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200.

Frederick Whittaker. The Boy Bedouins; or, The Brothers of the Plumed Lance. A Tale of the Great Syrian Desert. May 24, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 200; Pocket Library, no. 200.

From Damascus to the Syrian desert in 1880.

201.

Edward L. Wheeler. The Black Hills Jezebel; or, Deadwood Dick's Ward. May 31, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 201; Pocket Library, no. 168.

Deadwood Dick story No. 18. Black Hills, 187-.

202.

Oll Coomes. Prospect Pete of the Boy Brigade; or, The Young Outlaw Hunters. A Story of the Lost Lode. June 7, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 202; Pocket Library, no. 194.

Gold hunters in the Black Hills in 1876.

203.

Joseph E. Badger. The Boy Pards; or, Dainty Lance Unmasks. June 14, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 203; Pocket Library, no. 186.

Sequence: Half-dime Library, no. 144; Half-dime Library, no. 151; Half-dime Library, no. 160; Half-dime Library, no. 184; Half-dime Library, no. 203.

Joaquin Murieta in California, about 1852.

204.

Prentiss Ingraham. Gold Plume, the Boy Bandit; or, The Kid-Glove Sport. June 21, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 204; Pocket Library, no. 155,Half-dime Library, no. 204.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 197.

A romance of Buffalo Bill's early life. The Overland express, apparently in Wyoming.

205.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's Doom; or, Calamity Jane's Last Adventure. A Tale of Death Notch. June 28, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 205; Pocket Library, no. 158.

Deadwood Dick story No. 19. Between "Pioche," Nevada, and "Death Notch," Montana. William Henry Shakespeare, the poet. Deadwood Dick and Calamity Jane are married, the fictitious and the real.

206.

Charles Morris. Dark Paul, the Tiger King; or, Caught in his Own Trap. July 5, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 206; Pocket Library, no. 187.

A house with secret passages and trap-doors, a lady and a tiger, and a half-million-dollar estate as a stake in "the great city."

207.

T. C. Harbaugh. Navajo Nick, the Boy Gold Hunter; or, The Three Pards of the Basaltic Duties. A Tale of Arizona. July 12, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 207; Pocket Library, no. 180.

Indians, outlaws and a gold mine in Arizona.

208.

Oll Coomes. The Boy Hercules; or, The Prairie Tramps. A Dakota Romance. July 19, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 208; Pocket Library, no. 171; Half-dime Library, no. 1051.

A ranch in Dakota, where food and rest were free, and where, apparently, no one was in charge.

209.

Edward L. Wheeler. Fritz, the Bound-Boy Detective; or, Dot Leetle Game mit Rebecca. July 26, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 209; Pocket Library, no. 306.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 213.

A "Horatio Alger" type of story, and an amateur detective in Philadelphia.

210.

William R. Eyster. Faro Frank of High Pine; or, Dandy Darke's Go-Down Pards. August 2, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 210; Pocket Library, no. 201.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 190.

"High Pine," California, mining camp story.

211.

Joseph E. Badger. Crooked Cale, the Caliban of Celestial City. A Tale of the California Placers. August 9, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 211; Pocket Library, no. 210.

New Orleans--a death-bed marriage--California.

212.

Charles Morris. Dashing Dave, the Dandy Detective; or, The League of the Secret Brotherhood. August 16, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 212; Pocket Library, no. 196.

Locale: Philadelphia.

213.

Edward L. Wheeler. Fritz to the Front; or, The Ventriloquist Scamp-Hunter. A Romance of Rogues. August 23, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 213; Pocket Library, no. 188.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 209.

Philadelphia to Atlantic City. A strange marriage.

214.

Frederick Whittaker. Wolfgang, the Robber of the Rhine; or, The Young Knight of the Crossicorde. August 30, 1881.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 203; Half-dime Library, no. 214.

215.

