Catalogue of

Laurence Housman's Works

Held in Street Library, Somerset

Note: The Street Society includes this as a public service. The printed catalogue has been scanned, but not yet corrected, so there will be mistakes for the moment.

WORKS OF LAURENCE HOUSMAN IN THE STREET LIBRARY COLLECTION

* A.E.H. : some poems, some letters and a personal memoir by his brother Laurence Housman. Cape. 1937. 216 p.
* All-fellows : seven legends of lower redemption ; with insets in verse. Kegan Paul. 1896. ix., 138 p. illus.
* All-fellows and The Cloak of friendship. Cape. 1923. 192 p. illus. Angels and ministers, see Victorian plays.
** Articles of faith in the freedom of women. 2nd ed. Fifield. 1911. ("Heretical Booklets" series).
Back words and forewords : an author's year-book, 1893-1943 selection in chronological order from the plays, poems, and prose writings . . . Cape. 1945. 264 p.
** Bethlehem : a Nativity play. Macmillan. 1902. 44 p.
Bethlehem : a Nativity play ; The Pageant of Our Lady and other poems. Macmillan. 1902. 85 p.
** Blind love. Boston, Mass. 1901. 30 p.
* The Blue moon. Murray. 1904. viii, 210 p. illus.
** Christianity a danger to the State. No-Conscription Fellowship, n.d. (c.191i5). 8 p. . . . . another copy.
The Cloak of friendship. Murray. 1905. 192 p.
The Collected poems. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1937. xvi, 368 p. front, (portrait).
The Comments of Juniper, see Little plays of St. Francis.
** Cornered poets : a book of dramatic dialogues. Cape. 1929. 255 p.
** Cynthia (a true love tale : poem). Sidgwick & Jackson. 1947- 4° P-
* Dethronements : imaginary portraits of political characters, done in dialogue. Cape. 1922. 95 p.
Echo de Paris : a study from life. (Recollections of a dialogue between the author, Oscar Wilde and others). Cape. 1923. 60 p.
* An Englishwoman's love-letters. Murray, 1901. 322 p.
False premises : five one act plays. Oxford, Blackwell. 1922. 96 p. (" The British Drama League Library of Modern British Drama ", No. 1.)
* The Family honour : a comedy in four acts and an epilogue. Cape. 1950. 128 p.
The Field of clover. Kegan Paul. 1898. 148 p. illus. Followers of St. Francis, see Little plays of St. Francis.
Four plays of St. Clare, see Little plays of St. Francis.
* Gods and their makers, and other stories. Allen & Unwin. 1897, reissued 1920. 222 p.
The Golden Sovereign, see Victorian plays. Gracious Majesty, see Victorian plays.
** Great possessions. Church of St. Ethelburga, within Bishopsgate. 1915. 23 p.
. . . . . another copy.
Green arras, (poems). John Lane. 1896. viii, 90 p. illus.
Happy and glorious, see Victorian plays.
* The Heart of Peace, and other poems. Heinemann. 1918. vi, 140 p.
* Hop-o'-me-heart : a grown-up fairy tale, (in verse). Flansham, Pear Tree Press, n.d. (1938). 16 p.
* ..... another copy.
* The House of joy. Kegan Paul. 1895. 181 p. illus.
The Immoral effects of ignorance in sex relations : a lecture . . . Women's Freedom League. 1911. 42 p.
** Ironical tales. Cape. 1926. 224 p.
* The Kind and the foolish : short tales of myth, magic and miracle. Cape. 1952. 239 p.
* King John of Jingalo : the story of a monarch in difficulties. New ed. Cape. 1937. 416 p.
. . . . . another copy.
The Life of H.R.H. the Duke of Flamborough. Cape. 1928. 287 p.
The Little Land ; with songs from its four rivers. (Poems). Grant Richards. 1899. viii, 97 p. illus. Little plays of St. Francis. (In order of publication).
In The Venturer : a journal of freedom and fellowship. Brother Sin. 6 p. (Vol. i. New series. No.i. Oct. 1919), Brother Juniper. 8 p. (Vol I. New series. No. 5. Feb. 1920).
Brother Elias. 8 p. (Vol. I. New series. No. 8. May 1920).
Little plays of St. Francis. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1922. xxii, 288 p.
Followers of St. Francis : four plays of the early Franciscan legend. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1923. xiv, 60 p.
The Comments of Juniper : six plays from the life and legend of St. Francis of Assisi. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1926. x, 100 p.
The 'Little plays' handbook : practical notes for producers of ' Little plays of St. Francis ', ' Followers of St. Francis' and ' The Comments of Juniper '. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1927. xxiv. 114 p.
Little plays of St. Francis : second series. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1931. xxiv, 288 p.
* Nunc dimittis : an epilogue to ' Little plays of St. Francis'. Dramatic Society of University College, London. 1933. 14 p.
