600.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., at Coney Island; or, The "Piping" of Polly Pilgrim. January 22, 1889.

No. 28 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Coney Island, New York. Inspector Byrnes takes a small part.

601.

A. K. Sims. Happy Hans, the Dutch Vidocq; or, Red-Hot Times at Roundup. January 29, 1889.

Western mining town tale, with the usual gamblers, bad men, etc.

602.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Vagabond of the Mines. A Romance of Detective Work on the Frontier. February 5, 1889.

Rocky Mountain frontier life.

603.

Jo Pierce. Wide-Awake Bert, the Street-Steerer; or, The Member from 'Way-Back. February 12, 1889.

Albany, New York.

604.

William G. Patten. Iron Fern, the Man of Fire; or, The Dove among the Vultures. A Romance of Rocket Gulch. February 19, 1889.

A mining camp out West.

605.

J. C. Cowdrick. William O'Broadway; or, The Boy Detective's Big Innings. February 26, 1889.

New York City. Broadway Billy tale No. 6.

606.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick's [Jr.] Leadville Lay; or, Bristol and Bucket's Boom. March 5, 1889.

No. 29 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Leadville, Colorado.

607.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Rover Detective; or, Keno Kit's Champions. A Romance of Rough Life on the Old Overland. March 19, 1889.

On the Overland trail in Colorado.

608.

George C. Jenks. The Pitcher Detective's Foil; or, Double-Curve Dan's Double Play. March 26, 1889.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 581.

Albany, New York, base-ball story.

609.

John W. Osbon. Bolly Darritt, the Veteran Detective; or, Little Lightning's Invincibles. A Romance of Yellow Dust City. April 2, 1889.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 620.

Colorado detective story.

610.

T. C. Harbaugh. Old Skinner, the Gold Shark; or, Tony Sharp on Guard. April 9, 1889.

New York City detective tale.

611.

A. K. Sims. Bildad Barnacle, the Detective Hercules; or, The Tussle at Table Mountain. April 9, 1889.

Black Hills, South Dakota.

612.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Detroit; or, Turning the Tables on Satan. April 16, 1889.

No. 30 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Michigan.

613.

Philip S. Warne. Billy Blazes; or, The Skeleton's Strange Legacy. A Story of Mining-Life Thirty Years Ago. April 23, 1889.

California in 1859.

614.

Jo Pierce. Whistling Jacob, the Detective's Aid; or, The Queer Combination. April 30, 1889.

New York City and an adjacent little town, "Birdseye." The story is about a bank robbery.

615.

J. C. Cowdrick. Fighting Harry, the Chief of Chained Cyclone; or, The Heathen Chinee's Mission. May 7, 1889.

"Chained Cyclone" was a "hard" town out West. The story of Cinnamon Jim and his gang.

616.

George C. Jenks. The Ocean Detective; or, The Last Cruise of the Black Bear. A Romance of the Alaskan Seas and Coast. May 14, 1889.

Trouble between Americans and Russians in Alaskan waters.

617.

Prentiss Ingraham. Ralph, the Death-Shot Scout; or, The Raiders and Red Riders of the Rio. A Romance of the Clear Water Stockade. May 21, 1889.

Outlaws on the Texas border.

618.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Cincinnati; or, The Clincher Campaign. May 28, 1889.

No. 31 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Tennessee and Cincinnati, Ohio.

619.

William G. Patten. The Boy Tramp-Detective; or, The Double-Grip Witness. June 4, 1889.

Near the town of Rockford.

620.

John W. Osbon. Little Lightning's League; or, The Mystery of the Island. June 11, 1889.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 609.

A mining story of "Snake Ranch," western Nevada.

621.

Arthur C. Grissom. Truthful James, the "Pecooliar" Man; or, The Spoiler Despoiled. A Romance of Magic City. June 18, 1889.

Colorado.

622.

A. K. Sims. Texas Tom-Cat's Triad; or, The Queer Affair at Tombstone. June 25, 1889.

Arizona. The third Tom Cat story.

623.

Jo Pierce. Buck Bumblebee, the Harlem Hummer; or, The Old Captain's Moving Miracle. July 2, 1889.

New York City.

624.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Nevada; or, The Preacher of Pokerville. July 9, 1889.

No. 32 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. "Pokerville," Nevada.

625.

Joseph E. Badger. Chincapin Dan, the Boy Trailer; or, The Hero of the Crater. A Romance of No Man's Border. July 16, 1889.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 677.

In the Indian country from Kansas to Texas.

626.

T. C. Harbaugh. The Champion Pards; or, The Lucifer of Silver Bar. A Romance of Ranch 29. July 23, 1889.

Sierra Nevada and Arizona.

