B. W. Matz: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", Bibliography [1870-1912]

  1. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By Charles Dickens. Parts 1–6. With 12 illustrations by Sir Luke Fildes, R.A. 1870.
  2. How Mr. Sapsea ceased to be a Member of the Eight Club. Fragment found by John Forster. See his Life of the Novelist. Added to the ‘Biographical,’ ‘National,’ and ‘Centenary’ editions of the novel.
  3. The Cloven Foot: An Adaptation of the English Novel to American Scenes, Characters, Customs and Nomenclature. By Orpheus C. Kerr (R. H. Newell). New York: Carleton. 1870.
  4. The Mystery of Mr. E. Drood. By Orpheus C. Kerr. An English edition of foregoing, with several minor alterations. London: The Piccadilly Annual. 1870.
  5. John Jasper’s Secret: A Sequel to Charles Dickens’s Unfinished Novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By Henry Morford, of New York, and his wife. Issued in parts in America by T. B. Peterson and Bros., Philadelphia, from October 1871 to March 1872; and in England anonymously. An edition of the same work was published in 1901 with the astoundingly false announcement on the title-page that the book is by Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens the Younger. New York: R. F. Fenno and Co.
  6. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A Play by Walter Stephens. Performed at the Surrey Theatre, 4th November 1871. Chapman and Hall. 1871.
  7. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A drama by G. H. Macdermott. Performed at the Britannia Theatre, 22nd July 1872.
  8. The Mystery of Edwin Drood Complete. Part the Second. ‘By the Spirit Pen of Charles Dickens, through a Medium.’ Published at Brattleborough, Vermont, U.S.A. 1873.
  9. The Great Mystery Solved: Being a Sequel to The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By Gillan Vase. 3 vols. London: Remington and Co. 1878.
  10. Le Crime de Jasper. Traduit de l’Anglais. Dentu. Paris: 1879.
  11. Alive or Dead: A Drama. By Robert Hall. Performed at the Park Theatre, Camden Town, 3rd May 1880.
  12. Watched by the Dead: A Loving Study of Dickens’s Half-Told Tale. By Richard A. Proctor. London: W. H. Allen and Co. 1887. (The genesis of this ‘loving study’ appeared as articles in the Belgravia Magazine, June 1878; Leisure Readings, 1882; and Knowledge, 1884; over the pseudonym of ‘Thomas Foster.’)
  13. How ‘Edwin Drood’ was Illustrated. By Alice Meynell. Century Magazine, February 1884.
  14. The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Suggestions for a Conclusion. Cornhill Magazine, March 1884.
  15. The Welfleet Mystery (An Outgrowth of Dickens’s Last Work). By Mrs. C. A. Read. The Weekly Budget, 1885.
  16. A Novelist’s Favourite Theme. Cornhill Magazine, January 1886.
  17. Mystery on Mystery. By Edward Salmon. Belgravia, September 1887.
  18. The Drood Mystery Again. By Robert Allbut. Daily Union, U.S.A. (letter dated 21st August 1893).
  19. Clues to the Mystery of Edwin Drood. By J. Cuming Walters. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 2s. 6d. 1905.
  20. Solving ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood.’ By B. W. Matz. Dickensian, July 1905.
  21. The Mystery of Datchery. By William Archer. Morning Leader, 15th, 22nd and 29th July. Replies by J. Cuming Walters, 17th and 26th July 1905.
  22. The Drood Case. By Andrew Lang. Morning Post, 28th July 1905.
  23. The Plot of Edwin Drood. By Andrew Lang. Academy, 29th July 1905. Reply by J. Cuming Walters, 12th August 1905.
  24. The Clearing of a Mystery. By Harry Beswick. Clarion, 28th July 1905.
  25. The Drood Case. By J. Cuming Walters. Morning Post, 8th August 1905.
  26. The History of a Mystery: A Review of the Solutions to ‘Edwin Drood.’ By George F. Gadd. Dickensian, September to December 1905.
  27. Interview between Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes on the Drood Mystery. By Andrew Lang. Longman’s Magazine (At the Sign of the Ship), September 1905.
  28. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By Hammond Hall. Dickensian, September 1905.
  29. Mystery of Edwin Drood. By H. H. F. Academy, 26th August. By J. Cuming Walters and Andrew Lang, 9th September 1905.
  30. Bazzard and Helena. By H. H. F. Academy, 9th September 1905.
  31. Dickens Memories, with Some Reflections on the Edwin Drood Mystery. By Percy Fitzgerald. Daily Chronicle, 20th September 1905.
