100.

"By a Celebrated Actress." An Ambitious Girl; or, She Would be an Actress. June 23, 1881.

Found in: Saturday Journal (title varies. See Abbreviations under SJ), no. 567; Fireside Library, no. 100; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 149; Beadle's Weekly (title varies. See Abbreviations under BW), no. 518.

The author's name in Saturday Journal (title varies. See Abbreviations under SJ), no. 567 is given as Adelaide Davenport, and in Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 149 as Frances H. Davenport. The true name, Albert W. Aiken, is given in Beadle's Weekly (title varies. See Abbreviations under BW), no. 518.

101.

Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault. Foul Play. June 30, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1868.

A girl and a minister are wrecked on an uninhabited island in the South Seas. The preacher had been transported for forgery, actually committed by his friend, the fiance of the girl. They find a buried treasure ship. After their rescue, the girl works to prove the minister's innocence.

102.

Mrs. Oliphant. Carita. July 7, 1881. Originally published in London in 1877.

103.

Charles Reade. A Woman Hater. July 14, 1881.

Previously published in London in 1878.

The story of a Danish opera singer whose English husband, a gambler, is insanely jealous of her although he has deserted her. Locales: Germany and England.

104.

Wilkie Collins. After Dark. July 21, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1856.

An artist, suffering from eye trouble, is forbidden to use them for six months. He spends his time relating stories told to him at different times by the people whose portraits he has painted.

105.

Charles Dickens. Hard Times. July 28, 1881.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 105; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 229.

Original date of publication, 1854, in Household Words and as an octavo volume of 352 pages.

Louisa, daughter of Thomas Gradgrind, a hard and selfish man, is married to the banker Josiah Bounderby. Her brother, Tom, cunning and selfish, works in the bank and appropriates its funds. He throws suspicion on Stephen Blackpool. The latter, unsuspicious, while seeking work, falls into an abandoned shaft and dies shortly after being found. liitzer, another bank clerk, almost captures Tom, who, however, is enabled to escape out of the country by the aid of Sleary, the kind proprietor of Sleary's Circus.

106.

B. L. Farjeon. Grif. A Story of Australian Life. August 4, 1881.

Originally published in 1866.

Grif, son of a ticket-of-leave man in Melbourne, tried to be moral but couldn't and died giving false evidence to prove Alice's husband not guilty of murder.

107.

Miss M. E. Braddon. Fenton's Quest. August 11, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1871.

A story of England in 186-.

108.

William Black. Three Feathers. August 18, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1875.

109.

Miss Dinah Mulock (Craik). John Halifax, Gentleman. August 25, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1856.

John Halifax, a worker in a tanyard, becomes its manager. He marries a wealthy girl. Their eldest daughter is born Mind. Their sons' love affairs bring trouble to the family. Tragic ending.

110.

James Payn. Murphy's Master. September 1, 1881.

Originally published in 1873.

Two hundred emigrants en route from England to Australia settle on a volcanic island which eventually disappears under the sea.

111.

W. E. Norris. Heaps of Money. September 8, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1877.

Mr. Howard, an Englishman, takes a house near Dresden, Germany, and plays winning hands at cards. Linda, his daughter, inherits a fortune, and she and her father return to England. Lord Keswick, who needs "heaps of money," becomes engaged to Linda. A later will leaves the fortune to Mr. Howard instead of to his daughter, and the engagement is off. She finally gets her man.

112.

Mary R. Crowell. In Mortal Peril; or, A Harvest of Curses. September 15, 1881.

Found in: Saturday Journal (title varies. See Abbreviations under SJ), no. 570; Fireside Library, no. 112.

113.

Wilkie Collins. The Dead Secret. September 22, 1881. First published in London in 1857. Gate: 1829, 1844. Locales: Cornwall, Porthgenna, Bayswater.

114.

George M. Fenn. Playing to Win. September 29, 1881.

A bank manager does his best to ruin his boss in order to force him to accept him as his son-in-law. By hypnotism, he almost succeeds, but a Hungarian professor and a wealthy uncle from India spoil his well-laid plans.

Originally published as a serial in Bow Bells, London, beginning in Vol. XXII, No. 559, April 14, 1875, p. 337.

115.

William M. Thackeray. Denis Duval. October 6, 1881.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 115; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 228.

Originally published in London in 1863.

Life of Denis Duval from his birth, August 13, 1763, until Paul Jones's victory off the Scotch coast, September 23, 1779.

116.

Katharine MacQuoid. Too Soon, October 13, 1881.

English love story.

117.

Wilkie Collins. The Two Destinies. October 20, 1881.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 117; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 214.

Originally published in London in 1876.

The narrative of a newly-married couple whose friends' wives declined invitations to a dinner party at their house.

118.

