700.

Albert W. Aiken. Joe Phenix's Unknown; or, Crushing the Crook Combination. A Shady Side Romance of the Great City. March 23, 1892.

New York City. The doings of several men who make their living by their wits.

701.

Howard Holmes. Silver Steve, the Branded Sport; or, The Man-Mystery of Moonstone. March 30, 1892.

"Moonstone," a mining town in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado. A Chinese, a Mormon, Murad the Mysterious, the Lady Jezebel, etc., and much to indicate that the author was never in the San Juans.

702.

William G. Patten. Double-Voice Dan, the Always-on-Deck Detective; or, The female Jeckyll and Hyde. A Weird Mystery of the Great Metropolis. April 6, 1892.

Preceded by Dime Library, no. 696.

A murder-detective story of New York City.

703.

William H. Manning. Spokane Saul, the Samaritan Suspect; or, The Double Twist at Camp Sahara. April 13, 1892.

"Sahara" mining camp out west. A mine that finally became the property of the community.

704.

Prentiss Ingraham. Invisible Ivan, the Wizard Detective; or, The Secrets of the Cells. A Story of the Mysterious Phases of New York City Life. April 20, 1892.

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

705.

Joseph E. Badger. Bantam Bob, the Beauty from Butte; or, The Steer Buccaneers. April 27, 1892.

Cattle rustlers, a rescued maiden, the wrong man accused to hide the identity of the chief of the outlaws.

706.

Harold Payne. Detective Burr's Seven Clues; or, The Studio Crime. May 4, 1892.

New York detective story, bringing in Inspector Byrnes.

707.

William R. Eyster. The Rival Rovers; or, Uncle Bedrock's Big Break. A Romance of Paddy's Flat. May 11, 1892.

"Paddy's Flat," a mining town "out West." In Chapter xxxi, Hawk explains the New Deal—"a lot of hooey."

708.

Albert W. Aiken. Joe Phenix's Siren; or, The Woman Hawkshaw. A City Revelation. May 18, 1892.

New York gambling, "borrowed" securities, a fortune hunter, a phony baron, etc.

709.

A. K. Sims. Loadstone Lem, the Champion of Chestnut Burr; or, The Alcatraz Millions. A Romance of Nevada. May 25, 1892.

A Nevada election. San Francisco. Land pirates.

710.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill Baffled; or, The Deserter Desperado's Defiance. June 1, 1892.

Companion story to Dime Library, no. 716.

New Mexico, Indian country. Fort Beauvoir. A story featuring Cody, Powell, Omohundro, and others.

711.

Howard Holmes. Dan Damon, the Gilt-Edge Detective; or, The Mystery of Madeline Miggs. June 8, 1892.

Murder-detective story of New York City.

712.

Joseph E. Badger. The Man of Silk; or, Little Puss, the Pride of Posey's Pocket. June 15, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 166; Dime Library, no. 202; Dime Library, no. 712.

713.

Harold Payne. Detective Burr's Spirit Chase; or, The Mystery of No. 13. June 22, 1892.

Greenwich Village, New York. A corpse here one minute and gone the next—secret passages—ghosts—and so on.

714.

William H. Manning. Gabe Gall, the Gambolier from Great Hump; or, Corralling Half the Town. A Romance of Shadow Shaft. June 29, 1892.

A banker who takes what isn't his'n,
Should give it back or go to prison.

A trick ending.

715.

William G. Patten. Double-Voice Dan on Deck; or, Duping the Diamond Prince. A Story of the Streets, Sewers and Secret Cellars of the Great City. July 6, 1892.

New York City detective tale.

716.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Scout Shadowors; or, Emerald Ed of Devil's Acre. A Romance of the Wilderness, the Forts and the Mountain Trails. July 13, 1892.

Companion story to Dime Library, no. 710.

Fort Beauvoir and the New Mexican mining country. Usual kidnapping of a maiden, and rescue by Buffalo Bill, Powell, and Buckskin Sam.

717.

Albert W. Aiken. Captain Pat McGowen, the Greencoat Detective. July 20, 1892.

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

New York City detective story of the stage.

718.

William R. Eyster. Uncle Bedrock's Big Bounce; or, The Bad Men of Mineral Bar. A Romance of Sunken River. July 27, 1892.

Kidnapped girl—lost gold mine—pushed into a prospect hole—and the usual troubles.

719.

George C. Jenks. Boston Bob, the Sport Detective; or, The Queer Hand "The Professor" Played. A Romance of Grand Gulch. August 3, 1892.

