# Robert Hope Moncrieff

Robert Hope Moncrieff (1846–1927) was a prolific Scottish author of children's fiction and of Black's Guides.

## Early life

Robert Hope Moncrieff was born on 26 February 1846, the lawful son of George Moncrieff (11 May 1917 – 16 May 1865), a solicitor and his first wife Angela Birch (19 September 1820 – 25 December 1848). The couple had married the previous year in St Brides Church in Liverpool on 2 June 1845. Robert was quickly followed by a brother, John Forbes (5 July 1847 – 7 March 1927), and a sister, Angela Mary (27 November 1848 – 8 March 1864).
Moncrieff's mother, Angela, died of childbed fever four weeks after the birth of Angela Mary. Moncrieff was under three. His father married a second time on 27 June 1854 to Maria Wilks Williamson Rodgers (1830 – 30 March 1859) in Kilkenny, Ireland. The family now lived at No 7, Atholl Crescent in Perth. Maria gave George three more children: George Henry (2 November 1855 – 23 February 1947); Francis Edward (24 March 1857 – 7 January 1884); and Henrietta (14 June 1858 – 30 April 1859), who died in infancy.
Moncrieff's step-mother, Maria, died when he was just 13, and his father married again before he was 15. His third wife was Isabella Roy (29 October 1828 – 18 January 1879) whom he married on 16 January 1861 in 2, Atholl Crescent. Perth, Scotland. Her father was not a soldier, but the Captain of a ship trading in Asia with the permission of the East India Company.
Moncrieff and his brother were in boarding school by the time their father married for the third time. The 1861 Census shows both Moncrieff (15) and his brother John (13) boarding at the Circus Place School in Edinburgh. This was a highly regarded school which prepared pupils for the Edinburgh Academy. Moncrieff went on to attend the Edinburgh Academy and then the University of Edinburgh.
Moncrieff's father died in 1865, four years after his third marriage. when Moncrieff was 19. Moncrieff wrote nearly fifty years later that his mother had died before he knew her and that: my father also was taken too soon, leaving me precociously independent. Not one of his father's three marriages lasted five years, all ending prematurely with the death of either wife or husband. Moncrieff himself never married.

## Writing

Before he was out of his teens, Moncrieff had written and made money by a real book. While he attended the University of Edinburgh he wrote A book about Dominies (1867), Dominies being a term used for schoolmasters in Scotland. This was taken by a publisher, who published it at his own expense with a promise of profit to the author, which proved rather a mirage in the cold light of publishing accounts. It was published anonymously with no author's name given. The book was well reviewed and went into several editions. Moncrieff followed this up with A Book About Boys, (1868) adopting his pseudonym Ascott R. Hope for the first time. Moncrieff was ashamed of some of his early books and went to some expense to withdraw them from circulation.
Moncrieff says that he had have made awkward attempts at more than one handicraft, with the view of gathering straw for literary bricks. He was said to have taken up teaching briefly more with the purpose of studying schoolboys and their ways than to making it a profession.
Moncrieff travelled extensively. Even his census returns in the UK show how much he bounced around:
* 1851 – Living with his widowed father and two siblings in Perth. 5 years old.
* 1861 – At the Circus Place School in Edinburgh with his brother John.
* 1871 – An assistant master at Christ College, Brecon in Wales.
* 1881 – Boarding at 8, Victoria Grove, in Kensington, London. Profession now is Author.
* 1891 – Boarding at Hillside Boarding Lodge in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Profession is Author. The 13th edition of Black's Guide to the Isle of Wight, edited by Moncrieff, was published in 1895.
* 1901 – Now 55 years old. Moncrieff was no longer boarding, but was at the head of his own establishment at 85 Munster Road in Fulham, London. No relatives in the house, but the house also holds his 60-year-old housekeeper and her adult daughter. The electoral register show that he was still there in 1907.
* 1911 – Only occupant of 5 Chandos Road, Cricklewood, London, apart from a 52-year-old housekeeper.
* 1927 – On his death at 81 years-of-age he was living at 16a Addison Gardens, Kensington, London.
Moncrieff not only travelled the whole of Great Britain, but he also travelled internationally. He wrote: It has been by lot to be a good deal about the world from an early age. After a boyish visit to Paris, my travels began with a cruise in the Mediterranean and a stay in Italy, still heaving from Garibaldi's exploits. Moncrieff travelled, and visited four continents. He even tried his hand at farming in Canada, but soon abandoned it. All of his travels contributed not only to the background for his books, but also supported his books on geography and history. Moncrieff suffered from short-sightedness and this led him to favour occupations such as walking and riding. And these leisurely pursuits allowed him to make observations that he made use of when writing on topographical topics.
His study of the geography of the world, The world of to-day : a survey of the lands and peoples of the globe as seen in travel and commerce (1905) took him five years, and was updated every two years or so. Moncrieff wrote every word of the six volumes, bar a single page.
Moncrieff was a member of first the Savile and later of the Athenaeum. He was of a kindly nature and always ready to do good to others, but in a discreet way. He wrote that his work seldom brought him into contact with fellow authors, and that still less had he cultivated what is called smart society. His view of the world's affairs was mainly that of a looker-on. He wrote: I have lived my life in my own way, and that his writing was the sum of his accomplishments.