T. C. Harbaugh. Captain Bullet, the Raider King; or, Little Topknot's Crusade. A Tale of the Wild Southwest. September 6, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 215; Pocket Library, no. 206.

A tale of horse thieves and border bandits in Texas and New Mexico.

216.

Prentiss Ingraham. Bison Bill, the Prince of the Reins; or, The Red Riders of the Overland. September 13, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 216; Pocket Library, no. 185.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 222.

Brought $3 at the O'Brien sale.

Buffalo Bill as a driver of the Overland stage in California.

217.

Edward L. Wheeler. Captain Crack-Shot, the Girl Brigand; or, Gipsy Jack from Jimtown. A Story of Durango. September 20, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 217; Pocket Library, no. 212.

Deadwood Dick story No. 20. Calamity Jane appears again.

Locale: Durango, Colorado, and the adjacent mountains.

218.

Oll Coomes. Tiger Tom, the Texan Terror. A Romance of the Southern Pampas. September 27, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 218; Pocket Library, no. 202; Half-dime Library, no. 1115.

On the Brazos, Texas, in the days of emigrant trains and Indians.

219.

Philip S. Warne. Despard, the Duelist; or, The Mountain Vampires. October 4, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 219; Pocket Library, no. 211.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 193.

"Hell Hole" mining camp--Vigilance committee--a "Hot Gospeller"--gamblers--outlaws--four duels--Vampire band --and Patent Leather Joe.

220.

Charles Morris. Tom Tanner, Scalawag and Scapegrace; or, The Black Sheep of the Flock. October 11, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 220; Pocket Library, no. 181.

"The Industrious and Idle Apprentices" in New York City.

221.

Edward L. Wheeler. Sugar-Coated Sam; or, The Black Gowns of Grim Gulch. A Deadwood Dick Episode. October 18, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 221; Pocket Library, no. 218.

Deadwood Dick story No. 21. William Henry Shakespeare, the poet, appears again. Colorado, after the discovery of gold in Leadville.

222.

Prentiss Ingraham. Grit, the Bravo Sport; or, The Woman Trailer. A Romance of the Wild West. October 25, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 222; Pocket Library, no. 197.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 216.

Texas and New Mexico.

223.

Edward Willett. Ozark Alf, King of the Mountain; or, Featherweight among the Outlaws. November 1, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 223; Pocket Library, no. 184.

In the Ozarks, in southwestern Missouri.

224.

Oll Coomes. Dashing Dick; or, Trapper Tom's Castle. A Clear Lake Mystery. November 8, 1881.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 175; Dime Novels, no. 325; Half-dime Library, no. 224; Pocket Novels, no. 244; Pocket Library, no. 244.

225.

Charles Morris. Sam Charcoal, the Premium Darky; or, How the Boy Got Even. November 15, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 225; Pocket Library, no. 203.

A Philadelphia story.

226.

Edward L. Wheeler. Snoozer, the Boy Sharp; or, The Arab Detective. November 22, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 226; Pocket Library, no. 175.

A Philadelphia detective story.

227.

Edwin Emerson. Dusky Darrell, Trapper; or, The Green Ranger of the Yellowstone. November 29, 1881.

Found in: Starr's American Novel, no. 77; Dime Novels no. 367; Half-dime Library, no. 227; Dime Novels no. 610; Pocket Novels, no. 172.

228.

Oll Coomes. Little Wildfire, the Young Prairie Nomad; or, The Idyl of Echo Canyon. December 6, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 228; Pocket Library, no. 215.

A tale of gold hunters, Indians, rangers, outlaws, and vigilantes along the upper Arkansas River, in Echo Canyon, and Leadville, Colorado.

229.

Prentiss Ingraham. Crimson Kate, the Girl Trailer; or, The Cowboy's Triumph. December 13, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 229; Pocket Library, no. 204; Half-dime Library, no. 1116.

Cowboys, soldiers, and Indians in Texas.

230.

