Bessie (elizabeth) Marchant
Female : Writer of girls
stories, especially about places abroad, although Marchant never left
Britain ! Married Jabez Comfort, a clergyman, in 1889
Nationality : English
Place of Birth : Petham, Kent
Date of Birth : 1862 Date of Death : 1941 Age : 79
Other Work : Taught at a Baptist school in London
1889-1900
Broken Barriers (1889 Toulson)
Under Clearer Skies (1892 James Knapp)
The Old House by the Water (1894 RTS)
In the Cradle of the North Wind : A Tale (1896 W P Nimmo)
Weasel Tim : A Tale (1897 Robert Culley)
Among the Torches of the Andes (1898 Nimmo)
Yuppie : The Land Beyond the Flood (1898 Culley)
The Bonded Three : A Tale (1898 Blackie) - William Rainey
Among the Torches of the Andes : A Tale (1898 Nimmo)
The Humbling of Mark Lester (1899 Simpkin Marshall)
The Rajah's Daughter, or The Half-Moon Girl (1899 Partridge)
Tell-Tale-Tit (1899 Culley)
Winning His Way : A Story for Boys (1899 Gall & Inglis)
Cicely Frome, the Captain's Daughter (1900 Nimmo)
The Ghost of Rock Grange (1900 SPCK)
The Girl Captives : A Story of the Indian Frontier (1900 Gall & Inglis) - William Rainey
In the Toils of the Tribesmen : A Story of the Indian Frontier (1900 Gall & Inglis)
1901-1902
Among Hostile Hordes : A Story of the Tai-Ping Rebellion (1901 Gall & Inglis)
From the Scourge of the Tongue : A Tale (1901 Andrew Melrose)
The Fun o' the Fair (1901 Culley)
Held at Ransom : A Story of Colonial Life (1901 Blackie)
In Perilous Times : A Tale of Old Canterbury (1901 Gall & Inglis)
That Dreadful Boy ! (1901 Culley)
Three Girls on a Ranch : A Story of New Mexico (1901 Blackie) - William Rainey
Tommy's Trek : A Transvaal Story (1901 Blackie) - William Rainey
A Brave Little Cousin (1902 SPCK)
The Bertrams of Ladywell (1902 Wells & Gardner) - John Jellicoe
Fleckie : A Story of the Desert (1902 Blackie)
The House at Brambling Minster (1902 SPCK)
Leonard's Temptation : A story of Gambling (1902 Culley)
The Secret of the Everglades : A Story of Adventure in Florida (1902 Blackie) - A A Dixon
1903-1905
Lost on the Saguenay (1903 Collins)
The Owner of Rushcote (1903 Culley)
The Captives of the Kaid (1904 Collins)
Chupsie : The Story of a Baby (1904 Culley)
The Girls of Wakenside : A Story for Girls (1904 Collins)
A Heroine of the Sea (1904 Blackie) - A M'Lellan
Yew Tree Farm (1904 SPCK)
Caspar's Find (1905 Culley)
The Debt of the Damerals (1905 Clarke)
Hope's Tryst : A Story of the Siberian Frontier (1905 Blackie)
The Mysterious City (1905 SPCK) - W S Stacey
The Queen of Shindy Flat (1905 Wells Gardner) - Charles Sheldon
A Daughter of the Ranges (1905 Blackie) - A A Dixon
1906-1910
Athabasca Billi : A Tale of the Far West (1906 SPCK) - H Piffard
A Daughter of the Ranges : A Story of Western Canada (1906 Blackie) - A A Dixon
Kenealy's Ride : A Tale of the Pampas (1906 Gall & Inglis)
Maisie's Discovery (1906 Collins) - R Tod
Uncle Greg's Man Hunt : A Story of Texan Horse Thieves (1906 Culley)
Darling of Sandy Point (1907 SPCK) - Harold Piffard
A Girl of the Fortunate Isles (1906 Blackie) - Paul Hardy
Juliette, the Mail Carrier (1907 Collins) - RichardTod
The Mystery of the Silver Run (1907 Wells Gardner)
No Ordinary Girl : A Story of Central America (1907 Blackie) - Frances Ewan
The Apple Lady (1908 Collins) - G Soper
Rolf the Rebel (1908 SPCK) - W S Stacey
Sisters of Silver Creek : A Story of Western Canada (1908 Blackie) - Robert Hope
A Courageous Girl : A Story of Uruguay (1908 Blackie) - Wm Rainey
Daughters of the Dominion : A Story of the Canadian Frontier (1909 Blackie)
An Island Heroine (1909 Collins) - W H Margetson
Jenny's Adventure, or On the Trail for the Klondyke (1909 Butcher)
The Adventures of Phyllis : A Story of the Argentine (1910 Cassell) - F Whiting
A Countess from Canada (1910 Blackie) - Cyrus Cuneo
The Black Cockatoo : A Story of Western Australia (1910 RTS) - Lancelot Speed
The Deputy Boss : A Tale of British Honduras (1910 SPCK) - Oscar Wilson
Molly of One Tree Bend : A Story of a Girl's Heroism on the Veldt (1910 Butcher)
