Among the first writers whose works he edited were the Puritan writers
Richard Sibbes,
Thomas Brooks and
Herbert Palmer. Editions of
Michael Bruce's
Poems (1865) and
Richard Gilpin's
Demonologia sacra (1867) followed. In 1868 he brought out a bibliography of the writings of
Richard Baxter, and from that year until 1876 he was occupied in reproducing for private subscribers the “Fuller Worthies Library,” a series of thirty-nine volumes which included the works of
Thomas Fuller, Sir
John Davies,
Fulke Greville,
Edward de Vere,
Henry Vaughan,
Andrew Marvell,
George Herbert,
Richard Crashaw,
John Donne and Sir
Philip Sidney. The last four volumes of the series were devoted to the works of many little known and otherwise inaccessible authors. He also wrote a biography of the Scottish poet
Robert Fergusson (Edinburgh:
Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1898) in the
“Famous Scots Series”. His
Occasional Issues of Unique and Very Rare Books (1875–1881) included among other things the
Annalia Dubrensia of
Robert Dover. In 1876 still another series, known as the “Chertsey Worthies Library,” was begun. It included editions of the works of
Nicholas Breton,
Francis Quarles,
Dr Joseph Beaumont,
Abraham Cowley,
Henry More and
John Davies of Hereford. The two last-named series were being produced simultaneously until 1881, and no sooner had they been completed than Grosart began the “Huth Library,” so called from the bibliophile
Henry Huth, who possessed the originals of many of the reprints. It included the works of
Robert Greene,
Thomas Nashe, and
Gabriel Harvey, as well as the prose tracts of
Thomas Dekker. He also edited the complete works of
Edmund Spenser and
Samuel Daniel. From the Townley Hall collection he reprinted several manuscripts and edited
Sir John Eliot's works,
Sir Richard Boyle's
Lismore Papers, and various publications for the
Chetham Society, the
Camden Society and the
Roxburghe Club.
Religious works • ''Jesus 'mighty to save': Isaiah lxiii.1 or, Christ for all the world, and all the world for Christ'' (1863) •
The Prince of Light and the Prince of Darkness in Conflict (1864) •
Joining the Church, Or, Materials for Conversations Between a Minister and Intending Communicant (1865) •
The Lambs All Safe: Or, the Salvation of Children (1865) ==See also==