500.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's [Jr.] Diggings; or, Doctor Death-Grip's Swoon. February 22, 1887.

No. 11 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Arizona.

501.

Charles Morris. Boots, the Boy Fireman; or, Too Sharp for the Sharper. March 1, 1887.

Philadelphia in 185-.

502.

T. C. Harbaugh. Branded Ben, the Night Ferret; or, The Octopus League of New York. March 8, 1887.

Hunting down criminals in New York City.

503.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Royal Middy; or, The Shark and the Sea-Cat. March 15, 1887.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 507.

Story of the cruise of a coasting vessel between Maine and Boston, in 177-.

504.

Jo Pierce. Five Points Phil, the Pavement Prince; or, Caught in the Spider's Web. March 22, 1887.

The first of the Five Points Phil stories. Baxter street. New York.

505.

Henry B. Stoddard. Powell's Pard; or, The One-Armed Giant. A Story Founded on Incidents in the Romantic Life of Dr. Frank Powell (White Beaver), White Medicine Chief of the Winnebagos. March 29, 1887.

Brought $4.50 at the O'Brien sale.

A fanciful biography of Dr. Frank Powell, who afterwards became Mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin.

506.

J. C. Cowdrick. Redlight Ralph, the Prince of the Road; or, A Wild Night's Wild Work. April 5, 1887.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 524.

A railroad story with events in an Eastern state. Lest there be some misunderstanding, Redlight here refers to a switch light.

507.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Hunted Midshipman; or, The Young Sea Ranger. April 12, 1887.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 503 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 511.

Boston, Portsmouth, Maine, and the coast in 177-.

508.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's [Jr.] Deliverance; or, Fatal Footsteps. April 19, 1887.

No. 12 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. An Arizona mining town, first called "Deadwood Dick's Diggings," now "Whiskyville," later renamed "Pistol Pocket."

509.

Jo Pierce. Jack Jaggars, the Butcher Boy Detective; or, How Five Points Phil Caught On to a Blind Trail. April 26, 1887.

"Brambletop," New York. The second Five Points Phil story.

510.

Albert W. Aiken. Cool Colorado, the Half-Breed Detective. The Story of a Man-Hunt from the Rockies to the Atlantic. May 3, 1887.

"Bitteropolis," Colorado.

511.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Outlaw Middy; or, The Young Patriot Sea-Ranger. A Romance of the First American Navy. May 10, 1887.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 511; Half-dime Library, no. 1131. Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 507.

Maine and Massachusetts in 1775-76. Pirates, American and British ships, etc.

512.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dodger Dick, the Wharf-Spy Detective; or, Jack o' Diamonds and his Game. May 17, 1887.

A story of New York City.

513.

George C. Jenks. The Demon Doctor; or, Deadhold, the "Kid" Detective. A Story of the Worked-Out Mine. May 24, 1887.

Pittsburgh and vicinity.

514.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Boodle; or, Cleaning Up a Strange Case. May 31, 1887.

New York City. Broadway Billy tale No. 2.

515.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's [Jr.] Protégée; or, Baby Bess, the Girl Gold Miner. A Tale of Pistol Pocket. June 7, 1887.

No. 13 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Arizona.

516.

Jo Pierce, Tartar Tim; or, Five Points Phil's Menagerie. June 14, 1887.

The third Five Points Phil story. New York City.

517.

Philip S. Warne. Jim Gladden's Deputy; or, The Jolly Pards' All-for-Love Campaign. A Romance of the Golden State. June 21, 1887.

Paddy's Flat, California.

518.

Albert W. Aiken. Cool Colorado in New York; or, The Cowboy's Fight for a Million. A Romance of City and Wild West. June 28, 1887.

New York City and "Red Bluffs," Colorado. Buffalo Bill and his show.

519.

William G. Patten. Captain Mystery; or, Five in One. A Romance of Bowlder Bar. July 5, 1887.