Corinne Cushman. At His Mercy; or, A Woman's Fight for Honor. October 27, 1881.

Found in: Saturday Journal (title varies. See Abbreviations under SJ), no. 579; Fireside Library, no. 118.

119.

James Payn. Cecil's Tryst. November 3, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1872.

Southern England. A woman, jealous of another, kills the latter's brother and sees her own twin brother die on a glacier in Switzerland. She disguises herself as a man and passes for her brother.

120.

Charles Reade. Clouds and Sunshine. Christie Johnstone. November 10, 1881.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 120; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 227.

Originally published in London in 1855.

The first of these stories is of love among the rustics in Oxfordshire, England. The second takes place in Scotland. The loves of Charles Gatty, artist, and Christie Johnstone, a Scotch fish-wife. A lordling (a "vile-count") is ordered by his doctor to do a good deed a day.

121.

Capt. Frederick Marryat. Valerie. December 8, 1881.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 121; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 216.

Originally published in London in † the New Monthly Magazine in 1845, and afterwards in three volumes in 1849. Owing to the illness of Captain Marryat, only the first two volumes and part of the third were written by him, the remainder by another author.

Marryat at his worst. The story of a young French girl, daughter of one of Napoleon's officers. Her mother hated her because she was a girl. She runs away, goes to England, and becomes a governess. She, as well as her employers and friends, forever have chips on their shoulders.

122.

H. Rebak. Bound by a Spell. December 24, 1881.(Incorrectly dated on the novel, November 24).

Originally published as a serial in Bow Bells, beginning January 10, 1872.

Bury St. Edmunds. A boy, supposedly an orphan, left for years in a boys' boarding school, knows of no relatives. The schoolmaster wishes to make him marry his daughter who had been seduced by another man. The daughter hypnotizes him, "binds him by a spell," and marries him. After a month he runs away to London, meets some old acquaintances, has good and bad fortune, is saved at last and finds his father.

123.

Anthony Trollope. The Golden Lion of Granpere. January 26, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 123; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 222.

Originally published in London in 1872.

Love and village life in the Vosges Mountains in 1870.

124.

Mrs. Oliphant. The Curate in Charge. February 2, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 124; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 231.

Originally published in London in 1876.

County of Berks, England. The life of a diffident, retiring curate, twenty years in one parish.

125.

Fredrika Bremer. The Midnight Sun. February 9, 1882.

Norrland, Sweden. The story of a dear old lady, her son-in-law whose wife had died, and a proud, bitter, disillusioned young woman who comes into her own at last.

126.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The Pilgrims of the Rhine. February 16, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 126; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 230.

Reprinted from a novel first published in London in 1834.

A series of stories and legends of Germany is strung together on the thread of the travels of a man, his consumptive daughter, and her lover from Rotterdam through Germany. The daughter dies and is buried at Heidelberg.

127.

James Payn. Found Dead. February 23, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 127; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 218.

Originally published in London in 1869.

A country squire, whose estate is entailed, is found dead after a cross-country hunt, apparently thrown from his horse. A coin gives the clue to his murderer.

128.

Anthony Trollope. Harry Heathcote. March 2, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 128; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 232.

Originally published in London in 1874. Trouble on a sheep ranch in Australia in 1871. A bull-headed owner makes enemies of his men.

129.

Mrs. Oliphant. The Fugitives. March 9, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 129; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 226.

Originally published in London. A once wealthy man defaults and flees from England to Prance with his two daughters and the remnant of his fortune. Life in a small French village.

130.

James Payn. The Best of Husbands. March 16, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 130; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 224.

Originally published in London in 1874.

131.

"Author of 'Mark Warren'." [Isa Craig]. In Duty Bound. March 23, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 131; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 233.

Published in London in 1881.

East Bramley, England. A poor governess marries a solicitor, almost ruins him by her extravagance, and leaves him, but finally returns.

132.

James Payn. Carlyon's Year. March 30, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 132; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 210.

Published in London in 1868.

The Midlands, England. Two brothers, a saint (John) and a sinner (Richard), by their uncle's will must live in the same house a twelvemonth or forfeit the inheritance. Richard dies by accident and John is accused of his death.

133.

Edmund Yates. Going to the Bad. April 6, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 133; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 220.

Originally published in London.

A prison doctor in Westchester, England, helps a prisoner to escape. Sir Frederick, the convict, three years later plans to "do" a "Yankee" family from Titusville, Pennsylvania. He pushes his wife over a cliff and marries the Yankee's daughter. His first wife did not die and eventually serves as nurse to the second wife. Sir Frederick is finally murdered, and both, women are happily married. "Very decent sort of a fellow-for a Yankee," said Yates.

134.

Amelia B. Edwards. The Ladder of Life. April 13, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 134; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 212.

