1.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter. June 9, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 1; New Dime Novels, no. 521; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 1; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 4; New and Old Friends, no. 3

This novel was put on sale by Irwin P. Beadle & Co., June 9, 1860⁽¹⁾, although it was not entered for copyright until June 30. There was no illustration in the early editions, but later a frontispiece was added, and the cut was repeated on the later-to-be-standard orange wrapper. The plain cover as well as the title page of early editions bears the imprint of Irwin P. Beadle & Co. Later, the title-page imprint remained the same, but the cover bore the new firm name, Beadle & Co. In both cases, the address was 141 William Street.

"Malaeska" was not written especially for the Dime Novels, but was a tale that had appeared originally as a prize story in The ladies' Companion.⁽²⁾ For the privilege of reprinting it, Irwin Beadle paid $250 to Mrs. Stephens,⁽³⁾ at that time a popular author of considerable ability, who ranked well up among the lesser writers of her time. In 1919, the novel achieved cloth covers and an introduction by Dr. Frank P. O'Brien.⁽⁴⁾

The scene of the story is in and around New York City and the Catskills in early Colonial days. It deals with the tribulations of the wife of a squaw man.

2.

Harry Cavendish. The Privateer's Cruise, and the Bride of Pomfret Hall. A Sea Tale of '76. June 30, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 2; New Dime Novels, no. 506; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 2; New and Old Friends, no. 13; Half-Dime Library, no. 128.

A story, apparently by an American writer, of privateering during the Revolution. The style is much like that of the English authors of the early nineteenth century. It is told in the first person.

3.

3. Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, Myra, the Child of Adoption. A Romance of Real Life. July 14, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 3; New Dime Novels, no. 550; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 3; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 10; Girls of Today (later the New York Mirror), no. 4; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 12; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 6.

New Orleans and Philadelphia. False friends make trouble between a young wife and her husband. He dies and leaves none of his wealth to his wife or daughter, Myra. The latter is adopted by a wealthy Philadelphia couple and eventually marries. She finds out about her birth and fights for years in the courts to regain her fortune. Her husband dies of yellow fever, and Myra marries General Gaines. At the end of the story, the suit is not yet settled. This is one of the poorest of Mrs. Stephens' stories, but is of interest because it is founded upon the life of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the great New Orleans heiress, although the latter said (Girls of Today, No. 9) that there was much more fiction than fact in the story. A short biography of Mrs. Gaines, by Mrs. Ellet, appeared in Belles and Beaux, No. 1, January 31, 1874. There is a portrait of Mrs. Gaines and a review of the case in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, IV, 1877, 89, and a portrait of General Gaines and biographies of both him and his wife in Appletons Cyclopedia of American Biography, New York, 1887, II, 571-573. See also The Famous Case of Myra Clark Gaines, by Nolan B. Harmon, Jr., published by the Louisiana State University Press, 1946, and New Orleans Woman, by Harnett T. Kane, New York, 1946.

4.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. Alice Wilde, the Raftsman's Daughter. A Forest Romance. August 1, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 4; New Dime Novels, no. 504; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 4; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 2; American Library Tales (London Edition), vol. 1, New and Old Friends, no. 6.

On the verso of the title page is the imprint "Pudney & Russell, Printers, 79 John street, New York."

A young New Yorker, rejected by his girl because he has lost his fortune, goes West to Centre City (Michigan?). Wilde's sawmill is the center of action. The story tells of rafting logs down the river, of brush fires, of a tornado, and of a crazed lover who almost upsets the applecart.

5.

Colin A. Barker. The Golden Belt; or, The Carib's Pledge. August 15, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 5; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 5; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 11; Standard Library of Romance, vol. 3; New and Old Friends, no. 12; Pocket Novels, no. 230.

A tale of the Tropics in early Spanish days, and of the wedding of a Spaniard with a Carib maid.

6.

Mrs. Mary A. Denison. Chip, the Cave Child. September 1, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 6; New Dime Novels, no. 511; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 6; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 45.

Previously published as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post, beginning June 6, 1857.

Adventures in the wilds of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. The Indian mother of Leoline, the abandoned "girl-friend" of Horace de Vaugn, steals the child of his legal wife. By strange chance, Horace recovers his child by Leoline, and later, just as he dies of the plague, finds that Chip, the Cave Child, is his own kidnapped daughter.

7.

Harry Cavendish. The Reefer of '76; or, The Cruise of the Fire-fly. September 15, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 7; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 7; Pocket Novels, no. 235; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 265.

† This story appeared in Graham's Magazine, 1841, as 'By the author of "Cruisings etc." '

A sea story of 1776 to 1779. Paul Jones is introduced as one of the characters.

8.