## Death

Moncrieff died at Eltham, London, England, on 10 August 1927. He was living at 16a Addison Gardens in Kensington, London at the time. He left an estate valued at £11,482 14s 6d. His half-brother George survived him by 20 years.

## Short stories and serials

Moncrieff contributed stories to numerous Boy's Papers and Magazines. He has stories in the first issues of the Boy's Own Paper and Union Jack. The following is a very incomplete list, drawn from Steve Holland's British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index. Some of the stories, like Dick's Dog, later reappeared in books of stories by Moncrieff.
Serials and short stories in Boy's Papers by Moncrieff :
| No. | Order | Year | | Title | Journal | Pt | Illustrator | Vol. | Iss. | Page | Length |
| 1 | 1 | 1879 | 18 Jan | The Bogle | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | | | 25 Jan | | | 2 | | 1 | 2 | 27 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1879 | 01 Feb | The Black Book | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| 4 | | | 08 Feb | | | 2 | | 1 | 4 | 54 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1879 | 05 Apr | At the Masthead | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 1 | 12 | 185 | 2 |
| 6 | | | 12 Apr | | | 2 | | 1 | 13 | 201 | 2 |
| 7 | | | 19 Apr | | | 3 | | 1 | 14 | 214 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 1879 | 19 Jul | Caught Out | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 1 | 28 | 433 | 2 |
| 9 | | | 26 Jul | | | 2 | | 1 | 29 | 455 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 1880 | 01 Jan | The Magician’s Apprentice; An Old Tale Retold | The Union Jack | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 1880 | 08 Jan | The Great Unknown; Or, The Adventures of Robbin, Bobbin, Watkin, And Pippin | The Union Jack | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 30 | 2 |
| 12 | | | 15 Jan | | | 2 | | 1 | 3 | 46 | 2 |
| 13 | | | 22 Jan | | | 3 | | 1 | 4 | 61 | 2 |
| 14 | | | 29 Jan | | | 4 | | 1 | 5 | 78 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | 1880 | 01 Apr | Boots!; Or, The True Hero | The Union Jack | 1 | Horace Petherick | 1 | 14 | 210 | 3 |
| 16 | 8 | 1882 | 07 Oct | The Troubles of a Dominie | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 5 | 195 | 9 | 2 |
| 17 | | | 14 Oct | | | 2 | | 5 | 196 | 29 | 1 |
| 18 | 9 | 1883 | 28 Jul | The Tell-Tale; A School Story | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 5 | 237 | 697 | 2 |
| 19 | | | 04 Aug | | | 2 | | 5 | 238 | 718 | 1 |
| 20 | | | 11 Aug | | | 3 | | 5 | 239 | 730 | 1 |
| 21 | | | 25 Aug | | | 4 | | 5 | 241 | 758 | 4 |
| 22 | | | 01 Sep | | | 5 | | 5 | 242 | 777 | 2 |
| 23 | | | 08 Sep | | | 6 | | 5 | 243 | 790 | 1 |
| 24 | 10 | 1886 | 23 Jan | Dick’s Dog | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 8 | 367 | 252 | 1 |
| 25 | | | 30 Jan | | | 2 | | 8 | 368 | 281 | 1 |
| 26 | 11 | 1886 | 24 Jul | Miss Molly Mick Mac | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 8 | 393 | 681 | 1 |
| 27 | | | 31 Jul | | | 2 | | 8 | 394 | 692 | 1 |
| 28 | 12 | 1886 | 11 Sep | Boby Bounce | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 8 | 400 | 794 | 1 |
| 29 | 13 | 1890 | 06 Sep | My Travels in Africa. From a Schoolboy’s Journal | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 12 | 608 | 777 | 2 |
| 30 | | | 13 Sep | | | 2 | | 12 | 609 | 791 | 2 |
| 31 | | | 20 Sep | | | 3 | | 12 | 610 | 806 | 1 |
| 32 | | | 27 Sep | | | 4 | | 12 | 611 | 817 | 2 |
| 33 | 14 | 1891 | 10 Oct | Well Caught! A Grammar School Story | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 14 | 665 | 25 | 2 |
| 34 | 15 | 1892 | 06 Aug | Left Behind. A Story of Holiday Misfortunes | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 14 | 708 | 714 | 2 |
| 35 | | | 13 Aug | | | 2 | | 14 | 709 | 729 | 2 |
| 36 | 16 | 1892 | Xmas | The Good Old Times | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 14 | Xmas | 5 | 3 |
| 37 | 17 | 1893 | 03 Jun | The Merry Swiss Boots | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 15 | 751 | 565 | 2 |
| 38 | | | 10 Jun | | | 2 | | 15 | 752 | 581 | 2 |
| 39 | | | 17 Jun | | | 3 | | 15 | 753 | 598 | 2 |
| 40 | | | 24 Jun | | | 4 | | 15 | 754 | 613 | 2 |
| 41 | 18 | 1893 | Summer | The Holiday Tiroler | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 15 | Summer | 17 | 3 |
| 42 | 19 | 1894 | 09 Jun | The McKickshaws. An Old Boy’s Recollections | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 16 | 804 | 561 | 3 |
| 43 | | | 16 Jun | | | 2 | | 16 | 805 | 577 | 3 |
| 44 | | | 23 Jun | | | 3 | | 16 | 806 | 593 | 3 |
| 45 | | | 30 Jun | | | 4 | | 16 | 807 | 609 | 3 |
| 46 | | | 07 Jul | | | 5 | | 16 | 808 | 625 | 3 |
| 47 | | | 14 Jul | | | 6 | | 16 | 809 | 642 | 2 |
| 48 | 20 | 1894 | 04 Aug | An Adventure with the Apaches | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 16 | 812 | 689 | 2 |
| 49 | | | 11 Aug | | | 2 | | 16 | 813 | 705 | 2 |
| 50 | | | 18 Aug | | | 3 | | 16 | 814 | 721 | 2 |
| 51 | 21 | 1894 | 06 Oct | Hard Up! A Story of Exmoor | The Boy’s Own Paper | 1 | | 17 | 821 | 5 | 2 |
| 52 | | | 13 Oct | | | 2 | | 17 | 822 | 21 | 2 |
| 53 | | | 20 Oct | | | 3 | | 17 | 823 | 38 | 2 |
| 54 | | | 27 Oct | | | 4 | | 17 | 824 | 53 | 3 |
| 55 | | | 03 Nov | | | 5 | | 17 | 825 | 40 | 2 |
| 56 | | | 10 Nov | | | 6 | | 17 | 826 | 85 | 2 |

## Books other than Black's Guides

In the semi-autobiographical A Book About Authors (1914) Moncrieff wrote that: For more than forty years I have been an author of all work, what the contemptuous call a hack... His range was very broad and included:
* School stories for boys
* Serial stories in boy's papers
* Translations of works in other languages. Moncrieff says he spent his time when travelling learning other languages and translating works in them.