C. Dunning dark. The Yankee Rajah; or, The Fate of the Black Shereef. A Tale of the Malay Seas. December 20, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 230; Pocket Library, no. 213.

Shanghai. Malay pirates and a submarine in the Indian Ocean.

231.

T. C. Harbaugh. Plucky Phil of the Mountain Trail; or, Rosa, the Red Jezebel. A Tale of Siouxdom. December 27, 1881.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 231; Pocket Library, no. 195.

Big Horn Mountains, not far from the battle grounds, after Custer's defeat. Sitting Bull appears as a character.

232.

Edward L. Wheeler. Gold-Dust Dick. A Romance of Roughs and Toughs. January 3, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 232; Pocket Library, no. 276.

Deadwood Dick story No. 22. Dick is now in "Pistolville," California (?).

233.

Albert W. Aiken. Joe Buck of Angels and his Boy Pard, Paul Powderhorn; or, The Three Wild Men of Eagle Bar. A Romantic Story of the Lurid Life of Colorado. January 10, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 233; Pocket Library, no. 219.

Brought $3 at the O'Brien sale.

234.

Sam S. Hall. Old Rocky's "Boyees;" or, Benito, the Young Horse-Breaker. A Romance of Adventure in the "Lone Star State." January 17, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 234; Pocket Library, no. 189.

Among Texas cowboys.

235.

Charles Morris. Shadow Sam, the Messenger Boy; or, Turning the Tables. January 24, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 235; Pocket Library, no. 209.

Philadelphia.

236.

Edward L. Wheeler. Apollo Bill, the Trail Tornado; or, Rowdy Kate from Right-Bower. A Story of the Mines. January 31, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 236; Pocket Library, no. 225.

At "McGuffin's," somewhere "out West."

237.

Prentiss Ingraham. Lone Star, the Cowboy Captain; or, The Mysterious Ranchero. A Romance of Wild Life in Texas. February 7, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 237; Pocket Library, no. 216.

238.

Oll Coomes. The Parson Detective; or, Little Shocky, the Ranger of Raven-Roost. February 14, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 238; Pocket Library, no. 228.

Near the junction of the Vermilion and Missouri Rivers, Dakota.

239.

Capt. Mayne Reid. The Gold-Seekers Guide; or, The Lost Mountain. A Tale of Sonora. February 21, 1882.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 590; Half-dime Library, no. 239.

240.

Edward L. Wheeler. Cyclone Kit, the Young Gladiator; or, The Locked Valley. A Strange Mountain Tale, of a Stranger Place and People. February 28, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 240; Pocket Library, no. 193.

The "Walled Mormon City of Gold-Flake," Arizona.

241.

T. C. Harbaugh. Bill Bravo and his Bear Pards; or, The Roughs of the Rockies. March 7, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 241; Pocket Library, no. 199.

"Cinnamon City," Montana. Dictionary Nat appears as a character.

242.

Charles Morris. The Two "Bloods;" or, Shenandoah Bill and his Gang. A Mountain Romance. March 14, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 242; Pocket Library, no. 220.

Virginia and West Virginia.

243.

Oll Coomes. The Disguised Guide; or, Wild Raven, the Ranger of the North. March 21, 1882.

Found in: Starr's American Novel, no. 41; Pocket Novels, no. 18; Half-dime Library, no. 243; Dime Novels no. 541; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 152; Pocket Novels, no. 448.

South Platte River, Nebraska Territory, in 1849.

244.

Edward L. Wheeler. Sierra Sam, the Frontier Ferret; or, A Sister's Devotion. March 28, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 244; Pocket Library, no. 205.

"Bowieville," California (?). Sierra Sam tale No. 1. Lady Lil, the female road agent, counterfeiters, and a detective.

245.

Prentiss Ingraham. Merle, the Middy; or, The Heir of an Ocean Freelance. April 4, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 245; Pocket Library, no. 221; Half-dime Library, no. 1117.

