Catherine Marsh

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Standard Name: Marsh, Catherine
Pseudonym: Ianthe
Pseudonym: Credo
Catherine Marsh was always an avid writer since she was a small child, and first tried, unsuccessfully, to publish her writing (a romance) in the autumn of her twelfth year.
O’Rorke, Lucy. The Life and Friendships of Catherine Marsh. Longmans, Green & Co., 1917.
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Her first successful publication, The Victory Won, probably in 1853, was about a pious deathbed, the victory being that of a soul won for God. From that point on she published several other works, mostly uplifting biographies of Christian soldiers (and notably of her father) and religious texts with patriotic overtones, often relating to the working classes. These works sold in massive numbers.
The second and third pages of a letter from Catherine Marsh to Miss Saunders. Marsh explains that she has a great "horror of unnecessary publicity," and never speaks in the presence of clergymen. She makes her only exception for "Evangelists", among whom on the last page she counts herself a humble member -- and among whom, presumably, were the young men she was soon to address. Hilda Londry Collection.

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By 1860: The Army Prayer Union and Scripture Readers...

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The Army Prayer Union and Scripture Readers Society was in full operation, founded by a number of Evangelical officers.
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
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Texts

Marsh, Catherine. A Light for the Line. J. Nisbet and Co., 1858.
Marsh, Catherine. A Sketch of the Life of Capt. Hedley Vicars, the Christian Soldier. Macfarlane and Fergusson, 1862.
Marsh, Catherine. Brave, Kind, and Happy. J. Nisbet and Co., 1858.
Marsh, Catherine. Day Dawn. J. Nisbet and Co., 1866.
Marsh, Catherine. Death and Life. J. Nisbet and Co., 1866.
Marsh, Catherine. English Hearts and English Hands. J. Nisbet and Co., 1858.
Marsh, Catherine. English Hearts and English Hands. Robert Carter and Brothers, 1860.
Marsh, Catherine. Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars, Ninety-Seventh Regiment. J. Nisbet and Co., 1855.
Marsh, Catherine. Memory’s Pictures. J. Nisbet and Co., 1871.
Marsh, Catherine, and Lucy O’Rorke. Our Sovereign Lady: A Book for Her People. J. Nisbet and Co., 1887.
Marsh, Catherine. Shining Light. J. Nisbet and Co., 1869.
Marsh, Catherine. The Life of Arthur Vandeleur, Major, Royal Artillery. J. Nisbet and Co., 1862.
Marsh, Catherine. The Life of the Rev. William Marsh, D.D. James Nisbet and Co., 1867.
Marsh, Catherine. The Prince and the Praise. J. Nisbet and Co., 1872.
Marsh, Catherine. The Prince and the Prayer. J. Nisbet and Co., 1872.
Marsh, Catherine, and Lucy O’Rorke. The Prince’s Return. J. Nisbet and Co., 1876.
Marsh, Catherine. The Victory Won. J. Nisbet & Co., 1853.
Marsh, Catherine. The Victory Won. 17th ed., J. Nisbet and Co., 1860.