John Hartley

Published in 1878

A romantic novel about 3 sisters and other workers in a weaving mill.

A novel set on the local moors

Published by William Nicholson & Sons, London & Wakefield in 1876

A collection of the most popular dialect stories from the pen of John Hartley

Frozen to Death Pill Jim's Progress Wi' John's Bunion Moravian Knight's Entertainment Sperrit Rappin Ther's a Mule i' th' Garden A Neet at "Widup's Rest" Tinklin' Tom Th' New Schooil Booard Tha Caps me Nah! Nay Fer Sewer! Th' Battle o' Tawkin "Owd Tommy" It Mud ha' been War Ha a Dead Donkey Towt a Lesson One, Two, Three Sammy Bewitched Hard to Pleeas Ratcatchin' Owd Moorcock Peace Makkin Awr Emma – A False Alarm

Niver Judge by Appearances Mi First Testimonial Five Paand Nooat Silly Billy Put up wi' it A Queer Dream The Mystery of Burt's Babby Mak th' best on't Mrs Spaiktruth's Pairty Why Tommy isn't a Deacon One Amang th' Rest What's yor Hurry? Ha Owd Stooansnatch's Dowter gate Wed Th' New Railrooad Mose Hart's Twelvth Mess Th' Hoil-i'th'-Hill Statty Owd Dawdles Property Huntin' Abraham's Sparrib A Run ovver th' Year

Published by William Nicholson & Sons, London & Wakefield in 1868

Subtitled:

To which is added the cream of wit and humour from his popular writings

The book contains:

Bite Bigger – Poem To th' Swallow – Poem Plenty o' Brass – Poem Th' Little Stranger – Poem Babby Burds – Poem Wayvin Mewsic – Poem That's a Fact – Poem Stop at Hooam – Poem The Short Timer – Poem Th' First o'th' Soart – Poem Lines, on Finding a Butterfly in a Weaving Shed – Poem Uncle Ben – Poem The New Year's Resolve – Poem The Old Bachelor's Story – Poem Aght o' Wark – Poem Another Babby – Poem The Little Black Hand – Poem Lily's Gooan – Poem My Native Twang – Poem Shoo's thi' Sister – Poem Persevere – Poem To a Roadside Flower – Poem

The New Year – Prose Valentine Day – Prose March Winds – Prose April Fooils – Prose Policeman's Scrape – Prose Information – Prose Watterin' Places – Prose Flaar Shows – Prose October Ale – Prose Force of Example – Prose Gunpaader Plot – Prose Th' Last Month – Prose Meditated Strike – Prose New Year's Parties – Prose Smiles, Tears, Getting on – Prose Mysterious Disappearance – Prose Sam it up – Prose Fooils – Prose Cleanin' Daan Month – Prose Hay-making – Prose Hollingworth Lake – Prose Plagues – Prose End o'th' Year – Prose Scientific – Prose Valentine Dream – Prose

Published by William Nicholson & Sons, London & Wakefield in 1868

Subtitled:

To which is added the cream of wit and humour from his popular writings

DEDICATION. To RICHARD CHERRY, C. E., as a small token of the respect in which he is held by The Author

The book contains:

Th' Better Part – Poem Done Ageean – Poem Latter Wit – Poem My Gronfayther's Days – Poem Heart Brocken – Poem To a Daisy (Found blooming March 7th) - Poem A Bad Sooart – Poem All we Had – Poem Give it 'em Hot – Poem Th' Honest Hard Worker – Poem Niver Heed – Poem Sing On – Poem What aw Want – Poem What it is to be Mother – Poem What is it [maks a crusty wife] – Poem Come thi Ways! – Poem Advice to Jenny – Poem Ther's mich Expected – Poem A Strange Stooary – Poem Take Heart – Poem Did yo Iver – Poem An Old Man's Christmas Morning – Poem Billy Bumble's Bargain – Poem

Moral – Poem Rejected – Poem Duffin Johnnie (A Rifleman's Adventure) - Poem Lost Love – Poem Th' Traitle Sop – Poem To Let – Poem Fault Finders – Prose Disappointment – Prose Work Away – Poem New Machinery &c – Prose September Month – Prose A Hawporth – Poem Buttermilk &c – Prose It's a comfort – Prose Progress – Prose Try Again – Poem Jealousy – Prose Winter – Prose Persevere – Poem Booith-Taan Election – Prose Election – Prose None think Alike – Prose Seaside – Prose

Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect

Published by William Nicholson & Sons, London & Wakefield in 1868

The book contains:

Grimes' New Hat Sammywell Sweeps th' Chimley Hepsabah's Hat Old Dave to th' New Parson Sammywell's Eggsperiment What came of a Clock Almanac Sammywell's Reformation Sheffield Smook Awr Lad Grimes' Galloway True Blue; A Romance of Factory Life "If aw wor a Woman"

Sammywell's Soft Snap A Bashful Bradfordian Th' Owd, Owd Story Jim Nation's Fish-shop Bob Brierley's Bull Pup Troubles and Trials Earnin' a Honest Penny Th' Next Mornin' Christmas Oysters Chairley's Coortin What a Gallus Button did

Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect

Published by William Nicholson & Sons, London & Wakefield in 1898

Published in 1900

In 3 volumes