1.

Mary Reed Crowell. The Counterfeit Son; or, The Enemy in the Dark. I, No. 1, November 18, 1882, to I, No. 20, March 31, 1883.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), (unfinished) no. 659; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 1.

The story was originally started in the Saturday Journal with the title "Under the Upas," and ran for three numbers with three illustrations, but the story was left unfinished when the journal became the Banner Weekly. It was then begun anew under the new title, but the illustrations were not repeated.

1.

Prentiss Ingraham. The League of Three; or, Buffalo Bill's Pledge. A Story of a Trail Followed to the Bitter End by the Three Famous Scouts, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill and Texas Jack, the "Princes of the Plains." I, No. 1, November 18, 1882, to I, No. 13, February 10, 1883. Five illustrations, the first including pictures of the three scouts.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 1; Dime Library, no. 329.

Omaha in the 1860's. A story of a false guide in western Nebraska.

1.

Frederick Whittaker. John Armstrong, Mechanic; or, From the Bottom to the Top of the Ladder. A Story of How a Man Can Rise in America. I, No. 1, November 18, 1882, to I, No. 12, February 3, 1883. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 1; Dime Library, no. 378.

New York City. A country boy with a punch and a temper. An Horatio Alger style story.

1.

Mayne Reid. The Chase in Assam, being Real Experiences of a British Officer. I, No. 1, November 18, 1882, to I, No. 7, December 30, 1882. Four illustrations.

Hunting adventures in India.

2.

Albert W. Aiken. Lion-Hearted Dick; or, The Gentleman Road-Agent. A Wild Tale of California Adventure. I, No. 2, December 2, 1882, to I, No. 14, February 17, 1883. Six illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 2; Dime Library, no. 349; Dime Library, no. 1077.

Followed by Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 23.

A Dick Talbot story. California, near Mt. Shasta. Playing for the "Old Hat" mine.

6.

Anthony P. Morris. Jack Simons, Detective; or, The Wolves of Washington. A Drama of Lives and Mysteries at the Gay Capital. I, No. 6, December 23, 1882, to I, No. 16, March 3, 1883. Six illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 6; Dime Library, no. 357.

Washington, D. C. A chimpanzee robber, a la "Murders in the Rue Morgue."

9.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Grip; or, Oath-Bound to Custer. I, No. 9, January 13, 1883, to I, No. 17, March 10, 1883. Seven illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 9; Dime Library, no. 362.

Avenging the Custer massacre.

13.

Albert W. Aiken. The Bat of the Battery; or, Joe Phenix, King of Detectives. A Thrilling Story of New York Life by Day and Night. I, No. 13, February 10, 1883, to I, No. 25, May 5, 1883. Six illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 13; Dime Library, no. 419.

New York City detective story.

16.

Joseph E. Badger. Nor'west Nick, the Border Detective; or, Dan Brown's Fight for Life. I, No. 16, March 3, 1883, to I, No. 26, May 12, 1883. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 16; Dime Library, no. 351.

With maverick hunters in Colorado.

17.

C. B. Lewis (M. Quad). The Island Prisoner; or, The Kidnappers of the Lake. I, No. 17, March 10, 1883, to I, No. 22, April 14, 1883. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 17; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 291; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 709.

A town on Lake Erie — an island in Lake Superior, thirty miles from the Canadian shore, where a girl is abandoned and left to die — afloat on Lake Huron.

19.

Frederick Whittaker. Jasper Ray, the Journeyman Carpenter; or, One Man as Good as Another in America. A Story of how a Carpenter made his Way In the World. I, No. 19, March 24, 1883, to I, No. 31, June 16, 1883. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 19; Dime Library, no. 445.

Time: The early 1870's. Tramping from Pennsylvania to Chicago, Ray saves two trains in one day! but makes an enemy as well as a friend. The bride elopes at the altar.

20.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Magic Ship; or, The Freebooters of Sandy Hook. A Tale of Fiction, founded upon Fact, in the History of the Earlier Days of New York and its Adjacent Waters. I, No. 20, March 31, 1883, to I, No. 32, June 23, 1883. Five illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 20; Dime Library, no. 336.