Sequence: Dime Library, no. 94; Dime Library, no. 103, Dime Library, no. 104; Half-dime Library, no. 245, Half-dime Library, no. 250; Half-dime Library, no. 264; Half-dime Library, no. 269; Half-dime Library, no. 276; Half-dime Library, no. 280; Half-dime Library, no. 284.

Persia and the sea, Vera Cruz, Mexico, and the American past in 185-.

246.

Sam S. Hall. Giant George, the Ang'l of the Range. A Tale of Sardine-box City, Arizona. April 11, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 246; Pocket Library, no. 217.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 275, Half-dime Library, no. 297; Half-dime Library, no. 318.

A whisky-drinking burro in a mining town in Arizona in 187-.

247.

"Bruin" Adams. Old Grizzly and his Pets; or, The Wild Huntress of the Hills. April 18, 1882.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 82; Dime Novels, no. 322; Half-dime Library, no. 247; Pocket Novels, no. 241; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 181; Pocket Library, no. 483.

248.

Edward L. Wheeler. Sierra Sam's Secret; or, The Bloody Footprints. A Tale of Fairy Flats. April 25, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 248; Pocket Library, no. 231.

Sierra Sam tale No. 2. California (?).

249.

Frederick Whittaker. Milo Romer, the Animal King; or, The Round the World Wanderer. A Romance of Every Clime. May 2, 1882.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 612; Half-dime Library, no. 249; Pocket Library, no. 284.

250.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Midshipman Mutineer; or, Brandt, the Buccaneer. A Stirring Tale of the Sea. May 9, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 250; Pocket Library, no. 227.

Sequence: Dime Library, no. 94; Dime Library, no. 103, Dime Library, no. 104; Half-dime Library, no. 245, Half-dime Library, no. 250; Half-dime Library, no. 264; Half-dime Library, no. 269; Half-dime Library, no. 276; Half-dime Library, no. 280; Half-dime Library, no. 284.

Washington, Baltimore, and New Orleans in 185-. Merle Monte has duels with seven midshipmen, à la Buntline.

251.

J. F. C. Adams. Light-House Lige; or, Osceola, the Firebrand of the Everglades. May 16, 1882.

Three illustrations. New and Old Friends, no. 5, Starr's Ten Cent Pocket Library, no. 5, Half-dime Library, no. 251; Pocket Library, no. 263.

252.

Charles Morris. Dick Dashaway; or, A Dakota Boy in Chicago. May 23, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 252; Pocket Library, no. 226.

Chicago and Lake Michigan.

253.

Edward L. Wheeler. Sierra Sam's Pard; or, The Angel of Big Vista. A Mountain Tale. May 30, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 253; Pocket Library, no. 236.

Sierra Sam tale No. 3. A Sierra Nevada mining town. Unfriendly cousins.

254.

Edward S. Ellis. The Half-Blood; or, The Panther of the Plains. June 6, 1882.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 27; Starr's American Novels, no. 38; Pocket Novels, no. 6; Half-dime Library, no. 254; Dime Novels, no. 556.

255.

T. C. Harbaugh. Captain Apollo, the King-Pin of Bowie; or, Flash o' Lightning's Feud. A Romance of the Shasta Country. June 13, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 255; Pocket Library, no. 214.

Brought $10 at the O'Brien sale. "Bowie City," California, during the gold rush.

256.

Mark Wilton. Young Kentucky; or, The Red Lasso. June 20, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 256; Pocket Library, no. 207.

Texans in Mexico.

257.

J. F. C. Adams. The Lost Hunters; or, The Underground Camp. June 27, 1882.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 224; Pocket Novels, no. 168; Half-dime Library, no. 257; Pocket Library, no. 234.

Brought $3 at the O'Brien sale.

258.

Edward L. Wheeler. Sierra Sam's Seven; or, The Stolen Bride. July 4, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 258; Pocket Library, no. 241.

