Author:George Walter Thornbury

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George Walter Thornbury
(1828–1876)

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English poet and journalist.

Works

Every Man His Own Trumpeter (1858)
Life in Spain (1859)
Turkish Life and Character (1860)
"Abraham Lincoln, President Elect of the United States" in Once a Week, Series 1, 4 (1860)
"High Elms" in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
Icebound (1861)
British Artists from Hogarth to Turner (1861, 2 Vols.)
Life of J. M. W. Turner (1861).
"The Homeward Bound and the Outward Bound" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
True as Steel (1863, 3 Vols.)
"The Foundling Hospital at Moscow" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
"An Extraordinary Sect" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
Wildfire (1864)
Tales for the Marines (1865)
Haunted London (1865)
Greatheart (1866)
The Vicar's Courtship (1869)
Old Stories Retold (1869)
Tour Round England (1870, 2 Vols.)
Criss Crossjourneys (1873, 2 Vols.)
Old and New London (1873-74, 2 Vols.)
"A Monk's Daily Life" in Littell's Living Age, 128 (1647)
Art and Nature
Shakspeare's England

Poetry

Songs of Cavaliers and Roundheads (1857)
"The Greek Diver" in The Welcome Guest, 1 (1860) (external scan)
"Swift and the Mohawks" in Once a Week, Series 1, 4 (1861)
"The Jester's Passing Bell" in Once a Week, Series 1, 4 (1861)
"The Two Norse Kings: A Yorkshire Legend" in Once a Week, Series 1, 4 (1861)
"The Cavalier's Escape" in Once a Week, Series 1, 4 (1861)
"The Father of the Regiment" in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
"The Three Statues of Ægina" in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
"Twilight" in Once a Week, Series 1, 5 (1861)
"Dr. Johnson's Penance" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1861)
"The Wood Echo: A Greek Legend" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
"The King at the Gate" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
"The Dead Bride" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
"The Chase of the Siren: A Doric Legend" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
"A Day-Dream on the Rhine" in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
"The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew" in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
"The Death of King Warwolf: A Norse Legend" in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
"The Boy Martyr" in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
"The Three Electors (A Favourite Anecdote of Luther's)" in Once a Week, Series 1, 7 (1862)
"The Saturnalia" in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
"The Death of Winkelreid" in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
"Pan Vinctus—Pan Victor" in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
"Baucis and Philemon: A Legend of an English Workhouse" in Once a Week, Series 1, 8 (1863)
"The Viking's Serf" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
"An Ancient Russian Legend" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
"Clytè" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
"Dionysius the Schoolmaster" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
"How Thor Went to Fish for the Serpent Midgard" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
"The Witches' Ride" in Once a Week, Series 1, 9 (1863)
"John of Padua: A Legend of Longleat" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
"The Mermaid" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
"The Battle Painter" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
"The Vizier's Parrot" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
"The Madonna della Seggiola" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
"Bacchus and the Water-Thieves" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
"The Carnival at Venice (A.D. 1720)" in Once a Week, Series 1, 10 (1864)
"Tintoret" in Once a Week, Series 1, 11 (1864)
"Autumn Time" in Once a Week, Series 1, 11 (1864)
"The Legend of Saint Vitus" in Once a Week, Series 1, 11 (1864)
"Lost Syrinx" in Once a Week, Series 1, 11 (1864)
"The Cumæan Sibyl" in Once a Week, Series 1, 11 (1864)
Two Centuries of Song (1867)
"The Legend of the Prince's Plume" (All the Year Round, 1869)
"The Wreck off Calais" (All the Year Round, 1869)
Historical and Legendary Ballads and Songs (1875)

Works about Thornbury

"Thornbury, George Walter," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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