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Authors mentioned in footnotes or references are, in general, not indexed here. For titles and contents of the novels, see the two preceding indexes. Page numbers followed by a lower-case n refer to footnotes.
Abarbanell, Jacob R.: II, 6, 143, 146
Abilene Daily Reflector contributor: C. M. Harger, II, 134
Abbreviated stories complicate checking: I, viii
† Account books of the Beadle firm destroyed: I, 33
† Accuracy in pistol shooting, I, 453, Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 255
Adams & Co.: I, 58
Adams children, born in Ireland: I, 66
Adams, David: (all Vol. I) joins the firm, 1866, 51; portrait, facing 60; biography, 66; death, 66
Adams, Mrs. Harriet Stratemeyer: II, 265n
Adams, Harry: I, 18, 51n, 71n
Adams, James Capen: I, 5; II, 6n
Adams, James Fenimore Cooper: II, 6-7
Adams, Mrs. Martha M.: (all Vol. I) has variety store in Buffalo, 18; in Brooklyn, 1861, 38; death of, 1882, 65
Adams, Robert, Jr.: (all Vol. I) 18; portrait, facing 20; begins work for Beadle, 21; partner in firm, 22; removes to New York, 26; Irwin's partner, 29; dies, 1866, 51; biography, 51n
Adams, Robert, Sr.: I, 18
Adams, Mrs. Russell V.: acknowledgment to, I, ix
Adams, Victor & Co.: I, 57
Adams, William: I, 18; becomes superintendent of firm, 1864, I, 47; with David, takes over interest in firm, 1866, I, 51; visits Europe, 1870 et seq., I, 57; portrait, I, facing 61; death of, 1896, I, 70; biography, I, 70, II, 7
Adams, William Taylor (Oliver Optic): II, 7-8
Adimari, Ralph: acknowledgment to, I, ix; I, 33; II, 25n, 101n, 123n, 127n, 135n, 143n, 147n, 287n, 300n
Advance Ten Cent Novels: I, 61
Advertisements in Buffalo newspapers: type of, I, 17
Agile Penne: II, 8
Aiken, Albert: wrote Beadle's first detective story, I, 3; excerpt, I, 10; II, 8-15
Aiken, George: I, 7; II, 15-19
Aimard, Gustav: see Olivier Gloux
Ainsworth, Harrison: II, 19
Albany, George: II, 19-21
Albany Telegram contributor: Maro Rolfe, II, 245
Albany State Register contributor: S. H. Hammond, II, 128
Alcott, Louisa M.: wrote thrillers, I, 7; "On Picket Duty" issued, I, 48; I, 54
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey: II, 305
Alexander, Edward P.: acknowledgment to, I, x
† Alger, Horatio: II, 4
Allen, Viola: in "Talked About," II, 79
American Library: published in London, I, 38; I, 113-19
American Library Tales, London: I, 120-22
American News Company, 1864: I, 47
American Novels: issued by Irwin P. Beadle, beginning in 1865, I, 50; I, 140-50
American Novels, Frank Starr's: I, 154-65 American Rebellion: book by O. J. Victor, I, 411
"American Series" Songsters: I, 389
American Sixpenny Biographies, London: I, 371
American Tales: No. 1 issued, 1863, I, 45; enlarged, I, 53; I, 127-35
Anagrams: I, 8
Andenreich, Harry; II, 9
Andersen, Hans Christian: quoted, II, 299 Anonymous novels: I, 5
Applegate, George: II, 21
Archer, Edward W.: II, 21
Arey, Mrs. H. E. G.: editor of Youth's Casket, 1885, I, 21; issues a rival to The Home, I, 26; II, 21-22
Argosy, published by Munsey: I, 63
Arizona Cy: II, 22 Armstrong, Prank P.: II, 22
Army and Navy Journal contributor: F. Whittaker, II, 301
Army and Navy stories: II, 8
Aronstein, Charles: acknowledgment to, I, x
Arthur, T. S.: Home Magazine, I, 21n
Articles of agreement between Irwin Beadle and George Munro, 1863: I, 43
Assets of firm sold to M. J. Ivers & Co.: I, 71
Astor Place riot: II, 171
Atkeson, Mary Meek: acknowledgment to, I, x
Atlantic Monthly: acknowledgment to, I, x
Austin, Charles H.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Authors and artists: I, 7 Authors' biographies: II, 3-311
Averill, Charles E.: excerpt from "The Corsair King," II, 326
Avery, Henry M.: II, 22-24
Backwoods Series of George Munro: I, 54
Badger, Joseph E., Jr.: I, 61; excerpts, I, 226, 236, 261; II, 24-28
Baer, Mrs.: II, 28, 143
Bainbridge, Bryant: II, 28
Baker, Henry: II, 28-29
Ballads, single sheets, issued by Irwin Beadle in 1859:1, 27
Baltimore Sunday Bulletin contributor: A. P. Morris, II, 206
Baltimore Telegraph contributor: John Neal, II, 214
Baltimore Whig contributor: J. E. Hungerford, II, 148
Bancroft, H. H.: I, 7
Banner Weekly: begun 1885, I, 64; ended, 1897, I, 71 serials listed, I, 444-68
Barham, Richard H.: quoted, II, 252, 289
Barker, Colin: II, 29
Barnum, P. T.: Museum burned, 1865, II, 277
Barrett, Lawrence: II, 124
Barrington, F. Clinton: II, 29, 226
Barritt, Mrs. Frances F.: I, 7; II, 29-32; II, 278
Baseball Player: I, 406-10
Bayer, Mrs. J. W.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 140n
Bayly, Thomas Haynes: quoted, II, 24
Beadle and Adams: (all Vol. I) firm founded, 1856, 22; removal to New York, 1858, 26; removal from 333 Broadway to 137 William Street, 1859, 28; firm name changed to Beadle & Co., 1859, 29; old name resumed, 1872, 57; chapel, 64; do their own printing, 64; remove from 98 to 92 William Street, 1896, 70; firm ends, 1898, 71
Beadle & Company: (all Vol. I) new firm name, 1860, 36; not doing their own printing, 1860, 40; removal from 141 to 118 William Street, 1862, 41; an advertisement, 1863, 45; removal from 118 to 98 William Street, 1868, 55; "failure" in 1869 no failure, 56
Beadle, Erastus: (all Vol. I) not originator of the Dime Novels, 3; portrait, XVVIII early life of, 15; schooling, 16; in Michigan, 16; in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., 16; skill in engraving, 16; letter to Lossing, 16; apprenticed to H. & E. Phinney, 1838, 16; married to Mary Ann Pennington, 1846, 16; leaves for Buffalo, 1847, 16; starts a stereotype foundry, 1850, 18; sells the foundry, 1855, 21; removes to 27 Main Street, Buffalo, 1856, 22; associated with Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1856, 23; goes to Omaha as a real estate agent, 1856, 22, and 1857, 25; down and out, 1857, 26; experiments with a photographic outfit, 1857, 26; removes to New York City, 1858, 26; sole owner of The Home, 1859, 29; in Europe, 1861, 38; returns to the United States, 39; falls out with Irwin, 1862, 42; portrait in London, 1864, 49; retires, 1889, 66; dies, 1894, 68; biography, 69n; his will, 69; his estate not enormous, 69; his home in Cooperstown, 69; † diaries destroyed by his daughter, I, 26
†Beadle, Anne Pennington (Mrs. Erastus Beadle) : married, 1,16; died, I, 66
Beadle, Irwin: (all Vol. I) originator of the "yellowbacks," 3; portrait, frontispiece; born, 1826, 16; goes to Buffalo, 1849, 18; married to Elizabeth Dunbar, 18; sells his share of stereotype foundry, 1854, 21; starts a bookstore in Buffalo, 22, 26; issues single sheet ballads, 1859, 27; issues handbooks, 1859, 28; divorced, 28; removes Irwin P. Beadle & Co. from 137 to 141 William Street, 1860, 30; firm name changed to Beadle & Co., 1860, 36; married to Margaret Rich, 38; sells his share in the firm, 1862, 41; falls out with Erastus, 1862, 42; joins forces with George Munro, 1863, 42; partnership agreement between Irwin and Munro, 43; Irwin P. Beadle & Co. passes out of existence, 1864, 47; returns to publishing, 1865, 50; firm name changed to Irwin & Co., 1866, 52; ends his publishing career, 1868, 55; returns to bookbinding, 57; death, 1882, 65; biography, 65n
Beadle, James: (all Vol. I) born, 1828, 16; goes to Buffalo, 1849, 18; goes to Auburn, N. Y., 1852, 18; is murdered, 1856, 23
Beadle, Margaret E. (Mrs. Irwin Beadle): dies, 1886, I, 65
Beadle publications: All of the publications of the original firm having the name "Beadle's" in the title of the series, except Beadle's Monthly and Beadle's Weekly, are entered in this index under the name of the series; thus, Beadle's Dime Library is entered as Dime Library. To avoid confusion, however, publications issued by Irwin Beadle after he retired from the original firm in 1862, and having the name Irwin P. Beadle or Irwin in the title, are entered both under the title of the series and under the name Irwin. The Frank Starr publications are listed under the name Starr.