  32. The Mystery of Edwin Drood: More Opinions Regarding the Identity of Datchery. By Dr. Blake Odgers, J. Cuming Walters, Willoughby Matchett and A. Bawtree. Daily Chronicle, 23rd September 1905.
  33. Edwin Drood Mystery. By J. Cuming Walters. Daily Chronicle, 27th September 1905.
  34. The Puzzle of Dickens’s Last Plot. By Andrew Lang. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 2s. 6d. net. 1905.
  35. A Dickens Mystery: Mr. Andrew Lang’s Adventures with Edwin Drood. By J. Cuming Walters. Daily Chronicle, 14th October 1905.
  36. The Mysteries of Edwin Drood. Times, 27th October. Letters on the same by Sir Luke Fildes, R.A., 3rd November (reprinted in Dickensian, December 1905); Andrew Lang, 10th November 1905; and J. W. T. Ley, 21st November 1905.
  37. Edwin Drood Again. By J. Cuming Walters. Academy, 28th October 1905.
  38. Mr. Lang the Disentangler. By Walter Herries Pollock. Evening Standard, 30th October 1905.
  39. Mr. Lang Detecting Again. By G. K. Chesterton. Daily News, 2nd November 1905.
  40. Edwin Drood: Solutions to the Mystery. By Henry Smetham. Rochester and Chatham Journal, 18th November 1905. (Reprinted in pamphlet form for private circulation.)
  41. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By E. J. S. The Star, 25th November 1905.
  42. The Literary Correspondence of Edward Honey concerning the Fate of Edwin Drood. The Scottish Review, 30th November 1905.
  43. Mr. Luke Fildes, The ‘Drood’ Mystery, and Mr. Lang. By J. Cuming Walters. Dickensian, December 1905.
  44. Edwin Drood, Dead or Alive. By J. Cuming Walters. Westminster Gazette, 23rd December 1905.
  45. Datchery the Enigma: The Case for Tartar. By George F. Gadd. Dickensian, January 1906.
  46. Edwin Drood. By Andrew Lang. Westminster Gazette, 15th January 1906.
  47. The Edwin Drood Syndicate. The Cambridge Review, Nos. 668–673, 1906.
  48. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By the Rev. Wilfrid Lescher, O.P. Catholic Times, 9th February 1906.
  49. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By A. M. P. The L.C.C. Staff Gazette, April 1906.
  50. Lytton’s ‘John Acland.’ By J. Cuming Walters. Athenæum, 14th April 1906.
  51. Edwin Drood and Dickens’s Last Days. By Kate Perugini (Dickens’s daughter). (Illus.) Pall Mall Magazine, June 1906.
  52. Mrs. Perugini and Edwin Drood. By Andrew Lang. Times, 1st June 1906.
  53. The Dissection of Drood. By J. Meredith Bird. Pall Mall Gazette, 11th June 1906.
  54. Mr. Datchery. By Willoughby Matchett. Dickensian, January 1907.
  55. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Interview with Mr. H. Beerbohm Tree and Mr. J. Comyns Carr. By Raymond Blathwayt. Cardiff, South Wales Daily News, 14th November 1907.
  56. The Mystery of Edwin Drood: A Drama in Four Acts. By J. Comyns Carr. Performed at His Majesty’s Theatre, 4th January 1908. (First played at Cardiff, November 1907.)
  57. Edwin Drood. Criticism of Mr. Comyn Carr’s play by J. Cuming Walters. Daily Chronicle, 1st January 1908.
  58. Keys to the Drood Mystery. By Edwin Charles. (Illus.) London: Collier and Co. 1s. net. 1908.
  59. A Chat with Mr. Tree. Daily Telegraph, 2nd January 1908.
  60. The Real Edwin Drood. By Haldane Macfall. Daily Chronicle, 8th January 1908.
  61. The Secret of Edwin Drood. Interview with Mr. Comyns Carr. Daily Chronicle, 9th January 1908.
  62. The Drood Mystery. Mr. Hall Caine’s reply to Mr. Tree. Daily Chronicle, 14th January 1908.
  63. The Great Drood Case. By Andrew Lang. Morning Post, 24th January 1908.
  64. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By T. P. P.T.O., 25th January 1908.