Pirate story of Sandy Hook, New York, and adjacent waters.

23.

Albert W. Aiken. Red Richard; or, The Brand of the Crimson Cross. A Romance of Californian Mining Life. I, No. 23, April 21, 1883, to I, No. 33, June 30, 1883. Five illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 23; Dime Library, no. 354.

Near Mt. Shasta, California. More about the "Old Hat" mine. A Dick Talbot story and a sequel to Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 2.

25.

George Henry Morse. The Telegraph Detective; or, The Dynamite League. I, No. 25, May 5, 1883, to I, No. 38, August 4, 1883. Six illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 25; Dime Library, no. 366.

Train wreckers on the Pennsylvania railway between New York and Philadelphia. A search for a treasure chest. The detective is constantly in and out of danger.

28.

William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). Wild Bill, the Whirlwind of the West; or, The Buckskin Bravos of the Platte. A Story of Wild Adventures of Real Heroes of the Border. I, No. 28, May 26, 1883, to I, No. 40, August 18, 1883. Six illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 28; Dime Library, no. 319.

A story of the Black Hills.

31.

Frederick Whittaker. Norman Case, Printer; or, From the Form to the Forum. I, No. 31, June 16, 1883, to I, No. 42, September 1, 1883. Two illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 31; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 667.

The story of a printer's rise in the world.

33.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Sailor of Fortune; or, The Buccaneers of Barnegat Bay. A Romance of the Early Days of the Present Century. I, No. 33, June 30, 1883, to I, No. 45, September 22, 1883. Seven illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 33; Dime Library, no. 373.

Smugglers on the New York-New Jersey coast, about 1812-14.

34.

Oll Coomes. Hercules, the Dumb Destroyer; or, Dick, the Boy Ranger. A Romance of the Niobrara. I, No. 34, July 7, 1883, to I, No. 40, August 18, 1883. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 34; Half-Dime Library, no. 409; Half-Dime Library, no. 1145.

An Indian tale of the Belle Fourche River, Dakota.

37.

Albert W. Aiken. Nick Fox, the Demon Detective; or, The Black-Faced Band of the Romany Rye. I, No. 37, July 28, 1883, to I, No. 46, September 29, 1883. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 37; Dime Library, no. 381.

A New York City detective story.

40.

William F. Cody. Texas Jack, the Prairie Rattler; or, The Queen of the Wild Riders. A Romance in the Life of a Real Hero — John B. Omohundro — Texas Jack — and a Tale of the Southwest Border. I, No. 40, August 18, 1883, to I, No. 50, October 27, 1883. Six illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 40; Dime Library, no. 304.

On the Rio Pecos, Texas. A girl is abducted by Indians — Texas Jack to the rescue — he saves the wrong girl — he is captured but escapes. Death of the friendly Tonkaway.

41.

Charles Morris. Fred Flyer, the Young Reporter Detective; or, The Bounding Boy of the Star. I, No. 41, August 25, 1883, to I, No. 47, October 6, 1883. Two illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 41; Half-Dime Library, no. 428.

Philadelphia and Camden, N. J. A boy reporter who evidently wrote better than he spoke, or else a rewrite man was employed!

43.

Premiss Ingraham. The Sea Desperado; or, The Pirate-Lover. A Romance of the Early Years of the Present Century. I, No. 43, September 8, 1883, to II, No. 55, December 1, 1883. Five illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 43; Dime Library, no. 341.

The usual Ingraham type of sea tale of 1835.

46.

Albert W. Aiken. Roland Yorke, the City Thoroughbred; or, The Night Hawks of New York. A Tale of the Lawless. I, No. 46, September 29, 1883, to II, No. 55, December 1, 1883. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 46; Dime Library, no. 320.

A house in New York City with trap doors, trick chairs, rat pits, hiding places in the floor, a descending bed canopy, etc.

48.

Oll Coomes. Baby Sam, the Boy Giant of the Yellowstone; or, Old Spokane Joe's Trust. A Romance of "Wonderland." I, No. 48, October 13, 1883, to II, No. 54, November 24, 1883. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 48; Half-Dime Library, no. 422; Half-Dime Library, no. 1146.

