Today, we are likely to consider fish a type of meat - and thus fish alone would be a "meat course" in a meal. In Victorian times, however, a formal dinner would often have a fish course in addition to a meat course (if not a meat course, fish course and poultry course).

How to Cook a Fish Dinner (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1876)

Fish: How to Cook it and When to Eat It, by A.G. Payne (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)

How to Cook Fish, by Phillis Browne (Girl's Own Paper, 1882)

How to Cook Fish/Fish as an Article of Every-Day Food, by A.G. Payne (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1882)

On Cuttlefish as a Dainty Dish, by C.F. Gordon Cumming (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)

Oysters, and What to Do With Them, by Phillis Browne (Girl's Own Paper, 1885)

Fish as Food, and Facts About Fishing, by Gordon Stables, M.D., R.N. (Girl's Own Paper, 1886)

Lobsters and Crabs, by Phillis Browne (Girl's Own Paper, 1887)

Including tips on lobster butter and lobster coral.

The Worth of Fish as a Food (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1887)

The Art of Fish Cookery (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1888)

Fish: Manner of Preparing and Cooking Them, by Laura Lathrop (Ingalls' Home Magazine, 1888)

Clams, Oysters and Lobsters (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)

Recipes for canned seafoods.

Cooking Canned Salmon (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)

Fish (Girl's Own Paper, 1892)

"Cheap Fish," "Choice Fish and How to Cook It," and "Nutritious Fish."

Try My Nice Fish Pies! by Deborah Platter (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)

Buying and Cooking Terrapin, by Mrs. D.B. Fitzgerald (Ladies Home Journal, 1896)

If you're thinking of cooking a turtle, you won't want to miss this advice!

Some Cold Meat Cookery, by Amy S. Woods (Girl's Own Paper, 1896)

This article offers a number of interesting fish dishes.

Cookery Recipes: Fish (Girl's Own Paper, 1898)

Whole-Flake Fish Pie (Girl's Own Paper, 1900)