  65. Edwin Drood at his Majesty’s Theatre. By J. W. T. Ley. Dickensian, February 1908.
  66. The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Its ‘Completions’ and ‘Solutions.’ By B. W. Matz. The Bookshelf, February 1908.
  67. Edwin Drood: A Theory. By Albert F. Fessenden. Boston (U.S.A.) Evening Transcript, 7th and 29th February, 7th, 14th, and 21st March 1908.
  68. Desultory Thoughts on Drood. By J. Cuming Walters. Dickensian, March 1908.
  69. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By B. W. Matz. (Illus.) Bookman, March 1908.
  70. The Mystery of Edwin Drood: A Drama. By C. A. Clarke and S. B. Rogerson. Osborne Theatre, Manchester, March 1908. See Stage, 5th March 1908.
  71. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Illustrations. By W. Manchester City News, 10th March 1908.
  72. Last Words on the Drood Mystery. By various writers. Dickensian, April 1908.
  73. Are the Droodists all at Sea? By W. Teignmouth Shore. T. P.’s Weekly, 21st August 1908.
  74. Thoughts on the Drood Mystery. By Henry Leffmann, A.M., M.D. About Dickens (a privately printed volume). Philadelphia. 1908.
  75. Dickens and the Drama (chapter devoted to Plays on Edwin Drood). By S. J. Adair FitzGerald. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 5s. net. 1910.
  76. About ‘Edwin Drood.’ By H. J. Cambridge University Press. 4s. net. 1911.
  77. Drood and Datchery. By J. Cuming Walters. Dickensian, March 1911.
  78. About ‘Edwin Drood.’ Reviews by Andrew Lang, Morning Post, 24th February, and Illustrated London News, 4th March; by B. W. Matz in Daily Chronicle, 24th February; by ‘M. R. J.’ in Cambridge Review, 9th March; by C. K. S. in The Sphere, 11th March; Athenæum, 1st April 1911; The Author, April 1911.
  79. The Drood Mystery Solved. By J. Cuming Walters. T. P.’s Weekly, 3rd and 24th March 1911.
  80. Mr. Cuming Walters on ‘Edwin Drood.’ By Andrew Lang. T. P.’s Weekly, 17th and 31st March 1911.
  81. The Claims of Bazzard. Birmingham Daily Post, 11th March 1911.
  82. Mystery à la Americo-Parisienne. By Andrew Lang. Morning Post, 10th March 1911.
  83. Criticisms and Appreciations of Charles Dickens’s Works. By G. K. Chesterton. London: J. M. Dent and Co. 7s. 6d. net. 1911.
  84. About Edwin Drood. By Andrew Lang. Dickensian, April 1911.
  85. Drood and Datchery. By Wilkins Micawber, Junr. Dickensian, April 1911.
  86. Drop It. By J. Cuming Walters. Dickensian, May 1911.
  87. Edwin Drood and some Queries. By A. B. Stedman. Dickensian, May 1911.
  88. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By Andrew Lang. Blackwood’s Magazine, May 1911.
  89. Phases of Dickens (chapter on His Last Mystery). By J. Cuming Walters. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 5s. net. 1911.
  90. Dickens and His Last Book: A New Theory. By S. Y. E. Nottingham Guardian, 9th January 1912.
  91. Edwin Drood Re-examined. By ‘K.’ The Eye-Witness, 18th and 25th January, 1st and 8th February 1912.
  92. The Drood Mystery. By J. Cuming Walters. The Eye-Witness, 22nd February, 7th and 14th March 1912.
  93. Drood and Datchery. By ‘K.’ The Eye-Witness, 29th February 1912.
  94. In Dickens Street (chapter entitled A Dickens Mystery). By W. R. Thomson. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. 3s. 6d. net. 1912.
  95. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. By Dr. J. B. Hellier. British Weekly, 4th April 1912.
  96. The Drood Debate in Birmingham. By J. Cuming Walters and Willoughby Matchett. Dickensian, June 1912.
  97. Andrew Lang and Dickens’s Puzzle. By J. Cuming Walters. Dickensian, September 1912.
  98. The Drood Mystery: Extracts from an Unpublished Article by Andrew Lang. By Arthur Eckersley. Book Monthly, September 1912.
  99. Curious Discovery may solve Edwin Drood Mystery. The New York Times, 1st Dezember 1912. (added by Sven Karsten)