Edward S. Ellis. Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier. October 2, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 8; New Dime Novels, no. 519; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 8; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 1; American Library Tales (London Edition), vol. 1; New and Old Friends, no. l; Half-Dime Library, nos. 8, 1104; Pocket Library, no. 82.

This novel brought $13 at the O'Brien sale. The interesting story of the advertising campaign staged for "Seth Jones" is told in Part II of this book. A clothbound edition was published by Dillingham in 1907. Life in the early settlements of western New York when Indian horrors were common. The capture of a girl by Mohawks and her rescue by two scouts is the theme of the story. Seth Jones, a "daown-East" Yankee, is more lovingly described than was his prototype, Sam Slick, by Haliburton, some twenty-odd years before. The date of the story is about 1785.

9.

William Jared Hall. The Slave Sculptor; or, The Prophetess of the Secret Chambers. A Tale of Mexico at the Period of the Conquest. October 16, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 9; New Dime Novels, no. 509; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 9; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 38; New and Old Friends, no. 14.

The Valley of Mexico in the year 1519. Cortez and Montezuma are characters in the story.

10.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. The Backwoods' Bride. A Romance of Squatter Life. November 1, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 10; New Dime Novels, no. 510; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 10; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 8; New and Old Friends, no. 8.

Border life in Michigan in 183-. Camp meeting—trouble for the squatters—a pioneer trial—dissertation on hair curling and love—a curious wedding night.

11.

Mrs. Mary A. Denison. The Prisoner of La Vintresse; or, The Fortunes of a Cuban Heiress. November 15,1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 11; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 11; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 49; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 50; Pocket Novels, no. 215; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 35.

Life in Cuba and New York in the middle of the nineteenth century.

12.

Edward S. Ellis. Bill Biddon, Trapper; or, Life in the North-west. December 1, 1860.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 12; New Dime Novels, no. 512; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 12; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 7; New and Old Friends, no. 2; Half-Dime Library, nos. 6, 1151; Pocket Library, no. 89.

Beginning with this number, the publishers' imprint became Beadle & Co., 141 William Street.

Life of hunters and trappers in the 1850's, through Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska to the headwaters of the Yellowstone.

13.

William R. Eyster. Cedar Swamp; or, Wild Nat's Brigade. A Tale of Tory Treachery and Patriot Bravery. December 15, 1860.

Dime Novels, no. 13; New Dime Novels, no. 569; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 13; Pocket Novels, no. 21; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 134.

A story of the Revolution in the Carolinas, bringing in General Clinton, Captain Morgan, and Captain Preston as a few of the characters.

14.

Rose Kennedy. The Emerald Necklace; or, Mrs. Butterby's Boarder. January 1, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 14; New Dime Novels, no. 520; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 14; Six Penny Tales (London edition), no. 5; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 10; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 12.

An emerald necklace, found in an old well, is supposed to portend evil, but everything is lovely in the end.

15.

Edward S. Ellis. The Frontier Angel. A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life. January 15, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 15; New Dime Novels, no. 527; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 15; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 3; American Library Tales (London edition), vol. 1; New and Old Friends, no. 7; Half-Dime Library, nos. 21, 1123; Pocket Library, no. 173.

Flatboating in Kentucky at the close of the eighteenth century, and life in northern Kentucky and southern Ohio. Several well-known historical characters are introduced. Date, about 1780.

16.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. Uncle Ezekiel and his Exploits on Two Continents. February 1, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 16; New Dime Novels, no. 539; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 16; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 5.

A Yankee protects a lovely young girl against the wiles of her English relatives, and marries her to his protege, a young backwoodsman. A romance of Illinois and England.

17.

By the author of "Clifton," "Pride and Passion," etc. Madge Wylde, the Young Man's Ward; or, Lights and Shadows of Orphan Life. February 15, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 17; New Dime Novels, no. 547; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 17; Six Penny Tales (London edition), no. 2; Standard Library of Romance, vol. 2; Girls of Today (later the New York Mirror), no. 11; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 9; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 14.

The story of an orphan, rescued from the vicinity of the "Old Brewery," and transplanted to a fashionable New York home. She eventually becomes a famous author.

18.

Edward S. Ellis. Nathan Todd; or, The Fate of the Sioux Captive. March 1, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 18; New Dime Novels, no. 543; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 18; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 9; † Standard Library of Romance, no. IV; New and Old Friends, no. 4; Half-Dime Library, no. 10, 1070; Pocket Library, no. 100.

A sequel to "Bill Biddon." An Indian and trapper tale of the far northwest.

19.

A. J. H. Duganne. Massasoit's Daughter; or, The French Captives. A Romance of Aboriginal New-England. March 15, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 19; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 19; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 6; Standard Library of Romance, vol. 2; Pocket Novels, no. 233.

