Fields of Far Renown by Joseph Hocking

Joseph Hocking is the Lutheran Librarian’s favorite Christian novelist. During his lifetime he was widely read and greatly beloved throughout the English speaking world. Most of his books deal in some way with the struggles and conflicts of living as a Christian in the modern world.

The Lutheran Library is republishing many of Joseph Hocking’s novels. If you have any of Hocking’s 50 “lost” books, please contact us.

Book Contents

  • 1 The Village Genius
  • 2 In The Old Mine
  • 3 How Merlin Found Helen Granville
  • 4 After The Accident
  • 5 Merlin’s Resolve
  • 6 Mr. Granville’s Offer
  • 7 Love’s Young Dream
  • 8 The First Step Towards Fortune
  • 9 Conquering London
  • 10 Suspense
  • 11 “ Lovelight ”
  • 12 The “literary Dinner”
  • 13 Unsatisfied
  • 14 “getting On”
  • 15 “life Is A Compromise ”
  • 16 The Rubicon
  • 17 Merlin’s Letter
  • 18 The Popular Author
  • 19 Mrs. Telford
  • 20 Bachelor No Longer
  • 21 Merlin’s “‘ Great” Book And Another
  • 22 “morning”
  • 23 Vivian Gregory’s Visit To Cornwall
  • 24 A Crisis
  • 25 Vivian Gregory’s Wooing
  • 26 Back To The Old Home
  • 27 Tiie Greatness He Had Longed For
  • 28 The Author Of ‘‘ Morning ”
  • 29 How Merlin And Helen Met
  • 30 Madness
  • 31 The Edge Of The Precipice
  • 32 Becoming A Child Again
  • 33 The Dead And The Living
  • 34 Helen And Merlin.
  • 35 Mrs. Blindy’s Novel
  • 36 The Success Of Merlin’s Plans
  • 37 Rewards

Publication Information

  • Lutheran Library edition first published: 2023
  • Copyright: CC BY 4.0
Joseph Hocking
Joseph Hocking
(1860-1937)

Joseph Hocking (1860-1937), was a Cornish writer and United Methodist Free Church minister. His novels were immensely popular in his lifetime. Many of his 100 books are available at no charge from the Lutheran Library.

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