Yellowstone Park and Montana. An Old Kit Bandy tale, with the usual Indians, outlaws, kidnapping, etc.

50.

Frederick Whittaker. Larry Locke, the Man of Iron; or, A Fight for a Fortune. A Story of Labor and Capital. I, No. 50, October 27, 1883, to II, No. 61, January 12, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 50; Dime Library, no. 412; Dime Library, no. 1079.

Time: 188 - . A story of the Alger type. Pennsylvania — bad uncle, good nephew — stolen savings and a mortgage due — Knights of Labor.

52.

Albert W. Aiken. Gideon Goldlace, the High Horse of the Pacific. A Tale of Western Texas. I, No. 52, November 10, 1883, to II, No. 62, January 19, 1884. Five illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 52; Dime Library, no. 440.

Cibolo City, in southwestern Texas. Gideon Goldlace wore a sombrero whose hat band was a stuffed rattlesnake.

53.

Oll Coomes. Whip-King Joe, the Boy Ranchero; or, The Border Schoolmaster. II, No. 53, November 17, 1883, to II, No. 59, December 29, 1883. Two illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 53; Half-Dime Library, no. 384; Dime Library, no. 359.

"Red Willow," on the Platte River. Indians, prairie outlaws, etc.

55.

John Hammond. Don and Dot; or, The Beautiful Detective. II, No. 55, December 1, 1883, to II, No. 59, December 29, 1883. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 55; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 523.

Date: 1881. A brother and sister make a vow over their mother's deathbed to run down the villain who had wrecked her happiness.

58.

Joseph E. Badger. Monte Jim, the Black Sheep of Bismark. II, No. 58, December 22, 1883, to II, No. 70, March 15, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 58; Dime Library, no. 416.

Rival gamblers in Dakota. A strange quest begun at a dying man's command. A tragic ending. The game of monte and its possibilities are described.

58.

Oliver Optic. The Pink of the Pacific; or, The Adventures of a Stowaway. II, No. 58, December 22, 1883, to II, No. 71, March 22, 1884. Four illustrations.

Found in: The Young New Yorker, no. 25 (unfinished); Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 481; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 58; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 380; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 706.

62.

Edward L. Wheeler. Sealskin Sam, the Sparkler; or, The Tribunal of Ten. A Tale of the Mines. II, No. 62, January 19, 1884, to II, No. 66, February 16, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 62; Half-Dime Library, no. 486.

Locale: Washington Territory.

62.

Frederick Whittaker. Old Pop Hicks, Showman; or, Lion Charley's Luck. A Tale of Circus Rivalry. II, No. 62, January 19, 1884, to II, No. 73, April 5, 1884. Five illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 62; Dime Library, no. 406.

Western New York. "Hey, Rube!" A fight between rival circus crews. A fine circus story.

65.

Albert W. Aiken. Kate Scott, the Decoy Detective; or, Joe Phenix's Still Hunt. A Romance of the Upper Crust and Lower Crust of New York Life. II, No. 65, February 9, 1884, to II, No. 76, April 26, 1884. Two illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 65; Dime Library, no. 391.

Time: Shortly after the completion of the Brooklyn bridge.

67.

William F. Cody. White Beaver, the Exile of the Platte; or, A Wronged Man's Red Trail. A Romance founded upon Incidents in the Border Life of Frank Powell, the "Doctor Scout," Late Surgeon in the United States Army, and now the "Mighty Medicine Chief of the Winnebagoes." II, No. 67, February 23, 1884, to II, No. 79, May 17, 1884. Five illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 67; Dime Library, no. 394.

Indians, outlaws, and soldiers in Nebraska in early days.

67.

Oll Coomes. Little Buckskin, the Young Prairie Centaur; or, Old Kit Bandy, the Border Sleuth. II, No. 67, February 23, 1884, to II, No. 72. March 29, 1884. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 67; Half-Dime Library, no. 444; Half-Dime Library, no. 1125.

On a tributary of the Arkansas River in Colorado. An Old Kit Bandy tale.

71.