* » Four plays of St. Clare. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1934. viii, 63 p.
* (Single copies of :)
Naked truth, A.D. 1207. 16 p. Blind heart, A.D. 1210. 14 p. Bond of fellowship, A.D. 1220.14 p. Sidgwick & Jackson. (1935).
** Little plays of St. Francis. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1935- 3 vols. illus.
* The Lord of the harvest : a morality in one act. French. 1916. 13 p.
* The Love concealed. (Poems). Sidgwick & Jackson. 1928. xii, 116 p.
Mendicant rhymes. 1906. 56 p. (Printed at the Essex House Press, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire).
A Modern Antaeus, by the writer of 'An Englishwoman's love-letters'. Murray. 1901. viii, 519 p.
Modern religious belief: an address at Leighton Paris School,, on the 16th of June, 1925, 15 p.
** National art training : being an address delivered at the Municipal School of Art, Manchester . . . Monday, September 18, 1911.
* The New child's guide to knowledge : a book of poems and moral lessons for old and young ; with elegant engravings . . . Sidgwick & Jackson. 1911. 84 p.
* The New Hangman : a play in one act. Putnam. 1930.23 p.
Nunc dimittis. see Little plays of St. Francis.
Odd pairs : a book of tales. Cape. 1925. 160 p
Old Testament plays. Cape. 1950. 280 p.
Pains and penalties : the defence of Queen Caroline : a play in four acts. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1911. viii, 89 p.
Palace plays, see Victorian plays. Palace scenes, see Victorian plays. Palestine plays. Cape. 1942. 146 p.
Ploughshare and pruning hook : ten lectures on social subjects. Swarthmore Press. 1919. xvi, 244 p.
Possession, see Victorian plays.
The Preparation of peace. Cape. 1940. 252 p.
The Queen's progress, see Victorian plays.
The Religious advance toward rationalism. Conway Memorial Lecture, September 25th, 1929. Watts. 52 p.
The Royal runaway and Jingalo in revolution : (a sequel to 'John of Jingalo'). Chapman & Hall. 1914. vi, 389 p.
Rue. (Poems). At the Sign of the Unicorn. 1899. x, 96 p.
Sabrina Warham : the story of her youth. Murray. 1904. xii. 439 p.
St. Francis Poverello. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1918. xxii, 159 p. ("Messages of the Saints" series).
Samuel, the King-maker : a play in four acts. Cape. 1944. 106 p.
Selected poems. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1908, reprinted 1921. x, 126 p.
The Seven Young Goslings. Blackie. (1908). 40 p.
Sex-war and woman's suffrage: a lecture . . .Women's Freedom League. 1912. 58 p.
The Sheepfold : the story of a shepherdess and her sheep and how she lost them. Duckworth. 1918. vi, 344 p.
The Six O'clock Call, see Victorian plays.
Strange ends and discoveries : tales of this world and the next. Cape. 1948. 189 p.
Trimblerigg : a book of revelation. Cape. 1924. 320 p.
. . . . . another edition. New York, A. & C. Boni. 1925. 320 p.
Uncle Tom Pudd : a biographical romance. Cape. 1927. 224 p.
The Unexpected years. Cape. 1937. 392 p. front, (portrait) Victorian plays. (In order of publication).
Angels and Ministers : three plays of Victorian shade and character. Cape. 1921. 86 p.
Possession : a peep-show in Paradise. Cape. 1921. 61 p.
. . . . . another copy. Palace plays. Cape. 1930. 126 p.
The Queen's progress : Palace plays, (second series). Cape. 1932. 160 p.
Victoria and Albert : Palace plays, (third series). Cape. 1933. I9° P-
Victoria Regina : a dramatic biography. Cape. 1934. 470 p. (Excepting one play, this is a collection of Victorian plays from earlier volumes).
another copy.
Victoria Regina. (Programme of the production at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. Pamela Stanley as Victoria, Carl Esmond as Albert).
Palace Scenes : more plays of Queen Victoria. Cape. 1937. 190 p.
The Golden Sovereign. Cape. 1937. 440 p. (This is a collection of Victorian plays from earlier volumes, notably ' Palace scenes ').
The Six o'clock call : acting version. Cape. 1938. 18 p. (First published as part of 'The Revolting daughter', in 'Palace plays', 1930 ; published in 'Victoria Regina', 1934).
Gracious Majesty. Cape. 1941. 222 p.
Happy and glorious : a dramatic biography. Reprint Society. 1943. 4^o p.
Ways and means : five one act plays of village characters. Deane. 76 p. n.d.
What is "womanly"? Women's Freedom League. (1914). 45 P-
What next? : provocative tales of faith and morals. Cape. I938- 336 P-
What O'Clock Tales. Oxford, Blackwell. 1932. viii, 225 p.
What price salvation now? Peace News. 1949. 13 p.
The Wheel. (A trilogy). Sidgwick & Jackson. 1919. 77 p.
* Ye fearful saints! : plays of creed, custom, and credulity. Sidgwick & Jackson, viii, 158 p.