627.

Charles Morris. Tom Bruce of Arkansas; or, The Wolf in the Fold. July 30, 1889.

"Mayville," Arkansas.

628.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Dead Act; or, The League of the Sworn Seven. August 6, 1889.

Broadway Billy tale No. 7. New York City and vicinity. Broadway Billy is sentenced to death by the "Sworn Seven." Saved by a submarine.

629.

William G. Patten. Violet Vane, the Velvet Sport; or, The Jubilee at Jacktown. August 13, 1889.

Colorado. The first of the Violet Vane series.

630.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in No-Man's Land; or, Golconda, the Gladiator. August 20, 1889.

No. 33 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. "Beaver City," Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma.

631.

A. K. Sims. Tom Cat's Terrible Task, or, The Cowboy Detective's Own Case. A Romance of Black Ivan's League. August 27, 1889.

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

632.

Gerald Carbon. The Dead Detective's Double. September 3, 1889.

Western New York.

633.

John W. Osbon. Plucky Paul, the Boy Prospector; or, The Deadwood Desperado's Last Innings. September 10, 1889.

In the Black Hills, South Dakota.

634.

"Buckskin Sam" (Sam S. Hall). Cache Carl, the Chico Giant; or, The True Hearts of Red-Eye Roost. A Romance of the Colorado Ranges. September 17, 1889.

From Denver to "Pocketville," Colorado.

635.

Philip S. Warne. Oklahoma Hi, the Bluecoat Scout; or, The Boomer's Last Battle. A Tale of the Beautiful Land. September 24, 1889.

Fort Reno and the Canadian River country.

636.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., after the Queer; or, Sawdust Sam's Last Green Game. October 1, 1889.

No. 34 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

The green-goods game. Kansas and New York City.

637.

T. C. Harbaugh. Dick Doan, the Dock Boy-Detective; or, Lynx against Fox. The Key to the Kingdon Sensation. October 8, 1889.

New York City.

638.

A. K. Sims. Tom Cat's Triumph; or, Black Ivan's Great Combine. October 15, 1889.

Same locale as Half-dime Library, no. 631. The fifth Tom Cat story.

639.

Jo Pierce. Sunrise Saul, the Express-Train Ferret; or, The Lame-Horse Miner's Quest. October 22, 1889.

New York City, Connecticut, and Boston. Railway pickpockets and detective.

640.

J. C. Cowdrick. Bareback Beth, the Centaur of the Circle; or, The Course Conspirators' Last Campaign. A Tale of the Turf. October 29, 1889.

Town of "Hunterford." Dirty work on the race-track.

641.

William G. Patten. Dismal Dave's Dandy Pard; or, The Clew to Captain Claw. A Story of the Black Hills. November 5, 1889.

South Dakota.

642.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Buffalo; or, 4-11-44. November 12, 1889.

No. 35 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. A haunted house and a haunted man in Buffalo.

643.

Philip S. Warne. Happy Harry's Big Find; or, The Beautiful Jezebel's Last Stake. A Story of Montana. November 19, 1889.

644.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Hercules Highwayman; or, The Mounted Miners of the Overland. A Story of a Man of Mystery. November 26, 1889.

Texas and the Overland trail between Omaha and California. Indians, road agents, and Buffalo Bill.

645.

T. C. Harbaugh. Kit, the Pavement Sharp; or, Rustling, the Prince of Rogues. December 3, 1889.

New York City.

646.

A. K. Sims. Cowboy Gid, the Cattle-Range Detective; or, The Grand Corral at Cross-Notch. A Romance of the Yellowstone. December 10, 1889.

Yellowstone River and Bitter Creek country. Crow Indians.

647.

J. C. Cowdrick. Typewriter Tilly, the Merchant's Ward; or, Amateur Detective against Professional. A Romance of the Circle of the Upper Ten. December 17, 1889.

New York City.

648.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Chase across the Continent; or, A Race for a Ruthless Rogue. December 23, 1889.

Deadwood Dick, Jr., tracks a mesmerist and a girl under his control from New York through Jersey City, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Denver, Leadville, and Elko. No. 36 in the series.

649.

Jo Pierce. Gamin Bob, the Bowery Badger; or, Scooping a Slippery Set. December 31, 1889.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 153; Half-dime Library, no. 646.

New York City.

650.

Prentiss Ingraham. Butterfly Billy, the Pony Rider Detective; or, Buffalo Bill's Boy Pard. January 7, 1890.

Fighting stagecoach bandits in Texas.

651.

