Mrs. May Agnes Fleming. The Twin Sisters; or, The Wronged Wife's Hate. November 19, 1869.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 1; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 257; Girls of Today (later the New York Mirror), no. 15; Cheap Edition of Popular Authors, no. 12.

Under the title "Hazelwood," this novel appeared as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXVI, beginning in No. 1323, May 28, 1864.

Locales: Riverside and New York City, St. Croix, Canada, and England.

Eleanor Lee Edwards. The Betrayed Bride; or, Wedded but not Won. December 15, 1869.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 2; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 351; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 23; Fireside Library, no. 41.

New York City in 1857-58. Two orphans in a great city— on the Connecticut river—married to the wrong man—a jump into the river and a supposed drowning—en route to London—a ship afire—on the stage—the wrong man appears again—married at last.

Bertha Thorne Bishop. The Broker's Ward; or, Blanche Ratcliff's Trials. A Romance of a Lost Diamond. January 14, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 3; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 17.

Previously published as "Blanche; or, The Lost Diamond," serially in the New York Mercury, XXIV, beginning in No. 1217, May 17, 1862. The author was there given as "Septimus R. Urban," the pseudonym of Malcolm J. Rymer.

London. A young girl, left alone and friendless, finds man her worst foe and best friend. A poor man's temptation.

Lillie Devereux Umsted Blake. Forced Vows; or, A Revengeful Woman's Fate. February 11, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 4; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 13; Fireside Library, no. 59.

Under the title "Blanche Grafton," this story was previously published as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXIX, beginning in No. 1464, February 9, 1867. Zella Dangerfield and her brother, a New Orleans Spaniard, try to ruin Blanche Grafton.

Rev. J. H. Ingraham. Annie Temple; or, The Bankrupt's Heiress. A Home Romance. March 11, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 5; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 15; Fireside Library, no. 35.

Previously published under the title "Mortimer; or, The Bankrupt's Heiress," as a serial in the New York Mercury,XXVIII, beginning in No. 1407, January 6, 1866.

A count and a countess in a shabby New York house.

Ned Buntline. The Wronged Daughter; or, A Wife's Intrigue. April 11, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 6; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 22.

New York City life, in which all is not gold that glitters. A sailor, his sister, and his father, whose second marriage causes trouble.

May Agnes Fleming. The Midnight Queen. A Tale of Illusion, Delusion and Mystery. May 6, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 7; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 327.

Previously published under the title "La Masque," and under Mrs. Fleming's pseudonym "Cousin May Carleton," in the New York Mercury, as a serial, beginning in Vol. XXIV, No. 1226, July 16, 1862.

A romance of London during the great plague of 1666.

Margaret Blount. The Rejected Wife; or, A Broken Life. June 10, 1870.

Previously published as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXIV, beginning in No. 1237, October 4, 1862, and under the title "Kitty Atherton." Later Frederic A. Brady published it as a cloth-bound book with six woodcuts by W. Corway.

Dr. J. H. Robinson. The Uncle's Crime; or, The Doctor's Beautiful Ward. July 8, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 9; Fireside Library, no. 51.

Under the title "Catholina," this story was published as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXIII, beginning in No. 1146, January 5, 1861.

A melodramatic story of a man walled up alive; yellow fever in New Orleans in 17—; a girl who feigned death a la Juliet; a useless murder for an inheritance. The story has a pseudo-Masonic undercurrent.

Margaret Blount. A Dangerous Woman; or, The Broken Troth. August 5, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 10; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 16; Fireside Library, no. 39; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 138.

Previously published as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXV, beginning in No. 1254, January 31, 1863, and later, in 1864, by Frederic A. Brady in book form.

Another love story of London and vicinity.

Ned Buntline. Luona's Oath; or, The Curse Fulfilled. September 2, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 11.

Previously published under the title "Luona Prescott; or, The Curse Fulfilled."

Margaret Blount. The Maniac Bride; or, The Dead Secret of Hollow Ash Hall. September 30, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 12; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 62; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 53.

Appeared as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXVI, beginning in No. 1314, March 26, 1864, with the title "Hollow Ash Hall." Also published in book form by Frederic A. Brady in August, 1864.

A haunted house in England.

Arthur M. Grainger. The Beautiful Jewess; or, The Young Sailor's Triumph. October 28, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 13; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 28.

With the title "Guy Ravenel," this story appeared in the New York Mercury as a serial, beginning in Vol. XXV, No. 1298, December 5, 1863.

Dr. J. H. Robinson. The Adopted Daughter; or, The Half-Brother's Snare. November 25, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 14; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 26.

Previously published as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXVI, beginning in No. 1331, July 23, 1864, and with the title "Sibylla Joy."

New York City, 186-. An adopted daughter is in the way of a half-brother's inheritance. A substituted dead body buried.

Septimus R. Urban. The Wronged Wife; or, The Heart of Hate. December 23, 1870.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 15; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 19.

In the list in the front of Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 15, the author is given as Margaret Blount, but this is an error, for the novel itself has the name Urban on cover and title.

Previously published under the title "The Vendetta," as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXV, beginning in No. 1267, May 2, 1863. Here also the author is given as Urban.

An English love story.

Dr. J. H. Robinson. The Fair Schemer; or, The Dread Secret. January 20, 1871.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 16.

In the New York Mercury, XXIV, where this story appeared as a serial, beginning in No. 1258, February 28, 1863, it went under the title "Cepherine."

Ned Buntline. True as Steel; or, The Faithful Sister. February 17, 1871.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 17; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 20.

Under the title "Sadia," this novel appeared as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXVI, beginning in No. 1309, February 20, 1864.

Arthur M. Grainger. The Aunt's Plot; or, The Stolen Heir. March 17, 1871.

Under the title "The Conspirators; or, The Corsair of Cape Ontario," this tale appeared as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXII, beginning with No. 1137, November 31, 1860.

Dr. J. H. Robinson. Milrose, the Heiress; or, The Step-Father's Plot. April 14, 1871.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 19.

Previously published, under the title "Milrose," as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXIV, beginning in No. 1210, March 29, 1862.

Ned Buntline. The Secret Vow; or, The Power of Woman's Hate. May 12, 1871.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 20; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 25.

With the title "The Death Mystery," this story was published as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXIII, beginning in No. 1161, April 20, 1861.

Dr. J. H. Robinson. The Artist's Bride; or, Noll Darker s Protege. A City Life Romance. June 9, 1871.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 21; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 29.

Previously published under the title "Noll Darker" as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXVI, beginning in No. 1302, January 2, 1872.

Ned Buntline. The Planter's Ward; or, A Woman's Love and a Woman's Hate. A Romance of the Shore Plantations. July 7, 1871.

Found in: Frank Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 22; Cheap Editions of Popular Authors, no. 27.

Previously published, under the title "Hilliare Henderson," as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXIII, beginning in No. 1169, June 15, 1861.