Prentiss Ingraham. Ocean Guerillas; or, The Planter Midshipman. A Romance of Southern Shores and Waters of the Eighteenth Century. II, No. 71, March 22, 1884, to II, No. 83, June 14, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 71; Dime Library, no. 346; Dime Library, no. 1095.

Near New Orleans and in adjacent waters. A smuggler and Brandt, at that time a midshipman.

72.

Edward L. Wheeler. Bullion Bret; or, The Giant Grip of Git-Thar. A Tale of Silverland. II, No. 72, March 29, 1884, to II, No. 77, May 3, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 72; Beadle's Popular Library, no. 24; Half-Dime Library, no. 1079.

Mining and Mormons in Idaho.

74.

Frederick Whittaker. A Knight of Labor; or, Job Manley's Rise in Life. A Story of a Young Man from the Country. II, No. 74, April 12, 1884, to II, No. 85, June 28, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 74; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 572.

The story of a young mechanic's struggle and progress from a blacksmith shop to the proprietorship of a great carriage factory.

77.

William F. Cody. The Wizard Brothers; or, White Beaver's Red Trail. II, No. 77, May 3, 1884, to II, No. 89, July 26, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 77; Dime Library, no. 397.

Companion story to Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 67 and Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 89.

Locale: Nebraska Territory.

77.

Edward L. Wheeler. Ragged Bob, the Young Tramp; or, The Heir of the Cedars. II, No. 77, May 3, 1884, to II, No. 82, June 7, 1884. One illustration.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 77; Beadle's Popular Library, no. 11; Half-Dime Library, no. 1097.

Virginia.

80.

Midshipman T. W. King. Long Island Luke, the Life-Saver; or, The Wreckers of Bell-Point Light. A Story of the Last of the Shinnecocks. II, No. 80, May 24, 1884, to II, No. 88, June 19, 1884. Two illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 80; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 410; Dime Library, no. 1011.

Date: 187 - . Long Island and New York City.

82.

Joseph E. Badger. Kit Fox, the Border Boy Detective; or, Wilda, the Brand-Burner's Daughter. II, No. 82, June 7, 1884, to II, No. 87, July 12, 1884. One illustration.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 82; Half-Dime Library, no. 449.

Date: 1883. Wilbarger, Texas. A "brand burner" is a person who changes or obliterates a cattle brand.

83.

K. F. Hill. Sarah Brown, Detective; or, The Mystery of the Pavilion. II, No. 83, June 14, 1884, to II, No. 94, August 30, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 83; Dime Library, no. 410.

New York murder-detective story.

86.

Frederick Whittaker. Jack Corwin, Boat-Builder and Surfman; or, The Might and Blight of Money. A Story of a Nobleman of Nature. II, No. 86, July 5, 1884, to II, No. 97, September 20, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 86; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 636.

The story of a boat builder on the Maine coast.

87.

Edward Lytton Wheeler. Billy Bub, the Prize Detective; or, The Bootblack's Luck. II, No. 87, July 12, 1884, to II, No. 92, August 16, 1884. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 87; Beadle's Popular Library, no. 17; Half-Dime Library, no. 1093.

Philadelphia detective story.

89.

William F. Cody. White Beaver's One-Arm Pard; or, Red Retribution in Borderland. The Concluding Story of the White Beaver Series. II, No. 89, July 26, 1884, to II, No. 101, October 18, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 89; Dime Library, no. 401.

Companion story to Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 67 and Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 77.

92.

Albert W. Aiken. Dick Talbot in New York; or, Tracked from the Mountains to the Metropolis. II, No. 92, August 16, 1884, to II, No. 103, November 1, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 92; Dime Library, no. 384; Dime Library, no. 1039.

Southwestern Colorado to New York City. A Dick Talbot-Joe Phenix story.

93.

Charles Morris. Wild Dick Racket; or, How He Fought for Honor. II, No. 93, August 23, 1884, to II, No. 99, October 4, 1884. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 93; Half-Dime Library, no. 488.

A Philadelphia story.

95.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Giant Buccaneer; or, The Wrecker Witch of Death Island. A Romance of the Gulf of Mexico and its Shores a Century Ago. II, No. 95, September 6, 1884, to III, No. 108, December 6, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 95; Dime Library, no. 388.

