Surly Bob is a 19th-century English children's novel by Luisa C. Silke. It was a melodrama about a nasty boy who nonetheless had great affection for his crippled little brother.Margaret Macaulay, “Children's Library”, Glasgow Herald, 23 September 1970 It was published as one of Cassell's “Shilling Series” of illustrated children's books and was notable in its day for its pathos, character development and illustrations. It was originally published in serial form in the British periodical The Quiver.“The Library, Christmas Books”, The Bazaar, The Exchange and Mart, 26 October 1881 and was considered at the time to be one its principal stories.Cassell's Serial Publications, the British Quarterly Review, Volume 63, April 1876
The first episode in the series was published in 1875. The novel was published in book form in 1881.
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External links First installment in the Surly Bob series Surly Bob published as a novel with illustrations