Southern Arizona mining town.

720.

Joseph E. Badger. The Secret Six; or, Old Halcyon, the Stranger within the Gates. August 10, 1892.

"Sahara," a mining town out west. Saloons, gambling, rough times. The Secret Six was not related to the Secret Six of Chicago!

721.

K. F. Hill. Sam Sounders, the Go-as-you-please Detective; or, Hunted around the World. August 17, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 224; Dime Library, no. 721.

722.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill on the War Path; or, Silk Lasso Sam, the Will-o'-the-Wisp of the Trails. The Romance of Boys in Blue and Buckskin in Hangman's Gulch. August 24, 1892.

Followed by Dime Library, no. 727, Dime Library, no. 731, and Dime Library, no. 735.

The heroine is a beauty of the south. Her husband and her discarded lover both go to Colorado.

723.

A. K. Sims. Teamster Tom, the Boomer Detective; or, The Sweepstake at Shoshone. A Romance of the Black Hills Region. August 31, 1892.

A bull train and bull skinners in the 1870's in the Black Hills region. Deadwood and Chicago. Miners, road agents, etc.

724.

Howard Holmes. Captain Hiram, the Strong Arm Detective; or, The Last of the Nine. A Romance of the Black Tie. September 7, 1892.

New York City detective story. "You belong from this moment to us [the League of the Black Tie] as you once belonged to the Nine Nabobs in Sundown."

725.

Albert W. Aiken. Dick Talbot in No Man's Camp. September 14, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 255; Dime Library, no. 725.

Followed by Dime Library, no. 729 and Dime Library, no. 733.

726.

George C. Jenks. Fearless Sam, the Grand Combination Detective; or, The Man with the Evil Eye. A Romance of a Romp with a Royal Rogue. September 21, 1892.

From Evansville, Indiana, down the Mississippi River. Life, love, and tragedy on a circus boat.

727.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Body-Guard; or, The Still Hunt of the Hills. The Story of the "Robber of the Ranges." September 28, 1892.

Sequence of stories: Dime Library, no. 727, Dime Library, no. 731, Dime Library, no. 735.

On the Rio Grande, in Mexico City, New Orleans, "Yellow Dust Valley" somewhere out West, and Chicago. Another Silk Lasso Sam story, with Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, and Dr. Powell taking part.

728.

Harold Payne. Detective Burr, the Headquarters Special; or, The Great Shadowers Baffling Case. A Story of False Clues and a Woman's Art. October 5, 1892.

New York, with Inspector Byrnes, as usual, in the lead-up.

729.

Albert W. Aiken. Dick Talbot's Clean-Out; or, The Cohort of Five. A Romance of Just Vengeance. October 12, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 267; Dime Library, no. 729.

Preceded by Dime Library, no. 725 and followed by Dime Library, no. 733.

730.

Noel Dunbar. Duke Despard, the Gambler Duelist; or, The Lady of Luck. October 19, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 217; Dime Library, no. 730.

731.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Beagles; or, Silk Lasso Sam, the Outlaw of the Overland. A Story of Wild West Heroes and Heroism. October 26, 1892.

Story sequence: Dime Library, no. 727, Dime Library, no. 731, Dime Library, no. 735.

West Point and "Yellow Dust Valley." A father, supposedly dead in the previous novel, turns up again and a supposedly guilty convict comes back innocent. Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, Dr. Powell, and the other characters reappear.

732.

Jackson Knox. The Hurricane Detective; or, Through Thick and Thin. A Romance of the Toils and Meshes of the Great City. November 2, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 258; Dime Library, no. 732.

733.

Albert W. Aiken. Dick Talbot, the Ranch King; or, The Double Foe. A Romance of the Hawks of Cababi. November 9, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 288; Dime Library, no. 733.

Sequence: Dime Library, no. 725, Dime Library, no. 729, Dime Library, no. 733.

734.

Harold Payne. Detective Burr's Foil; or, A Cunning Woman's Strategy. November 16, 1892.

New York City detective tale.

735.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill and his Merry Men; or, The Robin Hood Rivals. A Romance of Forts, Fastnesses and Frontier Retribution. November 23, 1892.

Sequence: Dime Library, no. 727, Dime Library, no. 731, Dime Library, no. 735.

A Silk Lasso Sam story. Hanged and shot and still surviving. "Yes, there is no doubt this time, for Silk Lasso Sam is dead."

736.