1911-1915
A Countess from Canada : A Story of Life in the Back-Woods (1911 Blackie) - Cyrus Cuneo
Greta's Domain : A Tale of Chiloe (1911 Blackie) - Wm Rainey
Redwood Ranch (1911 SPCK) - Harold Piffard
The Ferry House Girls : An Australian Story (1911 Blackie) - W R S Stott
A Girl of Distinction : A Tale of the Karroo (1912 Blackie) - Wm Rainey
His Great Surrender (1912 SPCK) - Gordon Browne
A Princess of Servia : A Story of To-day (1912 Blackie) - Wm Rainey
Sibyl of St Pierre : A Tale of Martinique (1912 Wells Gardner) - Wm Rainey
The Western Scout (1912 SPCK) - W S Stacey
A Girl of the Northland (1912 Hodder & Stoughton) - N Tenison
[All Blackie from here onwards]
The Youngest Sister : A Tale of Manitoba (1912) - Wm Rainey
The Adventurous Seven : Their Hazardous Undertaking (1914) - W R S Stott
A Mysterious Inheritance : A Story of Adventure in British Columbia (1914)
Helen of the Black Mountain : A Story of Montenegro (1914)
The Heroine of the Ranch : A Story of Tierra Del Fuego (1913) - Cyrus Cuneo
The Loyalty of Hester Hope : A Story of British Columbia (1914) - Wm Rainey
Denver Wilson's Double : A Story of New Mexico (1915) - W Douglas Almond
A Girl and a Caravan : The Story of Irma's Quest in Persia (1915)
Molly Angel's Adventures : A Story of Belgium under German Occupatioon (1915) - P B Hickling
1916-1920
A Girl Munition Worker (1916)
Joyce Harrington's Trust : An Argentine Mystery (1916)
The Unknown Island : A Tale of Adventure in the Seychelles (1916)
A Canadian Farm Mystery, or Pam the Pioneer (1917)
A. V.A.D. in Saloinca : A Tale of a Girl's Work in the Great War (1917)
Cynthia Wins : A Tale of the Rocky Mountains (1918) - John E Sutcliffe
A Dangerous Mission : A Tale of Russia in Revolution (1918) - Wal Paget
The Gold-Marked Charm : The Story of a Mystery in the Blue Nile Country (1918) - Fred Leist
Lois in Charge, or A Girl of Grit - The Story of a Plantation in Brazil (1918) - Cyrus Cuneo
Norah to the Rescue : A Story of the Philippines (1919) - W R S Stott
A Transport Girl in France (1919)
Sally Makes Good : A Story of Tasmania (1920) - Leo Bates
1921-1925
The Girl of the Pampas (1921)
Island Born : A Tale of Hawaii (1921) - Leo Bates
The Mistress of Purity Gap (1921 Cassell)
Harriet Goes A-Roaming (1922)
The Fortunes of Prue (1923 Ward Lock)
Rachel Out West (1923) - Henry Coller
A Bid for Safety (1924 Ward Lock)
Diana Carries On (1924 Nelson)
The Most Popular Girl in the School (1924 Partridge)
Sylvia's Secret (1924) - W E Wightman
Her Own Kin (1925)
To Save Her School (1925 Partridge) - H L Bacon
By Honour Bound (1925 Nelson)
Delmayne's Adventures (1925 Collins)
1926-1930
Cousin Peter's Money (1926 Sheldon)
Di the Dauntless (1926) - W E Wightman
Millicent Gwent, Schoolgirl (1926 Warne)
Molly in the West (1927) - F E Hiley
The Two New Girls (1927 Warne)
Glenallan's Daughters (1928 Nelson)
Lucie's Luck (1928) - F E Hiley
The Bannister Twins (1929 Nelson 5/-) - E Brier
Hilda Holds On (1929) - F E Hiley
How Nell Scored (1929 Nelson)
Laurel the Leader (1930)
1931-1935
Cuckoo of the Log Raft (1931 Newnes)
Two on Their Own (1931) - F E Hiley
The Homesteader Girl (1932 Nelson) - V Cooley
Jane Fills the Breach (1932) - F E Hiley
Silla the Seventh (1932 Newnes)
Deborah's Find (1933) - Henry Coller
The Courage of Katrine (1934 Warne)
Hosea's Girl (1934 Hutchinson)
Lesbia's Little Blunder (1934 Warne)
Erica's Ranch (1934)
Anne of the Tenterford (1935) - F E Hiley
1936 Onwards
Felicity's Fortune (1936)
Nancy Afloat (1936 Nelson)
A Daughter of the Desert (1937)
Tommy's Trek (with "Peter's Sparrow" by Mary Burns) (1937)
Miss Wilmer's Gang (1938) - J A May
Waifs of Woollamoo : A Story for Girls (1938 Warne)
A Girl Undaunted, or The Honey Queen (1939) - J A May
Marta the Mainstay (1940)
Two of a Kind (1941)
The Triumphs of Three (1942)
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"Lettice Lends a Hand"
(In) Hulton's Girls' Stories : The Best Annual for Girls (nd. Allied Newspapers)