WILLIAM BAKER is Presidential Research Professor, Professor of English and Professor, University Libraries, at Northern Illinois University, USA. He edits George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies and co-edits the Year's Work in English Studies. He has authored and edited more than twenty books, including The Public Face of Wilkie Collins: The Collected Letters (2005).

'...this Chronology is an indispensable work of reference for readers not only interested in Wilkie Collins but also in his contemporaries in the worlds of literature, theatre and art. It is systematically and comprehensively complied and is enhanced by its wide-ranging references.' Donald Hawes, Reference Reviews

• General Editor's Preface Introduction and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chronology Principal Sources Consulted Index of Works by Wilkie Collins Index of People Index of Places