* Books about religion – including martyrdom and religious persecution
* Entertaining essays – about being a teacher, about school boys, etc.
* Encyclopedic and instructional works – about animals, history, or geography, etc.
* Black's Guides for tourists
This following section lists the guides that Moncrieff worked on, while this section lists books other than the guides.
Books written or translated by Moncrieff :
| Year | Title | Illustrator | Pages | Place | Publisher |
| 1864 | “Get thee behind me, Satan” : a story for boys | | 23 p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 14 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1865 | Oudendale: a story of schoolboy life | | 354 p. 19 cm. | London | William Mackingtosh |
| 1865 | The lycee boys : or, school life in France | | 151 p. ; 17 cm.; ill. | Edinburgh | Oliphant & Co |
| 1866 | The martyr shepherd : a story of the Scottish Covenanters | | 158 p. : plates ; 17 cm. | Edinburgh | Oliphant & Co |
| 1866 | Horace Hazelwood, or Little things and other tales (Title work by Moncrieff with contributions by various others) | William Small | viii, 328, 16 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm. | Edinburgh | Johnstone, Hunter, and Co |
| 1867 | A book about Dominies : being the reflections and recollections of a member of the profession | | 211p. + 24. | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1868 | A book about boys, 2nd ed. | | xii, 252 p. 18 cm. | Edinburgh | |
| 1868 | Stories of school life, 2nd ed. | | xii, 439 p. ; 8vo. | Edinburgh | W.P. Nimmo |
| 1868 | Mr. Leslie's stories | | 150, [4]p, plates ; 17.3 cm. | Edinburgh | Oliphant, Anderson, & Ferrier |
| 1869 | A Book about Dominies ... 2nd ed. | | vi, 248 pages ; (8º) | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1870 | Texts from the Times, etc. | | xi, 252 p. ; 19 cm. | Edinburgh | |
| 1870 | My schoolboy friends : a story of Whitminster Grammar School | | 354 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. | London | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1870 | The exiles of France | | 159, [1]p, plates ; 16.5 cm. | Edinburgh | Oliphant & Co |
| 1871 | Stories of French school life. [With plates.] | | 8vo. | Edinburgh | |
| 1871 | Stories about boys | | viii, 271 p., [5] leaves of plates : illus. ; 19 cm. | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1872 | Master John Bull. A holiday book for parents and schoolmasters, etc. | | (8º) | Edinburgh | |
| 1873 | Stories of Whitminster | | 312 p. : ill ; 20 cm. | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1874 | A Peck of Troubles. An account of certain misfortunes which happened to certain young people of Whitminster | | (8º) | London | Sunday School Union |
| 1874 | Hope's annual. [by A.R.H. Moncrieff] | | cm.18 | Edinburgh | |
| 1874 | The night before the holidays : Hope's annual | | vii, 205 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1875 | The holiday task : an occasional magazine of contributions by the pupils of Whitminster Grammar School and their friends | Gordon Browne | 127, [8] p. : ill. ; 19 cm. | London | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1875 | The day after the holidays | Gordon Browne | 203 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. | London | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1875 | Famous historical scenes from three centuries : Pictures of celebrated events from the Reformation to the end of the French Revolution. Selected from the works of standard authors. | | Add. engr. t.-pl, vii, [1], 600 p., frontis. plate ; 23 cm. | London | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1876 | Round about the Minster Green; Stories of the boys and girls who lived there, etc. | | (8º) ill | Edinburgh | |
| 1876 | 'The Pampas' : a story of adventure in the Argentine Republic | Gordon Browne | viii, 312 p., [9] leaves of plates : 9 ill. (1 col.) ; 18 cm. | London | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1877 | The old tales of chivalry | | xii, 276 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. | Edinburgh | Gall & Inglis |
| 1877 | The heroes of young America | | ix, 318 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 19 cm. | London | Edward Stanford |
| 1878 | The Young Rebels: a story of the Battle of Lexington | | (8º) illust. | London | Sunday School Union |
| 1878 | George's enemies : a sequel to "My schoolboy friends" | | 312 pages, 4 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm | London | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1879 | Buttons; : the narrative of the trials and travels of a young gentleman | | [8], 232 p. ; 17.5 cm. | London | Griffith & Farran |
| 1880 | The Men of the Backwoods; true stories and sketches of the Indians and the Indian Fighters ... Illustrated, etc. | | (8º) | London | |
| 1880 | Seven stories about old folks and young ones. By A. R. H | | 293 pages ; (8º) | London | Griffith & Farran |
| 1880 | Wonders of the volcano | | 128 p. : 10 ill. ; 17 cm. | London | Gall & Inglis |
| 1881 | Stories of Young Adventurers ... With illustrations | | 380 pages ; (8º) | London | John Hogg |
| 1881 | The Daughter of the Regiment. A story from My Grandmother's Journal, etc. | Charles Oliver Murray | 148 pages ; (8º) | London | Sunday School Union |
