ABSTRACT

Source: [Francis Hitchman], ‘Penny Fiction’, Quarterly Review (July 1890), pp. 150–71

Spring-Heeled Jack, or the Terror of London. Nos. 1 and 2. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Cheeky Charlie, or What a Boy can do. Green as Grass. Turnpike Dick. The Poor Boys of London.

The Bad Boys’ Paper. The Boys of London and New York, &c.

The London Journal. The Family Herald. The Princess Novelettes. Ladies’ Own Novelette, &c.

The Leisure Hour. Penny Stories. Religious Tract Society.

The Penny Library of Fiction. Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge.