As a journalist and writer of fiction, Frederic produced a great quantity of work between 1876, when his first short story, “The Two Rochards,” was published in The Observer, and 1898, the year of his death. The following select bibliography of writings by Harold Frederic includes his

• novels (ten published, two posthumously; one more
  contracted but unwritten),
• short stories (twenty-three published; many republished,
  some in collections; several unfinished),
• collections (five published during Frederic’s lifetime; one in
  1966),
• poetry (two; one published and one unpublished),
• plays (four; all unfinished and unpublished), and
• non-fiction books (two published).
  

It does not include his personal correspondence; 1,144 features and news stories appearing in The Observer and The New York Times; or some 279 essays, mail letters, and features contributed to nineteen journals and newspapers—such as Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Appleton’s Journal, the Evening Journal [Albany], The Pall Mall Gazette, The New York Times, The Pall Mall Budget, The Observer [Utica], The Youth’s Companion, Scribner’s Magazine, The Welsh Review, The Fortnightly Review, The Illustrated London News, The Saturday Review [London], The English Illustrated Magazine, The New York Times - Sunday Magazine Supplement, The Bookman, The Literary Digest, The Million, and Pearson’s Weekly.

Fiction

Novels: Frederic’s ten novels (two sometimes designated “novellas”) are listed according to the date when they first appeared in book form, with serialization and other significant publication information in parentheses. Frederic’s unwritten novel, tentatively entitled Kenley, is listed last.

Short Stories: Twenty-three short stories are listed as individual works, with publication and collection information in parentheses. Unfinished stories are included at the end of the listing.

Collections: Frederic’s six collections are listed according to the date when they first appeared in book form as collections, with other significant publication and collection information in parentheses.

Poetry: Frederic’s two known poems are listed. One was published in 1879. The other is dated 1888. Additional information is included in parentheses.

Plays: These unfinished and unpublished works are listed individually. Descriptive information is included in parentheses.

Non-fiction Books: Frederic published two full-length works of non-fiction in addition to his shorter essays, features, and news stories. Both works were serialized in The New York Times before they were available in book form. One is a biography of William II of Germany; the other is a study of the treatment of Jews in contemporary Russia. Additional publication information is included in parentheses.

Novels

1887	Seth’s Brother’s Wife
	(Novel serialized in Scribner’s Magazine between January-November 1887. Published in book form in New York and London in 1887. Republished in London in 1888. An Australian publication announced in 1890, but no surviving copy is known.)
1890	In the Valley
	(Novel serialized in Scribner’s Magazine between September 1889-July 1890. Published in book form in New York and London in 1890. Reportedly republished in London in 1891, but no surviving copy is known. Republished with an introduction by William Senior in Australia and London in 1891.)
	The Lawton Girl
	(Novel; not serialized. Published in book form in New York and London in 1890. Reportedly republished in Australia in 1891, but no surviving copy is known.)
1892	The Return of the O’Mahony
	(Novel serialized in The New York Ledger between April-July 1892. Republished in New York in three series: The Ledger Library No. 71 and The Choice Series No. 71, both in 1892, and The Popular Series No. 108 in 1897. Republished in London in 1893. An Australian publication announced in 1893, but no surviving copy is known. Reportedly republished in London in 1896, but no surviving copy is known. Republished in New York in 1899.)
1893	The Copperhead
	(Novel, or novella, serialized in Scribner’s Magazine between July-November 1893. Published in New York in 1893. See also “Collections.”)
1896	Marsena
	(Novel, or novella, serialized in The New York Times between April-June 1894; also serialized in Irish Catholic and Nation between May-June 1894. Published in London in 1896. See also “Collections.”)
	The Damnation of Theron Ware, or Illumination
	(Novel; not serialized. Published in Chicago under the title of The Damnation of Theron Ware and in London and Leipzig under the title of Illumination, all in 1896. Subsequent printings in the United States add the subtitle “or Illumination.”)
	March Hares
	(Novel; not serialized. English edition published in London in 1896 under the pseudonym “George Forth”; beginning with the third edition, issued under Harold Frederic’s name. American edition reportedly published in New York in 1896 under the pseudonym, but no surviving copy is known.)
1898	Gloria Mundi
	(Novel serialized in The Cosmopolitan between January-November 1898. Published in Chicago, New York, and London in 1898. A condensed version of the novel was published in 1913 under the title Pomp and Vanities.)
1899	The Market-Place
	(Novel serialized in The Saturday Evening Post between December 1898-June 1899 and The West-End between February-June 1899. Published in New York and London in 1899.)
	Kenley
	(An unwritten novel. Frederic signed a contract with Heinemann, his London publisher, in July 1898 for this novel that he planned but never wrote.)
	Short Stories
1876	“The Two Rochards”
	(Published in The Observer [Utica] on September 30 and October 7 under the pseudonym “Edgar.”)
	“A Fortunate Confidence”
	(Published in The Observer on November 18 under the pseudonym “Edgar.”)
	“Barbette’s Christmas”
	(Published in The Observer on December 23.)
1877	“The Blakelys of Poplar Place, A Legend of the Mohawk”
	(Published in The Observer on June 30.)
1879	“Brother Sebastian’s Friendship”
	(First published in The Observer on September 6. Subsequently published in The Evening Journal [Albany] on April 21, 1883; Stories by American Authors in 1884; Library of American Fiction in 1904; Short Story Classics (American) in 1905; and Great American Short Stories in 1931.)
1882	“The Jew’s Christmas”
	(Published in The Evening Journal [Albany] on December 23.)
1886	“Brother Angelan”
	(Published in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine in September.)
1888	“The Editor and the Schoolm’am”
	(Published in The New York Times on September 9.)
1890	“The Martyrdom of Maev”
	(Published in The New York Ledger on March 22 and 29. Abridged as “The Martyrdom of Fair Maev Carew” in The Ledger Monthly in March and April 1899.)
1891	“The Song of the Swamp-Robin”
	(Published in The Independent on March 12 and 19.)
	“Where Avon Into Severn Flows”
	(Published in Black and White on October 17 and 24. Included in the collection “The Deserter” and Other Stories; A Book of Two Wars published in 1898.)
1892	“My Aunt Susan”
	(Published in The Independent on June 9. Included in the collections “Marsena” and Other Stories of the Wartime published in 1894; “The Copperhead” and Other Stories of the North During the American War published in 1894 and 1896; In the Sixties published in 1897; and Harold Frederic’s Stories of York State published in 1966.)
	“How Dickon Came By His Name. A Tale of Christmas in the Olden Time”
	(First published in The Youth’s Companion on November 3, 10, 17, and December 1. Subsequently published in Irish Catholic and Nation on January 20 and 27, 1894. Included in the collection “The Deserter” and Other Stories; A Book of Two Wars published in 1898.)
1893	“The Eve of the Fourth”
	(First published in St. Nicholas Magazine in July 1893. Subsequently published in American Short Stories in 1904; The Young Man in American Literature: The Initiation Theme in 1969; and The American Tradition in Literature in 1974. Included in the collections “Marsena” and Other Stories of the Wartime published in 1894; “The Copperhead” and Other Stories of the North During the American War published in 1894 and 1896; In the Sixties published in 1897; and Harold Frederic’s Stories of York State published in 1966.)