| 1881 | Stories of Long Ago [adapted from the “Gesta Romanorum,” etc.]. Retold by A. R. Hope ... With ... illustrations by Charles Oliver Murray, etc. | Charles Oliver Murray | xvi, 255 pages ; (8º) | London | John Walker & Co |
| 1881 | Wonders of Electricity, etc. | | 128 pages ; (8º); illust | London | Gall & Inglis |
| 1882 | A Book of Boyhoods, etc. | | 382 pages ; (8º) | London | John Hogg |
| 1882 | Our Homemade Stories, etc. | | 346 pages ; (8º) | London | John Hogg |
| 1883 | Kidnapped; or, Lewis Lloyd's Adventures in Virginia | | 128 pages ; (8º) | London | Sunday School Union |
| 1883 | Evenings away from home : a modern miscellany of entertainment for young masters and misses | Gordon Browne | 351p : ill ; 18 cm. | London | John Hogg |
| 1883 | Stories of old renown : tales of knights and heroes | Gordon Browne | xvi, 286 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. | London | Blackie & son |
| 1884 | Stories out of school-time | | vi, 343, 23 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. | London | John Hogg |
| 1884 | The Wigwam and the War-Path: or, Tales of the Red Indians. | Gordon Browne | 352 pages ; (8º), [6] leaves of plates : ill. | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1885 | Stories of Wild Beasts, etc. | | 304 pages ; (8º) | London | Gall & Inglis |
| 1885 | Wonders of the ice world | | 128 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 17 cm. | London | Gall & Inglis |
| 1885 | Young days of authors | | xiv, 380 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm. | London | John Hogg |
| 1885 | Spindle stories : new yarns spun from old wool | Charles Oliver Murray | 220 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm. | London | G. Routledge & Sons |
| 1886 | 'Dumps', and other stories, by Ascott R. Hope | | cm.16 | Edinburgh | |
| 1886 | A Handful of Stories | Charles Oliver Murray | 128 pages ; (8º) | London | CKS |
| 1886 | The Vulture's Nest and other stories (adapted ... from the German) | | 128 pages ; (8º) | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1886 | The hermit's apprentice | Gordon Browne | 219 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1887 | Dick's dog and other stories of country boys | | | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1887 | Schoolboy Stories | | vi, 248 pages ; (8º) | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1887 | Boy's own stories | | vi, 360 pages ; (8º); ill | London | T. Fisher Unwin |
| 1887 | The seven wise scholars | Gordon Browne | viii, 223, 32 p. ; 21 cm. | London | Blackhill & Son |
| 1887 | Scenes from our century, selected from standard historians and other writers, by A.R.H. Moncrieff | | vii, 442 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. | London | |
| 1888 | A Book of Bow-wows | | 36 pages ; (oblong 8º); ill | London | Charles & Co |
| 1888 | Youngsters' yarns | Charles Oliver Murray | x, 372 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. | London | G. Routledge & Sons |
| 1888 | Romance of the mountains | | vi, 376, 24 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. | London | John Hogg |
| 1889 | Dogs' delight | | 32 p. ; 15 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1889 | Phil's fortune | | 31 p. ; 16 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1889 | Playing at soldiers | | 32 p. ; 16 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1889 | The hermit and the herbs | | 31 p. ; 16 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1889 | Fred's Fun | | 16 pages ; (8º) | London | CKS |
| 1889 | The Apprentice Prince | | 47 pages ; (8º) | London | CKS |
| 1889 | The Scarecrow's Story | | 16 pages ; (8º) | London | CKS |
| 1889 | An emigrant boy's story | | 128, 8 p., 1 p. of plates : ill. ; 17 cm. | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1889 | Romance of the forests | | xii, 336 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. | London | John Hogg |
| 1890 | The dream donkey | | 32p ; 16 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1891 | Redskin and Paleface. Romance and adventure of the Plains. ... With twelve illustrations | | x. 338 pages ; (8º) | London | John Hogg |
| 1891 | A string of stories | P. Hardy | 160, [16] p. : 19 cm. | London | George Cauldwell |
| 1891 | A handful of stories | | 128 p. : ill. ; 16.8 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1891 | In forest and jungle; or, Adventures with wild beasts | | 304p,[8]leaves of plates ill 20 cm | London | Gall & Inglis |
| 1892 | My Schoolfellows | | 250 pages ; (8º) | London | Biggs & Co |
| 1892 | The Lost Dog and other stories | | 128 pages ; (8º) | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1892 | Stories by Ascott R. Hope [selected from his collections of short stories previously published] | | xii, 447 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1892 | Stories, etc. | | xii, 447 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1892 | Nutcracker and mouse king, and Educated cat by E. T. A. Hoffmann | | viii, 198 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. | London | T. Fisher Unwin |
| 1892 | Our stories | | vi, 240 , [8] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. | London | Biggs & Co |