An English ship was wrecked in 1615 off the Massachusetts coast, and the trials and hardships of three survivors captured by the Indians are related. Also the adventures of a dozen other survivors who capture Indian children and sell them as slaves in Bermuda. An earthquake, a hurricane, a comet, and the small pox.

20.

Mrs. Mary A. Denison. Florida; or, The Iron Will. A Story of To-day. April 1, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 20; New Dime Novels, no. 528; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 20; Six Penny Tales (London edition), no. 8; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 31; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 8.

Connecticut and New York. A clairvoyant girl. Florida gets her man.

21.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Sybil Chase; or, The Valley Ranche. A Tale of California Life. April 15, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 21; New Dime Novels, no. 557; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 15; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 12; Pocket Novels, no. 7; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 28; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 21.

Brought $15.50 at the O'Brien sale.

Philip Yates, a gambler, and his miserable wife, Sybil, and their life in California.

22.

N. C. Iron. The Maid of Esopus; or, The Trials and Triumphs of the Revolution. May 1, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 22; New Dime Novels, no. 529; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 22.

Brought $4 at the O'Brien sale.

General Clinton in New York in 1777, Battle of Monmouth, Burgoyne's campaign in New Jersey, etc.

23.

Clara Augusta. Winifred Winthrop; or, The Lady of Atherton Hall. May 15, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 23; New Dime Novels, no. 524; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 35; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 23.

The first edition contains also Rose Kennedy's "Myrtle, the Child of the Prairie," but when 23-DN was issued with pictorial covers, "Winifred Winthrop" was expanded from 70 pages to 100, and the second story was omitted. "Myrtle" originally appeared as the one and only Half-Dime Novelette, and had 64 pages, just as in the second part of 23-DN, but it also was expanded and was published later with pictorial covers as 54-DN, 39-Lon, 544-DN.

Winifred Winthrop is a story of fashionable life in the South, and of Boston and vicinity.

24.

Edward S. Ellis. The Trail Hunters; or, Monowano, the Shawnee Spy. June 1, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 24; New Dime Novels, no. 455; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 13; New and Old Friends, no. 9; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 288.

Pioneer days in Kentucky and Tennessee in 1794.

25.

A.J. H. Duganne. The Peon Prince; or, The Yankee Knight-Errant. A Tale of Modern Mexico. June 15, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 25; New Dime Novels, no. 493; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 34.

The sub-title on the first page of the text is "Putnam Pomfret's Mexican Fortunes." A Yankee adventurer in Mexico in 1845.

26.

John S. Warner. Isabel de Cordova; or, The Brethren of the Coast. A Tale of Sea and Land. July 1, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 26; New Dime Novels, no. 336; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 14; Pocket Novels, no. 255; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 249.

Buccaneers off the coast of Florida and the Island of Tortuga during the sixteenth century. An episode in the life of Sir Henry Morgan, the famous English pirate who was knighted for his butcheries.

27.

N. C. Iron. Stella, the Daughter of Liberty. A Tale of the War of 76. Ca. July 27, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 27; New Dime Novels, no. 342; American Library Tales (London edition), vol. 4; Pocket Novels, no. 261.

Year 1776. Battle of Long Island—evacuation of Brooklyn —retreat to West Chester—evacuation of New York— White Plains—the crossing of the Delaware. General Washington appears in the story.

28.

N. William Busteed. King Barnaby; or, The Maidens of the Forest. A Romance of the Mickmacks. Ca. Aug. 24, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 28; New Dime Novels, no. 344; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 15; Pocket Novels, no. 263.

An Indian tale of 1792. Gaspe, Quebec, and the wilderness. King Barnaby, friend of the white men, and Oliver, their enemy.

29.

Edward S. Ellis. The Forest Spy. A Tale of the War of 1812. September 21, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 29; New Dime Novels, no. 516; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 16; New and Old Friends, no. 10.

Tecumseh, Harris on and Proctor are actors in this story. The events take place along Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair in 1811 and 1812.

30.

A. J. H. Duganne. Putnam Pomfret's Ward; or, A Vermonter's Adventures in Mexico on the Breaking Out of the Last War. October 19, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 30; New Dime Novels, no. 485; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 52.

The miraculous reunion of a brother and sister, children of an eloped wife. Date, 1846, when Mexico was under the rule of President Herrara.

31.

N. C. Iron. The Double Hero. A Tale of Sea and Land in the War of 1812. November 9, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 31; New Dime Novels, no. 503.

The story of the Battle of Lake Erie and the Battle of the Thames, with Commodore O. H. Perry taking part.

32.