	“The War Widow”
	(First published in The Independent on October 12 and 19. Subsequently published in The Illustrated London News on October 14 and 21 and Great Short Works of American Realism in 1968. Included in the collections “Marsena” and Other Stories of the Wartime published in 1894; “The Copperhead” and Other Stories of the North During the American War published in 1894 and 1896; In the Sixties published in 1897; and Harold Frederic’s Stories of York State published in 1966.)
	“Cordelia and the Moon”
	(Published in The First Book of the Authors Club: Liber Scriptorum.)
1894	“The Deserter”
	(First published in The Youth’s Companion on January 4, 11, 18, 25, and February 1, 8, and 15. Subsequently published in Irish Catholic and Nation on March 24 and 31 and April 1 and 14. Included in the collections “The Deserter” and Other Stories; A Book of Two Wars published in 1898 and Harold Frederic’s Stories of York State published in 1966.)
1895	“A Day in the Wilderness”
	(First published in The Youth’s Companion on May 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30. Subsequently published in Irish Catholic and Nation on June 1, 8, 15, and 22. Included in the collections “The Deserter” and Other Stories; A Book of Two Wars published in 1898 and Harold Frederic’s Stories of York State published in 1966.)
	“The Path of Murtogh”
	(First published in The Idler in May. Subsequently published in Tales of Our Coast in 1896 and 1901 and There is Sorrow on the Sea in 1921.)
	“The Truce of the Bishop”
	(First published in The Yellow Book in October. Subsequently published in The Yellow Book: Quintessence of the Nineties in 1964.)
	“In the Shadow of Gabriel”
	(First published in The New York Ledger on December 21. Subsequently published in Black and White on December 25.)
1896	“The Wooing of Teige”
	(First published in The Pall Mall Magazine in November. Subsequently published in Little’s Living Age on November 14 and Great Love Stories by Famous Authors in 1940.)
	“The Connoisseur”
	(First published in The Saturday Review [London] on December 25. Subsequently published in The New York Ledger on January 2, 1897, and The Pocket Magazine in March 1897.)
??	“Brother Theobald’s Favorite Pupil”
	(a manuscript fragment of an unpublished short story)
	“Brother Pancras”
	(a manuscript fragment of an unpublished short story)
	“Dr. Ramsdal’s Friends”
	(an unfinished, unpublished short story)
	“The Story of Peter Zarl”
	(an unpublished early short story)
	Civil War stories
	(unfinished and untitled short stories)
	Collections
1894	“The Copperhead” and Other Stories of the North During the American War
	(Collection containing The Copperhead, “The War Widow,” “The Eve of the Fourth,” and “My Aunt Susan”; published in London in 1894 and 1896. See also “Novels.”)
	“Marsena” and Other Stories of the Wartime
	(Collection containing Marsena, “The War Widow,” “The Eve of the Fourth,” and “My Aunt Susan”; published in New York in 1894. See also “Novels.”)
1896	Mrs. Albert Grundy; Observations in Philistia
	(Collection of sixteen sketches serialized in The National Observer between February 1892-December 1893. Published English and American editions in book form in London and New York in 1896.)
1897	In the Sixties
	(Collection containing “Preface to a Uniform Edition,” The Copperhead, Marsena, “The War Widow,” “The Eve of the Fourth,” and “My Aunt Susan”; published in 1897.)
1898	“The Deserter” and Other Stories; A Book of Two Wars
	(Collection containing “The Deserter,” “A Day in the Wilderness,” “How Dickon Came By His Name,” and “Where Avon Into Severn Flows”; published in 1898.
1966	Harold Frederic’s Stories of York State
	(Collection containing an Introduction by Edmund Wilson, The Copperhead, “The Deserter,” Marsena, “A Day in the Wilderness,” “The War Widow,” “The Eve of the Fourth,” and “My Aunt Susan”; published in 1966.)
	Poetry
1879	“The Opium-Eater”
	(Published in The Observer on January 19. Reprinted in the Frederic Herald in January 1968.)
1888	“August 19”
	(“From the birthday book of Ruth Frederic,” this is an unpublished 6-line poem dated March 4.)
	Plays
??	Strathbogie
	(an unfinished play; Act I and part of Act II)
	Problem play about an American painter in Europe with his wife (untitled and unfinished; three acts)
	Historical play about Sithberga of the Franks (untitled and unfinished; fragments of Acts I and III)
	Contemporary play with a setting at Fernslope (untitled and unfinished; fragment)
	Non-Fiction
1891	The Young Emperor William II of Germany; A Study in Character Development on a Throne
	(Serialized in The New York Times between June-August 1890 under the title “An Empire’s Young Chief.” Published in New York and London in 1891. Second revised edition published in New York and London in 1892. French translation entitled Un Jeune Empereur, Guillaume II d’Allemagne published in 1894.)
1892	The New Exodus; A Study of Israel in Russia
	(Serialized in The New York Times between September-December 1891 under the title “An Indictment of Russia.” Published in New York and London in 1892.)