William G. Patten. Bound Boy Frank, the Young Amateur Detective; or, A Brother's Double Treachery. January 14, 1890.

"Riverton." A poorhouse boy, bound out to a farmer, turns detective.

652.

Oll Coomes. Don Barr, the Plains Freelance; or, The Scout Detective's Double Role. January 21, 1890.

Southern Colorado.

653.

T. C. Harbaugh. Billy Bantam, the Boy Beagle; or, Gathering the Guilty Gang. January 28, 1890.

New York City.

654.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., among the Smugglers; or, Cleaning out the Gulf Gang. A Romance of the Lower Coast. February 4, 1890.

"Smuggler's Harbor," on the Gulf of Mexico. Deadwood Dick, Jr., investigates the smugglers. No. 37 in the series.

655.

Charles Morris. Plucky Paul, the Boy Speculator; or, Going for Old Slink. February 11, 1890.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 209; Half-dime Library, no. 655.

656.

Prentiss Ingraham. Butterfly Billy's Man Hunt; or, Once More on the Trail. February 18, 1890.

Companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 662.

Texas.

657.

A. K. Sims. Warbling William, the Mountain Mountebank; or, The Singing Detective and his Boy Second. February 25, 1890.

Companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 665.

"Rocket Range," Colorado.

658.

Jo Pierce. Sky-Rocket Rob, the Life-Saver; or, The Storm-Waif of Giant's Boot. March 4, 1890.

New Jersey coast.

659.

J. C. Cowdrick. Moonlight Morgan, the "Pizenest" Man of Ante Bar; or, Cibuta John's Champion Chase. March 11, 1890.

"Ante Bar," New Mexico. Trouble in the post office.

660.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Insurance Case; or, Corralling a Cunning Trio. March 18, 1890.

Deadwood Dick, Jr., in New York City. No. 38 in the series.

661.

Oll Coomes. Old Kit Bandy's Deliverance; or, Banner Ben, the Wildfire of the Prairie. March 25, 1890.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 165; Half-dime Library, no. 661.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 444.

662.

Prentiss Ingraham. Butterfly Billy's Bonanza; or, The Specter Soldier of the Overland. April 1, 1890.

Companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 656.

Texas. Buckskin Sam is one of the actors.

663.

William G. Patten. Violet Vane's Victory; or, The Jaspar City Clean-Out. April 8, 1890.

"Jacktown," Colorado. Violet Vane series No. 2.

664.

Philip S. Warne. Cheeky Charley, the Special; or, The Life Racket at Rattlesnake Ridge. A Chronicle of California. April 15, 1890.

Sarpent Dan, the rattlesnake charmer, and a reporter in California.

665.

A. K. Sims. Jolly Jeremiah, the Plains Detective; or, Warbling William's Home Run. April 22, 1890.

Companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 657.

Warbling William after an outlaw band in Colorado.

666.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., back in the Mines; or, The Mountain Amazons Double Game. April 29, 1890.

No. 39 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. "Gale's Gap,"

Arizona.

667.

Charles Morris. Bob and Sam, the Daisy Detectives; or, The Gamin Spies' Big Stake. May 6, 1890.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 138; Half-dime Library, no. 667.

668.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Buccaneer Midshipman; or, The Sea Rover's Ruse. A Romance of Sea and Shore in 1812. May 13, 1890.

Followed byHalf-dime Library, no. 674.

A pretended Colombian cruiser, actually a pirate, is active off the Bahamas, Acklin Islands, Florida, and Massachusetts.

669.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy Abroad; or, The Bootblack Bravo in San Francisco. May 20, 1890.

California. Broadway Billy tale No. 8..

670.

Oll Coomes. Norway Nels, the Big Boy Mountaineer; or, The Rival Ranchmen. May 27, 1890.

Laramie Plains, Wyoming.

671.

T. C. Harbaugh. Jersey Jed, the Boy Hustler; or, Shadowing the Shadower. June 3, 1890.

Forty miles from New York, in New Jersey, then in New York.

672.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in Durango; or, "Gathered In." June 10, 1890.

No. 40 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Southwestern Colorado.

673.

A. F. Holt. Ralph Renwood, the Lightning Express Detective; or, Black Bart's Death Run. A Romance of the Rail. June 17, 1890.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 256; Half-dime Library, no. 673.

674.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Wizard Sailor; or, Red Ralph, the Rover. A Romance of Mystery Afloat and Ashore. June 24, 1890.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 668 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 679.

Massachusetts and South Carolina.

675.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Best; or, Beating San Francisco's Finest. July 1, 1890.

California. Broadway Billy tale No. 9.