Edward S. Ellis. Irona; or, Life on the Old Southwest Border. November 23, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 32; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 35; New and Old Friends, no. 11; Half-Dime Library, no. 132; Pocket Novels, no. 227; Pocket Library, no. 122.

The word "old" is omitted from the title on the wrappers and from the engraved title.

A story of Texan life. A trip by flatboat up the † Rio Colorado, past Austin, thence overland to the mountains. Date: sometime in the 1850's.

33.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. Maum Guinea and her Plantation "Children"; or, Holiday-Week on a Louisiana Estate. A Slave Romance. December 10, 1861.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 33; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels) special publication; Standard Library of Romance, vol. I; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 14.

This is a double number which sold originally for 20¢. †Mr. Samuel R. Morrill, bookseller of Boston, has recently shown me a copy of "Maum Guinea" issued by the publishers in a black or very dark brown cloth binding, blind-stamped front and back with an all-over dice pattern, corner ornaments, and yellow endpapers. It closely resembles the cloth-bound "Garibaldi" described in this supplement under the additions to Volume I, page 368, col. 2, except that the blind-stamped corner ornaments are slightly different. "Garibaldi" is definitely in a black cloth binding; "Maum Guinea" may be black faded to dark brown.

Louisiana plantation life among the slaves, before the Civil War.

34.

Mrs. Mary A. Denison. Ruth Margerie. A Romance of the Revolt of 1689. January 1, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 34; New Dime Novels, no. 505; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 24.

Brought $3 at the O'Brien sale.

An episode in the history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; the successful revolt of the people against the tyranny of Sir Edmund Andros. Cotton Mather appears as one of the characters in the story.

35.

Mrs. Frances F. Barritt. East and West; or, The Beauty of Willard's Mill. February 1, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 35; New Dime Novels, no. 514; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 17.

Locales: New York and near Council Bluffs, Iowa. Trouble over a mill pond between the miller and the townsmen— city and country cousins and a New York artist—floods— dreams come true.

36.

Edward S. Ellis. The Riflemen of the Miami. A Tale of Southern Ohio. March 1, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 36; New Dime Novels, no. 482; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 18; New and Old Friends, no. 15.

A copy, without wrappers, brought $5 at the O'Brien sale.

The adventures of four hunters and rangers among the Shawnee Indians along the Miami in southern Ohio and across the Ohio River in Kentucky, when this region was along the frontier. Time: between 1790 and 1794.

37.

N. C. Iron. Gideon Godbold; or, The Faithful and the Unfaithful of 1780. A Tale of Arnold's Treason. April 1, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 37; New Dime Novels, no. 573; American Library Tales (London edition), vol. 4; Pocket Novels, no. 25.

Cover is marked "Godbold, the Spy." Arnold's marriage, secret plotting, and treason. Major Andre's history is also told.

38

Henry J. Thomas. The Wrong Man. A Tale of the Early Settlements. May 1, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 38; New Dime Novels, no. 501; Standard Library of Romance, vol. 3; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 21; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 282.

Early settlements in the Ohio valley, settlers, hunters, pack-peddlers, etc.

39.

Mrs. Frances F. Barritt. The Land Claim. A Tale of the Upper Missouri. May 31, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 39; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 19-Lon; Pocket Novels, no. 169.

The engraved title reads 'Alicia Newcome; or, The Land Claim." This booklet brought $8 at the O'Brien sale.

A perfect copy should contain the inserted yellow slip advertising the Fourth of July double number, No. 40. Land pre-emptors in Nebraska territory in pioneer days.

40.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. The Unionist's Daughter. A Tale of the Rebellion in Tennessee. June 24, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 40; Standard Library of Romance, vol. 1; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 17.

A double number, announced for June 21, but owing to large advance orders, it was delayed until June 24, according to an advertisement in the New York Tribune, June 19, 1862.

Hardships of Union people in eastern Tennessee.

41.

Edward S. Ellis. The Hunter s Cabin. An Episode of the Early Settlements of Southern Ohio. July 18, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 41; New Dime Novels, no. 532; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 20; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 313.

Time, late eighteenth century, when the Shawnees were the terror of the Ohio settlements. Moravian missions.

42.

A. J. H. Duganne. The King's Man. A Tale of South Carolina in Revolutionary Times. August 6, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 42; New Dime Novels, no. 499; Standard Library of Romance, vol. 2; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 32.

The defense of Charleston by Moultrie and the treachery of the Tories in those days.

43.

Henry J. Thomas. The Allens. A Tale of the Great Kanawha Valley. August 29, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 43; New Dime Novels, no. 327; Standard Library of Romance, vol. 3; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 22; Pocket Novels, no. 246.