"Bowlder Bar," a mining town out West. A rejected lover's revenge is the theme of the story.

520.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buckskin Bill, the Comanche Shadow; or, A Crimson Trail. A Romance of a Border Boy's Life. July 12, 1887.

Sketch of G. W. Middleton, Indian Agent in Indian Territory, with a portrait.

521.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dodger Dick's Best Dodge; or, The Gold Gang of Gotham. July 19, 1887.

New York City detective story.

522.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's [Jr.] Three; or, The "Bellerin' Bull" of Bismark. July 26, 1887.

No. 14 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Deadwood Dick Jr., in Dakota.

523.

Arthur F. Holt. The Dandy Sport; or, The King Pin Conspirator, A Tale of the Rowdy West. August 2, 1887.

Canyon City, Colorado, 1886.

524.

J. C. Cowdrick. The Engineer Detective; or, Redlight Ralph's Resolve. August 9, 1887.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 506.

Murder in the express car; "Oakvale" in an Eastern state.

525.

Prentiss Ingraham. Brothers in Buckskin; or, Tangled Trails in Texas. A Romance in the Lives of George and Will Powell, known on the Plains as "Night Hawk" and "Bronco Bill." August 16, 1887.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 525; Half-dime Library, no. 1132.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 530.

526.

Jo Pierce. North River Nat, the Pier Detective; or, Five Points Phil's Big Skirmish. August 23, 1887.

New York City. The fourth Five Points Phil story.

527.

Philip S. Warne. The Jolly Pards to the Rescue; or, The Jack of Hearts. A Tale of Hide and Seek in the Mountains. August 30, 1887.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 517.

"Paddy's Flat," California.

528.

T. C. Harbaugh. Fox and Falcon, the Bowery Shadows; or, Trapping for Human Game. September 6, 1887.

New York City.

529.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's [Jr.] Danger Ducks; or, The Owls of Oregon. September 13, 1887.

No. 15 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Southern Oregon.

530.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Buckskin Bowers; or, The Cowboy Pirates of the Rio Grande. A Story of Texan Adventure and Romance. September 20, 1887.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 525, followed by Half-dime Library, no. 535.

From New York City to Texas.

531.

William G. Patten. Daisy Dare, the Sport from Denver; or, The Toll-Takers of Colorado. September 27, 1887.

"Roaring Bend," Colorado. An Indian story.

532.

Edwin Brooke Forrest. The Cowboy Duffe; or, Lasso Louis's Strange Mission. October 4, 1887.

Big Wichita Valley, Indian Territory; Paris, Constantinople, Montenegro. Date: 1885.

533.

Jo Pierce. Wrestling Rex, the Pride of the Sixth Ward; or, Five Points Phil and the Birds of Prey. October 11, 1887.

New York City. The fifth Five Points Phil story.

534.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's [Jr.] Death Hunt; or, The Way of the Transgressor. October 18, 1887.

No. 16 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. "Red Dog," New Mexico.

535.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Buckskin Rovers; or, The Prairie Fugitive. A Texan Romance. October 25, 1887.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 530, followed by Half-dime Library, no. 540.

Mexico and Texas, along the Rio Grande. The Powells and Sam S. Hall take part in the story.

536.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's "Difficulty;" or, Old Rodman's Millions. November 1, 1887.

New York City. Broadway Billy tale No. 3.

537.

John W. Osbon. Old Buckeye, the Sierra Shadow; or, Against Desperate Odds. A Tale of Idaho. November 8, 1887.

"Chispa Canyon," Idaho.

538.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dodger Dick, the Dock Ferret; or, The Trail of a Missing Hand. A Story of New York villainy. November 15, 1887.

New York City and vicinity.

539.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Texas; or, The Ghouls of Galveston. November 22, 1887.

No. 17 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

540.

Prentiss Ingraham. Captain Ku Klux, Marauder of the Rio; or, The Buckskin Pards' Strange Quest. November 29, 1887.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 535.

