1.

Orville J. Victor. The Life of Joseph Garibaldi, the Liberator of Italy. December 20, 1860.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 1; Beadle's American Sixpenny Biographies (London), no. 1.

† This booklet was also issued with black cloth covers, blind stamped in a dice pattern with corner ornaments, and lettered "Beadle's Biographical Library, No. 1, Garibaldi." The lining paper of the board covers and one flyleaf, front and back, are of bright yellow paper. That on the inside of the front cover carries a blurb, printed in red ink, about the Beadle Dime Handbooks. The front flyleaf, also printed in red, announces the Biographical Library. At the back, both flyleaf and inside cover are blank. There is a frontispiece showing Garibaldi on horseback. The title page gives the 141 William Street address, but there is nothing to show whether or not this is a first edition. The copyright notice on the verso of the title page is dated 1860. A copy in the New York Public Library lacks the board covers.

The original cover was Type I. Later, Type II cover (Fig. 95) was used, and still later reprints were enclosed in Type III wrappers. The illustration on the wrapper of the late reprints is of Garibaldi on horseback. Originals came from 141 William Street, as did also Type II, but Type III was issued from 118.

2.

Edward S. Ellis. The Life and Times of Colonel Daniel Boone, the Hunter of Kentucky. January 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 2; Beadle's American Sixpenny Biographies (London), no. 2; Lives of Great Americans no. 6.

Original wrapper, Type I. Issued from 141 William Street. Reprints are of Type III, and have the 118 William Street address. They also have a frontispiece repeating the cover illustration which is of Boone sitting on a rock, biting his fingernails and looking at the scenery.

3.

(Edward S. Ellis). The Life and Times of Christopher Carson, the Rocky Mountain Scout and Guide. With Reminiscences of Fremont's Exploring Expedition and Notes on Life in New Mexico. February 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 3; Beadle's American Sixpenny Biographies (London), no. 3; Lives of Great Americans no. 9.

Original wrapper, Type I Issued from 141 William Street. Reprints Type III with the 118 William Street address.

4.

Orville J. Victor. The Life and Services of General Anthony Wayne ("Mad Anthony"), the Revolutionary Patriot and Indian Conqueror. March 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 4; Lives of Great Americans, no. 3.

Original wrapper, Type I (Fig. 93). Issued from 141 William Street. Fontispiece of reprints shows the Battle of the Miami. Reprints Type III, issued from 118 William Street.

5.

(Edward S. Ellis). The Life and Adventures of Colonel Davy Crockett. April 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 5; Beadle's American Sixpenny Biographies (London), no. 4; Lives of Great Americans no. 7.

Original wrapper, Type I. Issued from 141 William Street. Reprints, Type III, issued from 118 William Street.

6.

Orville J. Victor. The Life and Military and Civic Services of Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott. May 22, 1861.

Original wrapper, Type I. Issued from 141 William Street.

7.

Edward S. Ellis. Pontiac, the Conspirator (Chief of the Ottawas), and the Siege of Detroit. June 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 7; Beadle's American Sixpenny Biographies (London), no. 5; Lives of Great Americans no. 12.

Wrapper, Type I. Issued from 141 William Street. Reprints Type III, from 118 William Street.

8.

Lieut. James Magoon. The Life of Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont, the American Pathfinder. July 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 8; Beadle's American Sixpenny Biographies (London), no. 6.

Brought $5 at the O'Brien sale.

This biography seems to have been compiled largely from S S. Smucker's "Life of Fremont" and from a New York Tribune biography issued during the Presidential campaign of 1856.

Wrapper, Type I (Fig. 94). Issued from 141 William Street. Reprints with Type III wrapper but no frontispiece.

9.

Orville J. Victor. The Life and Exploits of John Paul Jones, Chevalier and Rear-Admiral. August 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 9; Lives of Great Americans, no. 2.

The wrappers of the early editions were probably Type I, and had the 141 William Street address. Reprints were Type III with the 118 William Street address.

10.

E. P. H. (E. P. Hollister). The Life and Services of Major General, the Marquis de Lafayette. September 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 10; Lives of Great Americans, no. 5.

Original wrapper, Type III. Issued from 141 William Street.

11.

Edward S. Ellis. Life of Tecumseh, the Shawnee Chief. October 22, 1861.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 11; Beadle's American Sixpenny Biographies (London), no. 7; Lives of Great Americans no. 10.

Original wrapper, Type III. 141 William Street.

12.

Orville J. Victor. The Life of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, General-in-Chief, U.S.A. March 17, 1862.

A second edition appeared March 24, 1862.

Original wrapper, Type III. 141 William Street. The frontispiece is the same as the cover illustration.

13.

Anonymous. Parson Brownlow, and the Unionists of East Tennessee, with a Sketch of His Life. May 31, 1862.

Original wrapper, Type IV (Fig. 97). 141 William Street. Frontispiece same as wrapper illustration.

† It was advertised as "In no respect a transcription of the book written by Brownlee, but gives much matter not included in that work."

14.

Orville J. Victor. The Private and Public Life of Abraham Lincoln. October 22, 1864.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 14; Lives of Great Americans no. 11.

Original wrapper Type V (Fig. 98). 118 William Street. This type is Fish No. 1005. Lincoln as a boy at the fireplace.

There is also a "Memorial Edition" with orange wrappers and a picture within a black border of Lincoln with a beard. There is a four-page "In Memoriam" by Victor preceding the frontispiece. Two pages of quotations from Harper's Weekly, on pages 97 and 98 of the original edition, are omitted, otherwise the texts are identical. Type VI (Fig. 99). It was copyrighted in 1865. Fish No. 1007.

15.

Edward Willett. The Life of Ulysses Sydney Grant, Lieutenant-General, U.S.A. Copyrighted 1865.

Found in: Dime Biographical Library, no. 15; Lives of Great Americans, no. 13.

An odd picture of Grant with a long beard (Fig. 96), and very similar to one appearing in Harper's Weekly about the same time, is given on the wrapper. This portrait has been said to be one of Stonewall Jackson dressed by the engraver in a Union uniform, but more probably it is a picture produced for the publishers by the imagination of the artist. Until Brady took Grant's photograph, March 9, 1864, there † were few portraits of him, and his features were entirely unknown in New York, Washington, and the East. The photograph did not have a wide distribution at first, and since a mole appears in the picture on the right side of Grant's face, it is probable that the drawing was made from a verbal description by someone who had met him. The original wrapper was Type III and had the 98 William Street address.

Another edition of the booklet, with a cream-colored cover and a type-set title in diagonal lines sloping downward to the right in the place of the usual cover of orange (Fig. 100), was deposited for copyright in 1870. Type VII.

A third edition, marked "Memorial Edition," has on the cover the usual portrait of Grant with a short beard (Fig. 101). Type VIII. A memorial page has been added, otherwise the booklet is the same as the older editions. It was copyrighted in 1885. † The middle name 'Sydney' was not corrected to 'Simpson' even in the later Lives of Great Americans.

The firm's name appears among the Biographical Libraries for the first time as Beadle and Adams, 98 William Street, with No. 15 of the series.