Arthur Thoby Prinsep was an author, poet, playwright, actor, composer, public speaker, music teacher and theatre director. He was also an early pioneer in Australian soccer, having played for Queen’s Park in Brisbane (1884), Wanderers, Canterbury and Arcardians (1885), Melbourne Rovers (1887-1890), Adamstoen Rosebuds (1893) and clubs in Dunedin and Wellington in New Zealand.
Prinsep’s life was colourful, sometimes to the point of scandalous, with many of the contemporary biographical writings containing exaggerations and downright fabrications.
However, Prinsep did leave behind a solid body of work from which we can judge his artistic career.
Below is a chronological list of his surviving works, with links to Trove. These pieces were written under a number of names including Prinsep, and variations of F D C De Lisle.
Please note certain stories were syndicated among several newspapers, and published over several chapters. In this case the most complete version from a single publication will be used.
Poetry
"Remembrance" by A. T. H. Prinsep, August 17, 1889 (Trove)
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser Poems by Arthur T. H. Prinsep
“Parting” – August 15, 1891 (Trove)
“Jessie” – September 19. 1891 (Trove)
“Smiles” – September 19, 1891 (Trove)
”Cease to Love Thee?” – September 19, 1891 (Trove)
"Betrayed" - November 21, 1891 (Trove)
"Hope" - November 28, 1891 (Trove)
”Speed On, O Ship!” – December 5, 1891 (Trove)
”On The Grave of a Friend In The Bush” – December 12, 1891 (Trove)
”The Buried Past” – December 26, 1891 (Trove)
"To E.M.C." - June 25, 1892 (Trove)
"A Whisper From The Wind" - June 25, 1892 (Trove)
"The Dead Past" - July 9, 1892, (Trove)
”The Stockrider’s Dream” – July 16, 1892 (Trove)
“Forsaken” – August 27, 1892 (Trove)
“In Memoriam” – September 24, 1892 (Trove)
"Love and the Serpent" - December 3, 1892 (Trove) (North Cuerindi is near Manilla NSW)
”Voices” – January 28, 1893 (Trove)
Other Poetry
“Song and Sorrow” by Fabian De Lisle, December 30, 1893. Evening Star, Dunedin. (Papers Past)
”My Idol” by Fabian De Lisle, May 10, 1895. New Zealand Mail. (Past Papers)
Uncertain title. May be “In Memoriam Robert Louis Stevenson” by Fabian D’A De Lisle, January 11, 1895. New Zealand Mail. (Past Papers)
“The Daughter of Proto Martyr”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, January 16, 1907, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
"The Lost Detachment", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, December 31, 1989, Critic, Adelaide. (Trove)
Fiction
The following stories are not listed date of composition. Stories appeared in multiple newspapers, often appearing in different combinations under different series titles, sometimes a few years after original publication. In fact it is difficult to ascertain when stories were published first as not all publications are on Trove or Past Papers.
The stories below have been listed in the order of the published date of the versions I have first found. At this stage I am not interested in re-ordering by searching for the earliest known publication.
Also I have chosen Trove (ie Australian) over Past Papers (NZ) versions where I can for ease of use.
"Winning A Certainty" by A. Prinnsep (sic), January 19, 1886, Globe (Sydney). (Trove)
"Lucifer" by A Prinsep, January 22, 1886, Globe (Sydney) (Trove) - may be non-fiction.
“Dr Haddon’s Stratagem” aka “The Love Cure” by Fabian De Lisle, December 23, 1893. Evening Star, Dunedin. (Past Papers)
“A Winning Hazard”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, July 29, 1901, The North Queensland Register. (Trove)
”Human Sticking Plaster, September 9, 1901”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, The North Queensland Register. (Trove)
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Series: “Tales of Sahib Land”
These stories were published in Australia over 1905 and 1906. and were credited to by F D’A. C. De L’Isle.
All chapters appear in the Sydney newspaper The Arrow, unless otherwise indicated, due to scan quality.
Unlike the various Sports series (Tales of Colonial Sport, Tales of a Minor Sportsman etc), which seem to have been newspapers’ own compilations of Prinsep’s sports stories, Tales of Sahid Land seems to have been written as a formal series.
