J. Ashby-Sterry

by George J. Dance

Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917) was a humorous English poet and novelist.^[1]

LifeEdit

Ashby-Sterry was a contributor to Punch and other London magazines. He wrote the "Bystander" column in the Graphic for 18 years. His poetry collections Boudoir Ballads (1876) and The Lazy Minstrel (1886) both had a quick success.^[2]

Publications Edit

PoetryEdit

• Boudoir Ballads. London: Chatto & Windus, 1876.
• The Lazy Minstrel. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1886.
• The River Rhymer. London: W.J. Ham-Smith, 1913.

PlayEdit

• Katharine and Petruchio; or, The shaming of the true. London, S. Rivers, 1870; New York: Happy Hours.

NovelsEdit

• The Wooden Midshipman. [London?]: [1881?]
• A Naughty Girl: A story of 1893. London: Bliss, Sands & Foster, 1893
  • also published as A Naughty Girl. London: Sands, 1908.
• A Tale of the Thames: With illustrations in verse (illustrated by William Hatherell). London: Bliss & Sands, 1896.

Short fictionEdit

• Fifty Novels (with Frank Abell). London: Diprose & Bateman, 1883.
• Nutshell Novels. London: Hutchinson, 1891.

Non-fictionEdit

• The Shuttlecock Papers: A book for an idle hour. London: Tinsley Bros., 1873.
• Tiny Travels. London: Tinsley, 1874.
• A Snailway Guide to Tunbridge Wells. Tunbridge Wells, UK: R. Clements, 1884.
• Cucumber Chronicles: A book to be taken in slices. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887.
• Charles Dickens in Southwark. London: 1888.
• The New Fiction: A protest against sexmania; and other papers. London: Westminster Gazette Office, 1895.
• The Bystander; or, Leaves for the lazy. London: Sands, 1901.

Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.^[3]

See alsoEdit

• List of British poets

ReferencesEdit

NotesEdit

External linksEdit

Poems

• "Kindness to Animals"
• Ashby-Sterry in A Victorian Anthology: "A Marlow Madrigal," "A Portrait," "The Little Rebel"
• The Social Zodiac (rondeaux by Ashby-Sterry): "January (Upon the Ice)," "February (Saint Valentine)," "March (O Wind of March)," "April (An April Day)," "May (A Private View)," "June (In Rotten Row)," "July (On Henley Bridge)," "August (Beside the Sea)," "September (A Foreign Tour)," "October (Once More at Home)," "November (A London Fog)," "December ('Neath Mistletoe)"
• The Lazy Minstrel on the Thames (18 poems)

Books

• Works by Joseph Ashby-Sterry at Project Gutenberg
• Joseph Ashby-Sterry at Amazon.com

Audio / Video

• 20px J. Ashby-Sterry public domain audiobooks from LibriVox