The Gulf of Mexico at the close of the eighteenth century.

98.

Frederick Whittaker. Joe Downes, Truckman; or, The Lifting of a Curse. II, No. 98, September 27, 1884, to III, No. 109, December 13, 1884. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 98; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 526.

A temperance story of New York City workmen — truck drivers, carmen, etc.

99.

Oll Coomes. Laramie Joe, the Boy Knight of the Plains; or, The Mystery of the Miners' Camp. II, No. 99, October 4, 1884, to III, No. 103, November 1, 1884.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 99; Half-Dime Library, no. 473; Half-Dime Library, no. 1162.

A mining town in northern Colorado. Kit Bandy and a crayon-artist detective.

101.

William F. Cody. Red Renard, the Indian Detective; or, The Gold Buzzards of Colorado. A Romance of the Mines and Dead Trails. II, No. 101, October 18, 1884, to III, No. 113, January 10, 1885. Two illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 101; Dime Library, no. 414.

A search for a gold mine in Colorado.

103.

Albert W. Aiken. The Actor Detective. A Dramatic Story of Real Life in New York. II, No. 103, November 1, 1884, to III, No. 114, January 17, 1885. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 103; Dime Library, no. 465.

New York City in 1867.

105.

Mayne Reid. The Fandango Queen; or, How I didn't Hunt the Iguana. III, No. 105, November 15, 1884, to III, No. 106, November 22, 1884. No illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 513(complete); Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 105.

107.

Prentiss Ingraham. Monte Cristo Afloat; or, The Wandering Jew of the Sea. III, No. 107, November 29, 1884, to III, No. 119, February 21, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 107; Dime Library, no. 399.

Pirates and more pirates in the sea adjacent to Mexico.

107.

Harry Enton. Will Waters, the Boy Ferret; or, Marked with a Triangle. III, No. 107, November 29, 1884, to III, No. 113, January 10, 1885. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 107; Half-Dime Library, no. 585.

Yonkers, New York, and New York City, 1884.

110.

Frank Faulkner. The Iron Worker of Berlin. A Tale of the Times of Frederick the Great. III, No. 110, December 20, 1884, to III, No. 117, February 7, 1885. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 110; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 404.

Frederick the Great is a character in this tale of intrigue, war, and love. A tale of Prussia when Peter the Great's hosts overran that country, and when Frederick the Great fought successfully against the combined armies of France, Austria, Sweden, and Russia.

112.

Oll Coomes. Stonewall Bob, the Boy Trojan of the Great Range; or, The Search for the Hidden Cache. III, No. 112, January 3, 1885, to III, No. 118, February 14, 1885. No. illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 112; Half-Dime Library, no. 482.

The banks of the Missouri — Dakota Territory. Treasure hunters, outlaws, Indians. A buffalo hunt.

114.

† Ned Buntline. Fire Feather, the Buccaneer King. III, No. 114, January 17, 1885, to III, No. 127, April 18, 1885. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 114; Dime Library, no. 584.

Announced as having been written expressly for Beadle's Weekly.

Pirates in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, early in the nineteenth century.

114.

Albert W. Aiken. Fire Face, the Mysterious Highwayman; or, The Silver King's Trap. A Tale of Colorado. III, No. 114, January 17, 1885, to III, No. 125, April 4, 1885. Two illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 114; Dime Library, no. 594.

In the Wagon Wheel Gap, Del Norte, Lake City, and Silverton region, in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado.

118.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Jew Detective; or, The Beautiful Convict. III, No. 118, February 14, 1885, to III, No. 130, May 9, 1885. Four illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 118; Dime Library, no. 662.

New England. Murder and false imprisonment.

118.

Edward L. Wheeler. Poor-House Pete, the Postal-Clerk Detective; or, The Secrets of Fisher Farm. III, No. 118, February 14, 1885, to III, No. 123, March 21, 1885. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 118; Beadle's Popular Library, no. 31; Half-Dime Library, no. 1105.

Locale is north of Virginia, probably Maryland. A poor-house boy, like Japhet in Marryat's tale, seeks his father.