An Indian tale of Texas.

541.

Jo Pierce. Jeff Flicker, the Stable Boy Detective; or, The Lively Racket in Jerico. December 6, 1887.

A small boy and a lost will in "Jerico." Date: 1885.

542.

Frederick H. Dewey. The Canyon Pards; or, Cimarron Jack's Last Hunt. A Romance of the Great Plateau. [Colorado River mesa.] December 13, 1887.

Found in: Starr's American Novels, no. 129; Pocket Novels, no. 83; Half-dime Library, no. 542.

543.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dodger Dick's Double; or, The Rival Boy Detectives. December 20, 1887.

New York City.

544.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., the Wild West Vidocq; or, Leonora, the Locator, A Tale of Sockdolager City. December 27, 1887.

No. 18 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. "Sockdolager City," a mining town in Nevada.

545.

Prentiss Ingraham. Lieutenant Leo, the Son of Lafitte; or, The Buccaneers of Barrataria. A Romance of Piracy with Fact for a Foundation. January 3, 1888.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 550.

Lord Lennox bids for Lafitte's help--the Battle of New Orleans--death of Lafitte.

546.

A. K. Sims. Captain Cactus, the Chaparral Cock; or, Josh Peppermint's Ten Strike. January 10, 1888.

"Sierra City," mining town in California (?).

547.

Philip S. Warne. Sandy Andy; or, A Good Man Down. A Story of Mining and Undermining in the Black Hills. January 17, 1888.

548.

J. C. Cowdrick. Mart, the Night Express Detective; or, The Mystery of Springside. January 24, 1888.

An Eastern state, locality not given. A murder-mystery story.

549.

Edward L. Wheeler. Captain Crimson Cowl, the Road Raider; or, Deadwood Dick on his Mettle. January 31, 1888.

No. 19 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Gunnison, Colorado, 188-.

550.

Prentiss Ingraham. Lafitte's Legacy; or, The Avenging Son. A Romance of the Gulf. February 7, 1888.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 545, followed by Half-dime Library, no. 555.

Ravello, the Rover, in New Orleans, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, and an island in the Gulf.

551.

Jo Pierce. Nick Nettle, the Boy Shadow; or, The Old Well Mystery. February 14, 1888.

Locale: Iowa (?). Unlike most detective tales of the period, the villain is not revealed until the end.

552.

David Druid. Ariel, the Athlete; or, The Ring Detective's Transformation. A Tale of Wild Life under the Canvas in the Far West. February 21, 1888.

A circus story of Colorado.

553.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dodger Dick's Desperate Case; or, Sharper than the Sharps. February 28, 1888.

New York City.

554.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Gotham; or, Unraveling a Twisted Skein. March 6, 1888.

No. 20 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. New York City.

555.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Creole Corsair; or, The Golden Wings of the Gulf. A Romance of Buccaneering after the War of 1812. March 15, 1888.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 550.

New Orleans, after the battle of January 8 when the British were repulsed before "Carthegena," the pirate's stronghold.

556.

Philip S. Warne. Lariat Lil; or, The Cast for a Life. A Story of Love and Jealousy. March 20, 1888.

Cowboys, love, and jealousy in "Metropolisville," Colorado.

557.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Death Racket; or, The Street Arab's Wake. March 27, 1888.

New York City. Broadway Billy tale No. 4.

558.

Arthur C. Grissom. The Sure Shot Pards; or, The Marked Thirteen. April 3, 1888.

"Tenderfoot," Arizona, when it was a wild and woolly mining camp.

559.

Jo Pierce. Harlem Jack, the Office Boy Detective; or, The Cousin's Crime. April 10, 1888.

New York City. A mysterious doctor--a man with chronic hydrophobia--an Idaho gold mine--a smart office boy--a poisoner.

560.

Prentiss Ingraham. Pawnee Bill, the Prairie Shadower; or, The Gold Queen's Secret. A Romantic Story of Real Border Life. April 17, 1888.