Sierra Sam tale No. 4. Ramirez, near Tucson, Arizona.

259.

Roger Starbuck. The Golden Harpoon; or, Lost Among the Floes. A Story of the Whaling Grounds. July 11, 1882.

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

260.

Oll Coomes. Dare-Devil Dan, the Young Prairie Ranger; or, Old Rosebud's Boy Brigade. A Romance of the Upper Cheyenne. July 18, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 260; Pocket Library, no. 222; Half-dime Library, no. 1163.

An Indian tale, the action taking place on the Grand River, Dakota, and then on the Upper Cheyenne.

261.

George L. Aiken. Fergus Fearnought, the New York Boy. A Story of the Byways and Thoroughfares by Daylight and Gaslight. July 25, 1882.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 309; Half-dime Library, no. 261; Pocket Library, no. 224.

262.

Charles Morris. The Young Sleuths; or, Rollicking Mice's Hot Trail. August 1, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 262; Pocket Library, no. 237.

West Philadelphia. Newsboy bootblack trails thieves.

263.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's Divide; or,The Spirit of Swamp Lake. August 8, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 263; Pocket Library, no. 288.

Deadwood Dick story No. 23. Further adventures of Dick and Calamity Jane in a mountainous region. Colorado (?).

264.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Floating Feather; or, Merle Monte's Treasure Island. August 15, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 264; Pocket Library, no. 232.

Sequence: Dime Library, no. 94; Dime Library, no. 103, Dime Library, no. 104; Half-dime Library, no. 245, Half-dime Library, no. 25, Half-dime Library, no. 264; Half-dime Library, no. 269; Half-dime Library, no. 276; Half-dime Library, no. 280; Half-dime Library, no. 284.

The pirate Brandt again appears in New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. Time, 185-.

265.

Frederick Whittaker. The Tiger Tamer; or, The League of the Jungle. A Tale of India. August 22, 1882.

Found in: The Young New Yorker, no. 1; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 629; Half-dime Library, no. 265, Pocket Library, no. 296.

266.

C. D. Warren. Killb'ar, the Guide; or, Davy Crockett's Crooked Trail. August 29, 1882.

Found in: Starr's American Novels, no. 18; Pocket Novels, no. 20; Half-dime Library, no. 266; Dime Novels, no. 568; Pocket Novels, no. 233.

267.

T. C. Harbaugh. The Buckskin Detective; or, Claude Crecy, King of American Road-Agents. September 5, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 267; Pocket Library, no. 242.

From Denver to "Gold Gulch" camp, somewhere between Denver and Salt Lake.

268.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's Death Trail; or, From Ocean to Ocean. September 12, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 268; Pocket Library, no. 300.

Deadwood Dick story No. 24. North of San Francisco, California, and Leadville, Colorado.

269.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Gold Ship; or, Merle, the Condemned. A Tale of Land and Blue Water. September 19, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 269; Pocket Library, no. 238.

Sequence: Dime Library, no. 94; Dime Library, no. 103, Dime Library, no. 104; Half-dime Library, no. 245, Half-dime Library, no. 250; Half-dime Library, no. 264, Half-dime Library, no. 269; Half-dime Library, no. 276, Half-dime Library, no. 280; Half-dime Library, no. 284.

Gulf of Mexico, an island in the Caribbean sea, and Havana, 185-.

270.

Mark Wilton. Blizzard Ben, the Arizona Cyclone; or, The Riot at Keno Camp. September 26, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 270; Pocket Library, no. 239.

A tale of a gold-mining town in Arizona.

271.

Edward S. Ellis. The Huge Hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies. October 3, 1882.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 45; Starr's American Novels, no. 14; Pocket Novels, no. 40; Half-dime Library, no. 271; Dime Novels, no. 591; Pocket Library, no. 245; Half-dime Library, no. 1156.

272.