| 1892 | Royal youths : a book of princehoods | | [8], 355, [9] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm. | London | T. Fisher Unwin |
| 1893 | Animal Adventures | | 124 pages ; (8º) | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1893 | Cap and Gown Comedy. A Schoolmaster's Stories | | 342 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1893 | Stories of the Wild West | | 246, 16 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1893 | The men of the backwoods: true stories and sketches of the Indians and the Indian fighters, New rev. ed. | Charles Oliver Murray | 488, 32 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. | London | Griffith & Farran |
| 1894 | Heroes in homespun : scenes and stories from the American Emancipation movement | | 380, [4] p. ; 8° | London | SPCK |
| 1894 | Toby : his experiences and opinions | | iv, 151 p. : ill., frontis. ; 16 cm. | London | A.D. Innes & Co |
| 1895 | Voyages en zigzag ... Selected, translated, and edited from Rodolphe Toepffer | | 127 p. | | |
| 1895 | Ups and Downs; or, the Life of a Kite | | 80 pages ; (8º) | London | CKS |
| 1895 | Walter's Feats. From the Swedish of Z. Topelius. Translated [from “Läsning för Barn”] by A. R. Hope | | 96 pages ; (8º) | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1895 | Young Travellers' Tales, etc. | H. J. Draper | 288 pages ; (8º) | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1896 | Black and blue | Charles Oliver Murray | 364 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1896 | The lad from London | Harold Copping | 120, 32 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. | London | John Hogg |
| 1896 | The story of the Indian Mutiny | | 243 p., 8 p. of plates : 8 ill. ; 20 cm. | London | Frederick Warne and Co |
| 1896 | The white rat | | 16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm. | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1896 | On the war-path and other schoolboy stories | | 4 unnumbered pages, viii, 315 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 19.0 cm | London | Gall & Inglis |
| 1897 | The Parish clerk | | 128p ; 19 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1897 | The Fire at the Farm | | 64 pages ; (8º) | London | Dean & Son |
| 1897 | Half-Text History: chronicles of school life | | vi, 336 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1897 | The Battle of Whistlebunkers and other stories | | 64 pages ; (8º); ill | London | Dean & Son |
| 1898 | Hero and heroine, by Ascott R. Hope | | cm.19 | London | |
| 1898 | Mr. Dalton's prescription : and other stories | | 269, [3] p. : 14 ill. ; 19 cm. | London | Sunday School Union |
| 1899 | Ready-Made Romance. Reminiscences of youthful adventure | | 358 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1900 | Precocious prodigies | | p. 811-813 ; 8vo. | London | Religious Tract Society |
| 1900 | Sandy's secret | | 128, 16 p. ; 19 cm. | Edinburgh | W. P. Nimmo |
| 1900 | Tales for Toby | W. Heath Robinson and S. Jacobs | x, 207 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. | London | J. M. Dent & Co |
| 1902 | A midsummer carol | H. K. Robinson | 96, [8] p. : ill. ; 18 cm. | London | Ernest Nister |
| 1904 | Young head on old shoulders | | 179 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. | London | Sunday School Union |
| 1904 | Stories | D. Furniss | xii, 447 p., [8] leaves of plates : 8 col. ill. ; 20 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1905 | Die Ostereier by Johann Christoph von Schmid. Translated, abridged and edited. | | 52 p. | | |
| 1905 | Die zwei Brüder by Jacob Grimm. Translated and edited. | | | | |
| 1905 | The Schoolboy Abroad | | 308 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1905 | Wilful Willie | | 48 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1905 | Stories from Grimm (translated) | | 122 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1905 | Round the world | | 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 26 cm. | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1905 | The world of to-day : a survey of the lands and peoples of the globe as seen in travel and commerce | | 6 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm | London | Gresham Pub. Co |
| 1905 | The adventures of Punch | S. Baghot-De la Bere | 207 p., [12] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1906 | Heroes of European history | | 256 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm. | London | |
| 1907 | Dramas in Duodecimo: abstracts and brief chronicles of youth | | vi. 319 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1908 | The world | | viii,184p.,37 leaves of plates : ill.(some col.),1 folded map ; 20 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1909 | Adventurers in America | Henry Sandham | ix, 355p : 12 f.p. col. ill ; 21 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1909 | Seeing the world : the adventures of a young mountaineer | Gordon Browne | 296 p., [5] leaves of plates : 5 col. ill. ; 22 cm. | London | Wells Gardner, Darton |