Beadle, Robert Cameron: acknowledgment to, I, ix
† Beadle, Sophia, daughter of Erastus: 1,69; destroys father's diaries, I, 26
† Beadle, Stanley: I, 69
Beadle, William: I, 38
Beadle's Monthly: begun 1865,1, 50; ended 1867, 1, 54; 1, 421
Beadles Weekly: begun 1882,1, 60; ended 1885,1, 64; serials listed, I, 444-68
Beall, Asa: II, 32
Beall, James G.: acknowledgment to, I, ix
Beck, George N.: II, 16n
Beecher, Henry Ward: read dime novels, I, 9; opinion of "Maum Guinea," I, 40; opinion of Victor's address to the English people, I, 40
Beeton, Samuel Orchart: II, 32-33
Belknap, Boynton K.: II, 33
Bellaw, A. W.: II, 33
Belles and Beaux: begun 1874, I, 60; I, 468
Benners, William J.: I, 185n, 241; II, 6n, 185
Bernhardt, Rachel: II, 34
Besant, Walter: II, 34
Bethune, J. G.: II, 34
Bibbs, Paul: II, 34
Billings, Josh: quoted, II, 33, 114
Binyon, Mrs. A. H.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 207n
Biographical Booklets: I, 364-72
Biographical Library: I, 364; I, 368-69
Biographies of authors: II, 3-311
Bishop, Bertha Thorne: II, 34
"Bit the dust" used in 1864: †II, 136 † (This expression also occurs in Dime Novel No. 1. See also the additional comments given in this supplement under Vol. II, page 138.)
Black Highwayman Novels: I, 62
Black, William: II, 34-35
Blaine, Eleanor: II, 35
Blake, Lillie Devereux Umsted: II, 35
Blake, Redmond: II, 35
Bliss, Leslie E.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Blount, Margaret: II, 35-36
Blue pencilling of texts of novels: I, 5
Boat Club series: II, 8
Bob Broods Library (Ostendorff): I, 69
Bonner, Robert: New York Ledger, I, 61; birth in Londonderry, Ireland, I, 66n; editor New York Ledger, II, 56;
letters to him from Leon and Harriet Lewis, II, 183ff
Book of Fun: I, 405-406
Booklet type novels: contained between thirty-five and forty thousand words, I, 5; compared with broadleaves, I, 5; ended in 1876, I, 58
"Books for the Million": advertisement, I, 31
Books other than novels published by Beadle: I, 363-64
Books stereotyped by Beadle: I, 20, 21
Boone, Daniel: character in some novels, I, 5
Booth, Joe: II, 125
Boston Courier contributor: G. C. Hill, II, 142
Boston Daily Ledger contributor: G. C. Hill, II, 142
Boston Herald contributor: G. C. Hill, II, 142
Boston Journal contributor: Albert Richardson, II, 240
Bostwick, Helen Louise: II, 36
Boucicault, Dion: II, 36
Bound to Win series: II, 264
Bowen, Alfred H., Jr.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; 37n
Bowen, James L.: I, 7; II, 36-40
Boyd, Erskine: II, 40
Boynton, Howard M.: II, 40
Boys' and Girls' Weekly (Leslie): I, 61
Boys' Books of Romance and Adventure: begun 1874, I, 58; I, 172-73
Boys' Holiday: I, 7
Boy's Library: quarto edition, begun I, 63; prices realized, I, 63; I, 319-26 Boy's Library: octavo edition, contained between thirty-five and forty thousand words, I, 5; begun 1884, I, 63; and I, 327-39
Boys of New York (Norman Munro): I, 61
Boys of New York Pocket Library (Tousey): I, 63
Boys of the World (Street & Smith): I, 61
Boy's Star Library (Tousey): I, 63
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth: II, 40
Brady, Frederick, published paper-backs: I, 36
Bragin, Charles: acknowledgment to, I, x
Brame, Charlotte M.: II, 40-41
Brayman, James O.: editor Daily Courier, Buffalo, I, 17; portrait, I, 20; quits Youth's Casket, I, 21; II, 41-42
Bremer, Fredrika: II, 42
Brentford, Burke: II, 42
Briggs, Mrs. C. Judson: 168n
Briscoe, Johnson: acknowledgment to, I, x
Brittle paper of late novels: II, 324
Broad leaves: word defined, I, 4n; first used experimentally in 1873, I, 5; used regularly after 1877, I, 5; contained from thirty-five to forty thousand words for Half-Dimes and about seventy thousand for Dimes, I, 5
Broads: word rejected for the thin pamphlets, I, 4n
Broadway Billy stories: thirty-nine numbers issued, I, 6
Bronte, Charlotte: II, 42
Brooklyn Eagle contributors: W. F. Adams, II, 7; H. Chadwick, II, 50
Brooklyn Evening Star contributor: J. A. Patten, II, 221
Broughton, Rhoda: II, 42-43
Brown, Dan: II, 43
Brown, Gordon H.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 43
Brown, Mrs. Hattie E.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 274n
Brown, John: Victor Hugo's letter on, I, 410
Brown, John O.: II, 139, 140n
Brown, William Perry: II, 43
Browne, George Waldo: II, 43-45
Browne, Mrs. George Waldo: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 44n
Browne, H. K.: II, 45
Browne, Hablot K.: not Beadle author, II, 48
Buckskin Sam: see Sam S. Hall Buffalo Bill: see William F. Cody Buffalo Republican and Times contributor: A. M. Griswold, II, 124
Bulwer-Lytton, E.: II, 45-46; quoted, II, 85
Bunce, W. J.: published paper-backs, I, 36
Buntline, Ned: see E. Z. C. Judson
† Bunyan, Paul: II, vii
Burgess, C. A. and Ed. A.: II, 59
Burke, Maj. John M.: with Cody's Wild West Show, II, 59
Burnes, Ed. Gaines: II, 46
Burr, Maj. Dangerfield: II, 46
Burt, Maj. A. S.: wrote a play for Cody, II, 59
Burton, Jennie Davis: II, 46
Bushnell, William H.: I, 7; II, 46-47
Busteed, N. William: II, 47
Busteed, William H.: of Tammany Hall, not a Beadle author, II, 47
Butler, Samuel: quoted, II, 69, 285
By-lines often incorrect: II, 4
Byron, Lord: II, 47; quoted, II, 187
Calamity Jane: character in many novels, I, 5
Caldwell, J. R.: II, 47
Caldwell, Raymond: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 241
California Joe: character in some novels, I, 5
Camp, Enoch: editor National Police Gazette, I, 61
Campbell, Bartley T.: I, 7; II, 47-49
Camp fire Library (Street & Smith): I, 63
Care killed the cat: I, 25
Carlen, Emilie Flygare: II, 49
Carleton, Latham C.: II, 49
Carleton, May: II, 49
Carleton, Will: quoted, I, vii
Carleton, William: II, 49-50
Carlton, Gerald: II, 50
Carson, Christopher (Kit): story about, I, 5
Carson, Major Lewis W.: II, 50
Carver, Dr. William F.: II, 59
Cary, Alice: I, 50
Cauldwell, Southworth & Whitney, publishers: I, 61
Cavendish, Henry: II, 50
Celebrated Actress: II, 50
Chadwick, Henry: II, 50-51
Chamberlain, Rudolph W.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Champion Novels: (DeWitt): I, 62
Chaney's American Novels: I, 50
Changed titles: I, viii
Chapin, artist: I, 8
Chapman's Sunnyside Series: I, 52
Cheap Edition of Popular Authors: begun 1875, I, 59; I, 183-85
Chicago Blade contributor: Maro Rolfe, II, 245
Chicago Daily News: one a day, I, 32n; contributors, J. F. Henderson, II, 139; Leon Lewis, II, 186
Chicago Evening Journal: II, 256
Chicago Inter Ocean: II, 173, 245
Chicago Morning Herald: II, 56
Chicago Telegraph: II, 56
Chicago Times contributors: J. F. Henderson, II, 139; Leon Lewis, II, 186; comments on the Judson-Cody play, II, 173
Chicago Tribune contributor: Edward Willett, II, 305; II, 274
Chimney Corner (Leslie): I, 61
Christian Herald: I, 9
Chromo artist to Turkey: I, 70n
Chromo covers: I, 58
Cincinnati Enquirer contributor: Maro Rolfe, II, 244
Cincinnati Times contributor: A. M. Griswold, II, 124
Civil War books: I, 410-12
Civil War effect on book sales: I, 39
Clapp, Percy E.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 177n
Clara Augusta: II, 51
Clark, Charles Dunning: I, 7, 50; II, 51-54
Classic Stories: begun 1864, I, 48; 1, 140
Claxton, Sara: II, 54
Clemens, S. L.: excerpt, †II, 174; quoted, II, 51, † see also Mark Twain
Cleveland Plain Dealer contributor: A. M. Griswold, II, 124
Clipper corners of novels: II, 324
Cloth-bound books: I, 61; I, 361-63
Clyde, Bernard: II, 54
Cobb, Sylvanus: II, 54-56
Cobb, Weldon J.: II, 56
Coburn, R., a New Orleans bookseller: I, 110