Howard Holmes. The Never-Fail Detective; or, Theron, of the Thumbless Hand. November 30, 1892.

New York detective story. Snakes!

737.

Albert W. Aiken. Talbot in Apache Land; or, Dick Buckskin, the Man of Mettle. December 7, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 306; Dime Library, no. 737.

738.

William H. Manning. Detective Claxton, the Record Breaker; or, Sentenced by his Own Father. A Story of the Life Secret of a New York Judge. December 14, 1892.

New York City detective story.

739.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Blind; or, The Masked Driver of Death's Canyon. The Romance of the Fatal Run on the Overland Trail. December 21, 1892.

On the Overland trail all the drivers are ambushed and killed until Dr. Frank Powell takes a hand.

740.

Jackson Knox. Captain Clew, the Fighting Detective; or, Against Terrible Odds. A Romance of the Wolves of New York. December 28, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 282; Dime Library, no. 740.

741.

Albert W. Aiken. Dick Talbot's Close Call; or, The Cowboy Dead-Shot. Ranch King Talbot in Arms. January 4, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 321; Dime Library, no. 741.

742.

Harold Payne. Detective Burr among the New York Thugs; or, The Clean-Out of the Night-Hawks. January 11, 1893.

"Hell's Kitchen," New York.

743.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Flush Hand; or, Texas Jack's Bravos. A Romance of the Pard Rivals on the Texas Border. January 18, 1893.

West Point and Tennessee during the Civil War. Spies on both sides, friends and enemies.

744.

Joseph E. Badger. Sweepstakes Sam, the Silver Sport; or, Major Hold-Up Shows his Hand. A Romance of the Twin Lodes of Silverado. January 25, 1893.

The "Sure Thing" and "Daisy Bell," rival mining companies.

"What's the matter with me standing strictly neutral, though?" "Ye won't be let, an' ef ye was, it'd be pritty much like a cat in Tophet 'thout claws! No, sir! Afore you've hed time to turn around or to stretch the kinks out o' your legs, both sides'! I be at ye fer to favor them, an' right there ye'll ketch it, red-hot an' still a-heatin'!

"The factions'll fight over ye like tomcats over a fish-head until ye take up with one or t'other side, then the other half'l1 turn to an' clapperclaw you no eend!"

745.

Albert W. Aiken. Joe Phenix's Mad Case; or, The Doomed Syndicate. February 1, 1893.

Phenix's actress assistant, Mignon, at work. New York City.

746.

Frank Powell. The Dragoon Detective; or, A Man of Destiny. A Romance of the Road Raiders of the Rockies. February 8, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 235; Dime Library, no. 746.

747.

William G. Patten. Broadway Bob, the Rounder; or, Caging the Tenderloin Tigers. February 15, 1893.

New York City detective story.

748.

Prentiss Ingraham. Arizona Charlie, the Crack-Shot Detective; or, Diamond Dick's Desperate Wipe-Out. A Romance of Northwestern Arizona. February 22, 1893.

Ranchers, ruffians, a fair captive and the usual accompaniments in an Arizona "Western."

749.

Albert W. Aiken. Joe Phenix's Big Bulge; or, The Cracksman Baron in New York. March 1, 1893.

New York City detective story.

750.

Dangerfield Burr. Buffalo Bill's Big Four; or, Custer's Shadow. A Romance of the Great Cavalryman's Wyoming Campaign. March 8, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 247; Dime Library, no. 750.

751.

Howard Holmes. The Dark Lantern Detective; or, The Puzzle of Number Nine. The Story of a New York Sensation. March 15, 1893.

New York City.

752.

J. C. Cowdrick. The Suspect Sport of Daisy Drift; or, The Hounded Detective. A Romance of Southwest Colorado. March 22, 1893.

Denver, then southwestern Colorado. Murder and false accusation.

753.

Albert W. Aiken. Gideon's Grip at Babylon Bar; or, The Man with the Iron Dagger. A Romance of the High Horse of the Pacific. March 29, 1893.

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

754.

Joseph E. Badger. The Man from Texas; or, Dangerfield, the Doctor Detective. April 5, 1893.

A detective in St. Louis.

755.

George C. Jenks. Wild Pete, the Bronco-Buster Detective; or, Corralling the Ranch Counterfeiters. The Story of the Death-in-Life Band's Last Stand. April 12, 1893.

Cowboys, ghosts, and counterfeiters in Wyoming.

756.

William G. Patten. Old Burke, the Madison Square Detective; or, The Mystery of the Morgue. April 19, 1893.