| 1909 | Beasts of business | George Vernon Stokes | viii, 244 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill., frontis. ; 21 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1910 | Fifty-Two Stories of Classic Heroes ... Edited by Francis Storr | Frank C. Papé | 400 pages ; (8º) | London | Griffith & Farran |
| 1912 | Stories of Wild Beasts and their curious traits ... With illustrations | | 304 pages ; (8º) | London | Gall & Inglis |
| 1912 | Romance and legend of chivalry | | xii, 439 p. : ill., plates (some col.) ; 22 cm. | London | Gresham Pub. Co |
| 1912 | Classic myth and legend | | xvi, 443 p., 48 p. of plates (some col.) : ill. ; 22 cm. | London | Gresham Pub. Co |
| 1913 | Heroes of the European Nations. [Another edition of “Heroes of European History.” With illustrations.] | | vii, 194 p. | | |
| 1913 | Leaders & Landmarks in European History, from early to modern times. By A. R. Hope Moncrieff ... & the Rev. H. J. Chaytor, etc. [With plates and maps.] | | 4 volumes ; (8º) | London | Gresham Pub. Co |
| 1913 | Half and Half Tragedy. Scenes in black and white | | vi, 340 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1914 | A book about authors : reflections and recollections of a book | | vii, 308 p. ; 21 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1915 | The School of Arms: stories of boy soldiers and sailors | | viii, 335 pages ; (8º) | London | G. Routledge & Sons |
| 1916 | The home story book: with George Manville Fenn | | 107 p. ; 4to. | London | |
| 1918 | Holiday Adventures ... New edition [of “An Album of Adventures”], etc. | | 332 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1918 | The adventures of two runaways | T. M. R. Whitwell | 352 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1919 | The McKickshaws at School ... With ... illustrations, etc. (First published as “Half-Text History.”) | | 336 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1919 | Schoolboys of other lands | Walter Paget | [iv], 308 p., [8] leaves of plates (incl. front.) : ill. ; 20 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1920 | The New World of To-Day ... With economic data supplied by Lionel W. Lyde ... and a series of maps. [Illustrated.] | L. W. Lyde | (8º) | London | Gresham Pub. Co |
| 1920 | Chieftain and chum : the story of a Highland holiday | Allan Stewart | vi, 308 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1922 | The fairy Christmas-boxes | | 1 v. ; 16 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1922 | The home service : a household history | | 320 p. ; 19 cm. | London | Selwyn & Blount |
| 1923 | Heroines of European history | | 191 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. | London | Gresham Pub. Co |
| 1924 | Boys of Whitminster | | 312 p. ; 19 cm. | London | Sampson Low, Marston |
| 1924 | Redskins and settlers : stories of the wild west | | 248, 16 p. ; 19 cm. | London | Sampson Low, Marston |
| 1924 | The truant from school : an adventure in the backwoods | | 282 p., [8] leaves of plates : 8 ill. ; 19 cm. | London | Sampson Low, Marston |
| 1924 | The rise of the British Empire | | 192 p., [16] plates : ill., plates, ports ; 22 cm. | London | Blackie & Son |
| 1925 | A book about schools, schoolboys, schoolmasters and schoolbooks | | vii, 312 p ; 23 cm. | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1926 | The adventures of lazybones | | 62p ; 16 cm. | London | SPCK |
| 1927 | Comedies of Error. A book about ourselves | | vii, 304 pages ; (8º) | London | A. & C. Black |
| 1928 | Robert Hope Moncrieff: a memorial volume, etc. [Papers intended for a projected book “Romances of America.” With a portrait.] | | xx, 156 pages ; (8º); portrait frontispiece | London | Printed for private circulation |
| 1929 | Are ministerial missionaries needed? | | 25 p. ; 18 cm. | Shanghai | Presbyterian Mission Press |

## Black's Guides

Adam and Charles Black published an extensive series of guides known as Black's Guides, as well as illustrated books describing different localities. Although Moncrieff is usually credited as the editor, the work was more involved than the term editor would suggest. Moncrieff said: I have edited, that is mainly written, or re-written, some dozens of guide-books, most of them appearing in successive editions. The list of those which could be found in searches on the Jisc Library Hub Discover, which aggregates catalogues for academic libraries, and libraries of record in the UK and Ireland. The differences between the editions were not trivial, and sometimes involved a complete rewrite. The more popular books were revised more often than the less popular books, as changes in railways, towns and cities, and in hotels and attractions brought the need for new editions. The table below is not exhaustive as not all of the different editions are held in the libraries.
The guides fall into two broad categories:
* Books with a great deal of colour illustration with notes, such as Bonnie Scotland (1904), later republished as Scotland (1922). This had 75 leaves of colour illustrations from paintings by Harold Sutton Palmer. The notes did not so much describe the views painted, but put them in a historical and literary context, together with railway directions.
* The Guides proper: Books that serve as tour guides, with maps, and accounts of places of interest, and journeys, be they on foot along the coast, or by rail or road.