Cody, William Frederick (Buffalo Bill): character in many novels, I, 5; stories about numbered over 100, I, 6; II, 56-62
Collins, Wilkie: II, 62; quoted, II, 78
Colored-cover novels: types of stories, I, 4
Colored-cover quartos: begun 1896, I, 70
Color stencils: I, 58
Columella: quoted, II, 3
Columnist, early: John Neal, II, 214; Mrs. Trask, II, 274
Comic Library (Tousey): I, 69
Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo: I, 16
"Companion" stories: I, 5
Compensation paid Beadle writers: I, 8
Comstock, Augustus: I, 7; II, 62-64
Comstock, Captain: II, 64
Comstock, James L. (brother of Augustus): I, 57n
Condition and values of novels: II, 323-26
Conroy, J. D.: II, 65
Constellano, Illion: II, 65, 184
Constellano, Juan: II, 183 Converse: Frank: I, 60
Coomes, Arthur K.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 66n, 81n
Coomes, Oil: quoted, II, 7n; II, 65-68
Coomes, R. G.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 66n
Cooper, James Penimore:
"O-I-Chee," I, 50; II, 68
Corey, Frank: II, 68-69
Corinth, investment of: I, 411
Coryell, John R.: II. 82
Cowdrick, Jesse C.: I, 6; II, 69-71
Crabbe, George: quoted, II, 278
Craig, Isa: II, 71
Craik, Dinah Mulock: II, 72
Crawford, Capt. Jack: character in some novels, I, 5; with Cody, II, 59
Cricket Library (Sibley): I, 63
Critic does not believe in sacrificing art to accuracy: I, 35
Crockett, David (Davy): Character in some novels, I, 5
Crow, Louisa A.: II, 72 Crowell, AL: quoted, II, 301
Crowell, Mary Reed: II, 72-74
Cudlip, Annie Hall Thomas: II, 74
Cummings, Ralph F.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Curtis, Newton M.: II, 75-77
Cushman, Corinne: II, 77
Cuthbert, John: II, 77
Daily Courier, Buffalo: I, 17
Dale, Alice: II, 77-78 Daly, Augustin: II, 78
Dan DeQuille: II, 225
Dandy Rock stories: I, 6
Dates of issue of novels: I, viii, 75
Davenport, Adelaide: II, 78
Davenport, Frances Helen: II, 78
Dawley's Camp and Fireside Library: I, 48
Dawley's Ten Penny Novels: I, 48
Dawley's War Novels: I, 51
Deadwood Dick: thirty-three numbers, I, 5; as a play, II, 294
Deadwood Dick, Jr.: ninety-seven numbers, I, 6; not written by Wheeler, II, 295
Dearborn, Andrew: II, 78
DeConde, Henrietta E.: II, 78
DeFoe, Daniel: II, 78-79
DeForest, Barry: II, 79
Denison, Mrs. Mary A.: I, 7; II, 79-81
d'Ennery, Adolphe Philippe: II, 81
DeQuille, Dan (William Wright): II, 225
† Destruction of Erastus F. Beadle's diaries: I, 26; of his account books, I, 33
Detective stories overshadowed other stories after 1882:1, 3
Deterioration of illustrations: I, 70n
Deterioration of dime novels begun in early 1880's: I, 3
Detroit Advertiser contributor: A. M. Griswold, II, 124
Detroit Free Press contributor: C. B. Lewis, II, 180
Devereux, Lillie: II, 81
Dewey, Frederick H.: II, 81
DeWitt's Ten Cent Romances: I, 54
DeWitt, Robert: published paper-backs, I, 36
Dexter, Will: II, 81
Dey, Frederick Van R.: II, 81-85
Dey, Marmaduke: II, 85
Dialogues: I, 395-401
Diamond Dick Library (Street & Smith): I, 70
Dick Doom stories: I, 6
Dick Talbot stories: I, 6
Dickens, Charles: II, 85; quoted, II, 116, 254
Dickens, Georgiana: II, 85
Dime Baseball Players: I, 406-10
Dime Biographical Library: I, 364-70
Dime Book of Fun: I, 405-406
Dime Books of the Civil War: I, 410-12
Dime Classic Stories: begun 1864, I, 48; I, 140
Dime Dialogues: I, 395-401
Dime Fiction: begun 1864, I, 48; I, 138
Dime Handbooks: I, 372-80
Dime Joke Booths: I, 406
Dime Library: contain between seventy and eighty thousand words, I, 5; begun 1878, I, 59; ended 1898, I, 71; continued by M. J. Ivers, I, 71; 200-50
Dime Library of Choice Fiction: begun I, 48; I, 135-38
Dime Monthly, a proposed magazine: I, 48
Dime Novels (yellow-backs): I, 3, 77; intensely nationalistic, I, 4; gave accurate pictures of struggles of pioneers, I, 4; begun 1860, I, 31; ended 1874, I, 99; first numbers had no illustrations on front wrapper, I, 77; I, 81-99
Dime Novels. New: I, 99-110
Dime novelists pretty good morally: II, 4
Dime Pocket Songster: I, 391
Dime Songbook: first issued by Irwin Beadle in 1859, 1, 27; I, 384-88
Dime Speakers: I, 401-405
Dime Tales, Traditions and. Romance: I, 122-23
Donaldson's rangers: II, 125
Dorsey, Mrs. Lloyd: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 73n
Doubleday and Company: acknowledgment to, I, x
Douglass, Detective: II, 85
Downing, Maj. Jack: II, 259
Doyle, Conan: I, vii; first Sherlock Holmes story, II, 33n
Drill Book: I, 410
Dryden: quoted, II, 56
Druid, David: II, 85
Duganne, A. J. H.: I, 7, 50; II, 85-88
Duke of Wellington story: II, 173n
Dumas, Alexandre: II, 88-89
Dumas, Alexandre, fils: II, 89
Dumont, Daniel Boone: II, 89
Dumont, Frank: I, 7; II, 89-90
Dunbar, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Irwin P. Beadle): I, 18; died, 1886, I, 65
Dunbar, Noel: II, 90
Dunlap, Walter B.: II, 90
Dunning, Dan: II, 90
Duplication of titles and illustrations: I, viii
Durkee, Cornelius: II, 75n
Dutcher, George H.: friend of S. S. Hall, II, 125
Earlie, May Agnes: II, 91
Earner, John P.: acknowledgment to, I, ix
Edwards, Amelia Blandford: II, 91
Edwards, C. L.: II, 91
Edwards, Eleanor Lee: II, 91
Egan, Pierce, the Younger: II, 91-92; incorrectly suggested as real name of "Fritz," II, 113
Eliot, George: II, 92
Ellet, Elizabeth F.: II, 92-93
Elliott, Thomes and Talbot issues Ten Cent Novelettes: I, 8; I, 45, 48
Ellis, Edward Sylvester: I, 7; author of "Seth Jones," I, 34; his recollection of early publishing, campaign incorrect, I, 34; engaged by Beadle, I, 37; disliked George Munro's type of stories, II, 49n; biography, II, 93-100
Elverson's Saturday Night, I, 61; Golden Days, I, 63
Emerald, John: II, 100
Emerson, Edwin: II, 100
Engle, Harry: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 150n
Ennery, Adolphe Philippe d': II, 100
Enton, Dr. Harry: II, 100-101
E. P. H. [Hollister]: II, 101
Errym, Malcolm J.: II, 101
Everett, William, praises Ellis' novels: I, 35
Everet D. Long & Co.: published ten cent novels in 1860-61: I, 36
Ewing, Edwin Evans: biography, II, 101-102
Ewing, Evans E.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 102n
Eyster, Charles Victor: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 103n
Eyster, William R.: II, 102-106
Faithfull, Emily: II, 106
Family Handbooks: I, 373
Family Story Paper (Norman Munro): I, 61
Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold: II, 106-107
Farragut, Jack: II, 107
Farrar, C. W.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 69n
Fat Contributor: II, 124
Faulkner, Frank: II, 107
Fazakas, Chester A. S.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Feeger, L. M.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 140n, 150n
Fenn, George Manville: II, 107
Fenn, H.: artist, I, 8
Feuillet, Octave: II, 107
Feuilletonistes: I, 40
Field, Kate: I, 50
Fielding, Henry: quoted, II, 268
Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels: I, 168-69
Fifteen Cent Novels: I, 110-12
Fifty Cent Books. 150-54
Finn, Frank S.: I, 7; II, 107-10; see also under Eve Lawless, II, 178
Fireside Companion (George Munro): I, 61
Fireside Library: begun 1877, I, 59; I, 187-95
First detective story among Beadle's publications in 1871: 1, 3
First editions: characteristics of, I, 75; I, 324
Fitch's Popular Library: I, 62 Fitts, James Franklin: I, 50
Five Cent Novelettes (Okie, Dayton & Jones): I, 36
Five Cent Weekly Library (Tousey): I, 63
Flanagan, T. J.: II, 110-12
Flats rejected for broadleaves: I, 4n
Fleming, Alice May: II, 112
Fleming, May Agnes: II, 112
