In the following table, the type of publication (short story, serial or book) is indicated where it is known. Some works first appeared as serials, and then as books.
The year given is either the first known publication date, or the first known mention of the publication, either in adverts or “Author of ...” lines on the title page of other books.
Publications: OYFWB is used in this listing to denote Our Young Folk’s Weekly Budget, although the name changed several times during its lifetime. For more details of the name changes, see the main Our Young Folk’s Weekly Budget article. Newspaper titles are mostly those used by the British Newspaper Archive.
A children’s pirate story.
Published in 1873 in OYFWB, and repeated in 1879 and 1891. Published as a book by James Henderson in 1874.
Published in 1873 in OYFWB, and repeated in 1879 and 1890. Published as a book by James Henderson in 1874.
Published in the 22 November 1873 number of OYFWB.
Published in the Christmas 1873 double number of OYFWB, then in 1874 as a short after the main story in “The Golden Island.”
Published as a serial in OYFWB in 1874, and then published as a book by Henderson in 1874, along with the short “King Rustyfum’s Nose.”
Serialised in Henderson’s Penny Pictorial News from July 1880.
Serialised in OYFWB in 1875, and then published as book the same year. Illustrated by G. Montbard [George Montbard 1841‒1905].
Short story published in the Dundee Courier, 31 December 1875.
Serial in OYFWB.
Short story published in The South London Press, 29 December 1877. Also appears in the Christmas 1877 number of Henderson’s The Mirror of Literature.
Short story published in OYFWB Vol. XII, No. 372.
Short story published in OYFWB Vol. XII, No. 373.
Not found, but an advert for “Sedgemoor Grange” mentioned this title in the “author of” bit.
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
(So far only known from advertisements.)
Serial from OYFWB Vol. 21, starting in July 1882.
Published in OYFWB Volume 22, starting in January 1883.
Serialised in OYFWB in 1884.
In the Christmas 1884 number of OYFWB.
Serialised in OYFWB Volume 26, starting in January 1885.
An article in the 1887 edition of Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press, written the year after Pearce had retired from editorship of Funny Folks.
Short story in the Christmas 1887 number of the Weekly Budget.
A serial starting with the Christmas 1891 number of Old & Young, advertised as “A novel novel, being the adventures and misadventures of a young married couple, from the French of Hippolyte Gantier [Gautier?].”
Commenced in 1892 in Old and Young, according to the 17 September 1892 edition of South London Press.
Published in the Christmas Supplement issued with the 24 December 1892 issue of the South London Press.
Published in Henderson’s “Comic Life”, August 1899. Then available in November as No. 544 of the “Budget” Story Books.
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
(So far only known from “Author of” lines.)
Short story printed in the Lancashire Evening Post, 26 July 1902.
Short story.
Pearce provided a story for “Fifty-Two Stories of Grit and Character for Boys,” one of three volumes in Hutchinson’s “52 Series” issued for Christmas 1904. [Review in Leeds Mercury, 29 November 1904, p.3]
Short story in Hutchinson’s “Fifty-two Stories for Girls”, edited by Alfred H. Miles, published in 1905.
Short story.
Story in “Fifty-Two Stories of Head, Heart, and Hand for Boys,” issued for Christmas 1905. [Review in the Daily Telegraph, 15 December 1905, p.13]
Published as a book in 1923.
Published in 1906 in “52 Pioneer Stories: All Round the Compass” edited by Alfred H. Miles, published by Hutchinson.
(Only known from “Author of” lines.)
Published in 1907 in “52 Excelsior Stories for Boys,” edited by Alfred H. Miles, published by Hutchinson.
Short story.
The first of Pearce’s Indian Mutiny trilogy, published by Stanley Paul in 1909.
Biography of Elizabeth Chudleigh, published 21 March 1911 by Stanley Paul. Dedicated to the author Alfred H. Miles.
The second book in his Indian Mutiny trilogy.
Biography of Princess Charlotte of Wales, “the lonely daughter of a lonely queen.” Published in 1911 by Stanley Paul. Dedicated to Robert Lee Campbell.
Mentioned in a Stanley Paul catalogue, but I haven’t found other evidence that it was actually published.
The third story in the Indian Mutiny trilogy.
Biography of the actress Lavinia Fenton, whose greatest success was as Polly Peachum in John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera. Published in 1913 by Stanley Paul. Dedicated to John Farlow Wilson.
Number 154 in Stanley Paul’s “Cleartype” Sixpenny Series. From the Stanley Paul Catalogue 1914‒15 in Edward Spencer’s Cakes and Ale, fourth edition, 1913.
Published in 1914 by Stanley Paul.
Published as “Mascot Novel No. 25” by Aldine Publishing in 1915.
Biography of Harriot Mellon, published by Stanley Paul in 1915. The subtitle of this book is “A Sixty Years’ Gossipping Record of Stage and Society (1777 to 1837)” but the early years of Harriot’s life were so sketchy that in 1913 Stanley Paul was trailing this book as “A Fifty Years’ Record …” Dedicated to his friend Edgar H. Homan, a civil engineer.
Mentioned in Who’s Who. Published as “Mascot Novel No. 113” by Aldine Publishing in 1918 or 1919.
Subtitled “Our Boys’ History of British Heroism.” Contains many illustrations reproduced from The Illustrated London News, The Graphic, and The Strand. Its frontispiece is a drawing called “Victory,” by Charles’ son (Edward) Vernon, who died in the last days of the war, and to whom the book is dedicated.
Published by Stanley Paul in 1919.
Lloyd’s Boys’ Adventure Series No. 15.
A revised edition of his 1913 work, after a resurgence of interest in the Beggar’s Opera.
Pearce used the name “Detective Dunn” for this and two other stories. The Beautiful Devil is listed in his Who’s Who entry.
Listed in Pearce’s entry in Who Was Who, but it isn’t present in the British Library catalogue, so it is possibly one of Pearce’s serials.
Apparently “Mascot Novel No. 214,” published by Aldine.
Year | Publication |
---|---|
1922 | Off His Own Bat (book) |
1922 | How Tom Made Good (book) |
1923 | The School Jonah (book) |
1928 | Slogger and Co (book) |
1929 | That Boy Buckle (book) |
1933 | Schools in Turmoil (book) |
1934 | Buckle of Barchester (book) |
He also had many stories published in Chums, full listing to come.