Originally published in London in 1856. A girl, brought up in Fribourg, Switzerland, goes to England, falls into bad hands, escapes and falls into the hands of a composer. She sings on the London streets for coppers, then on the stage in the chorus. A mad musician, in love with her, attempts to kidnap her but is finally killed. She marries an old lover.

135.

Charles H. Ross. The Doom of the Dancing Master. April 20, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 135; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 225.

Appeared as a serial in Bow Bells, London, beginning in the issue for August 17, 1875. The reprint was so carelessly "blue pencilled," that in places, especially toward the end, the story is difficult to follow.

A vagabond scamp of a dancing master, who formerly taught in a girls' school, comes to East Haggleford, England, where he meets one of his former pupils. The girl's mother, now poor through the extravagance and forgery of her son, is in the power of a money lender. When the latter dies of a stroke, the dancing master relieves him of his papers, and proceeds to collect the bills. He comes to a bad end.

136.

Charles Reade. A Terrible Temptation. April 27, 1882.

First published in London in 1871.

London and vicinity. Sir Charles Bassett, like Lynch in Galway, is about to commit his son for trial for burglary, when he finds that his supposed son is actually an illegitimate son of his cousin. Hate does not pay.

The Saturday Journal, No. 84, October 21, 1871, said: "Our opinion [of "A Terrible Temptation"] is that it is too grossly indecent, in all its aspects, for any decent publication . . . . Alas for Charles Reade! Shame on the professedly decent journals . . . which are publishing the loathsome production." Morals must have become less strict by 1882, to permit Beadle to publish the story in the Fireside Library!

137.

Alexandre Dumas. The Mohicans of Paris. May 4, 1882.

A story of Paris in 182-.

Les Mohicans de Paris was originally published in Paris in 1854-55.

138.

Florence Marryat. The Prey of the Gods. May 11, 1882.

Originally published in London, in three volumes, in 1871.

Gwendoline Gwynne's love story; a country place at Warmouth, England.

139

Anthony Trollope. Thompson Hall. May 18, 1882.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 139; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 234.

This story was originally published in London, in 1877, under the title "Christmas at Thompson Hall."

Story begins in Paris, 187-. A woman leaves her suffering husband in a hotel room while she goes to the dining room after mustard for a plaster. She returns to the wrong room and claps it on the wrong man's stomach.

No. 139, Fireside Library, also contains Walter Besant and James Rice's Shepherds All and Maidens Fair. Fireside Library, no. 139 partim, Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 234

Somewhere in "Clear Sky Land, Arcadia" (Canada?). A woman, supposedly a widow, tells her grown son that twenty-four years before she had quarreled with her husband in England and had left him. The son goes to England to become acquainted with his father, a disappointed and soured man. The son falls in love with his father's ward, who has a weak and extravagant brother, now in bad hands. Marries and settles in America.

140.

Noel Dunbar. Jule, the Jewess; or, The Miser Millionaire. A Story of Ill-Omened Lives. May 25, 1882.

Found in: Saturday Journal (title varies. See Abbreviations under SJ), no. 596; Fireside Library, no. 140; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 196; Beadle's Weekly (title varies. See Abbreviations under BW), no. 386; Beadle's Weekly (title varies. See Abbreviations under BW), no. 734; Dime Library, no. 1015.

141.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. A Woman's Sorrow; or, The Blot on the Escutcheon. A Story of Envy, Hatred, and Malice, and All Uncharitableness. June 1, 1882.

Found in: Saturday Journal (title varies. See Abbreviations under SJ), no. 590; Fireside Library, no. 141.

142.

Mrs. Henry Wood. East Lynne. June 8, 1882.

Reprinted from the popular novel first published in London in 1861.

Jealous of her husband from seeing him meet another woman—actually on law business—Isabel goes to France, meets and elopes with an old lover, is deserted and then injured in a railroad accident. Her appearance is so altered that she returns to East Lynne as governess to her own children.

143.

Mrs. Oliphant. Mrs. Arthur. June 15, 1882.

Originally published in London in 1877.

In spite of a friend's warning that his engagement is a mistake, Arthur Curtis marries, and finds too late that he and his wife do not get along well together. They separate but eventually reunite.

144.

Mrs. Henry Wood. Oswald Cray. June 22, 1882.

Originally published in London in 1864.

145.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Paul Clifford. June 29, 1882.

First published in London in 1830.

A boy in England is sent to the House of Correction for a crime he did not commit. Outraged by the injustice, he comes forth prepared to break all laws. Later, the judge before whom he is being tried for a petty offense accuses him of stealing his watch, and he is sentenced to death. When the judge, a "bold, scheming, stubborn, unwavering hypocrite" finds that Paul is his long-lost son, he dies of a stroke. The son's sentence is later changed to transportation for life.