676.

A. K. Sims. Signal Sam, the Lookout Scout; or, The Tussel at the Big Bonanza. A Romance of the San Juan Silver Region. July 8, 1890.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 689.

Silverton, etc., in southwestern Colorado.

677.

Joseph E. Badger. Chincapin Dan's Second Trail; or, The Baffled Black Hawk's Fate. July 15, 1890.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 625 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 688.

Texas.

678.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s Discovery; or, Found: A Fortune. A Romance of Nevada. July 22, 1890.

No. 41 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Nevada, mining town near Carson City.

679.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Sea Shadower; or, The Freebooter's Legacy. A Romance of Sea Service in 1812. July 29, 1890.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 674.

Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Boston and vicinity, and Brazil.

680.

Oll Coomes. Dauntless Dan, the Freelance; or, Old Kit Bandy in Arcadia. August 5, 1890.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 223; Half-dime Library, no. 680.

681.

George C. Jenks. The Pitcher Detective's Toughest Tussle; or, Double-Curve Dan's Dead Ball. August 12, 1890.

New York City and Brooklyn.

682.

William G. Patten. Wild Vulcan, the Lone Range-Rider; or, The Rustlers of the Bad Lands. A Romance of Northwest Nebraska. August 19, 1890.

South bank of the Niobrara, Nebraska.

683.

Jo Pierce. Saltpeter Sol, the New York Navigator; or, The Unseen Enemy. A Romance of a Blind Cruise. August 26, 1890.

Hudson River and ashore above New York City.

684.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Dazzle; or, The Nemesis of Nutmeg Bonanza. September 2, 1890.

No. 42 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Arizona.

685.

T. C. Harbaugh. Happy Hugh, the Boy-Musician Detective; or, Breaking the Eureka Spider's Web. September 9, 1890.

Looking for a lost granddaughter in New York City.

686.

Prentiss Ingraham. Orlando, the Ocean Free Flag; or, The Tarnished Name. A Romance of Execration, Expatriation, Expiation and Exalted Honor. September 16, 1890.

Ireland, the English coast, and South Carolina. Chasing a pirate on the Atlantic.

687.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy in Clover; or, The Ruction at Lake Tulare. September 23, 1890.

South-central California. Broadway Billy tale No. 10.

688.

Joseph E. Badger. Chincapin Dan's Home Stretch; or, The Conspirators of No Man's Land. September 30, 1890.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 677.

Texas.

689.

A. K. Sims. Billy, the Gypsy Spy; or, Working out the Mystery of Two Lives. A Story of Signal Sam's Protégé. October 7, 1890.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 676.

Time: 1887. Colorado.

690.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Dollars; or, The Humming-Bird of Honeysuckle. The Romance of a Lost and Regained "Pocket." October 14, 1890.

No. 43 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. "Nutmeg Bonana," mining town in Arizona.

691.

A. F. Holt. Headlight Harry's Haul; or, The Railroad Pards' Big Day. October 21, 1890.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 673, followed by Half-dime Library, no. 727.

A railroad story of the "R.&S. Ry." in Colorado.

692.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Rival Sharps; or, Redfern, the Secret Service Scout. A Romance of the Rough Southwest. October 28, 1890.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 697.

Eastern shore of Maryland and the gold region of New Mexico.

693.

William G. Patten. Violet and Daisy, the Posy Pards; or, The Racket at Red Hot. November 4, 1890.

"Red Hot," a Colorado mining town.

694.

Jo Pierce. Spicy Jim, the Only One of His Kind; or, Heading Off the Crooks. November 11, 1890.

New York City.

695.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., at Danger Divide; or, Developing the Dead Secret. November 18, 1890.

"Danger Divide," a mining town in Arizona. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in this, the 44th episode, rescues the kidnapped son of the Governor,

696.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy in Texas; or, Rounding Up the Red River Rustlers. November 25, 1890.

Broadway Billy tale No. 11.

697.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Scarlet Sombrero; or, The Sharp from Texas. A Romance of Mining Life in New Mexico. December 2, 1890.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 692.

New Mexico mining camp.

698.

Joseph E. Badger. Old Crazy, the Man without a Head; or, Light-Heart Lute's Clean Sweep. December 9, 1890.

This story is followed by Half-dime Library, no. 708.

A play for a bonanza—a session with a rattlesnake—outlaws, Ute Indians, etc. out West.

699.

A. K. Sims. Simple Sim, the Broncho Buster; or, Playing the Fool for Big Stakes. A Romance of the Río Grande Ranches. December 16, 1890.

In southwestern Texas, on the Rio Grande.