Foote, Thomas M.: I, 16 Ford, Joe: II, 125
Fordham, Mrs. M. L.: II, 113
Forest, Frederick: II, 113
Forester, Frank: II, 113
Forrest, Edwin, American actor: II, 171
Forrest, Edwin Brooke: II, 113 Fort, Frank: II, 113 41 Platt Street, side entrance to 98 William: I, 5
Fouque, F. H. K. de la: II, 113
Fox, Richard, took over the Police Gazette in 1876: I, 61
Frank Leslie's Boy's and Girl's Weekly: I, 61
Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner: I, 61
Franklin Square Library (Harper Bros.): I, 62
Frank Reade Library (Tousey): I, 69; II, 100
Frank Star, see Starr Frank Starr & Co., another name for the Beadle firm: I, 5
Frank Starr's American Novels: I, 154-65
Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels: I, 168-69
Frank Starr's New York Library: I, 195-200
Frank Starr's Songbooks: I, 391
Frank Starr's Ten Cent Pocket Library: I, 195
Fredrich, F. A.: acknowledgment to, I, x Free, Mickey: II, 113
Freedley, George: acknowledgment to, I, x
French, George: acknowledgment to, I, xi; II, 231n
Fresh of Frisco stories: I, 6
Fritter, R. D.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 167
Fritz: II, 113 Fuller, Frances: II, 113
Fuller, Metta Victoria: II, 113
Fuller, M., Chief Justice U. S.: read dime novels, I, 9
Gaboriau, Emile: II, 114; his "L'affaire Larouge" wrongly
assigned to Erskine Boyd, II, 4, 40
Gaines, Albert Cecil: II, 114
Gaines, Garry: II, 114
Games and Pastimes series: I, 377-80
Gardner, Lewis J.: II, 114-16
Gaskell, Elizabeth C.: II, 116
Gavit, Joseph: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 75n
Gaynor, William J., mayor of New York: II, 82
Gem Library (Sibley): I, 69
Gerstacker, Friedrich: I, viii; incorrectly given as by Francis Johnson, 11,4; II, 116-20; II, 165
Ghost writers: I, 8
Gilbert, George Darcy: II, 120
Gildersleeve, Mrs. C. H.: I, 26; II, 120
Gildersleeve, Stewart: II, 120
Gill, John M.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 51n
Girls and Boys of America (George Munro): I, 61
Girls of To-day: begun 1875, I, 60; I, 470-73
Girty, Simon and James, characters in some novels: I, 5
Gleason, publisher Pictorial: II, 55
Gleason, George: II, 120-21
Gloux, Olivier: I, 132; II, 121-22
Goater, J. H., artist: I, 8
Godey's Lady's Book: I, 7; engravings were hand colored, I, 58
Goethe, J. W.: quoted, II, 40, 93, 112, 124
Golden Argosy (Rideout): I, 63
Golden Days (Elverson): I, 7, 63
Golden Library (Sibley): I, 63
Golden Weekly (Tousey): I, 63
Goldsmith, Oliver: quoted, II, 15; II, 122
Gore, Catharine: I, 122
Gossett, E. T.: acknowledgment to, I, xi
Graham, Preston: II, 122-23
Graham's Magazine: I, 7
Grainger, Arthur M.: II, 123
Grand Rapids (Midi.) Herald contributor: J. M. Merrill, II, 197
Grant's Report: I, 411
Great Western series (Oliver Optic): II, 8
Greenwood, Guy: II, 123
Greenwood, Samuel: temporary partner of Irwin Beadle and George Munro in 1863, I, 43; their articles of agreement, I, 43
Grenville, Major H.: II, 123
Griffin, Gerald: II, 123
Grissom, Arthur: I, 7; II, 123-24; II, 305
Griswold, A. Miner: II, 124
Hahn, Emily, quoted, I, 13
Hahn, Mannel: acknowledgment to, I, x
Half-Dime Library: contain between thirty-five and forty thousand words, I, 5; begun 1877, I, 60; ended 1898, I, 71; I, 253-303
Half-Dime Novelettes: I, 36, 113
Half-Dime Singer's Library: issued 1878-79, I, 58; I, 391-95
Hall, Maj. Sam S.: II, 45; II, 124-27
Hall, William Jared: II, 127
Halleck, Fitz-Greene: quoted, II, 100
Halliday, Ben D.: II, 127
Halpine, Mary Grace: II, 127
Hamilton, William J.: II, 128
Hammond, John: II, 128
Hammond, Samuel H.: II, 128 Handbooks: I, 373; classified, I, 375-80
Handbooks issued before Dime Novel No. 1: I, 37
Hand-colored wrappers: I, 58
Harbaugh, Thomas C.: II, 128-34; remarks about A. P. Morris, II, 206; contributed to Drake's Magazine, II, 305
Harger, C. M.: acknowledgment to, I, x; I, 60, †II, 103n, 124n, 134
Harpe, Micajah and Wiley, characters in some novels: I, 5
Harper and Brothers: acknowledgment to, I, x
Harrigan and Hart stories: II, 6n
Harriott, Robert, the pedestrian: II, 113
Hart, Mrs. Edith: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 69n
Hartford Courant contributor: Maro Rolfe, II, 245
Hartman, J. J.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Harvey, Charles M.: comments on Seth Jones, I, 33; on "Maum Guinea," I, 40
Hawkes, Isaac: II, 134
Hawthorne, Capt. R. M.: II, 134
Hazard, Harry: II, 134
Hazeltine, Lieut.-Col.: II, 134
Hazeltine, Miron J.: II, 134-35
Hazelton, Harry: II, 135-38
Heart and Hand (Chicago): A. P. Morris, II, 206
Hellman, Florence S.: acknowledgment to, I, 34n, 94n, 134n
Hemyng, Bracebridge: I, 61; II, 138-39
Henderson, Joseph F.: II, 139-40
Henderson, J. L. [sic]: II, 140
Henderson, J. Stanley: II, 140 Herbert, Henry William: II, 140-42
Hess, George H., Jr.: acknowledgment to, I, xi
Hickok, James (Wild Bill): character in some novels, I, 5; actor with Cody, II, 57
Highway Novels: I, 62
Hill, George Canning: II, 142-43
Hill, Kate F.: II, 143
Hillside Library: I, 62
Hilton, Maud: II, 143
Hilton's Dime Books'. I, 52
Hine, E. Curtiss: excerpt, II, 326
Hoffman, E. H.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 229
Hoffman, Mrs. Elmer: acknowledgment to, I, ix; I, 144n
Hoffman, J. Milton: II, 144
Hollister, Edward Payson: II, 144
Holmes, Hamilton: II, 144-46
Holmes, Howard: II, 146
Holmes, Oliver Wendell: quoted, I, 3
Holmes, Stephen, Jr.: II, 146
Holt, Arthur F.: II, 146
Home: monthly magazine, first issued 1885, I, 21; discontinued 1860, I, 21; I, 418-19
Home, Daniel D.: I, vii
Homer: quoted, I, 7
Hook, Theodore: II, 304n
Hooley, H. H.: produced Bartley Campbell's "Virginian," 11, 48
Hopewell, Menra: II, 146
Horace: quoted, I, 63, 88, 165, 167
Howard, Adah M.: II, 146-47
Howard, Charles: II, 147
Houlding, Mrs. Vernon: acknowledgment to, I, ix; I, 197n
House That Jack Built: I, 411
Howitt, Mary: II, 147
Howland, William H.: II, 147-48
Huckleberry Finn: I, 10; II, 174
Hugo, Victor: II, 148
Huish, Robert: II, 148
Humorous books: I, 404-405
Hungerford, Arthur E.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 149n
Hungerford, James Edward: II, 148-49
Hunter, Ned: II, 149
Huntington, Henry: II, 325
Hurd, Willis E.: acknowledgment to, I, xi; II, 44n, 96n, 325
Hyde, Edward: quoted, II, 8
Hynes, Capt. A. D.: II, 149
Iliff, J. Edgar: II, 149-50
Iliff, Walter: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 150n
Illuminated covers: I, 58, 99
Illuminated Western World: Victor editor, I, 61; II, 286
Illustrations: I, 8; required to show action, I, 8; repeated for different stories, I, 8
Ilsley, Charles P.: II, 150-51
Incorrect by-lines: II, 4
Independence (Mo.) Daily Sentinel contributor: A. Grissom, II, 123
Index: of first lines, I, vii; of titles, I, viii, II, 341-414; of localities, II, 415-30
Indianapolis Sun contributor: J. E. Iliff, II, 160
Ingoldsby, Thomas: quoted, II, 252, 289
Ingraham, Joseph Holt: I, 59; II, 151-55; incorrectly given as author of "Ada, the Betrayed," II, 250n
Ingraham, Mrs. Langley: acknowledgment to, I, x
Ingraham, Prentiss: I, 6, 61; II, 155-60
Injunction by Beadle & Co. against Irwin Beadle and George Munro in 1863: I, 43
Inman, Robert Randolph: II, 160
Instructions to prospective authors: I, 4
Iron, Nathaniel Colchester: II, 160-62
Irons, Archie C.: II, 162
Irons, Lettie Artley: II, 162
Irving, Harriet: II, 162
Irving, Washington: quoted, II, 75
Irwin. Under this name are entered here the Irwin P. Beadle, I. P. Beadle, and Irwin novels without attempting to break up the series with changes in the titles.
