Talbot Baines Reed

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Talbot Baines Reed (April 3, 1852 – November 28, 1893) was an English writer who specialised in boys' school stories, the most famous of which were The Fifth Form at St. Dominic’s and The Adventures of a Three Guinea Watch.

Born in Hackney, London, Reed was the third son of Sir Charles Reed, who served as Member of Parliament for the borough. Reed's family was also closely involved with the Religious Tract Society, which founded the Boy's Own Paper, a periodical which published all of his stories. Reed more than any other late 19th century writer was responsible for the ensuing popularity of school stories in British children's fiction.

Talbot Baines Reed is buried in Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington.

[edit] Bibliography

Although all of Reed's school stories were first serialised in the Boy's Own Paper, some of them were published in book form, both during and after the author's life.

• The Fifth Form at St. Dominic’s (1881)
• Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch (1883)
• The Willoughby Captains (1887)
• English Letter Foundries (1887)
• The Master of the Shell (1887)
• Sir Ludar (1889)
• My Friend Smith (1889)
• Roger Ingleton Minor (1891)
• The Cock House at Fellsgarth (1893)
• Kilgornan: Ireland in 1798 (1894)
• Tom, Dick and Harry (1894)
• A Dog with a Bad Name (1894)
• The Boys of Templeton (1899)
• Follow My Leader (1899)
• Parkhurst Sketches (1899)
• Richard Cruden (1913)

[edit] References

• Carpenter, H. and M. Prichard. 1984. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.