New York and Buffalo. Murder—a dead man dressed in another man's clothes—a detective who could hypnotize, etc.

757.

Ned Buntline." Long Tom Dart, the Yankee Privateer. A New Naval Story of the War of 1812. May 27, 1891.

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

758.

A. K. Sims. The Wizard King Detective; or, The Sharper Duke in Utah. May 3, 1893.

Salt Lake City and vicinity. The Utah desert. Imprisoned in a serpent-infested mine. A thaumatologist, Indians, etc.

759.

J. W. Osbon. The Sport from St. Louis; or, The Three Sharks of Big Ledge. May 10, 1893.

Gold mines in Idaho. Holdup, maiden kidnapped, outlaws, a lady bandit, and the usual excitement.

760.

Albert W. Aiken. Joe Phehix's Lone Hand; or, Wording a Curious Clue. The Romance of the Millionaire Brewer's Heritage. May 17, 1893.

New York City. A wife too many.

761.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Mascot; or, The Death Valley Victim No. 13. A Romance of Desperadoes in Arizona. May 24, 1893.

Arizona'outlaws. Buffalo Bill, Dr. Powell, Col. H. C. Merriam, Indians, etc.

762.

Jackson Knox. Old Grip, the Detective; or, The Rounder Rogue in New York. May 31, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 294; Dime Library, no. 762.

763.

Joseph E. Badger. Dandy Don, the Denver Detective; or, The Masked Faro Queen. A Romance of the Chloride City Death Riddle. June 7, 1893.

"Chloride City," Colorado, a mining town. Story begins, as usual in the 1880 Westerns, on a stagecoach and with an accusation of murder.

764.

William H. Manning. The New York Sharp's Shadower; or, The Game Sport of Rusty Gulch. June 14, 1893.

A gentleman from the West comes to New York and finds things worse than at home.

765.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Dozen; or, Silk-Ribbon Sam, the Mad Driver of the Overland. June 21, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 312; Dime Library, no. 765.

766.

Howard Holmes. Detective Zach, the Broadway Spotter; or, The One-Handed Sport's Double Dilemma. A Tale of the Mysteries of a Great City. June 28, 1893.

New York City.

767.

William R. Eyster. The Sport of Silver Bend; or, The Man with the Black Mask. July 5, 1893.

A tale of "Silver Bend," a town in the wild and woolly West. There is the usual stagecoach holdup and the kidnapping of two girls.

768.

William G. Patten. The Prince of New York Crooks; or, The Denver Man's Hot Hunt. July 12, 1893.

Buckskin Dick in New York City. An "Old Burke, Dead-sure Detective" story.

769.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Sweepstake; or, The Wipe-Out at Last Chance. July 19, 1893.

Fort Faraway, Arizona. Gold hunters, soldiers, and the ubiquitous Buffalo Bill.

770.

Jackson Knox. The Showman Detective; or, Old Grip's Rogue Round-up. July 26, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 309; Dime Library, no. 770.

771.

Joseph E. Badger. Prince John, Detective Special; or, Unmasking the Frisco Fire-Fiends. August 2, 1893.

San Francisco, before the days of electric lights. Organized fire bugs.

772.

George C. Jenks. Captain Cordon, the Twister Detective; or, Snaring Slippery New York Crooks. August 9, 1893.

Getting after Gentleman Jim Daly and his gang in New York.

773.

Leon Lewis. Buffalo Bill's Ban; or, Cody to the Rescue. A Romance of the Clean-Out in Southwest Colorado. August 16, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 331; Dime Library, no. 773.

774.

William H. Manning. Steve Starr, the Dock Detective; or, The Female Race Track Sharp. A Story of New York's Great Water Front. August 23, 1893.

A New York murder-detective story.

775.

Albert W. Aiken. King Dandy, the Silver Sport; or, The High Kicker of Salt River. A Romance of Silverland. August 30, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 214; Dime Library, no. 775.

776.

A. K. Sims. Chicago Charlie, the Columbian Detective; or, The Hawks of the Lakeside League. A Story of the World's Fair. September 6, 1893.

Chicago. A murdered broker who wasn't murdered. Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. A fight on the Ferris Wheel. The "Streets of Cairo."

777.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Spy-Shadower; or, The Masked Men of Grand Canyon. A Romance of the Dread Driver of the Colorado. September 13, 1893.

Buffalo Bill, Dr. Powell, etc., at Fort Faraway, in northwestern Arizona, Grand Canyon, etc.