American Novels; begun 1865, I, 50; described and listed,
I, 140-50
Ten Cent Novels; begun 1863, I, 44; I, 123-26
Ten Cent Stories: I, 126
Six Penny Tales; I, 150
Song Books, 1, 380-91
Irwin P. Beadle: firm name changed to Irwin P. Beadle & Co., 1859,1,29
Isley, Charles P.: II, 162
Ivers, M. J. & Co.: continued the Dime and Half-Dime Libraries, I, 71; reprinted some novels in their "Deadwood Dick Library" and "Frontier Library," II, 320
Jack Lightfoot series: II, 300
Jackson, Helen Hunt: II, 305
James Boys Weekly (Tousey): I, 70
James, G. P. R.: "The Commissioner" illustrated by H. K. Browne, I, 8; II, 162-63
James, Mrs. Orrin: II, 163-64
Jenkins, Old: I, 5
Jenks, George C.: II, 164-65
Jerrold, Douglas: quoted, I, 53
Jewett, Elam R.: I, 16
Jewett, Thomas & Co., Buffalo publishers: I, 16
Jim Smiley's Frog: first book form in 1866, I, 52
Joe Dodger stories: II, 6n
Joe Jot, Jr.: II, 167
Joe Phenix stories: I, 6
Johnson, Francis: II, 117, 165
Johnson, Samuel: quoted, II, 178
Johnstone, Herrick: II, 165-66
Joke Books: I, 406
Jo King: II, 177
Jolly, Emily: II, 166
Jonas, Charles: acknowledgment to, I, ix; his classification of dime novels, II, 325
Jones, Clara Augusta: II, 167
Jones, Emma Garrison: II, 167
Jones, Vincent S. L.: acknowledgment to, I, x Jot, Joe, Jr.: II, 167
Joy, Mrs. Jane: acknowledgment to, I, x
Judson, E. Z. C.: I, 9; II, 167-76; wrote about Cody, II, 172; first Cody story, II, 172; sixth marriage, II, 172n, 173; wrote play for Cody, II, 173
Judson, Lovanche L.: 172n
Jumping Frog: first book appearance, 1866, I, 62
Kaime, George S.: II, 176
Kansas City Daily News contributor: A. Grissom, II, 123
Kansas City Evening World contributor: A. Grissom, II, 123
Kansas City Star contributor: Tom P. Morgan, II, 205
Karst, Esther: acknowledgment to, I, ix
Karst, John: Beadle's engraver, I, 9, 9n
Keene, King: II, 176
Keller, Horace Seymour: on Noah Nuff, II, 33; on Warne, II, 289
Kelly, George C.: II, 176 Kennedy, Rose: II, 177
Kenton, Simon: character in some novels, I, 5
Kimball, Gladys A.: acknowledgment to, I, x
King Bango of Sangatanga: II, 4
King, Jo: II, 177
King, Katharine: II, 177
King, Tom W.: II, 177
Kingsley, Henry: II, 177
Klapp, H. Milnor: II, 177
Kleinknecht, Mrs. C. A.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; 140n
Know Nothing Party: II, 86, 170n Knox, Isa: II, 177
Knox, Jackson: II, 177-78; II, 222
Knox, J. Armoy: editor Texas Siftings, II, 124
Kopisch, August: quoted, I, 1
"Krag, Jurgen Peter": quoted, II, 313, 320
Ladies' Companion: I, 7
Ladies' World: I, 7
Laforest, Lafayette: II, 178
Lake Shore series: II, 8
Lakeside Library: I, 62
Lansing (Midi.) Journal contributor: C. B. Lewis, II, 179
Lansing, S. G.: II, 178
Lasalle, Charles E.: II, 178
LaSalle, George [w] E.: II, 178
Latimer, Mrs. W. R.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 149n
Lawless, Eve: II, 108, 178
Lawrence, George Alfred: II, 178
Lee & Shepard: I, 61
LeFanu, Joseph Sheridan: II, 178-79
Legrand, Louis: II, 179
Leicester, Margaret: II, 179
Lemuel, George: II, 179
Lerouge Case: II, 40
Leslie: see Frank Leslie
Lever, Charles: II, 179
Lewis, Charles Bertrand: impersonated, II, 4; II, 179-81
Lewis, Harriet (Mrs. "Leon" Lewis): II, 181; wrote some of Leon's stories, II, 183ff
Lewis, John: II, 181-82
Lewis, John Woodruff: II, 182
Lewis, "Juan": II, 182-83
Lewis, Julius Warren: II, 183
Lewis, "Leon": II, 183-86
Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Leon, Jr.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; I, 186n
Lexington S.S. fire: II, 107
Library of Choice Fiction: begun 1864, I, 48; I, 135-38
Lillie, Major Gordon: character in some novels, I, 5; on a pseudonym of Ingraham, II, 264n
Lincoln, Abraham: read dime novels, I, 9
Lincoln, Howard: II, 186
Linton, E. Lynn: II, 186
Lisenbee, Will: I, 60; quoted, I, 73; II, 114n; II, 186-87
List of abbreviations: I, xviii
Lists of Beadle publications: I, 75-476
Little Chief Library (Nickel Library Publishing Co.): I, 63
Lives of Great Americans: I, 371-72
Locke, R. D.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 294
Lodge, Sir Oliver: I, vii
Logan, Olive: II, 187-88
Log Cabin Library (Street & Smith): I, 63
Londonderry, Ireland: I, 51n
London branch of Beadle: started 1861, I, 38; ended 1866, 1, 52
London editions of dime books: I, 119-22
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth: quoted, I, 25; II, 62, 192
Long Island Star contributor: Henry Chadwick, II, 50
Loring's Tales of the Day: I, 8, 54
Los Angeles Times contributor: Maro Rolfe, II, 245
Lossing, Benson J.: letter to Erastus Beadle, I, 16
Lovejoy, Lillian: II, 188
Lover, Samuel: II, 188
Lucanus: quoted, I, 38
Lumley, Beadle artist: I, 8
Lummis, Elizabeth Fries: II, 188
Luqueer, Helen (Mrs. W. H. Bushnell): II, 47
Lytton, Edward: II, 188-89 Lytton, Edward Bulwer: II, 189
McAneny, Mrs. H.: acknowledgment to, I, x
McCullough, Ben: ranger, II, 125
McGuffey readers: illustrated by John Karst, I, 9
McIntyre, John T.: acknowledgment to, I, x; foreword, xxiii-xxv
Macnamara, Dennis: quoted, II, 273
McNeil, Walter Norris: II, 189
MacQuoid, Katharine S.: II, 189
Macready, William C.: cause of Astor Place riot, II, 171
Madison, James: acknowledgment to, I, x
Magoon, James: II, 189
Mahony, Francis: quoted, II, 151
Malady (care) that killed the cat: I, 25
Malaeska: issued 1860, I, 31
Malen, M. E. O.: II, 189
Manning, William H.: II, 189-91; II, 223
Manning, Mrs. William H.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 190n, 310n
Manuscripts: last ones bought by Beadle, I, 71
Maquet, Auguste: Dumas' collaborator, II, 88
Mark Twain: vs A. Aiken, I, 10; quoted, I, 11; Jim Smiley's Frog, I, 52; quoted, II, 51; source of Huck's and Tom's pirate names, II, 174
† Marksmanship with revolvers: I, 453 (Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 255.)
Marryat, Florence: II, 191-92
Marryat, Capt. Frederick: II, 191; excerpt, II, 110
Marsh, Mrs. Anne: II, 192
Marshall, John J.: II, 192-96
Martialis: quoted, II, 209 Martine, Maj. Max: II, 196
Masculine disguises of female writers' names: I, 64
Matsys, Quentin, Flemish painter: I, 135; II, 91
Maum Guinea: published 1861, I, 40; praised by Beecher, I, 40
Maxwell, Mary E. Braddon: II, 196
May, George Thomas: II, 196
May, William Henry: II, 196 Me: see Mac Meine, Franklin J.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 180n
Melcher, Frederick G.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Mellon, Ralph: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 197n
Menander: quoted, I, 47
Men of the Time: I, 371 Meredith, Owen: II, 196
Merriam, John M.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 274n
Merrill, James Milford: II, 196-97
Merrill, Karl G.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 197n
Merrill, Mrs. W. S.: acknowledgment to, II, 197n
Merry, Malcolm J.: II, 197
Meserve, Arthur Livermore: II, 197-200
Metseys: see Matsys
Metsys: see Matsys
Military Handbook: I, 411
Millbank, H. R.: II, 200
Miller, E. C.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 23n
Miller, Mrs. Fanny: II, 200
Miller, Joaquin: II, 305
Miller, Orton & Mulligan, publishers in Auburn, N. Y.: 1, 18
Miller, W. C.: acknowledgment to, I, xi; pseudonyms, II, 89, 129, 146n, 162n, 190, 209, 264n
Milman, Edward Augustus: II, 200
Milner, California Joe: character in some novels, I, 5
Milton, John: II, 200
Miscellaneous publications: cloth-bound books, I, 361-63
Missouri Republican contributor: M. Hopewell, II, 146
Molly Maguires: a play, II, 9
Money panic of 1857: I, 22
Monfort, Harry: II, 200