120.

Bartley T. Campbell. The Red Queen; or, The Wood Spy. A Romance of Old Fort Duquesne. III, No. 120, February 28, 1885, to III, No. 122, March 14, 1885. No illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 156; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 120.

122.

Oll Coomes. The Border Sleuths; or, Kit Bandy and his Chums. III, No. 122, March 14, 1885, to III, No. 131, May 16, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: 122Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. ; 619Dime Library, no. ; 1100Dime Library, no. .

Black Hills. Old Tom Rattler, the Red River Epidemic, and his friend Kit Bandy.

125.

Charles Morris. The White Sheik; or, The Scouts of the Desert. III, No. 125, April 4, 1885, to III, No. 129, May 2, 1885. Two illustrations.

"Chinese Gordon" and El Mahdi are central figures in this story of Khartoum and life in Egypt and the Soudan.

127.

Ned Buntline. Will Cody, the Pony Express Rider; or, Buffalo Bill's First Trail. III, No. 127, April 18, 1885, to III, No. 141, July 25, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 127; Dime Library, no. 517.

Written expressly for Beadle's Weekly.

Will Cody, at eighteen, foils an Englishman who, with his half-breed helper, plans to abduct a girl. She is rescued but falls for another Englishman in the end. Frank Powell is one of the characters in the tale.

128.

Charles Morris, William Eyster, T. C. Harbaugh, Edward L. Wheeler, J. C. Cowdrick, M. Wilton, E. L. St. Vrain, F. Dumont, and Detective Douglass. Jubilee Joe, the Chain Lightning Detective; or, The Lamb in the Wolf's Den. III, No. 128, April 25, 1885, to III, No. 133, May 30, 1885. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 128; Beadle's Popular Library, no. 43; Half-Dime Library, no. 1090.

A Philadelphia detective story of 1876, different chapters being written by different authors.

130.

Albert W. Aiken. Chin Chin, the Chinese Detective; or, The Dark Work of the Black Hand. III, No. 130, May 9, 1885, to III, No. 142, August 1, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 130; Dime Library, no. 475.

An abduction in New York City and activities of a Chinese sleuth.

132.

Edward L. Wheeler. Flip Fred, the Pack-Peddler Prince; or, The Witch of the Black Swamp. III, No. 132, May 23, 1885, to III, No. 137, June 27, 1885. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 132; Beadle's Popular Library, no. 7; Half-Dime Library, no. 1087.

A Virginia mystery story.

133.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Two Flags; or, Love for the Blue, Duty for the Gray. A War Romance. III, No. 133, May 30, 1885, to III, No. 145, August 22, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 133; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 546; Dime Library, no. 968.

Date of story: 1859 and during the Civil War. Texas, New Orleans, the Mississippi River, the state of Mississippi, and West Point.

136.

Prentiss Ingraham. El Moro, the Corsair Commodore; or, The Lion of the Lagoon. A Romance of the Gulf of Mexico, and its Shores, Four-Score Years Ago. III, No. 136, June 20, 1885, to III, No. 148, September 12, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 136; Dime Library, no. 510.

Date: Beginning of the nineteenth century. England. A prison ship en route to the penal colony is captured by the convicts. They capture a pirate ship. In Mexican waters.

138.

Charles Morris. The Daisy Detectives; or, The White and Black Pards. III, No. 138, July 4, 1885, to III, No. 143, August 8, 1885. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 138; Half-Dime Library, no. 667.

Philadelphia and a house in the near-by country.

139.

Albert W. Aiken. Iron Dagger; or, The High Horse in Silverland. A Tale of Strange Adventures in the Mogollon Country. III, No. 139, July 11, 1885, to III, No. 150, September 26, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 139; Dime Library, no. 753.

Southwestern New Mexico. Mining, Mormons, and murder — a typical Aiken melodrama.

142.

K. F. Hill. "D"; or, Branded for Life. III, No. 142, August 1, 1885, to III, No. 153, October 17, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 142; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 488; Dime Library, no. 971.

Buenos Aires, New York, St. Thomas, and Devonshire. Detective Blunt, gauchos, Scotland Yard, and New York detectives.