Biography, more or less, of Maj. G. W. Lillie. May Lillie, the Gold Queen, is the Major's wife. To Colorado and what befell en route.

561.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick [Jr.] in Boston; or, The Cool Case. April 24, 1888.

No. 21 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Dick acts as detective in Boston.

562.

Oll Coomes. Blundering Basil, the Hermit Boy Trapper; or, The Bad Man from Wapsipinnicon. May 1, 1888.

"Hickory Point," along the Des Moines River, Iowa, when Indians still lived there.

563.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dodger Dick, the Boy Vidocq; or, The Gang of Three. May 8, 1888.

A story of an abducted girl in New York City.

564.

J. W. Osbon. Powder Phil, the Boy Miner; or, The Man without a Past. May 15, 1888.

"Yankee's Find," a Montana gold camp.

565.

Prentiss Ingraham. Kent Kingdon, the Card King; or, The Owls of the Overland. A Tale of Border Mystery. May 22, 1888.

Companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 570; Half-dime Library, no. 575 and Half-dime Library, no. 586.

St. Louis and somewhere on the Overland trail out west.

566.

Charles Morris. The Secret Service Boy Detective; or, Tony Blink's First Scoop. May 29, 1888.

A story of the anarchist Haymarket riot and the McCormick Reaper Works riot in Chicago, May 4, 1886.

567.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Philadelphia; or, The Wild West Detective among the Crooks. June 5, 1888.

No. 22 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

568.

A. K. Sims. The Dandy of Dodge; or, Rustling for Millions. June 12, 1888.

Dodge City, Kansas, in its wild days.

569.

Jo Pierce. Brooklyn Ben, the On-His-Own-Hook Detective; or, Ned Chester's Very Bad Case. A Tale of Two Cities. June 19, 1888.

Brooklyn and New York. A dangerous rite of initiation and a dangerous gang of men.

570.

Prentiss Ingraham. Camille, the Card Queen; or, The Skeleton Trail. A Story of a Detective Nemesis. June 26, 1888.

A companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 565; Half-dime Library, no. 575 and Half-dime Library, no. 586.

"Flush City," somewhere in the West. Dr. Powell appears.

571.

J. C. Cowdrick. Air-Line Luke, the Engineer Detective; or, The Double Case. July 3, 1888.

"West Plain," in one of the western states. Spooks, bank robbery, and counterfeit money.

572.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Chicago; or, The Anarchist's Daughter. July 10, 1888.

No. 23 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Chicago, three months after the execution of the so-called anarchists in 1886.

573.

T. C. Harbaugh. The Two Shadows; or, Dodger Dick's Stop Game. A Story of the Poisoned Needle. July 17, 1888.

New York City.

574.

Philip S. Warne. Old Weasel-Top, the Man with the Dogs; or, Sandy Andy's Life Run. July 24, 1888.

A Black Hills Story.

575.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Surgeon-Scout Detective; or, Running Down the King. A Romance of Border Trails. July 31, 1888.

Companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 565, Half-dime Library, no. 570 and Half-dime Library, no. 586.

"Sunset City," a frontier camp out West.

576.

A. K. Sims. The Silver Sport; or, Josh Peppermint's Jubilee. August 7, 1888.

"Bullion City," a mining town in the west.

577.

Jo Pierce. Pavement Pete, the Secret Sifter; or, Mrs. Jingle's Suspicious Lodger. August 14, 1888.

New York City.

578.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr. Afloat; or, The Prisoner of the Weird Isles. A Story of the Lost Group. August 21, 1888.

No. 24 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. San Francisco and a South Sea Island in 1887.

579.

J. C. Cowdrick. The Chimney Spy; or, Broadway Billy's Surprise-Party. August 28, 1888.

Broadway Billy tale No. 5. New York City.