Guide books written or edited by Robert Hope Moncrieff for Adam and Charles Black Limited :
| Year | Title | Edition | Illustrator | Pages |
| 1892 | Where shall we go? A guide to the watering-places and health resorts of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. | 12th ed. | | pp. xxv, 348: plates; maps. ; 17 cm. |
| 1893 | Where to go Abroad. A guide to the watering-places and health resorts of Europe, the Mediterranean, etc. [With map.] | | | xxii. 466 pages ; (8º) |
| 1895 | Black's Guide to the Isle of Wight including sailing directions for the Solent | 13th ed. | Maps by Walker and Boutall | viii, 122p. maps ; sm.8vo. |
| 1895 | Black's guide to Devonshire | 15th ed. | | 232 p., [10] leaves & [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1895 | Black's guide to Cornwall | 16th ed. | | x, 186 p., [8] leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1896 | Black's guide to Bournemouth and the New Forest | | | 71 p., [3] folded leaves : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1896 | Black's guide to Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Kenilworth & Coventry | 8th ed. | | 82, 128, [2] p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1896 | Black's guide to the county of Sussex and its watering places | 10th ed. | | 200,128p, [10]leaves of plates(6 fold) : ill, maps, plans ; 17 cm. |
| 1896 | Black's guide to the English Lakes | 22nd ed. | | x, 223 p., [11] leaves & [8] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1896 | Black's guide to Edinburgh | 24th ed. | | [8],110,[2],128p, 3 (fold)plates : illus, maps, plans ; 17.2 cm. |
| 1897 | Black's guide to Bath and Bristol, Clifton, Wells, Glastonbury etc. | 6th ed. | | 87 p., [4] leaves & [1] folded leaf of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1897 | Black's guide to Dorset, Salisbury, Stonehenge, etc. | 14th ed. | | vi, 132 p., [1] leaf & [1] folded leaf of plates : map, plan ; 17 cm. |
| 1897 | Black's guide to Hampshire | 13th ed. | | xii, 184 p. ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's guide to Matlock, Dovedale and central Derbyshire | | | 76 p., [4] leaves & [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's guide to Bournemouth and the New Forest | 2nd ed. | | iv, 71 p., [3] folded leaves : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's Guide to Surrey | 5th ed. | | vi, 184 p., [4] folded leaves : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's guide to Buxton and the peak country of Derbyshire | 9th ed. | | 87 p., [2] leaves & [3] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's shilling guide to Scotland | 10th ed. | | 143 p., [2] leaves & [1] folded leaf of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's guide to Sussex and its watering-places | 11th ed. | | 200 p., [7] folded leaves : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's guide to the county of Sussex and its watering places | 11th ed. | | 200,132p, [9]leaves of plates(7 fold) : ill, maps, plans ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's guide to Brighton and its environs | 12th ed. | | 95 p., [1] leaf & [1] folded leaf of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's guide to Devonshire | 16th ed. | | 232 p., [10] leaves & [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1898 | Black's guide to Cornwall | 17th ed. | | x, 186 p., [9] leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1899 | Black's guide to Hastings & Eastbourne, St Leonards, Bexhill, Rye, Winchelsea, etc. | | | 88 p., [2] leaves & [4] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1899 | Black's guide to Harrogate | 11th ed. | | 88 p., [4] folded leaves : maps, plans ; 17 cm. |
| 1899 | Black's guide to the Isle of Wight : including sailing directions for the Solent | 14th ed. | | vi, 122, 132 p., [8] leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1899 | Black's guide to Scarborough & Whitby, Filey, Bridlington, Saltburn, Eskdale, etc. | 19th ed. | | 88 p., [5] leaves & [3] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1899 | Black's guide to Edinburgh | 25th ed. | | 110 p., [1] leaf & [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 17 cm. |
| 1899 | Blacks guide to Somerset | 15th ed. | | xvi, 231, [1], 132 p. : maps (fold., col.) ; 8vo. |
| 1900 | Black's guide to the Wye | | | 120 p., [3] leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1900 | Black's guide to Manchester | 11th ed. | | 84 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1900 | Black's guide to the English Lakes | 23rd ed. | | x, 223 p., [11] leaves & [8] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1901 | Black's guide to West Kent : Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Rochester, etc | | | viii, 120 p., [8] leaves of plates, [5] folded leaves : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1901 | Black's guide around London | | | vi, 88 p., [5] leaves & [1] folded leaf of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1901 | Black's guide to Surrey | 6th ed. | | vii, 184,128p : maps(col, fold) |
| 1901 | Black's guide to Cornwall | 18th ed. | | x, 132 p. : ill., maps (1 folded), plans, plates ; 17 cm. |
| 1901 | Black's guide to the Trossachs, Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond, etc. | 25th ed. | | viii, 92 p., [2] folded leaves : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1902 | Black's guide to Exeter and East Devon : Seaton, Sidmouth, Exmouth, etc | | | 76 p., [6] leaves & [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1902 | Black's guide around London | | | viii, p. 86-156, [4] leaves & [1] folded leaves of maps : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1902 | Black's guide to Bournemouth and the New Forest | 4th ed. | | iv, 71 p., [3] folded leaves : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1902 | Black's guide to Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Kenilworth & Coventry | 9th ed. | | 82 p., [7] leaves & [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1902 | Black's guide to Sussex and its watering-places | 12th ed. | | 208 p., [5] leaves & [7] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1902 | Black's Guide to Dorset, Salisbury, Stonehenge etc. | 15th ed. | | vi, 132 p., [7] leaves & [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1902 | Black's guide to Devonshire | 17th ed. | | xix, 243 p. : ill.,maps (part folded), folded plan ; 17 cm. |