WORKS OF LAURENCE HOUSMAN IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHERS

(With Harley Granville Barker).
Prunella : or, Love in a Dutch Garden : (a play). 3rd ed. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1911. 89 p. (Contains a programme of a commemorative performance given by Street Players in the gardens of Hindhayes School, 27th June, 1959).
*(With Clarence Henry Kennett Marten).
Histories. Book I: Through the ages. Oxford, Blackwell. 1931. viii, 128 p.
(With Somerset Maugham).
The Venture : an annual of art and literature, edited by Laurence Housman and W. Somerset Maugham. John Baillie. 1903. 249 p. (Laurence Housman also contributed an article and an illustration to this volume).
10 (With Hugh R. L. Sheppard, Dean of Canterbury).
What can we believe? Letters exchanged between Dick Sheppard and L.H., edited by Laurence Housman. Cape. 1939. 255 p.

OTHER WORKS TRANSLATED, EDITED OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY LAURENCE HOUSMAN

Arabian Nights. Ali Baba, and other stories from the Arabian Nights : retold by Laurence Housman. Hodder & Stoughton. 1911.
Stories from The Arabian Nights, retold by Laurence Housman, with drawings by Edmund Dulac. Hodder & Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd. nd 319 p
** Aristophanes. Lysistrata : a modern paraphrase from the Greek of Aristophanes. The Woman's Press. 1911. 77 p.
* Aucassin and Nicolette. Of Aucassin and Nicolette : a translation in prose and verse ; together with Amabel and Amoris. Chatto & Windus. 1925. 106 p. illus.
Barlow, Jane. The End of Elfintown: illustrated by Laurence Housman. Macmillan. 1894. 78 p.
Housman, Clemence. The Were-wolf: with six illustrations by Laurence Housman. John Lane. 1896. 124 p.
** Joy Street : a medley of prose and verse for boys and girls. Vols. 2-14, Oxford, Blackwell. 1924-1936. (All except vol. 5 of this sequence contain stories or poems by Laurence Housman).
Meredith, George. Jump to Glory Jane : ed. and arranged by Harry Quilter, with forty-four designs invented, drawn, and written by Lawrence ( sic) Housman. Swan, Sonnenschein. 1892. 28,36 p.
** Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat : rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, ed. by George F. Maine. Rev. ed. Collins. 1954. (Introduction by Laurence Housman, P-7-I3)-
Plato. The Death of Socrates : a dramatic scene, founded upon two of Plato's Dialogues, the 'Crito' and the 'Phaedo' ; adapted for the stage by Laurence Housman. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1925. viii, 54 p.
Rossetti, Christina. Goblin Market: illustrated by Laurence Housman. Large paper ed. 1893. 64 p. Royal Society of Literature.
Transactions, Vol. XII, 1933. "Pre-Raphaelitism in art and poetry" (read November I3th, 1929), by Laurence Housman. 29 p.
Transactions, Vol. XXI, 1944. "Fame versus fashion in literature" (Giff Edmunds Memorial Lecture, read June yth, 1943).
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Sensitive plant, illustrated by Laurence Housman. Aldine House. 1898. 60 p.
Thomas a Kempis. Of the imitation of Christ. Kegan Paul. 1898. xii, 324 p. (The illustrations and title-page designed by Laurence Housman and engraved by Clemence Housman).
The Universal Review. (Volume containing articles from 'The Universal Review'): 'Blake as an impressionist' ; 'The Green Gaffer' ; 'The Singers of the nineteenth century' (poem by George Barlow, illustrated by Laurence Housman) ; 'The Wisdom of the Indians' (by R. Garnett, illustrated by Laurence Housman).
Wordsworth, William. A Wordsworth anthology : selected with an introduction by Laurence Housman. New York, Scribner. 1946. vi, 151 p.
Title page of the edition of Shelley's "The Sensitive plant", illustrated by Laurence Housman, 1898. Housman considered the illustrations for this volume " the best drawings I ever did ". Reproduced by kind permission of J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.