Monstery, Thomas Hoyer: II, 200-204
Monthly (magazine): I, 420-21
Montrose, Marie: II, 204
Moore, Thomas: II, 204
Morality of dime novels: I, 31
Morgan, Tom P.: II, 205, 305
Morning Express, Buffalo: I, 17
Morrill, Edward: ackn´owledgment to, I, x
Morris, Anthony P.: wrote Beadle's third detective story, I, 3; II, 205-208
Morris, Charles: wrote detective stories, I, 3; II, 209-12
Morse, George Henry: II, 212
Mortimer, Grace: II, 212-13
Mott, Ed: I, 60
Moughton, Charlotte: acknowledgment to, I, x
Movies put an end to "libraries": I, 70
Mrs. Stephens' Illustrated Monthly: I, 7
Muller, Billex: II, 213
Mulock, Dinah: II, 213
Munro, George: (all Vol. I) 5; with Irwin P. Beadle, starts a new firm but with the old name, Irwin P. Beadle & Co., at 137 William street, 1863, 42; partnership agreement, 43; Ten Cent Novels supercede Irwin's Ten Cent Novels in 1864, 47; removes to 118 William street in 1868, 55; removes to 84 Beekman street in 1870, 57, † enters suit to prevent Beadle from using the word 'sleuth' for a detective, I, 66
Munro, Norman: publishing plant destroyed by fire in 1876, I, 61; his Riverside Library. I, 304
Murietta, Joaquin: character in some novels, I, 5
Murray, Captain: II, 213
Myers, P. Hamilton: II, 213-14
Myself: II, 214
My Young Wife's Husband: II, 214
National Police Gazette: I, 61
Native American Party: II, 86, 171
Neal, John: I, 7; wrote for Beadle in 1864, I, 48; poems in Beadle's Monthly, I, 50; II, 214-15
Ned Buntline's Own: I, 61; II, 169, 170, 170n, 172
New and Old Friends: begun 1873, I, 59; I, 169-72
New Dime Novels: begun 1874, I, 58; I, 99-110
New Nick Carter Library (Street & Smith) : I, 70
New Orleans Picayune contributor: Wm. Perry Brown, II, 43
New Sensation Ten Cent Novels: I, 62
New Twenty-five Cent Novels: I, 165-66
New York Boy's Library (Norman Munro): I, 62
New York Boys' Weekly (Tousey): I, 61
New York Detective Library (Tousey): I, 63
New York Dime Library: begun 1878, I, 59; I, 200-50
New York Dispatch contributors: A. J. H. Duganne, II, 86; J. A. Patten, II, 221; J. D. Vose, II, 287; Edward Willett, II, 305
New York Evening Post contributor: Lillie D. U. Blake, II, 35
New York Evening World contributor: J. A. Patten, II, 221
New York Family Story Paper: begun 1873, I, 61
New York Herald contributors: William Perry Brown, II, 43; J. A. Patten, II, 221; Mayne Reid, II, 234; J. D. Vose, II, 287
New York Ledger (Bonner): begun 1884, I, 61; contributors, J. E. Badger, II, 25; Sylvanus Cobb, II, 55, 90; Mary G. Halpine, II, 127; Emma Garrison Jones, II, 167; Leon and Harriet Lewis, II, 184; Will Lisenbee, II, 187; Capt. Wheeler, II, 293; J. H. Whitson, II, 299
New York Library: I, 200-50
New York Library (Starr's): begun 1877,1, 59; I, 195-200
New York Mercury: begun 1838, I, 61; contributors, George Albany, II, 19; Lillie D. U. Blake, II, 35; May Agnes Fleming, II, 112; Dr. John Hovey Robinson, II, 242
New York Mirror: new title in 1876, I, 60; I, 470-73
New York Picayune contributor: J. D. Vose, II, 284
New York Sentry contributor: W. R. Eyster, II, 103
New York Star contributor: Mary Reed Crowell, II, 73
New York Sun: acknowledgment to, I, x; contributor, Wirt Sikes, II, 256
New York Times contributors: H. Chadwick, II, 50; G. C. Jenks, II, 165; J. A. Patten, II, 221
New York Tribune: I, 7; contributors, H. Chadwick, II, 51; A. J. H. Duganne, II, 86; Albert Richardson, II, 240; N. D. Urner, II, 277
New York Tribune Novels: I, 62
New York Weekly (Street and Smith): I, 61; contributors (all Vol. II), J. E. Badger, 25; Charlotte Brame, 41; Augustus Comstock, 63; Oil Coomes, 65; Frank Corey, 69; A. J. H. Duganne, 86; E. S. Ellis, 94, 244; May Agnes Fleming, 112; "Harry Hazelton," 135; Mrs. Baer, 143; J. E. Iliff, 150; E. Z. C. Judson, 172ff; Leon Lewis, 65, 184, 185; Will Lisenbee, 187; A. L. Meserve, 198; J. A. Patten, 221; St. George Rathborne, 231; Eben Rexford, 238; Dr. J. H. Robinson, 240; Maro Rolfe, 244; Clara Augusta Trask, 274; Dr. W. M. Turner, 275; Mrs. Victor, 279
New York World contributors: Mary Reed Crowell, II. 73; C. B. Lewis, II, 180
Nichols, I.M.: II, 216
Nick Carter Library (Street & Smith): I, 69
Nick Carter's authors: II, 82
Nickel Library: I, 62
Nickel novels called "dime novels": I, 3, 4
"Noname": II, 100
Norris, William Edward: II, 216
North, Frank: starts ranch with Cody, I, 59
North, Ingoldsby: II, 216
Nuff, Noah: II, 216
Nugget Library (Street & Smith): I, 63
Number of different Beadle novels: II, 319
Number of novels in each series: II, 319
Numerical lists of Beadle novels: I, 75-476
Nunes, Joseph A.: II, 216-17
Nye, Bill: II, 305
Oakes-Smith, Mrs.: I, 50; II, 217; II, 259-61
O'Brien, Dr. Frank P.: II, 7n, 33, 83n, 114n, 126n, 129n, 187n, 206, 207n
O'Brien, Dr. and Mrs. Frank P.: acknowledgment to, I, x
O'Brien sale: I, xxiii; II, 325, 326
Odell, G. C. D.: acknowledgment to, I, x
O'Francis, Mary: II, 217 O'Keeffe, John: II, 113
Okie, Dayton & Jones issue a five cent novel: I, 36
Old Cap Collier Library (Norman Munro): I, 63
Old Homstead: written in 1855, I, 22; dramatized by A. Aiken, I, 7; II, 263
Old Honest, a play: II, 15 Old Jenkins: I, 5 Old Parr: I, 5
Old Sleuth Library (George Munro): I, 63
Oliphant, Margaret: II, 217
Oliver Optic: see Optic, and William T. Adams
Oliver Optic's Magazine (Lee & Shepard): I, 61
Omissions from list of novels: I, viii
Omohundro, John B. (Texas Jack): appears as a character in some novels, I, 5; acted with Cody, II, 57; II, 217-18
One Cent Songbooks: I, 389-91
O'Neill, James, in Monte Cristo: II, 188
Onward and Upward series: II, 8
Onward, Mayne Reid's magazine: I, 7; II, 235
Ornum's Ten Cent Indian Novels (Norman Munro): I, 61
Ornum's Ten Cent Popular Novels (Norman Munro): I, 61
Orr, Nathaniel, engraver: I, 9
Orred, Meta: II, 218
Osbon, John W.: II, 218
Osgood & Co., James R.: I, 61
Osmund, William J.: II, 218
O'Sullivan, Dennis: I, 7; II, 218-19
Oswego (N. Y.) Daily Times contributor: C. Dunning
Clark, II, 51 Ouida: II, 219
Our Boys and Girls (Lee & Shepard): I, 61
Our Young Folks (Ticknor & Fields): I, 9, 61
Over the Ocean Terry. I, 70
Ovidius Nasso: quoted, I, 28; II, 205
Pacific S.S. wrecked: II, 30
Palmer, C. R.: II, 219
Pannell, Carey H. H.: II, 219
Parlor Library: I, 62
Parma, V. Valta: acknowledgment to, I, ix
Parmelee, Thomas N.: I, 17
Parr, Old: I, 5
Parson, Frederick T.: II, 219-20
Parson's Daughter: II, 220-21
Paterson Morning Call contributor: Mary Reed Crowell, 11,73
Patrick, Mary: II, 221
Patriotic songbooks: I, 389
Patriotic Order, Sons of America: II, 170n
Patten, James Alexander: II, 221-22
Patten, Gilbert: see William G. Patten
Patten, William G.: acknowledgment to, I, x, 6; II, 41, 46n, 66n, 81, 82, 90n, 127, 146n, 156, 189, 190; II, 222-24; comments on Victor, II, 286; comments on Warne, II, 289n
Paulding, Decatur: II, 224
Payn, James: II, 224-25
Payne, Harold: II, 225
Pearce, Samuel W., Jr.: II, 225
Pearson, Edmund: on Seth Jones, I, †33; quoted, II, 3; II, 6n, 9n, 82n, 93n, 96n, 112, 125n, 129, 144; on Wheeler, II, 296
Penfield, artist: I, 8
Pen names of authors: I, viii, 8; II, 4
Penne, Agile: II, 225
People's Library: I, 62
Periodicals: I, 414-76
Perry, Harry Dennies: II, 225
Petersen, Capt. Philip: II, 225
Petcrson's Magazine: I, 7
Philadelphia Saturday Courier contributor: J. H. Ingraham, II, 152
Phillips, Watts: II, 225
Phillipse, Lieut. Robert: II, 225
Phinney, H. & E.: I, 16
Pierstown, N. Y.: location, I, 16n
Pierce, Jo: II, 226
Piper, A. G.: II, 226
† Pistol-shooting skill: I, 453 (Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 255.)
