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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)