THE DRAWINGS OF LAURENCE HOUSMAN

Nearly all the drawings in the Collection have been given by Giles and Eleanor Robertson, (son-in-law and daughter of Roger and Sarah Bancroft Clark). On 12th September, 1955, Laurence Housman gave to Mr. Giles Robertson a number of drawings, together with some notes relating to the drawings. These notes are given below. Some additional information had been added by Mr. Robertson, and this appears in brackets, followed by the initials G.R. Other information in brackets is part of Laurence Housman's original list.
Notes on appended sketches and caricatures.
(1) St. Francis and Brother Wolf.
(2) Gleeson White said in an article on my work for "The Art Magazine" that I was under the divided influence of Rossetti and William Morris on the one hand, and Ricketts and A. B. Houghton on the other. (The drawing shows L.H. with Rossetti pulling his right arm and Morris his left, Ricketts his right leg and Houghton his left. G.R.)
(3) Mrs. Gerald Bishop who played the part of the Virgin Mary in Craig's production of "Bethlehem". (Two drawings. G.R.)
(4) Caricature of Max Beerbohm. (Three drawings and one reproduction—of a different drawing. L.H. told me that a paper—he did not remember which—asked him if he would give Max a sitting for a caricature and that he agreed on condition that they also published a caricature of him by Max. The reproduction is a cutting from this paper, but does not reveal what the paper was. G.R.)
(5) Max Beerbohm's caricature of L.H. (Reproduction.) This is the caricature by Max mentioned in the previous note, and is also a cutting from the same paper. It is inscribed " The Englishwoman ?", which seems to date it to the time of the revelation of L.H.'s authorship of "An Englishwoman's Love Letters". On the backs of the two cuttings are portions of a larger picture of the Duchess of Wellington's Party at Apsley House. G.R.)
(6) (There is no number 6 on the list, nor was there ever a drawing with this number in the series. G.R.)
(7) H. G. Wells. Attitude while playing tennis ?
(8) Archer (Translator of Ibsen).
(9) My Landlord at Pembroke Cottage. W. (from life).
(10) Cranmer Byng and his brother, (first to publish C.A.H.'s story " The Drawn Arrow ").
(11) Cyril Scott, composer & founder of Madrigal Soc.
(12) Father George Tyrell. S.J.
(13) Robert Farquarson, (acted male Angel in " Bethlehem ", alias ' De la Condamine').
(14) Martin Harvey (actor of " The Only Way ").
(15) Portrait of the Duke of Flamborough. (Inscribed' H.R.H. Augustus William Third Duke of Flamborough, at the age of 48.' G.R.)
(16) Study of blown raiment by L.H. (Black and white chalk on grey paper. G.R.) (Also in the group, but not listed by L.H.:—Two drawings of Gordon Craig. Four designs for book decoration, one of them for title-page or cover of " The Glorious Liberty of the Children of God." G.R.)
Given by Mrs. Eleanor Robertson is a pastel drawing, (11" x 14", in a frame 18" x 22"). Labels on the back of the drawing are inscribed, in Laurence Housman's hand: "For Eleanor, from her obedient Uncle Laurence".
"This drawing was done in the back garden of my old home, Perry Hall, Bromsgrove, in my I9th year — a year after I had left home to study art in London. It was my first and last completed drawing in pastels that I can remember making, before I decided to stick to black-and-white.
"If this is a fair example of what I could do as a first attempt, I wish I had gone on with it. It is so much more modern in style than my other work ; and I might have secured a larger public, and become more popular, had I gone on with it.
Your affectionate Laurence Housman. "
There is also a small pastel portrait of Clemence Housman, by Adrian Graham, (yf" x gj") It is in an envelope marked in Laurence Housman's hand : "Clem's portrait by Adrian Graham, for Sarah and Roger."