145.

Frederick Whittaker. Sitting Bull, the Red Monarch; or, The Half-Breed's Plot. A Story of the Great Manitoba League. III, No. 145, August 22, 1885, to III, No. 156, November 7, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 145;Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 538; Dime Library, no. 913.

Big Horn and Powder River country and Canada, in 1876. Sitting Bull, Louis Riel, Rain-in-the-Face, etc., take part. The battle of the Big Horn is described, but most of the scenes of the story are after that event.

148.

Charles Morris. Rattling Hal, the Prince of 'Prentices; or, The Old Locksmith's Secret. III, No. 148, September 12, 1885, to IV, No. 160, December 5, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 148; Dime Library, no. 589.

Philadelphia, 1825. Desperate attempts to obtain a will, hidden for 100 years. A lucky locksmith's apprentice.

151.

Albert W. Aiken. The Stranger Sharp; or, The Fresh of Frisco's Santa Fé Lay-Out. III, No. 151, October 3, 1885, to IV, No. 163, December 26, 1885. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 151; Dime Library, no. 647; Dime Library, no. 1102.

New Mexico. Gambling, shooting, and all the extras.

153.

Jo Pierce. Gamin Bob, the Bowery Badger; or, Scooping a Slippery Set. III, No. 153, October 17, 1885, to IV, No. 158, November 21, 1885. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 153; Half-Dime Library, no. 649.

New York City street-Arab story.

154.

E. Z. C. Judson. The Midshipman Rover; or, The Red Privateer. A Romance of 1812. III, No. 154, October 24, 1885, to IV, No. 168, January 30, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 154; Dime Library, no. 621.

Written expressly for Beadle's Weekly.

Boston, Baltimore, and afloat.

157.

William F. Cody. The Dead-Shot Nine; or, My Pards of the Plains. IV, No. 157, November 14, 1885, to IV, No. 169, February 6, 1886. Three illustrations, the first of which is an almost full-page picture of Cody, surrounded by nine smaller cuts of nine other scouts.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 157; Dime Library, no. 599.

Kansas in the 1870's. Getting after the "Red Owl" gang. Cody, Wild Bill, Texas Jack, and Dr. Frank Powell take part.

160.

Prentiss Ingraham. Invisible Ivan, the Wizard Detective; or, The Secrets of the Cells. A Story of the Mysterious Phases of New York City Life. IV, No. 160, December 5, 1885, to IV, No. 172, February 27, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 160; Dime Library, no. 704.

New York City detective story. Many names of real police officers are used in this story.

163.

Albert W. Aiken. The Frisco Detective; or, The Golden Gate Find. A Story of Five Millions of Dollars. IV, No. 163, December 26, 1885, to IV, No. 175, March 20, 1886. Two illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 163; Dime Library, no. 665.

San Francisco in the late 1870's. A lost heir to $5,000,000.

165.

Oll Coomes. Banner Ben, the Wildfire of the Prairie; or, Old Kit Bandy's Compound Campaign. IV, No. 165, January 9, 1886, to IV, No. 170, February 13, 1886. One illustration.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 165; Half-Dime Library, no. 661.

"Roaring Rocks" mining camp and vicinity in southern Colorado. Indians, outlaws, etc.

166.

Frederick Whittaker. The Mad Magician; or, The American Regiment. IV, No. 166, January 16, 1886, to IV, No. 178, April 10, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 166; Dime Library, no. 614; Dime Library, no. 1096.

El Paso and Mexico in the 1860's. The shooting of the Emperor Maximilian is described.

169.

William F. Cody. Montebello, the Magnificent; or, The Gold King of Colorado. IV, No. 169, February 6, 1886, to IV, No. 181, May 1, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 169; Dime Library, no. 639.

A Colorado mining town. Attempted mine jumping — a vigilance committee — outlaws.

172.

F. Z. C. Judson. Long Tom Dart, the Yankee Privateer. A New Naval Story, 1812. IV, No. 172, February 27, 1886, to IV, No. 185, May 29, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 172; Dime Library, no. 657.

Written expressly for the Banner Weekly.

Salem, Massachusetts, and the sea.