Pitcher, Hermon: acknowledgment to, I, xi; II, 40n, 41 n, 274n
Pittsburgh Evening Mail contributor: J. H. Ingraham, II, 152
Pittsburgh Landing: I, 411
Pittsburgh Leader contributor: J. H. Ingraham, II, 152
Pittsburgh Morning Chronicle contributor: Mayne Reid, II, 234
Pittsburgh Post contributor: Hartley T. Campbell, II, 48
Pittsburgh Press contributor: J. C. Jenks, II, 164
Planographic reprints of novels: II, 326
Pluck and Luck (Tousey): I, 70
Pocket Library: begun, I, 64; contain between thirty-five and forty thousand words, I, 5; I, 339-57
Pocket Novels: begun 1874, I, 59; I, 174-83
Pocket Songsters: I, 391
Police Gazette: I, 9, 61
Pontiac (Mich.) Jacksonian contributor: C. B. Lewis, II, 180
Pony Express: ended November 18, 1871, 57n
Popular Fifty Cent Bookis: I, 150-54
Popular Library: begun 1891, I, 68; I, 357-61
Porter, Ann E.: I, 7; II, 226-28
Porter, Jane: II, 228
Porterfield, Robert: II, 170
Portland (Me.) Daily Times contributor: C. P. Ilsley, II, 150
Portland (Me.) Transcript contributor: C. P. Ilsley, II, 151 Post, A. H.: II, 228
Powell brothers: characters in some novels, I, 5
Powell, Frank: II, 228-29
Poyntz, Launce: II, 229
Pratt, Anne S.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Pre-Beadle novels: II, 326
Prentice, George Henry: II, 229
Prescott, Harriet E.: I, 50
Prescott, Mary N.: II, 229
Prescott, Paul: II, 230
Preston, Percy: II, 230
Prices paid for Beadle novels: II, 325
Printing done by Beadle: I, 64
Productivity of Beadle and Adams: I, 5
Productivity of Street & Smith: I, 5
Productivity of Tousey: I, 5
Propertius: quoted, II, 85
Prout, Father: quoted, II, 151
Pseudonyms: publishers afraid of them, I, 8; difficulty in identifying, II, 4; how identified, II, 4; listed, II, 321-23
Publications during various years: (all Vol. I) 1860, 30; 1861, 40; 1862, 41; 1863, 45; 1864, 48; 1865, 49; 1866, 52; 1867, 54; 1868, 55; 1869, 56; decade 1870-79, 57; 1880-89, 63; 1890-99, 71
Publishers' Weekly: acknowledgment to, I, x
Quad, M.: II, 230
Queen of Spain story: I, 31
Quintilian: quoted, I, 68
Ralston, H. W.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 143n, 146n
Ramee, Louise de la: II, 230-31
Randolph, Lieut. J. H.: II, 231
Rarity of Beadle novels: II, 324
Raspe, Rudolf Erich: II, 231
Rathborne, St. George: II, 231-33
Read, Opie: II, 139
Reade, Charles: II, 234
"Ready" dates of novels: I, 75
Real estate boom in Nebraska and Kansas in 1856-57: I, 22
Rebak, H.: II, 234
Redpath's Books for the Camp Fires: I, 48
Redwing, Morris: II, 234
Regester, Seeley: II, 234
Registrar of Gettysburg College: acknowledgment to, I, x
Reid, Capt. Mayne: I, 7, 54, 61; II, 234-38
Repetition of titles and illustrations: I, viii
Reprinted novels: I, viii; became common after 1874, I, 58
Renter, Fritz: quoted, I, 8, 44, 121
Reversal of titles and subtitles: I, viii
Rexford, Eben: II, 238-39
Rexford, George Conant: II, 239
Rice, James: II, 239
Rice, Paul North: acknowledgment to, I, x
Richardson, Albert D.: illustrations used later in a Mark Twain book, I, 8; excerpt, I, 22; II, 239-40
Richmond's Novels: I, 61
Richmond (Ind.) Sunday Register contributor; J. E. Iliff, II, 149
Rideout, E. G., & Co.: I, 63 Riggs, E. C.: I, 50
Ringgold, Barry: II, 240
Ringwood, Ralph: II, 240-41
Riverside Library (Norman Munro): I, 62, 304
Robins, Seelin: II, 241
Robinson Crusoe: I, 48
Robinson, F. W.: II, 241
Robinson, George W.: II, 241
† Robinson, Henry Morton: I, 40
Robinson, Dr. John Hovey: II, 241-43
Rockwood, Roy: II, 243-44
Rodman, Emerson: II, 244
Rolfe, Albert W.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 245n
Rolfe, Maro O.: II, 244-48
Root, George A.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 103n
Ross, Charles Henry: II, 248
Rossi, Dr. Lambouillet: II, 248
Routledge, George: takes over the London branch of Beadle in 1866, I, 39
Routledge, Edmund: II, 248
Rover Boys stories (Stratemeyer): II, 264
Rowson, Susanna: II, 248-49
Roy, Ralph: II, 250
Russell, A. M.: II, 250
Russell, Don: acknowledgment to, I, x
Russell, Milton C.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Rymer, James Malcolm: II, 250-52
Sage, Abby (Mrs. Daniel McFarland): II, 240
St. George, George: II, 252
St. George, Harry: II, 252
St. John, Percy B.: II, 252
St. John, Warren: II, 252-53
St. Louis Globe Democrat contributors: Wm. Perry Brown, II, 43; E. Willett, II, 305
St. Louis Post Dispatch: acknowledgment to, I, x
St. Louis Times contributor: Edward Willett, II, 305
St. Meyer, Ned: II, 253
St. Mox, E. A.: II, 253
Sainte-Pierre, Bernardin: II, 253
St. Vrain, Maj. E. L.: II, 253
Sala, George Augustus: quoted, II, †250
Salsbury, Nate: with Cody, II, 59
Samuel Sowerby illustrated with previously used engravings: I, 8
Sandusky (O.) Daily Register contributor: O. J. Victor, II, 286
San Francisco Herald contributor: Maro Rolfe, II, 245
Sangster, Margaret E.: I, 60
Sara, Col. Delle: II, 253-54
Saturday Evening Post: acknowledgment to, I, x; I, 31n; contributors, Mrs. H. Bostwick, II, 36; Arthur Grissom, II, 124; P. Ingraham, II, 156
Saturday Journal: begun 1870, I, 60; serials listed, I, 422-43
Saturday Library: I, 63
Saturday Night (Elverson): I, 61
Saturday Star Journal: serials listed, I, 422-43
"Savage bit the dust" used in 1864: II, 136
Saxe, Burton: II, 254
Saxe, John G.: quoted, II, 110, 216
Schiller, J. F. C.: quoted, II, 222
School Books: I, 395
School Melodist: I, 388
Scott, C. P.: II, 103
Scott, Maj. SS.: II, 254
Scott, Sir Walter: quoted, II, 22; II, 254
Seabrook, H. V.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 197n
Seaside Library (George Munro): I, 62
Second class postal rates: I, 66
Secret Service (Tousey): I, 70
Senarens, Lu.: II, 100
Seneca: quoted, II, 48
Seth Jones: advertising campaign in 1860, I, 34; number of copies sold, I, 35
Seymour, Mary Davenport: acknowledgment to, I, x
Shakespeare: quoted, II, 5, 65, 140, 148, 179, 200
Shaw, H. C.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 69n
Shea, Cornelius: II, 253
Shelton, Agnes May: II, 254
Shenandoah Campaign: I, 411
Sheridan's Campaign: I, 411
Sherlock Holmes: first story about, II, 33n
Sherman's March to the Sea: I, 411
Sherwood, Scott R.: II, 254-55
Shields, T. Benton: II, 255
Shillaber, Benjamin P.: II, 55
Shipley, Henry R.: II, 255-56
Sidney, Sir Philip: quoted, II, 241
Sikes, Wirt: II, 256-58
Simms, W. Gilmore: II, 258
Sims, Lieut. A. K.: excerpt, I, 234; II, 258
Singing Sybil: II, 278
† Shooting skill: I, 453 (Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 255.)
† Shute, Henry M.: I, 86 (Dime Novels, no. 84. )
Singleton, Fred T.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Six, a fatal number to the firm: I, 71
Six Penny Tales (Irwin Beadle): I, 150
Sixpenny Tales, London: I, 119-20
† Skill in revolver shooting: I, 453 (Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 255.)
