ɪt wˈʌz, haʊˈɛvɚ, wɪð hɪz sˈɛkənd nˈɑːvəl ðæt hiː wˈʌn ɡɹˈeɪt fˈeɪm; hɜː bˈɛni wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn, ɐ stˈoːɹi ʌvðə stɹˈiːt tʃˈɪldɹən ʌv lˈɪvɚpˌuːl.
It was, however, with his second novel that he won great fame; Her Benny (1879), a story of the street children of Liverpool.