Oll Coomes. Minksin Mike, the Boy Sharpshooter; or, Columbia Jim on the War-Path. October 10, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 272; Pocket Library, no. 240; Half-dime Library, no. 1118.

Minnesota in 1862.

273.

Edward L. Wheeler. Jumbo Joe, the Boy Patrol; or, The Rival Heirs. October 17, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 273; Pocket Library, no. 247.

Arizona.

274.

Charles Morris. Jolly Jim, the Detective Apprentice; or, Harry Keen's Big Lay. October 24, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 274; Pocket Library, no. 246.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 289.

New York City detective tale.

275.

Buckskin Sam (Major Sam S. Hall). Arizona Jack; or, Giant George's Tenderfoot Pard. October 31, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 275; Pocket Library, no. 248.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 246, followed by Half-dime Library, no. 297; Half-dime Library, no. 318.

"Sardine-Box City," Arizona. Arizona Jack was Jack Burke.

276.

Prentiss Ingraham. Merle Monte's Cruise; or, The Chase of "The Gold Ship." A Tale of Southern Waters. November 7, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 276; Pocket Library, no. 244.

Sequence: Half-dime Library, no. 245, Half-dime Library, no. 250; Half-dime Library, no. 264; Half-dime Library, no. 269; Half-dime Library, no. 276; Half-dime Library, no. 280; Half-dime Library, no. 284.

New Orleans and the adjacent region and the Gulf of Mexico. Time: during the 1850's.

277.

Edward L. Wheeler. Denver Doll, the Detective Queen; or, Yankee Eisler's Big Surround. November 14, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 277; Pocket Library, no. 252.

Denver Doll story No. 1. "Shining Bar," mining camp in Colorado (?). 1879.

278.

Major L. W. Carson. The Three Trappers; or, The Mountain Monster. November 21, 1882.

Found in: Starr's American Novels, no. 20; Pocket Novels, no. 17; Half-dime Library, no. 278; Dime Novels, no. 566; Pocket Library, no. 243.

279.

T. C. Harbaugh. Old Winch, the Rifle King; or, The Buckskin Desperadoes. A Romance of California. November 28, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 279; Pocket Library, no. 249.

Brought $11 at the O'Brien sale. San Joaquin Valley, during the gold excitement in California.

280.

Prentiss Ingraham. Merle Monte's Fate; or, Pearl, the Pirate's Pride. December 5, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 280; Pocket Library, no. 250.

Sequence: Half-dime Library, no. 245, Half-dime Library, no. 250; Half-dime Library, no. 264; Half-dime Library, no. 269; Half-dime Library, no. 276; Half-dime Library, no. 280; Half-dime Library, no. 284.

Louisiana coast during the early 1850's, when pirates were becoming scarce.

281.

Edward L. Wheeler. Denver Doll's Victory; or, Skull and Cross-Bones. December 12, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 281; Pocket Library, no. 258.

Denver Doll story No. 2. Somewhere along the Union Pacific Railway, probably in Colorado.

282.

Edward Willett. The Typo Detective; or, Weasel, the Boy Tramp. December 19, 1882.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 282; Pocket Library, no. 251.

A tramp-printer detective in New York City and southern Indiana.

283.

Lewis W. Carson. Indian Joe; or, The White Spirit of the Hills. December 26, 1882.

Found in: Starr's American Novels, no. 25; Pocket Novels, no. 22; Half-dime Library, no. 283; Dime Novels, no. 570; Pocket Library, no. 254.

284.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Sea Marauder; or, Merle Monte s Pledge. A Romance of the South and Southern Waters Half a Century Ago. January 2, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 284; Pocket Library, no. 256.

Sequence: Half-dime Library, no. 245, Half-dime Library, no. 250; Half-dime Library, no. 264; Half-dime Library, no. 269; Half-dime Library, no. 276; Half-dime Library, no. 280; Half-dime Library, no. 284.

Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans in the early 1850's. Both Brandt and Pierre are hanged--let us hope they stay dead this time.

285.

Edward L. Wheeler. Denver Doll's Decoy; or, Little Bill's Bonanza. January 9, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 285; Pocket Library, no. 264.

Denver Doll story No. 3. A story of an Idaho mining camp.

286.

Mark Wilton. Josh, the Boy Tenderfoot; or, The Wild Men of Buzzard Bar. A Story of Colorado. January 16, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 286; Pocket Library, no. 253.

Gunnison County, Colorado.

287.

Prentiss Ingraham. Billy Blue-Eyes, the Boy Rover of the Rio Grande; or, Terror Tom's Thorny Trail. A Tale of the Texas Border. January 23, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 287; Pocket Library, no. 262.

Adventures of Billy Blue-Eyes (Dr. W. A. Powell, brother of Dr. Frank Powell) as a boy on the Texas border, and across the line in Mexico.

288.

J. F. C. Adams. The Scalp King; or, The Human Thunderbolt. A Tale of Border Vengeance. January 30, 1883.

Found in: Starr's American Novels, no. 86; Pocket Novels, no. 33; Half-dime Library, no. 288; Dime Novels, no. 581.

289.

Charles Morris. Jolly Jim's Job; or, The Young Detective's Triumph. February 6, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 289; Pocket Library, no. 255.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 274.

New York City detective story.

290.

Oll Coomes. Little Foxfire, the Boy Spy; or, Old Caleb Arbuckle, Mountain Detective. February 13, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 290; Pocket Library, no. 259.

Valley of the Arkansas River in Colorado, in 187-.

291.

Edward L. Wheeler. Turk, the Boy Ferret. February 20, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 291; Pocket Library, no. 282.

The story of a diamond robbery in Philadelphia in 1876.

292.

Maj. E. L. St. Vrain. Sancho Pedro, the Boy Bandit; or, The Fighting Pards of Sierra Flat. February 27, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 292; Pocket Library, no. 257.

Early days in California.

293.

Captain Comstock. Red Claw, the One-Eyed Trapper; or, The Maid of the Cliff. March 6, 1883.

Found in: Starr's American Novels, no. 24; Pocket Novels, no. 24; Half-dime Library, no. 293; Dime Novels, no. 572; Pocket Library, no. 266.

294.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dynamite Dan; or, The Bowie Blade of Cochetopa. March 13, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 294; Pocket Library, no. 261.

A tale of the mining town of "Clear Grit," in the San Juan Mountains, in southwestern Colorado.

295.

Edward Willett. Fearless Phil; or, The King of Quartzville. March 20, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 295; Pocket Library, no. 269.

"Quartzville," somewhere out west, during emigrant-train days.

296.

Edward L. Wheeler. Denver Doll's Drift; or, The Road Queen s Big Campaign. March 27, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 296; Pocket Library, no. 270.

Denver Doll story No. 4. The mining camp of "Freshet Flats," in Arkansas.

297.

"Buckskin Sam" (Maj. Sam S. Hall). The Tarantula of Taos; or, Giant George's Revenge. A Tale of Sardine-Box City, Arizona. April 3, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 297; Pocket Library, no. 267.

The third story of this series: Half-dime Library, no. 246, Half-dime Library, no. 75, Half-dime Library, no. 297, Half-dime Library, no. 318.

"Sardine-Box City" was a small mining town, situated among the foothills at the base of the Pinaleno Range, in Arizona.

298.

Charles Morris. The Water Hound; or, The Young Thoroughbred. A Tale of Vengeance. April 10, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 298; Pocket Library, no. 295.

Baltimore.

299.

Edward L. Wheeler. A No. 1, the Dashing Toll-Taker; or, The Schoolmarm o' Sassafras. April 17, 1883.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 299; Pocket Library, no. 312; Half-dime Library, no. 1119.

Road agents and bad men in general in a mining camp.

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