TIMOTHY SHAY ARTHUR was one of antebellum America's favorite writers.
According to James D. Hart in THE POPULAR BOOK, Arthur wrote "over 5% of
all the volumes of fiction published in the 1840s" (109).  The "Maine Law"
debates and popular songs from the stage adaptations of his most famous
novel, TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR-ROOM (1854), sold more than one million copies
of that book alone, in just six years.  Below is what I believe to be a
complete bibliography of Arthur's writings, chronologically arranged by
first publication date.
 
Most of these works probably appeared first in serial form, for Arthur was
a prodigious contributor to several Baltimore, and, after 1841,
Philadelphia magazines, including Godey's Lady Book and Arthur's Home
Magazine.  Arthur was true to the temperance cause until his death in
1885, but he wrote more than straight temperance fiction.  As the titles
should suggest, he wrote children's literature, history, and advice
manuals for men and women.  He also used fiction to write about business
ethics, marriage, and even with the then-unspeakable subject of divorce.
 
This bibliography is adapted from that offered by Warren French, in Lewis
Leary, editor, American Literature to 1900 (New York: St. Martin's, 1980).
I typed it up for my own use, and then realized it might be handy for
others.  Likewise, if anyone has bibliographies for other temperance
writers, 19th or 20th century, the forum (at least me) would love to see
them.
 
Some of the titles are a scream, and/or suggestive of what must be a great
resource for those interested in how 19th century temperance reformers
thought and lived in everyday life.  My experience with Arthur has
been that he's readable, and at times, quite comic, though perhaps
not intentionally so.  Enjoy the bib!  Jon M, U-Iowa
 
 
 
Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885).  Born in New York, raised in
Baltimore, moved to Philadelphia in 1841.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  with W. H. Carpenter.  The
     Baltimore Book, 1838.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Insubordination: An American Story of Real
     Life, 1841.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Tired of Housekeeping, 1842.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Six Nights with the Washingtonians, 1842.
     also republished as The Tavern-Keeper's Victims, 1860.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Bell Martin: or, The Heiress, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Fanny Dale; or, The First Year After
     Marriage, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Tailor's Apprentice: A Story of
     Cruelty and Oppression, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Little Pilgrims: A Sequel to The
     Tailor's Apprentice, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Madeline: or, A Daughter's Love, and Other
     Tales, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Making a Sensation and Other Tales, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Ruined Family and Other Tales, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Swearing Off and Other Tales, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Seamstress, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Stolen Wife, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Sweethearts and Wives: or, Before and
     After Marriage, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Two Merchants, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Village Doctors and Other Tales, 1843.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Cecilia Howard; or, The Young Lady Who Had
     Finished Her Education, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Pride or Principle -- Which Makes the
     Lady?, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Family Pride; or, The Palace and the Poor
     House, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Hints and Helps for the Home Circle; or,
     The Mother's Friend, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Hiram Elwood, The Banker; or, Like Father
     Like Son, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Martyr Wife, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Prose Fictions Written for the
     Illustration of True Principles, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Ruined Gamester: or, Two Eras in My
     Life, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Two Sisters; or, Life's Changes, 1844.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Maiden, 1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Wife, 1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Anna Milnor, The Young Lady Who Was Not
     Punctual, and Other Tales, 1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Heiress, 1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Club Room and Other Temperance Tales,
     1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Married and Single; or, Marriage and
     Celibacy Contrasted, 1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Lovers and Husbands, 1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Tales from Real Life, 1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Two Husbands and Other Tales, 1845.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Mother, 1846.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Random Recollections of an Old Doctor,
     1846.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Advice to Young Men on Their Duties and
     Conduct in Life (non-fiction), 1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Beautiful Widow, 1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  A Christmas Box for the Sons and Daughters
     of Temperance (non-fiction gift book?), 1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Improving Stories for the Young, 1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Keeping Up Appearances, 1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Riches Have Wings, 1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Young Lady at Home, 1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Young Music Teacher and Other Tales,
     1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Young Wife: A Manual of Moral,
     Religious, and Domestic Duties (non-fiction), 1847.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Advice to Young Ladies (non-fiction),
     1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Agnes; or The Possessed: A Revelation of
     Mesmerism, 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Debtor and Creditor, 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Lost Children, 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Retiring from Business; or, The Rich Man's
     Error, 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Love in a Cottage, 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Rising in the World, 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Lucy Stanford: A Story of the Heart, 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Making Haste to be Rich, 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Three Eras of a Woman's Life (one
     volume, reprints The Maiden, The Wife, The Mother), 1848.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Love in High Life, 1849.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Mary Moreton; or, The Broken Promise,
     1849.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Sketches of Life and Character, 1849.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Sons of Temperance Offering.
     2 volumes.  1849-1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  with Francis Channing Woodworth.  Wreaths
     of Friendship: A Gift for the Young, 1849.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Alice Melville; or, The Indiscretion; Mary
     Ellis; or, The Runaway Match, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  All for the Best, or, The Old Peppermint
     Man, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Brilliant: A Gift-Book, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Crystal Fount for All Seasons,
     1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Doctor's Daughter, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Divorced Wife, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Golden Grains from Life's Harvest Field,
     1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Illustrated Temperance Tales, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Lights and Shadows of Real Life, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Orphan Children, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Pride and Prudence: or, The Married
     Sisters, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Tales of Domestic Life, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  True Riches and Other Tales, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Two Brides, 1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Young Artist; or, The Dream of Italy,
     1850.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Two Wives, 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Banker's Wife, 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Lessons in Life for All Who Will Read
     Them, 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Off-Hand Sketches, 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Seed-Time and Harvest (stories), 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Stories for My Young Friends, Parents,
     Young Housekeepers, 3 volumes, 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Way to Prosper; or, In Union There Is
     Strength and Other Tales, 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  with Francis Channing Woodworth.  A Wheat
     Sheaf, Gathered from Our Own Field, 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Woman's Trials (stories), 1851.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Confessions of a House-Keeper, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Home Scenes and Home Influences, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Tried and the Tempted, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Cedardale, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Our Little Harry and Other Poems and
     Stories, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Pierre the Organ-Boy and Other Stories,
     1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Poor Wood-Cutter and Other Stories,
     1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Jessie Hampton, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Uncle Ben's New Year's Gift, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Ways of Providence (stories), 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Confessions of a Housekeeper, 1852.
     revised and republished as Trials and Confessions of an
     American Housekeeper, 1854, and Ups and Downs, 1857.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Who are Happiest? And Other Stories, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Who is Greatest? and Other Stories, 1852.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Before and After the Election; or, The
     Political Experiences of Mr. Patrick Murphy, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Finger Posts on the Way of Life, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Home Lights and Shadows, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Home Mission, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Iron Rule; or, Tyranny in the
     Household, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Lady at Home, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Last Penny and Other Stories, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Leaves from the Book of Human Life, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Maggy's Baby and Other Stories, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Married Life: Its Shadows and Sunshine
     (stories), 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Old Man's Bride, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Sparing to Spend; or, The Loftons and
     Pinkertons, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  with Francis Channing Woodworth.  The
     String of Pearls for Boys and Girls, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Wounded Boy and Other Stories, 1853.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  with W. H. Carpenter.  The History of
     Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
     Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia.  10 volumes.  1852-1854.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw
     There, 1854.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Angel of the Household, 1854.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Shadows and Sunbeams, 1854.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Temperance Offering, 1854.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Leaves from the Book of Human Life, 1855.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Good Time Coming, 1855.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The True Path and How to Walk
     Therein, 1856.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Wedding Guest, 1856.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  Words of Cheer for the Tempted,
     the Toiling, and the Sorrowing, 1856.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  Orange Blossoms, 1857.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Hand But Not the Heart; or, The Life-
     Trials of Jessie Loring, 1858.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Angel and the Demon: A Tale of Modern
     Spiritualism, 1858.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Little Bound-Boy, 1858.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Steps Towards Heaven (sermons), 1858.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Boys' and Girls' Treasury,
     1859.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Lizzy Glenn; or, The Trials of a
     Seamstress, 1859.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Allen House; or, Twenty Years Ago and
     Now, 1860.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Aunt Mary's Preserving Kettle, 1863.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Nancy Wimble, 1863.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Growler's Income Tax (non-fiction), 1864.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Hidden Wings and Other Stories, 1864.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Light on Shadowed Paths, 1864.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Out in the World, 1864.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Sunshine at Home and Other Stories, 1864.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Sowing the Wind and Other Stories, 1865.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Home-Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs, 1865.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Nothing But Money, 1865.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  What Came Afterwards, 1865.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Life's Crosses and How to Meet Them, 1865.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Our Neighbors in the Corner House, 1866.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Lost Bride; or, The Astrologer's
     Prophecy Fulfilled, 1866.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Blind Nelly's Boy and Other Stories, 1867.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  After the Storm, 1868.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Peacemaker and Other Stories, 1869.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  After a Shadow and Other Stories, 1869.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Not Anything for Peace and Other Stories,
     1869.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Heroes of the Household, 1869.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Rainy Day at Home, 1869.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Seen and the Unseen, 1869.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Anna Lee, 1869.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Beacon Lights, 1869.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Tom Blinn's Temperance Society and Other
     Tales, 1870.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Idle Hands and Other Stories, 1871.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Orange Blossoms, Fresh and Faded
     (stories), 1871.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Talks with a Philosopher on the Ways of
     God and Man, 1871.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Wonderful Story of Gentle Hand and
     Other Tales, 1872.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Cast Adrift, 1872.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Three Years in a Man-Trap, 1872.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Comforted, 1873.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Woman to the Rescue: A Story of the New
     Crusade, 1874.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  Little Gems from the Children's
     Hour, 1875.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Power of Kindness and Other Stories,
     1875.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Danger; or, Wounded in the House of a
     Friend, 1875.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Pratler, 1876.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Budget: A Book for Boys and
     Girls, 1877.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Latimer Family, 1877.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The My Books, 1877.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Wife's Engagement Ring, 1877.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Bar-Rooms at Brantley, 1877.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Mill and the Tavern, 1878.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  The Playmate, 1878.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure,
     1878.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Strike at Jivoli Mills and What Came
     of It, 1879.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Feet and Wings: or, Among the Beasts and
     Birds, 1880.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  Lucy Grey and Other Stories, 1880.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Saved as by Fire, 1881.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  Sophy and Prince, 1881.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Adventures by Sea and Land, 1890.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Death-Dealing Gold, 1890.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  The Little Savoyard and Other Stories,
     1891.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Two Little Girls and What They Did, 1899.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Won by Waiting, no date.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Sow Well and Reap Well: A Book for the
     Young, no date.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Story Sermons, no date.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay.  Talks with a Child on the Beatitudes, no
     date.
 
Arthur, Timothy Shay, editor.  Friendship's Token, no date.