This is an abbreviated version of John Lewis' "Young Kate," originally published by Harper & Brothers in 1844. The names of the principal characters, the Virginia merchant, his son, and his daughter, have been changed in the dime novel from Mr. Ballenger, William Ballenger, and Matilda Ballenger, to Edward Allen, Harry Allen, and Mattie Allen. The other characters remain the same. See more about this apparent plagiarism under "John Lewis," in Part III of this book.

A scheme of a wily land agent to obtain some valuable western lands for a song, by misrepresenting their value to the owner. A kidnapping, a murder, and a sagacious dog, "Young Kate," are the main points of interest. The locale is western Virginia and Kentucky.

44.

N. C. Iron. Agnes Falkland. A Story of Continental Times. September 20, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 44; New Dime Novels, no. 542; American Library Tales (London edition), vol. 4.

Here are described the battlefields of Lexington and Bunker Hill, the expedition against Quebec, and the siege of Boston.

45.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Esther. A Story of the Oregon Trail. October 10, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 45; New Dime Novels, no. 346; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 23; Pocket Novels, no. 265.

Brought $9 at the O'Brien sale.

Mormon emigrants traveling overland from Nauvoo to Salt Lake.

46.

John S. Warner. The Wreck of the Albion. A Tale of the Sea. November 1, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 46; New Dime Novels, no. 500; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 47; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 294.

Locales: near New Orleans, on the ocean, the Bahamas, and Baltimore. A wreck in the Caribbean Sea.

47.

Mrs. Mary A. Denison. Tim Bumble's Charge; or, Mrs. Lattisons One Great Sorrow. December 1, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 47; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no.46; Pocket Novels, no. 210; Waverley Library (octavo edtion), no. 31.

A romance of New England. A comical Irishman and a case of amnesia.

48.

Edward S. Ellis. Oonomoo, the Huron. December 20, 1862.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 48; New Dime Novels, no. 534; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 25; New and Old Friends (n.s.), no. 3.

This is a sequel to "The Hunter's Cabin," 41-DN. A tale of pioneer days in Ohio.

49.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. The Gold Hunters. January 10, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 49; New Dime Novels, no. 555; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 26; Pocket Novels, no. 5.

Brought $2.50 at the O'Brien sale.

Pike's Peak region and New York in 1860.

50.

John S. Warner. The Black Ship. February 7, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 50; New Dime Novels, no. 574; Pocket Novels, no. 26; Half-Dime Library, no. 475.

Date of story, from 1776 to the end of the war. A wreck on the Atlantic. Georgia and New York City. General Greene takes part as one of the characters. Battle of Long Island.

51.

N. C. Iron. The Two Guards. March 7, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 51; New Dime Novels, no. 463; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 27.

From a plantation near New Orleans, a slave escapes to Illinois. Attempts to retake him fail.

52.

Warren St. John. Single Eye. A Story of King Philip's War. April 2, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 52; New Dime Novels, no. 575; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 28; Pocket Novels, no. 27.

Companion story to 57-DN.

Metacom, commonly called King Philip, retaliates for wrongs inflicted by the English in Massachusetts. The Poka-nokets, Narragansetts, and Wampanoags war against the English and their allies, the Mohigans. A one-eyed hunter, Peter Simpson, called "Single Eye," and his Mohigan friend, Assawomset, perform wonders.

53.

"By the author of 'Madge Wylde.'" Hates and Loves; or, The Lesson of Four Lives. May 1, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 53; New Dime Novels, no. 533; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 29; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 22; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 11.

A false accusation of forgery against Mr. Meredith's son, Charles, twelve years before the story opens, caused a break between father and son, and the latter became an actor. Mr. Meredith's adopted daughter is forbidden to go to the theater, but does so in Mr. Meredith's absence, where she falls in love with and marries the leading man, Charles Montgomery, actually Charles Meredith. They are cast off by the father. Charles plays in Richmond, Virginia, at the breaking out of the Civil War, and is arrested as a Northern spy. Mr. Meredith marries Mrs. Mitchell, the adopted daughter's real mother, and from old papers discovers that his cousin and not his son committed the forgery. All is forgiven.

54.

Rose Kennedy. Myrtle, the Child of the Prairie. May 16, 1863.

Found in: Half-Dime Novelette, no. 1; Dime Novels, nos. 23 (partim, early editions), 54; New Dime Novels, no. 544; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 39.

55.

John S. Warner. Off and On; or, The "Rangers" first Cruise. June 1, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 55; New Dime Novels, no. 518; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 255.

A sea tale of 1777, describing the adventures of "that pirate," John Paul Jones. The start from Brest, the attack on the British coast, his capture of the "Defiance," and the landing at Winterhaven.

56.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Ahmo's Plot; or, The Governor's Indian Child. June 20, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 56; New Dime Novels, no. 530; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 30.

