Here are some of our favorite discoveries in the world of Victorian fiction. These are the stories that we couldn't resist running in our Victorian Times magazine. Some of them are by well known authors - H.G. Wells' "Magic Shop," for instance, is a delightful treat. Others are considerably more obscure, and we like to think we're having a hand in bringing them some well deserved attention after more than a century. The last four stories were run exclusively in Victorian Times Quarterly.

Christmas in the Forest, from the German (The Strand, 1897)

The Ghosts of Nether Talkington, by Henry A. Hering (Windsor Magazine, 1897)

Boney's Bonfire, by Andrew Home (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1896)

Madame's Little Plot (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)

Dobson's Plots, by David Roose (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1889)

Mr. and Mrs. Pidgeon's Visit to Their City Friends, as Related by Mr. Pidgeon, by Emily B. Carroll (Godey's Lady's Book, 1863)

The House that Jerry Built, by Leonard Larkin (The Strand, 1902)

Carter's Incandescent Cats, by W.L. Alden (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)

The Discourager of Hesitancy: A Continuation of The Lady or the Tiger? by Frank Stockton (Century Magazine, 1885)

The Tax on Moustaches, by J.H.W. Dam (The Strand, 1899A)

Edwin's Razor, by Angelina Brown (The Strand, 1901B)

The Laggard Letter's Luck, by Will Phillip Hooper (Demorest, 1889)

The Wrong Baby (Demorest, 1887)

The Author of "The Lion and the Lamb," by Frank Stockton (Century Magazine, 1883B)

The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank Stockton (Century Magazine, 1883A)

Annexed by the Tsar, by William O. Stoddard (Atlantic Monthly, 1883)

Dobsonian Christmas Gifts (Godey's Lady's Book, 1867)

The Nobleness of Oswald, by E. Nesbit (Windsor Magazine, 1899B)

That Stout German, by F. Bayford Harrison (The Strand, 1894)

The Wedding of Polly Ann Peachblossom, by Mary Ann Worthy (Godey's Lady's Book, 1873)

A Boomopolis Wedding, by John Kendrick Bangs (Harper's Monthly, 1891)

The Magic Shop, by H.G. Wells (The Strand, 1903)

A Motor in the Bull-Ring, by R.B. Townshend (The Strand, 1903)

A Glut in Turkeys, by Marion Ward (The Strand, 1903)

Too Much of a Good Thing, by Clara Augusta (Peterson's, 1866)

Pigs Is Pigs, by Ellis Parker Butler (The Strand, 1905)

An Awkward Fix, translated from the French (The Strand, 1893B)

The G.B. (An Oswald Bastable Story), by E. Nesbit (Windsor Magazine, 1898B)

The Truth About Pyecraft, by H.G. Wells (The Strand, 1903A)

The Mystery of the Expert, by Robert Barr (The Strand, 1901A)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain (Century Magazine, 1890A)

The New Accelerator, by H.G. Wells (The Strand, 1901B)

The Thames Valley Catastrophe, by Grant Allen (The Strand, 1897B)

How I Drove a Motor Car for Randall, by Richard Marsh (The Strand, 1901A)