William Gilbert (20 May 1804 – 3 January 1890) was an English writer and Royal Navy surgeon. He wrote a considerable number of novels, biographies, histories, essays (especially about the dangers of alcohol and the plight of the poor) and popular fantasy stories, mostly in the 1860s and 1870s. Some of these have been reprinted in recent decades and are still available today. He is best remembered, however, as the father of dramatist W. S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan. (From Wikipedia)
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Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Doctor Austin's Guests (London: A. Strahan, 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The Magic Mirror (London: Maclaren and Co., 1907), illust. by John Menzies
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The Magic Mirror: A Round of Tales for Young and Old (London and New York: A. Strahan, 1866), illust. by W. S. Gilbert
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Shirley Hall Asylum: or, The Memoirs of a Monomaniac (London: W. Freeman, 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The Wizard of the Mountain (originally published 1867), ed. by David Trutt
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Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The city; an inquiry into the corporation, its livery companies, and the administration of their charities and endowments (Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Clara Levesque. (Hurst and Blackett, 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Contrasts (Strahan, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Dives and Lazarus (Judd & Glass, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Doctor Austin's guests (Alexander Strahan, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Facta non verba : a comparison between the good works performed by the ladies in Roman Catholic convents in England, and the unfettered efforts of their Protestant sisters (Isbister, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The inquisitor, or, The struggle in Ferrara : an historical romance / 1 (Tinsley Brothers, 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The landlord of 'The Sun,' a novel. (R. Bentley, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Lucrezia Borgia, duchess of Ferrara. A biography. (Hurst and Blackett, 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: Martha. (Hurst and Blackett, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The monomaniac: or, Shirley hall asylum. (J.S. Gregory, 1864) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The struggle in Ferrara; a story of the Reformation in Italy. (J. B. Lippincott, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: "Them boots," (Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gilbert, William, 1804-1890: The wizard of the mountain (Strahan, 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)
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