175.

Albert W. Aiken. The Lightweight Detective; or, Old Blazes, the Sovereign of the Rocks. A Tale of New York Hovels and Marble Halls. IV, No. 175, March 20, 1886, to IV, No. 187, June 12, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 175; Dime Library, no. 670.

New York City, contemporary. Cousin against cousin and a stolen child.

178.

Frederick Whittaker. Solid Sol, the Yankee Hercules; or, A New Hampshire Tramp in Texas. IV, No. 178, April 10, 1886, to IV, No. 191, July 10, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 178; Dime Library, no. 609.

An Indian and Mexican yarn of Texas after the Civil War.

181.

Col. E. Z. C. Judson (Ned Buntline). Mortimor Monk, the Hunchback Millionaire; or, The Disguised Nobleman. A Tale of Sea and Land Fifty Years Ago. IV, No. 181, May 1, 1886, to IV, No. 193, July 24, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 181; Dime Library, no. 633.

New York City, Havana, Bermuda, Sierra Leone, etc., in 183 — . Aboard a slaver, a ship afire, etc. A man of great wealth, a leading merchant in the city, is deeply involved in smuggling.

184.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Bonanza; or, The Knights of the Silver Circle. A Romance of Mystery in the Weird Land of Montana. IV, No. 184, May 22, 1886, to IV, No. 197, August 21, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 184; Dime Library, no. 644.

Contemporary Wyoming-Montana story.

187.

Albert W. Aiken. Uncle Sun Up, the Born Detective; or, Boodle vs. Bracelets. IV, No. 187, June 12, 1886, to IV, No. 199, September 4, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 187; Dime Library, no. 674.

New York City; a bunco steerer, a footpad, an attempted suicide, all in the first three pages.

190.

Lieut. Harry Denies Perry. The Blue Blockader; or, The Spy-Pilot. A Romance of Southern Waters. IV, No. 190, July 3, 1886, to IV, No. 202, September 25, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 190; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 530; Dime Library, no. 911.

Blockade running during the Civil War.

193.

Dr. Noel Dunbar. The Tramp Shadower; or, The Haunted Heir. A Romance of Weird Mystery in New York Secret Service Life. IV, No. 193, July 24, 1886, to IV, No. 205, October 16, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 193; Dime Library, no. 604.

Detective story of New York City.

196.

Prentiss Ingraham. The King of the Mines; or, The Invincible Two. A Romance in the Career of the Life-Long Pards — Hon. W. F. Cody — "Buffalo Bill," and Dr. Frank Powell — "White Beaver." IV, No. 196, August 14, 1886, to IV, No. 208, November 6, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 196; Dime Library, no. 667.

A story of Buffalo Bill and Dr. Frank Powell. Scene laid in Montana.

199.

Leon Lewis. The Water Ghoul; or, The Submarine Detectives. IV. No. 199, September 4, 1886, to V, No. 211, November 27, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 199; Dime Library, no. 624.

Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay.

202.

Joseph E. Badger. The Man of Silk; or, Little Puss, the Pride of Posey's Pocket. IV, No. 202, September 25, 1886, to V, No. 212, December 4, 1886. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 202; Dime Library, no. 712.

Somewhere out west. A hold-up, a bank robbery, and a girl who poses as her husband's sister.

205.

Albert W. Aiken. Captain Pat McGowen, the Greencoat Detective. IV, No. 205, October 16, 1886, to V, No. 218, January 15, 1887. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 205; Dime Library, no. 717.

New York City detective story of stage-folk.

208.

Leon Lewis. Daredeath Dick, King of the Cowboys; or, In the Wild West with Buffalo Bill. IV, No. 208, November 6, 1886, to V, No. 220, January 29, 1887. Three illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 208; Dime Library, no. 629.

Colorado. Buffalo Bill and Nate Salsbury in the show business. A Jayhawk gang in the cattle country.

209.

Charles Morris. Plucky Paul, the Boy Speculator; or, Going for Old Slink. V, No. 209, November 13, 1886, to V, No. 215, December 25, 1886. No illustrations.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 209; Half-Dime Library, no. 655.

New York City.