“1 - The Griffin’s Game”, November 25, 1905. (Trove)
“2 – Jones”, December 2, 1905, The Arrow. (Trove)
“3 – The Pride That Goeth”, December 9, 1905. (Trove)
“4 – The Frenchman’s Crime”, December 23, 1905. (Trove)
“5 – A Pawn of Fate”, December 30, 1905. (Trove)
“6 – The Swordsman of the 28th B.L.”, January 13, 1906. (Trove)
“7 – Hoist With His Own Petard”, November 11, 1905, Observer, Adelaide. (Trove)
“8 – The Assault-at-arms”, January 20, 1906. (Trove)
“9 – In The Cause of Humanity”, January 27, 1906. (Trove)
“10 - When the Mogul Scored”, February 3, 1906. (Trove)
“11 – The Light of the P.W.D.”, January 6, 1906. (Trove) (Printed out of order in The Arrow)
“12 – The Guzerati’s Girt”, February 10, 1906. (Trove)
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“All For An Australian Girl” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle. Syndicated 1906. (Trove – Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV)
“Racing Dreams”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, January 9, 1906, The Register, Adelaide. (Trove)
“With A Wet Sheet”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 5, 1906, The Register, Adelaide. (Trove)
“As The Crow Flies”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 3, 1906. (Trove)
“A Furlong Too Far”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 10, 1906. (Trove)
”Under False Colours” by F. D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 10, 1906, Evening Journal, Adelaide (Trove)
“Mad Marchland’s Spoof”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 17, 1906, Observer, Adelaide. (Trove)
“The Fates and No. 3”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 24, 1906. (Trove)
"Her Astral Ally", , by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 24, 1906. Evening Journal, Adelaide. (Trove)
“No 2. – My Ten-Pounder”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 18, 1906, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
“No 3. – The King Pin”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 25, 1906, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
“On A False Scent”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 2, 1906, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
“The Trick of the Nine Half-Crowns”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 9, 1906, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
“The Demon Bowler Of Lilliput”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 23, 1906, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
“Under False Colors”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 30, 1906, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
“War Dance”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, July 7, 1906, Leader, Melbourne. (Trove).
"When Cupid Captains The Team", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, July 15, 1906, The Sunday Sun, Sydney. (Trove)
“The Babe” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, August 1, 1906, Referee, Sydney (Trove)
“A Losing Hazard” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, August 8, 1906, Referee, Sydney (Trove)
"The Wheels of Chance", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle,, November 10, 1906, Evening Journal, Adelaide. (Trove)
"The Fall of Lucifer", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, December 8, 1906, The Arrow, Sydney. (Trove)
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Series: “Anthony Augustus Joskins, Sportsman”
During 1907 and 1908, Prinsep wrote a number of stories featuring Joskins playing a number of sports. The stories seems to be presented separately, but the series title "Anthony Augustus Joskins, Sportsman" was used to introduce another story as an example of the author's work. "Another Shattered Idol" seems to be a later sequel to "A Polo Story".
"The Judgement of Joskins, A Golf Story", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 6, 1907, Referee, Sydney (Trove)
"The Joskins Smash, A Polo Story", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 11, 1907, Observer, Adelaide. (Trove)
“How Joskins Formed His Racing Stable”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, January 18, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
"Another Idol Shattered", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, September 27, 1913, The Queenslander. (Trove)
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"The Detestable Winger" by F D'A C De L'Isle, February 13, 1907, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
"How Alec Spoofed The Bargo Boys", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, March 9, 1907, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“The Trader’s Bride”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 9, 1907, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"Fullalove's Forlorn Hope", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, March 16, 1907, Evening Journal. (Trove)
"A Tragedy in Spots", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, March 23, 1907, Evening Journal. (Trove)
"The Ring In", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, March 30, 1907, Evening Journal. (Trove)
"Sold By The Ace of Spades", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, April 6, 1907, Evening Journal. (Trove)
"None But The Brave", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, April 10, 1907, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
“The Winning Trick”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 13, 1907, The Arrow. (Trove)
"On A Chancer", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, April 17, 1907, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
"One of the Prince Of Wale's Own", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, April 20, 1907, Observer, Adelaide. (Trove)
"An Affair With Mr Stripes", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, April 27, 1907, Observer, Adelaide. (Trove)
"Lady Gwendoline - Cheat!", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, April 27, 2907, The Queenslander. (Trove)
“The Wrong Sex”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 1, 1907, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