A tale of the days of Frontenac, the French governor of Canada, who married an Indian woman.

57.

Warren St. John. The Scout. A Story of Early New England. July 11, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 57; New Dime Novels, no. 577; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 31; Pocket Novels, nos. 29; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 173.

This is a companion story to 52—DN. Border warfare with the Wampanoag and Mohigan Indians in the Assabet Valley, Massachusetts. Single Eye is again active.

58.

Mary A. Denison. The Mad Hunter; or. The Downfall of the LeForests. August 1, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 58; Pocket Novels, no. 234; Boy's Library, no. 263.

A murder mystery and a madman in a small village in western New York.

59.

Edward S. Ellis. Kent, the Ranger; or. The Fugitives of the Border. September 1, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 59; † Standard Library of Romance, no. IV; New Dime Novels, no. 571; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 33; Pocket Novels, no. 23; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 144.

Along the Ohio River in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. Frontier life in early Indian days.

† This story originally appeared as a serial in the New York Dispatch, beginning March 5, 1859, under the title 'Dick Flinton; or, Life on the Border,' with different names for some but not all of the characters. Important as showing that 'Seth Jones' was not Ellis' first novel.

60.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. Jo Daviess' Client; or, "Courting" in Kentucky. October 1, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 60; New Dime Novels, no. 487; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 48.

Kentucky in 1800, introducing the famous Jo Daviess and a backwoods trial for alleged horse stealing. Mayne Reid, in a review of this novel in Onward, I, 1869, 179—80, said that "it exceeds anything that Cooper has ever done."

61.

Mrs. Henry J. Thomas. Laughing Eyes. A Tale of the Natchez Fort. October 31,1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 61; New Dime Novels, no. 458; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 36.

A tale of the noble Natchez Indians and the first French settlements in Louisiana in the early part of the eighteenth century. Tells of the French government's aid in supplying a cargo of wives for the settlers.

62.

N. C. Iron. The Unknown. A Tale of 1777. December 1, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 62; New Dime Novels, no. 497.

The march of the British against Philadelphia in 1777, the battle of the Brandywine, and the occupation of Washington by the enemy, are well told.

63.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Mahaska, the Indian Princess. December 19, 1863.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 63; New Dime Novels, no. 515; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 37.

Brought $2.50 at the O'Brien sale.

A companion story, rather than a sequel to "Ahmo's Plot," 56-DN.

Quebec in Frontenac's time.

64.

Edward S. Ellis. The Rangers of the Mohawk. A Tale of Cherry Valley. January 12, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 64; New Dime Novels, no. 502.

The Cherry Valley massacre and the siege of Fort Schuyler in 1777.

65.

Henry J. Thomas. The Wrecker's Prize. February 2, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 65; New Dime Novels, no. 508; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 41; † Standard Library of Romance, no. IV.

A story of the wreckers along the Atlantic coast, and of the foundering of the "Bremen" with great loss of life. Time: middle of the eighteenth century.

66.

Louis LeGrand. The Hunter's Vow. March 3, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 66; Pocket Novels, no. 237; Boy's Library, no. 222.

A romance of Ohio in 1790-91, after Harmer's defeat and the retreat of St. Clair's army.

67.

Edward S. Ellis. Indian Jim. A Tale of the Minnesota Massacre. April 1, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 67; New Dime Novels, no. 576; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 40; Pocket Novels, no. 28; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 94; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 109.

† The uprising of the Sioux Indians and the raid on New Ulm, a German village in Minnesota, occurred from August 19 to 24, 1862.

68.

Decatur Paulding. The Brigantine; or, Admiral Lowes Last Cruise. A Tale of 1673. April 26, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 68; New Dime Novels, no. 484; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 42; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 274.

Life in New York under the Dutch. This story originally appeared as "The Brigantine; or, Admiral Lowe. A Tale of the 17th Century," by "An American." It was published in New York in 1839.

69.

N. C. Iron. Black Hollow; or, The Dragoon's Bride. A Tale of the Ramapo in 1779. June 1, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 69; New Dime Novels, no. 477; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 64; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 295.

The "Ramapo Brothers," here introduced, were actually a gang of bandits that infested the country after the Revolution.

70.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. The Indian Queen. June 28, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 70; New Dime Novels, no. 507; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 43.

A sequel to "Mahaska," 63-DN.

71.

Edward S. Ellis. The Lost Trail. A Legend of the Far West. July 26, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 71; New Dime Novels, no. 345; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 46; Pocket Novels, no. 264; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 202.

A perfect copy should have in it the yellow slip advertising "The Moose Hunter" and "the reappearance, in the field of fiction, of John Neal."