778.

Jackson Knox. The Butler Detective; or, Old Grip's Grip. Running down two French Rogues in New York. September 20, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 333; Dime Library, no. 778.

779.

Howard Holmes. Silk Ribbon's Crush-Out; or, The Three King-Pins of Cross-Bar. September 27, 1893.

Medicine Bow Hill, north of Colorado. Silk Ribbon Sam, detective, appears again.

780.

Joseph E. Badger. The Dead Sport's Double; or, Snaring St. Louis Sharps. A Story of the Iron-Detective Unmasking a Millionaire Impostor. October 4, 1893.

781.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Brand; or, The Brimstone Brotherhood. A Romance of Army, Scout and Wild Life in the True Wild West. October 11, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 359; Dime Library, no. 781.

782.

William H. Manning. Royal Rock, the Round-Up Detective; or, The Neck-and-Neck Race with Rogues. October 18, 1893.

A double mystery in New York.

783.

William R. Eyster. The King-Pin Tramp; or, Hustling Frisco Hoodlums. October 25, 1893.

Old Bedrock in San Francisco.

784.

Harold Payne. Thud Burr's Death Drop; or, The Clue of the S.S.S. November 1, 1893.

A feud of two generations in New York City. Inspector Byrnes again sends out Thad Burr.

785.

Leon Lewis. The Down-East Detective in Nevada; or, The Sons of Thunder. November 8, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 261; Dime Library, no. 785.

786.

A. K. Sims. Chicago Charlie's Diamond Dash; or, Trapping the Tunnel Thieves. A Story of the White City. November 15, 1893.

The word "Haul" is used in the place of "Dash" on the pictorial title.

Action takes place upon and around the World's Fair Grounds in Jackson Park, 1893. Chicago Charlie's quartette in action.

787.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Dead Shot; or, The Skeleton Scout of the Colorado. November 22, 1893.

Colorado. General Miles, Buffalo Bill, etc., are characters in the story.

788.

Howard Holmes. The Night-Hawk Detective; or, Trapping the Tigers in New York. The Last of the Branded Band. November 29, 1893.

An Eighth Avenue, New York, mystery. Jasper Joyce in action.

789.

Joseph E. Badger. Sam Gary, the River Sport ("Top Sawyer Sam"); or, The Lawyer's Foxy Clerk. The Romance of a River Free-Lance. December 6, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 240; Dime Library, no. 789.

790.

William H. Manning. Plunger Pete, the Race-Track Detective; or, Bouncing the Bowery Wolves. December 13, 1893.

A story of New York, wirfi a millionaire, a desperado, a detective, a blackmailer, an actress, burglars, and a race horse as characters.

791.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Coast Raider's Death-Chase; or, Captain LeRoy's Double. A Story of "The Pirate Patrol." December 20, 1893.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 211; Dime Library, no. 791.

792.

Harold Payne. The Wall Street Sharper's Snap; or, The Bank Cashier's Clue. December 27, 1893.

New York City. A murdered cashier and a $300,000 robbery. A Thad Burr story.

793.

Albert W. Aiken. The Man of Three; or, Kate Scott, the Police Spy. January 3, 1894.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 232; Dime Library, no. 793.

794.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buffalo Bill's Winning Hand; or, The Masked Woman of the Colorado Canyon. January 10, 1894.

Scene shifts from the death cell of an English prison to Arizona.

795.

William G. Patten. Old Night-Hawk, the Crook-Shadower; or, The Tangled-Up Typewriter. A Wall Street Sensation. January 17, 1894.

New York City.

796.

Joseph E. Badger. The Frisco Detective's Thug-Tangle; or, The Junk-Dealer's Double-Deal. January 24, 1894.

San Francisco insurance case.

797.

Leon Lewis. Pistol Tommy, the Miner Sharp; or, The Bobtail Bonanza. January 31, 1894.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 279; Dime Library, no. 797.

798.

Harold Payne. The Riverside Drive Death-Mystery; or, Detective Burr's Lunatic Witness. The Story of the Tragedy of the Rocks. February 7, 1894.

New York City.

799.

Albert W. Aiken. The New York Sport at Long Branch; or, Blocking the Burlesque Actress's Game. A Romance of the Great Metropolis. February 14, 1894.

Originally announced as "Joe Phenix's Great Blue Diamond Case."

New Jersey coast. Gilded youth—gamblers—a blue diamond the size of a filbert which is as unlucky as the Hope diamond.