"The Willow Maiden", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, May 04, 1907, Obverser, Adelaide. (Trove)
"Winninf A Wife", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, May 8, 1907, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
"An Incident of the Mutiny" by F D'A C De L'Isle, May 19, 1907, Sunday Times. (Trove)
”His Humble Harbinger” by F. D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 30, 1907, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"First Blood" by F D'A De L'Isle, October 6, 1907, Sunday Times. (Trove)
“The Ugly Duckling”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, January 4, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“A Fair Decoy”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, January 11, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“A-hunting We Will Go”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, January 25, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“The Redfern Swindle”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 1, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“An Odds-on Chance”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 15, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“In Even Time”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 29, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“Love All”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 7, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“Why Alastair Played Bowls”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 21, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
”In The Cart”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 4, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“The Case of the Paradise Colt”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 11, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
‘The Major’s Seledang”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 18, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“”Ichabod”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 25, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“How Hardy Rowe Won His Wife”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 2, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“The Nobbling of Chinook”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 9, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“The Widow’s Choice”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 16, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“The Bully’s Baptism”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, June 6, 1908, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“The V.C.” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, July 4, 1908, Evening Standard, Adelaide. (Trove)
"A Desperate Deed", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, July 11, 1908, Evening Journal, Adelaide (Trove)
"A Narrow Escape", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, September 19, 1908, Evening Journal, Adelaide (Trove)
“Satin and the Iconoclast”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, November 28, 1908, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"Supreme Moments" by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, December 12, 1908, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"A Shocking Reserve", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, January 23, 1909, Evening Journal. (Trove)
"We Make Good The Deficit", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, January 30, 1909, Evening Journal. (Trove)
”The Leprous Spot” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 6, 1909, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"King of the West" by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 6, 1909, Evening Journal, Adelaide (Trove)
"And Everything Ends Happily", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, February 13, 1909, Evening Journal. (Trove)
"We Win A Classic Race", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, February 20, 1909, Evening Journal. (Trove)
“True To The Last”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 27, 1909, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"The Melbourne Cup", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, February 27, 1909, Evening Journal. (Trove)
"Wycliffe's Gymkhana", by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, March 13, 1909, The Queenslander. (Trove)
“The Australian Duel”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, March 27, 1909, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"A Hero of the Lower Fourth", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 13, 1909, The Queenslander (Trove)
"A Sportsman Among Sportsman", F D’A. C. De L’Isle, August - October 1909, The Queenslander. (Trove - Chapter 1, Chapter II, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI.)
"The Colonel's Crown", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, December 18, 1909, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"A Morganatic Marriage", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, December 29, 1909, Referee, Sydney. (Trove)
”A Fair Decoy” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, February 5, 1910, The Queenslander. (Trove)
”Gone Away” by F D’A C. De L’Isle, January 1, 1910, The Queenslander. (Trove).
"The Mount James Picnic Races", by F D’A C. De L’Isle, January 15, 1910, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"The Tragedy At Coomerang", by F D’A C. De L’Isle, February to April, 1910, Evening Joural, Adelaide (Trove - Chapter II, Chapter IV, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chappter XIII, Chapter XV and XVI)
"The Strange Adventures of Bailey Catford", by F D’A C. De L’Isle, July 9, 1910, The Queenslander. (Trove - Chapter IV)
"Wild Justice", by F D’A C. De L’Isle, April 10, 1912, Globe, Sydney. (Trove)
"The Vandetta", by F D’A C. De L’Isle, April 24, 1912, Globe, Sydney. (Trove)
"If Doughty Deeds", by F D’A C. De L’Isle, May 28, 1912, Truth, Perth (Trove)
Unknown Novel by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, in The Australian Journal, November 1912.