The upper tributaries of the Mississippi in Minnesota in 1820-21. A missionary among the Indians. How Tom O'Reilly got his wife.

72.

John Neal. The Moose Hunter; or, Life in the Maine Woods. August 30, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 72; New Dime Novels, no. 483; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 44; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 264.

Early part of the nineteenth century. Ghosts in a Maine village and a moose hunt.

73.

Lieut.-Col. Hazelton. The Silver Bugle; or, The Indian Maiden of St. Croix. September 27, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 73; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 51; Pocket Novels, no. 146; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 135.

A story of the Indian war in Minnesota in 1862, and of events in Wisconsin and Iowa.

74.

Robert Phillipse. Cruiser of Chesapeake; or, The Pride of Nansemond. November 1, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 74; New Dime Novels, no. 440.

When Baltimore was in the possession of the British, and when press gangs were often at work.

75.

Edward S. Ellis. The Hunter's Escape. A Tale of the Northwest in 1864. November 22, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 75; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 50; Pocket Novels, no. 229.

A tale of an Indian outbreak in Minnesota in 1864.

76.

Herrick Johnstone. The Scout's Prize; or, The Old Dutch Blunderbuss. A Tale of 1776. December 27, 1864.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 76; New Dime Novels, nos. 362, 600; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 59; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 271.

A story of New York during the Revolution. The battle of Long Island and the retreat across the East River to New York are told.

77.

Lieut.-Col. Hazelton. Quindaro; or. The Heroine of Fort Laramie. A Tale of the Far West. January 31, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 77; New Dime Novels, no. 464; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 53; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 302.

Brought $5 at the O'Brien sale.

Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in 1857-58.

78.

Edward S. Ellis. The Rival Scouts; or, The Forest Garrison. A Story of the Siege and Fall of Fort Presqisle. February 27, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 78; New Dime Novels, no. 332; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 54; Pocket Novels, no. 251; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 268.

A tale of the Indian uprising under Pontiac in 1763. Ensign Christie was in command of the Fort. Locale: Northern Ohio and Presque Isle.

79.

Lieut.-Col. Hazelton. The Schuylkill Rangers; or, The Bride of Valley Forge. March 28, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 79; Pocket Novels, no. 225; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 223; Pocket Library, no. 485.

Washington at Valley Forge in 1777—Philadelphia—saved from the scaffold.

80.

William J. Hamilton. Eagle Eye; or, Ralph Warren and his Red Friend. A Story of the Fall of Oswego. April 25, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 80; New Dime Novels, no. 578; Pocket Novels, no. 30; Boy's Library, no. 276.

A story of the French and Indian War. Among the characters are Israel Putnam, Montcalm, and Abercrombie.

81.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. The Two Hunters; or, The Canon Camp. A Romance of the Santa Fe Trail. May 30, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels,no. 81; New Dime Novels, no. 448; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 277.

Brought $10 at the O'Brien sale.

Life in the Wachita country on the Red River of the South in 1850 to 1854.

82.

Edward S. Ellis. The Mystic Canoe. A Romance of One Hundred Years Ago. June 27, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 82; New Dime Novels, no. 579; Pocket Novels, no. 31; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 107; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 101.

A tale of Presque Isle and Lake Erie during the French and Indian War in 1763.

83.

Roger Starbuck. The Golden Harpoon; or, Lost among the Floes. A Story of the Whaling Grounds. August 1, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 83; New Dime Novels, no. 580; Pocket Novels, no. 32; Half-Dime Library, no. 259; Pocket Library, no. 235.

Life on a whaling vessel in the North Pacific, near Kamchatka, in the early part of the nineteenth century.

84.

Lieut.-Col. Hazelton. The Seminole Chief (Billy Bowlegs); or, The Captives of the Kissimmee. August 29, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 84; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 65; Pocket Novels, no. 152; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 248.

Brought $3 at the O'Brien sale.

A tale of the Florida Everglades, wherein the author introduces the celebrated Seminole Chief, Billy Bowlegs, in his romantic character of a highly civilized savage. This is the dime novel mentioned by Henry A. Shute in his "Real Diary of a Real Boy." He wrote: "December 23. Billy Swett lent me a dime novel to read Sunday, it was named Billy Bolegs a sequil to Nat Tod the traper, sequil means the things in Nat Tod that was not finished." However, Judge Shute was mistaken, for "Billy Bowlegs" is not the sequel to "Nat Todd." The date of the story is from 1835 to 1842. Billy Bowlegs was Osceola's successor.

† His blind daughter is finally married to Mr. Hudson. Among the other characters are Col. Zachary Taylor and Lieut. Edward Judson.

85.

Edward S. Ellis. The Fugitives; or, The Quaker Scout of Wyoming. A Tale of the Massacre of 1778. September 26, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 85; New Dime Novels, no. 460; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 74; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 254.

The Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, and the massacre by Indians and Tories under John Butler.

86.

J. Stanley Henderson. Red Plume, the Renegade. A Tale of the Blackfeet Country. October 31, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 86; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 60; Pocket Novels, no. 131; Boy's Library, no. 186.

Brought $11.50 at the O'Brien sale.

An Indian tale of the Yellowstone country and the Wind River and Saskatchie River Valleys, Wyoming, about 1835.

87.

Roger Starbuck. On the Deep; or, The Missionary's Daughter. A Story of the Pacific Ocean. November 29, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 87; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 66; Pocket Novels,no. 226.

The voyage of a ship en route from the Sandwich Islands to New York, and how it was destroyed by Malay pirates.

88.

Mrs. Mary A. Denison. Captain Molly; or, The Fight at Trenton, Christmas, 1776. A Story of the Revolution. December 21, 1865.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 88; New Dime Novels, no. 490; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 67; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 289.

Washington at the crossing of the Delaware and the victory at Trenton. Valley Forge.

89.

William J. Hamilton. Star Eyes; or, The Susquehanna Rangers. A Tale of the French-Indian War. January 9, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 89; New Dime Novels, no. 549; American Novels (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 68; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 273.

Events at Fort Cumberland, Pennsylvania, 1765.

90.

Roger Starbuck. Cast Away; or, The Island Bride. A Romance of the "Enchanted Isles." January 30, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 90; New Dime Novels, no. 453; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 299.

Cast away on an island in the South Pacific Ocean.

91.

J. Stanley Henderson. The Lost Cache. A Tale of Hid Treasure. February 13, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 91; Pocket Novels, no. 133; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 259.

From St. Louis in 185- to the gold regions of the Northwest, southeast of the Blue Mountains, Oregon, and probably in Idaho and Colorado. Three parties start independently from three different points in search of the same gold cache.

92.

W. J. Hamilton. The Twin Scouts. A Story of the Old French War. March 3, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 92; American Library (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 69; Pocket Novels, no. 207; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 159; Pocket Library, no. 466.

Historical events of the French and Indian War taking place in the forests along the Mohawk, north of Utica, New York, to the Canadian border, shortly after Braddock's defeat.

93.

Mrs. Ann E. Porter. The Creole Sisters; or, The Mystery of the Perrys. March 20, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 93; New Dime Novels, no. 548; American Library (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 79; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 63; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 47.

Lists in the backs of other novels incorrectly give the subtitle as "The Mystery of the Percys."

Locales: The White Mountains, New England, and Florida. Time: early nineteenth century.

94.

Roger Starbuck. The Mad Skipper; or, A Cruise after the Maelstrom. A Tale of the Sea. April 3, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no.94; American Library (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 70; Pocket Novels, no. 200; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 161; Pocket Library, no. 475.

A cruise from Chiloe Island, Chili, around Cape Horn to Brazil and New York with a mad captain, a mad doctor, and a mad crew.

95.

William J. Hamilton. Eph Peters; or, The Scout of the Mohawk Valley. April 17, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 95; New Dime Novels, no. 447; American Library (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 73; Boy's Library, no. 267.

A story of the French and Indian war in Colonial days, and the massacre at Fort William Henry. Locale: the banks of the Mohawk, where Schenectady now stands. Time: 1755.

96.

John Neal. Little Moccasin; or, Along the Madawaska. A Story of Life and Love in the Lumber Region. May 1, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 96; New Dime Novels, no. 451; American Library (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 71; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 256.

A logging camp in northern Maine in 1863-64.

97.

James L. Bowen. The Doomed Hunter; or, The Tragedy of Forrest Valley. A Story of the Early West. May 19, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 97; New Dime Novels, no. 442; American Library (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 72; Boy's Library, no. 260.

Ohio at the time of the first settlements. The story of a brave young man, hunted nearly to death by his friends. Murder and abduction by Indians.

98.

W. J. Hamilton. Ruth Harland; or, The Maid of Weathersfield [sic.] May 29, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 98; New Dime Novels, no. 488; American Library (London edition of Dime Novels), no. 76.

A story of the Pequod war and of Puritan and forest life in New England. Locale: Massachusetts and Connecticut, in 1634.

99.

Roger Starbuck. Overboard; or, The Double Cruise. June 12, 1866.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 99; New Dime Novels, no. 414; Boy's Library, no. 278.

A story of the Japanese whaling grounds. A trip from New Bedford, Massachusetts, around the Horn, to Korea and Hawaii.

Note for the online edition:
The last pages that are cited should read 258-269, not 258-260.
— Warren F. Broderick, New York State Archives.