate 38 1914 A Chinese Command 39 1915 In Search of El Dorado 40 1916 Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun 41 1922 The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn 42 1923 The Wreck of the Andromeda 43 1923 The Cruise of the 'Flying Fish', the Airship-submarine 44 1925 In the Power of the Enemy
American Publishers
In some cases, as with Griffith & Farran and , the UK publishers seem to have distributed the books under their own imprint in the United States through an agent. E. P. Dutton acted for Griffith & Farran. SPCK worked through E. and J. B. Young initially, and later through E.S. Gorham. The books published by Blackie in the UK were often published by Scribner and Welford in the US. This firm was set up by Charles Scribner and Charles Welford specifically to import or reprint foreign books (almost entirely from England), and were the largest such firm in the US. In January 1891, Scribner & Welford was subsumed under Charles Scribner's Sons which then took over publishing the Collingwood Blackie novels in the US. Other publishers were also involved in publishing Collingwood's work in the US, particularly A. L. Burt who produced cheap editions sometimes with fewer illustrations. Piracy was also a problem in the US market. Dizer states that of the five copies of The Congo Rovers he holds, three are pirate editions. Given the mix of importation, local publishing, and piracy, it is difficult to build a definitive list of us editions.
Piracy in the UK The following apology appeared in September 1910 in book trade publications: Messrs. James Henderson and Sons, Ltd., of Red Lion House, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C., beg to apologise to Messrs. Blackie & Son, Ltd., Publishers, of London and Glasgow, for having unwittingly published a story named "The Cruise of the Flying-Fish," by "Colin Dawson," the same having been copied by its ostensible author from the "Log of the Flying-Fish," written by Harry Collingwood, and being a grave infringement of Messrs. Blackie & Son, Ltd., copyright in that work. Messrs. James Henderson & Sons, Ltd., deeply regret the circumstances and have caused the infringing work to be withdrawn from circulation.
Potential additional works The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that Lancaster wrote more than fifty books for boys, Current listings of Titles by Harry Collingwood on the British Library, Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive, Abe Books (a rare books retailing service), the list provided by Dizer, and Wikisource list only 44 in total, and two of these are nearly identical, with To Treasure Bound being an slightly edited reissue of The Secret of the Sands. Additional potential titles are: In the Grip of Anarchists listed as one of Collingwood's books in the entry for him in Who's Who in Children's Literature. An advertisement for Chums in May 1896 states that the new issue begins a serial story by Harry Collingwood with this name. No record of a book with such a title was found. However, the title would be an accurate description of the plot of "Overdue" (1910). The Adventures of Lieut Courtenay R.N is advertised as being by Harry Collingwood in a 1898 catalogue from Griffiths Farran, Browne & Co Ltd. However, Lieut Courtenay was the hero of A Pirate of the Caribbees (1898) published by Griffith Farran, Browne. Missing: A Tale of the Merchant Marine by Harry Collingwood, is listed in a notice from Blackie & Son in the Academy in September 1888. The same title was announced in The Publishers Weekly by Scribner & Welford in the same month. However the description of this title from a catalogue attached to one of their books is exactly the same as for The Missing Merchant Man in a catalogue in the following year. Newbolt explains that Missing: A Tale of the Merchant Service seems to have been a provisional title used before publication.