“The King’s Warrant” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, July 27, 1912, The Queenslander. (Trove)
"By Right of Conquest" by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, December 3, 1912, Punch, Melbourne. (Trove)
“Life on the Canadian Frontier”, by F D’A. C. De Lisle, May 24, 1913, The Journal, Adelaide. (Trove)
“An Heroic Stand”,by F D’A. C. De Lisle, June 7, 1913, The Journal. (Trove)
“The Glorious First Of June”, by F D’A. C. De Lisle, June 14, 1913, The Journal. (Trove)
"A Most Galland Action", by F D’A. C. De Lisle, June 21, 1913, The Journal, Adelaide (Trove)
“When George III. Was King”, by F D’A. C. De Lisle, June 28, 1913, The Journal. (Trove)
“The Old, Old Story”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, November 29, 1913, The Queenslander. (Trove)
“All’s Fair In Love”, by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, December 3, 1918, Punch, Melbourne. (Trove)
"Taking Him Down", by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, December 3, 1918, Punch, Melbourne (Trove)
"The Heir Of All Ages" by F. D L'Isle, January 1919, Record, Emerald Hill. (Trove - Part 1, Part 2)
”A Superb Manoeuvre”, by F. D’A. C. De L’Isle, April 24, 1920, Weekly Times, Melbourne. (Trove)
"Out of the Depths", by F. D’A. C. De L’Isle, January 8, 1921, Weekly Times, Melbourne. (Trove)
“The Flying Frog” by F D’A. C. De Lisle (“Flash of Steel”), November 20, 1926, The Riverine Herald, Echuca. (Trove)
"A Circus Trick" by F D’A. C. De Lisle, December 1, 1928, Saturday Evening Express, Launceston, (Trove)
"A Fight For Life: Being a Narrative of Adventure in the South Seas", by F D’A. C. De Lisle, February 2, 1929, Saturday Evening Express, Launceston. (Trove)
"Spiritualism in Excelsis", by F D’A. C. De Lisle, February 23, 1929, Saturday Evening Express, Launceston. (Trove)
"The Gamest of the Game", by F D’A. C. De Lisle, May 11, 1929, Saturday Evening Express, Launceston. (Trove - Chapter VI) but see Sold By The Ace of Spaces, 1907
"Commotion's Champion Stakes" by F D’A. C. De Lisle, December 7, 1930, Saturday Evening Express, Launceston. (Trove)
"Mad Marchland's Spoof", by F D’A. C. De Lisle, December 13, 1930, Saturday Evening Express, Launceston. (Trove)
"Guileful and Guileless" by F D’A. C. De Lisle, December 20, 1930, Saturday Evening Express, Launceston. (Trove)
DE L'ISLE, F. d'A. C.
The Adventures of a Turf Detective. ss: The Bogus Aristocrats \ By Hypnotic
Suggestion \ The Case of Cyril Kinglock, Weed \ The Case of the
Rajah's Diamonds \ The Case of the Spiritualistic Tipster \ Chantage
\ A Check to Last \ A Clever Thing \ Colonel Denbigh's Downfall \
From Down Under \ The Spider Conspiracy \ Who Killed Constellation
Plays
“The Emu Rider” by Fabian De L’Isle, first known staging mentioned July 16, 1903.
Non-Fiction and Journalism
"Polo And All About It" by F. D'A C De L'Isle, April 12, 1906, The Pastoralists Review. (Trove - Part VI)
”The Dudley Cup Tournament” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, June 28, 1911, The Sun, Sydney. (Trove)
"The Mussellbrook Tournament" by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, May 12, 1912, The Australasian, Melbourne. (Trove)
"The Dudley Cup Tournament" by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, July 6, 1912, The Australasian, Melbourne. (Trove)
“Adelaide Polo Club – It’s History” by F D’A. C. De L’Isle, October 25, 1913, The Mail, Adelaide. (No 1, No 2, No 3, No 4, No 5, No 6, No 7, No 8, No 9, No 10, No 11)
"Polo: The Somers' Junior Cup Tournament" by A H Thoby Prinsep, January 14, 1928, Camberdown Chronicle (Trove)
"Sporting Reminiscences" by F D'A. C. De L'Isle, Camperdown Chronicle, early 1936 (Trove: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6)
Songs and Music
“What Might Have Been” – Words by Author Princep, Music by Henry Walton. (Full score)
“Under The Silver Sea” – Words and music by Mr De Lisle.
Notes: this piece was referenced as a De Lisle Composition in November 1897. A handwritten scores of this composition is owned by one of Prinsep’s descendants, clearly stating De Lisle or Prinsep as the author.
I have only seen the first line of this handwritten score, but it is very similar to a song of the same name by Edward Mervyn, of which a full score exists on Trove. Mervyn’s piece was released by at least 1896.
Curiously enough, the Mervyn piece is advertised on the score of “What Might Have Been”. I can find no other information of references to Mervyn, meaning he might be another pseudonym, either of Prinsep or used by the publishing company. It cannot be proven whether Mervyn or Prinsep plagerised the work of the other.
Curiously enough, a short story “Over The Silver Sea” appeared in some smaller Australian newspapers in 1895. The story is not credited but the main character is Myra Dayne. Dayne is one of Prinsep’s stage names, which he has also used in fiction.
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