580.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Outcast Cadet; or, The False Detective. A Romance of a Secret-Service Trail on Sea and Land. September 4, 1888.

Shores of Long Island Sound--"Sleepy Hollow Manor"--West Point--West Indies--Gulf of Mexico--Hudson River--Texas.

581.

George C. Jenks. Double-Curve Dan, the Pitcher Detective; or, Against Heavy Odds. September 11, 1888.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 608.

New York City. An early baseball story. Dirty work at a game, then murder.

582.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dodger Dick's Drop; or, The Man from Jersey. September 18, 1888.

Murder-mystery story of New York City.

583.

A. K. Sims. Saffron Sol, the Man with a Shadow; or, The Tigers of No Man's Land. September 25, 1888.

Cherokee strip (No Man's Land, between western Kansas and the Texas Panhandle).

584.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Denver; or, Cool Kate, the Queen of Crooks. October 2, 1888.

Deadwood Dick, Jr., as a government detective in Denver. No. 25 in the series.

585.

H. Enton. Will Waters, the Boy Ferret; or, Marked with a Triangle. October 9, 1888.

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

586.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Buckskin Avenger; or, Pawnee Bill's Pledge. October 16, 1888.

Companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 565, Half-dime Library, no. 570, and Half-dime Library, no. 575.

Indian and outlaw story. Kent Kingdom dies again.

587.

Prentiss Ingraham. Nevada Ned, the Revolver Ranger; or, The Young King of the Gold Mines. A Romance of a Border Boy's Life. November 23, 1886.

Found in: Half-dime Library, no. 487; Half-dime Library, no. 1106.

Pennsylvania and Virginia City, Nevada, in 1861.

588.

Jo Pierce. Jack o' Lantern, the Under-Sea Prospector; or, The Friend Indeed. A Romance of the Pirate's Legacy. October 30, 1888.

Search for sunken treasure off Long Island, New York.

589.

A. K. Sims. Tom Cat and Pard; or, The Dead-Set at Silver City. November 6, 1888.

"Silver City," Arizona (?). The second Tom Cat story.

590.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Decree; or, The Prince of Purgatory Pass. A Story of the Rise and Fall of Jackpot City. November 13, 1888.

No. 26 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.

591.

Prentiss Ingraham. Delmonte, the Young Sea-Rover; or, The Avenging Sailor, A Story of the Gulf. November 20, 1888.

Date of story: 179-. Shores of the Mississippi Sound--the state of Mississippi--the Gulf of Mexico and an island in it.

592.

J. C. Cowdrick. The Boy Pinkerton; or, How Tom Hildreth Run the Rascals Down. November 27, 1888.

"Lawrenceburg," near Bloomington, Illinois. The story of a train robbery.

593.

Philip S. Warne. Keen Clem, the Ranch Imp; or, Jim Reardon's Big Trouble. December 4, 1888.

The green-eyed monster on a ranch out West.

594.

T. C. Harbaugh. Little Lon, the Street Singer Detective; or, Kit Christopher's Missing Links. December 11, 1888.

New York City.

595.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Beelzebub's Basin; or, The Old Man of Mount Mab. A Romance of the Wind River Range. December 18, 1888.

No. 27 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. A ghost in Wyoming.

596.

Charles Morris. Jimmy, the Kid; or, A Lamb among Wolves. December 25, 1888.

New York City.

597.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Young Texan Detective; or, The Black Bravos. A Romance of General Cook's Rocky Mountain Man-Hunters. January 1, 1889.

New York City, Texas, and Colorado.

598.

George C. Jenks. Flute, the Singer Detective; or, "Git Thar" Owney in a New Role. January 8, 1889.

New York City and vicinity. "Git Thar" as an actor.

599.

Philip S. Warne. Jim Dandy, the No-Name Sport; or, Happy Harry's Hurrah Pard. A Tale of the Hidden Lode Camp. January 15, 1889.

A story of a Montana mining camp.