† Sleuth: suit to restrain Beadle from using word for a detective, I, 66
Slossen, Edwin E.: quoted, II, 1
Small, George, I, 61
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes: I, 7, 50; II, 217; II, 259-61
Smith, Mrs. George W.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 78n, 115n, 266n
Smith, Ronald M.: II, 261 Smith, Seba: II, 259
Soldiers' Directory to Pensions: I, 411
Soldiers read dime novels during Civil War: I, 39
Solt, Mrs. Linnaeus C.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 103n
Songbooks: I, 380-95; projected but unpublished, I, 394
Songs of the Hour: I, 388
Songs of the Olden Time: I, 388
Songsters: I, 389
South, Edwin: II, 261
Southworth, Arabella: II, 261
Sowerby, Samuel, illustrated by previously used engravings, I, 8
Speakers: I, 401-405
Spooner, Edward H.: biography, I, 53n; becomes member of the firm, 1867, I, 52; retires, 1869, I, 56
Springfield (Mass.) Republican contributors: J. L. Bowen, II, 37; W. P. Brown, II, 43
Standard Library of Romance: I, 122
Starbuck, Roger: II, 261
Star Journal: 1, 60; serials listed, I, 422-43; see also Saturday
Journal Starr, Frank, & Co.: established 1868-69, I, 56; operated until 1878, I, 57; connection with Beadle & Co., I, 56n
Starr's American Novels: first issue was No. 18, I, 56; had chromo covers after No. 138, I, 59; I, 154-65
Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels: I, 168-69
Starr's New York Library: begun 1877, I, 59; I, 195-200
Starr's Songbooks: I, 391
Starr's Ten Cent Pocket Library: begun 1877, I, 59; I, 195
Stephens, Mrs. Ann: I, 7; sold Malaeska rights, I, 31; first dime novel, I, 31; II, 262-64
Stephens, H. L.: I, 8
Stephens, Marian Lee: II, 264
Stereotype foundry: of Commercial Advertiser, I, 18; Beadle's, I, 19
Stevenson, E. T.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Stewart, A. T.: I, 51n
Stinemetts, Henry: II, 267
Stock names not used by Beadle: II, 4
Stockton, Frank R.: I, 50
Stoddard, Maj. Henry B.: II, 264
Stoddard, R. H.: II, 305
Stoddard, W. O, Jr.: 264n
Stories reprinted in the weeklies: I, 63
Story papers: antedated dime novels, I, 3; Beadle's, I, 60; various publishers, I, 61
† Stowe, Harriet Beecher: 1, 7
Stratemeyer, Edward: II, 264-65
Street, Alfred B.: I, 50; II, 265-66
Street & Smith: I, 5; published Boys of the World, and New York Weekly, I, 61
Stryker, Clark W.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 294n
Stuart, Miss M. B.: II, 266
Studley, J. B.: took part of Cody in the play "King of Border Men": II, 57n
Study in Scarlet: II, 33n
Stutler, Boyd B.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Suit by George Munro against Beadle: I, 67
Sumner, Charles P.: II, 266
Sunday Dispatch, New York: I, 7
Sunnyside Library: begun 1877, I, 59; I, 250-53
Swayze, O. K.: acknowledgment to, I, x
Sweet, Alexander E., of Texas Sittings: II, 124
Swift, Jonathan: II, 266 Swift, Lewis J.: II, 266
Sypher, Josiah Rhinehart: II, 266
Syracuse (N. Y.) Evening Herald contributor: C. Dunning Clark, II, 51
Talbot, Frederick: II, 266-67
Tales, Traditions and Romance of Border Times: begun 1863, I, 45; I, 122-23
Talmage, T. DeWitt: II, 267
Tax Laws: I, 412-13
Taylor, Capt. Alfred B.: II, 267
Taylor, Bayard: quoted, II, 72
Ted Strong stories (G. C. Jenks): II, 164
Ten Cent Claude Duval Novels: I, 61-62
Ten Cent Pocket Library (Starr): I, 195
Ten Cent Novelettes (Elliott, Thomes & Talbot): begun 1863, I, 45
Ten Cent Novels (Irwin P. Beadle): I, 123-26
Ten Cent Stories (Irwin P. Beadle): I, 126-27
Terentius: quoted, I, 42; II, 128 Ternan, Ellen: II, 4
Texas Jack: character in some novels, I, 5; II, 267
Texas Siftings: II, 124
Thackeray, Anne Isabella: II, 267-68
Thackeray, Henrietta: II, 268
Thackeray, William Makepiece: II, 268; quoted, II, 444
Thins: I, 4n
Thomas, Annie: II, 268
Thomas, Henry J.: II, 268-72
Thomas, Mrs. Henry J.: II, 272
Thompson, J. H.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 186n
Thorne, Lieut. Alfred B.: II, 272
Thorne, Dora: II, 272
Thorne, Harley: I, 20 333 Broadway: address in 1858, I, 26
Ticknor & Fields: I, 61
Tip Top Library (Street & Smith): I, 70
Toledo Blade contributors: Maro Rolfe, II, 244; Wirt Sikes, II, 256
Tom Sawyer: I, 9; II, 174
Tom Swift stories (Stratemeyer): II, 265
Tom Wright stories (Whitson): II, 300
Topeffa (Kan.) Plain Dealer contributor: W. R. Eyster, II, 103
Tousey, Frank: I, 5
Tousey, Sinclair: president American News Co., 1864, 1, 47
Townley, Arthur: II, 272-73
Trade Handbooks: I, 380
Trask, Clara Augusta: II, 273-74
Tripp, C. E.: II, 274
Trollope, Anthony: II, 274
Trowbridge, J. T.: I, 9
True American: I, 61
Tuel. John E.: II, 274
Tunstall, W. B.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 242n
Turner, Cornelius P.: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 242n
Turner, Dr. William Mason: I, 7; II, 275-77
Twain, Mark: quoted, II, 51
Twenty Cent Novels: begun 1875, I, 59; I, 185-87
Twenty-five Cent Novels: I, 165
Two Sisters of the West: II, 288
Types of novels: I, 76
Types of stories desired by Beadle: I, 37
Uncle Remus: wrote for Beadle: I, 60
Uncle Tom's Cabin: dramatized by A. Aiken, I, 7; a play, II, 15
Undetermined pen names: I, ix
Unidentified novels: II, 5
Union Square Library: I, 62
Urban, Septimus R.: II, 277
Urner, Mrs. Charles A.: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 277n
Urner, Nathan D.: II, 277-78
Usher, Robert J.: acknowledgment to, I, ix
Utica (N. Y.) Morning Herald contributor: Wirt Sikes, II, 256
Value of novels, II, 323-26
Vanduzee, Benjamin: I, 18; drops out as partner, 1853,1, 20
Van Lennep, William: acknowledgment to, I, x; II, 219n
Vatican Library: I, 62
Ver Nooy, Winifred: acknowledgment to, I, x
Victor, Florence: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 280
Victor, Frances Fuller Barritt: II, 278
Victor, Henry: II, 29
"Victor Hugo's letter on John Brown": II, 410
Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller: I, 7; editor of The Home in 1859, I, 26; author of Half-Dime Novelette, I, 36; wrote for Beadle's Monthly, I, 50; longer novels, II, 61; biography, II, 278-85
Victor, Orville J.: I, 8; becomes Beadle's editor in 1861, I, 39; wrote for Beadle's Monthly, I, 50; member of the firm Adams, Victor & Co., I, 57; editor of Illuminated Western World, I, 61; resigned from the firm, 1897, I, 71; detects a spurious M. Quad, II, 4; II, 60; biography, II, 285-87; portrait, II, frontispiece; his children, II, 280; comments on Victor by Patten, II, 286; comments by Whitson, II, 287
Victor, Orville Winthrop: acknowledgment to, I, ix; II, 280n
Vidocq, Francois Eugene: II, 287
Violet Vane novels: I, 6
Visscher, Col. W. L.: II, 60, 139
Voltaire: quoted, II, 214
Volume of sales in 1864: I, 49
Vose, John Denison: II, 287-88
Waite, Arthur E.: quoted, II, 250
Walker, George: II, 288
Wallace, Big Foot: character in some novels, I, 5; associate of S. S. Hall, II, 125
Wallace, William Ross: II, 288
Walsh, William S.: II, 274n
Ward, Artemus: quoted, II, 106
Warfield, Catharine: I, 50; II, 288
Waring, Marcus H.: II, 288-89
War Library: I, 63
Warne, Philip Schuyler: II, 289-91; quoted, II, 293
Warner, John S.: II, 291
Warren, Charles Dudley: II, 291-92
Warren, J. Thomas: II, 292-93
Washington (D. C.) Sunday Herald contributor: A. P. Morris, II, 205
Watson, Eimo Scott: acknowledgment to, I, x
Watson, George: I, 34
Waverley Library, octavo edition: I, 64; I, 315-19
Waverley Library, quarto edition: begun 1879, I, 60; I, 304-14
Welles, Charles E.: I, 293
Wellington, Duke of: II, 173n
Wentworth, Charles: II, 293
Westbrook Co.: buys worn stereotype plates from Beadle, I, 71; reprints Beadle novels, II, 320
Western Authors' and Artists' Club: II, 124, 187, 245
Western World: I, 61
Wetzel, Lewis: character in some novels, I, 5
Wheeler, Captain: II, 293
Wheeler, Edward Lytton: I, 5; II, 272; II, 293-98
Whicher, Mrs. Frank: II, 298
White, George G.: Beadle's most prolific artist, I, 9n
Whitehead, Lewis, Sr.: II, 299
Whitehorn, Washington: II, 299
Whitson, John H.: I, 7; comment on Badger's writing habits, II, 25; is not Harry Hazelton, II, 114n; tribute to Orville J. Victor, II, 287; comment on Warne, II, 289; rewrote some of the Deadwood Dick, Jr., stories, II, 296; wrote some of the Frank Merriwell tales, II, 299; biography, II, 299-300
Whittaker, Frederick: I, 7; assistant editor Young New Yorker, I, 61; possibly ghost wrote for Monstery, II, 200; II, 300-303
Whittlesey, Sarah J. C.: II, 303-304
Wicks, Ed. A.: II, 304
Wide Awake Library (Tousey): I, 62
Wide World: I, 61
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler: II, 305
Wild Bill: character in some novels, I, 5; actor with Cody, II, 57; see James B. Hickok
Wilder, William West: II, 304
Wilkes, George: I, 61
Willett, Edward: I, 7, 50; II, 305-10
Willett, Elizabeth ("Mittens"): II, 305
Williams, John B.: II, 40
Williams street addresses: from 333 Broadway to 137 William street in 1859, I, 28; to No. 141 in 1860, I, 30; to 118 in 1862;, I, 41; to 98, 1868, I, 55; to 92 in 1896, I, 70
Wilmer, Margaret E.: I, 50
Wilson, Francis: speaks of Bartley Campbell's egotism, II, 48
Wilson, Woodrow: read dime novels, I, 9
Wilton, Capt. Mark: II, 310
Winthrop, Frank S.: II, 310
Winwood, Rett: II, 310
Wood, Mrs. Henry: II, 310
Wood, Willis: II, 124
Worcester, J. R.: II, 311
Words in various types of novels: I, 5
Wright, William, see Dan de Quille
Wylder, Lennox: II, 311
Yankee Blade contributors: William P. Brown, II, 43; Maro Rolfe, II, 244 Yards, Jo: II, 311
Yates, Edmund Hodgson: II, 311 Year Book and Almanac: I, 414
Yellow-backs: appeared 30 years before Beadle's Dime Novels, I, 3
Young Men of America (Tousey): I, 61
Young New Yorker: begun 1878, I, 61; I, 473-76
Young Peoples series of handbooks: I, 377
Young Sleuth Library (Tousey): I, 69
Youthfulness of members of the Beadle firm: I, 52
Youth's Casket: begun 1851, 1, 19; discontinued 1857, 1, 26; I, 414-18
† Corrections made as per Volume 3.
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