| 1903 | Around London : Black's guide to the environs for twenty miles | | | viii, 248 p., [4] leaves & [6] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1903 | Black's guide to Manchester | 12th ed. | | 84 p., [3] leaves & [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1903 | Black's guide to Edinburgh | 26th ed. | | 110 p., [8] leaves & [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 17 cm. |
| 1904 | Black's guide to Sherwood Forest and South Derbyshire | | | iv, 60 p., [5] leaves & [2] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1904 | Bonnie Scotland | | Sutton Palmer | xi, 254 p., [75] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm. |
| 1904 | Black's guide to Somerset | 2nd ed. | | xvi, 231,114p, [6]plates : ill, maps(4 fold) ; 17 cm. |
| 1904 | Black's guide to Buxton and the Peak country of Derbyshire | 10th ed. | | 87, 114 p. : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1904 | Black's guide to Derbyshire with Sherwood Forest | 18th ed. | | x, 78, 58, 56, iv p., [17] leaves & [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1904 | Black's guide to Hampshire : Bournemouth, New Forest, Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, etc | 15th ed. | | vi,188;112p., leaves of plates : ill.., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1905 | Black's guide to Surrey | 7th ed. | | vi, 184 p., [5] leaves of plates, [4] folded leaves : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1905 | Black's guide to Sussex and its watering-places | 13th ed. | | 208 p., [8] leaves & [7] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1906 | The Highlands and Islands of Scotland | | William Smith, Jr. | x, 231, 1 page, 40 col. preliminary leaves (incl. frontispiece) : folded map ; 23 cm. |
| 1906 | Black's guide to West Kent : Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Rochester, etc | 2nd ed. | | viii, 120 p., [8] leaves of plates, [6] folded leaves : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1906 | Black's guide to Devonshire | 18th ed. | | xix, 243 pages : frontispiece, plates, maps (some folded) folded plan ; 17 cm. |
| 1906 | Surrey | 1st ed. | Sutton Palmer | xi, 252 p : plates, fold. map ; 23 cm. |
| 1907 | Middlesex | | John Fulleylove | ix, 159 p., [20] leaves of plates, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| 1907 | Black's guide to Dorset, Salisbury, Stonehenge, etc. | 16th ed. | | vi, 136 p., [7] leaves & [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1907 | Black's guide to Cornwall | 20th ed. | | x, 188 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1908 | Isle of Wight | | Alfred Heaton Cooper | viii, 175 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. + folded maps. |
| 1908 | The Peak country | | W. Biscombe Gardner | xii, 182, [2] p., 24 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm. |
| 1908 | Kew Gardens | | Thomas Mower Martin | x, 208 p. : frontispiece, [23] col. plates ; 21 cm. |
| 1908 | Black's guide to Bath and Bristol, Clifton, Wells, Glastonbury, etc. | 9th ed | | 87 p. : 1 ill., maps |
| 1909 | Essex | | Louis Burleigh Bruhl | xii, 26l, 1 p. : 75 col. pl. (incl. front., fold. map) ; 23 cm. |
| 1909 | The heart of Scotland | | Sutton Palmer | x, 205 [1] p. : 24 col. pl. (incl.front.) fold. map. ; 26 cm. |
| 1909 | Black's guide to West Kent : Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Rochester, etc | 3rd ed. | | viii, 120 p., [8] leaves of plates, [6] folded leaves : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1909 | Black's guide to Surrey | 8th ed. | | vi, 184 p., [4] leaves of plates & [4] folded leaves : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1910 | Black's guide to Devonshire | 18th ed. | | xix, 243 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. |
| 1911 | Black's guide to Exeter and East Devon : Seaton, Sidmouth, Exmouth, etc | 2nd ed. | | 74,96p : ill, maps(2 fold), fold.plan ; 17 cm. |
| 1911 | Black's guide to Sussex and its watering-places | 14th ed. | | 208, 88 p., [20] leaves of plates (7 fold.) : ill., col. maps (1 fold. in pocket) ; 17 cm. |
| 1911 | Black's guide to the county of Sussex and its watering places | 14th ed. | | 208,96p, [17]leaves of plates(7 fold) : ill, maps, plan ; 17 cm. |
| 1911 | Black's guide to Devonshire | 19th ed. | | xix, 243, 88 p. : ill., maps |
| 1911 | Black's guide to Cornwall | 21st ed. | | x, 188 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1913 | Black's guide to Hampshire: Bournemouth, New Forest, Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, etc | 17th ed. | | 8vo. |
| 1915 | Black's guide to Dorset, Salisbury, Stonehenge, etc. | 17th ed. | | vi, 136p, [8]plates : ill, maps(5 fold), plan ; 17 cm. |
| 1919 | Black's guide to Cornwall | 22nd ed. | | 188p. |
| 1920 | The cockpit of Europe | | | xii, 210 p : 32 col. plates, fold. map ; 23 cm. |
| 1921 | Black's guide to Dorset, Salisbury, Stonehenge, etc. | 18th ed. | | vi, 136 p., [5] leaves & [5] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm. |
| 1921 | Black's guide to Devonshire | 20th ed. | | xv, 243 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. |
| 1922 | Scotland (2nd ed. of Bonnie Scotland) | | Sutton Palmer | xi, [1], 259, [1] p. col. front., col. plates, illus. (map) 21 cm |
| 1925 | Highlands and islands of Scotland | 2d ed. | William Smith Jnr. | xi, 234 p., 32 leaves of plates : ill., map. ; 21 cm. |
| 1926 | Black's guide to Dorset, Salisbury, Stonehenge, etc. | 19th ed. | | vi, 136,36p, [3]plates : ill, maps(6 fold), plan ; 17 cm. |
| 1926 | Essex | Rev. ed. | Louis Burleigh Bruhl | ix, 261 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| 1927 | Derbyshire | | W. Biscombe Gardner, W. Heaton Cooper | vii, [1], 239 p. col. front., illus. (map) col. plates. 21 cm |