700.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Drop; or, The Sojourn at Satan's Spring. December 23, 1890.

"Satan's Spring," Arizona (?). Deadwood Dick, Jr., disguised as a woman. The 45th tale of the series.

701.

T. C. Harbaugh. Photograph Fred, the Camera Sharp; or, The Fight to the Finish. A Tale of the Streets and Webs of New York. December 30, 1890.

A New York City detective story.

702.

Prentiss Ingraham. Blue Jacket Bill; or, The Red Hat Ranger's Red Hot Racket. A Romance of Southwest Trails, Tussles, and Thoroughbreds. January 6, 1891.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 707.

Mining camps in Colorado and New Mexico.

703.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Brand; or, The New York Delegates in Hard-Up Camp. January 13, 1891.

The twelfth Broadway Billy story takes place in New Mexico.

704.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., at Jack-Pot; or, Old Sockdolager's Surprise Party. A Tale of the Testimony of the Clouds. January 20, 1891.

No. 46 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series, takes Dick to "Jack Pot," a mining camp in the southwest.

705.

William G. Patten. Violet Vane's Vow; or, The Crafty Detective's Craft. A Romance of the Damascus Mine Clean Up. January 27, 1891.

Violet Vane series No. 3, somewhere in the southwest—Colorado (?).

706.

Jo Pierce. Tom Thistle, the Road-House Detective; or, The Harlem Sport's Star-Faced Pacer. February 3, 1891.

New York City and vicinity.

707.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Red Sombrero Rangers; or, Redfern's Last Trail. The Romance of the Boy Trailer. February 10, 1891.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 702.

Briefly on the Eastern Shore, Maryland, then Mexico and New Mexico.

708.

Joseph E. Badger. Light-Heart Lute's Legacy; or, The Lucky Lad's Winning Hand. February 17, 1891.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 698 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 718.

Villains attempt to murder a miner and abduct his daughter.

709.

Charles Morris. The Curbstone Detective; or, Harry Hale's Big Beat. February 24, 1891.

New York City detective story.

710.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., in San Francisco; or, Kodak Kate, the Snap Shot. March 3, 1891.

Deadwood Dick, Jr., and his wife, Kodak Kate, go to San Francisco. This is No. 47 in the series.

711.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy at Santa Fé; or, The Pard Detectives' Clever Deal. The Romance of a Blunder. March 10, 1891.

New Mexico. Broadway Billy tale No. 13.

712.

A. K. Sims. The Mesmerist Sport; or, The Mystified Detective. A Strange Romance of the Mines. March 17, 1891.

"Magic Gulch," Colorado. A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type of story.

713.

Prentiss Ingraham. Carl, the Mad Cowboy; or, The Lariat Queen. A Story of a Woman Righting a Wrong. March 24, 1891.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 719.

Texas.

714.

William G. Patten. Old Misery, the Man from Missouri; or, The Mystery of the Mountain League. A Strange Story of Southwest Colorado. March 31, 1891.

Brought $2.50 at the O'Brien sale.

San Juan mining district, Colorado.

715.

T. C. Harbaugh. Wide-Awake Len, the Quaker City Ferret; or, Caging the Cormorants. April 7, 1891.

A Philadelphia boy amateur detective.

716.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s Still Hunt; or, The Second Round in San Francisco. A Romance of a Baffling Mystery. April 14, 1891.

No. 48 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

717.

Jo Pierce. Mosquito Jack, the Hustler Gamin; or Move-On Mike's Grand Catch. April 21, 1891.

The story of a cast-off son in New York City.

718.

Joseph E. Badger. Light-Heart Lute's Last Trail; or, The Gold Crater's Secret. April 28, 1891.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 708.

A mining town in the West.

719.

Prentiss Ingraham. Pawnee Bill's Pledge; or, The Cowboy Kidnapper's Doom. May 5, 1891.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 713 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 725.

From Philadelphia to a frontier town in Texas. A false accusation of murder actually committed by a half brother.

720.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Full Hand; or, The Gamin Detective's Double Snap at Santa Fé. May 12, 1891.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, is the scene of the fourteenth Broadway Billy tale.

721.

Will Lisenbee. Maverick Mose, the Arizona Detective; or, The Wizard of Urkos Pass. A Romance of Arizona.May 19, 1891.

"Desert City," in southeastern Arizona.

722.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Dominoes; or, The Rival Camps of the Northern Border. May 26, 1891.

No. 49 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series. Northwestern Montana. Strife between citizens of two towns.

723.

Joseph E. Badger. Silver Blade, the Shoshone; or, The Border Beagle's Secret Mission. A Romance of the Great Craze. June 2, 1891.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 729.

Sitting Bull and the Messiah craze in the northwest.

724.

William G. Patten. Violet Vane's Vengeance; or, The Wipe-Out at White Water. June 9, 1891.

Violet Vane series, No. 4.

725.

Prentiss Ingraham. Daring Dick, Pawnee Bill's Pard; or, The Red Cavalry Raid. June 11, 1891.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 719.

Mexico City and Texas.

726.

Jo Pierce. Dennis Duff, the Brown Sport's Kid; or, The Covers and Blinds of Gotham. June 23, 1891.

New York City.

727.

A. F. Holt. Headlight Harry's Siren; or, Mad Madge, the Outlaw Queen. A Railway Romance. June 30, 1891.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 691 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 759.

Colorado.

728.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Disguise; or, Ivan, the Man of Iron. The Romance of the Curious Case at Coffin Camp. July 7, 1891.

Deadwood Dick, Jr., in a mining town "out West." Episode No. 50.

729.

Joseph E. Badger. Silver Blade, the Half-Blood; or, The Border Beagle at Bay. July 14, 1891.

Companion story to Half-dime Library, no. 723 and Half-dime Library, no. 739.

Sitting Bull and the ghost dancers in 1880.

730.

William G. Patten. Violet Vane's Verdict; or, The Crooked Game at Coffin City. July 21, 1891.

Attempt by a wicked uncle to defraud his nephew and niece. Violet Vane series, No. 5.

731.

Prentiss Ingraham. Ruth Redmond, the Girl Shadower; or, The Rivals in Buckskin. July 28, 1891.

Texas.

732.

T. C. Harbaugh. Daisy Dell, the Pavement Detective; or, Trapping Big Game. A Tale of the Great City. August 4, 1891.

New York City.

733.

A. K. Sims. Toltec Tom, the Mad Prospector; or, Unearthing the Cavern League. Romance of the Loco Island Mystery. August 11, 1891.

Seeking the Toltec treasure in southwestern Arizona.

734.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Double Deal; or, The All-Around Surprise. A Romance of the Rout at Red Rock Camp. August 18, 1891.

No. 51 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

Rival mining companies—a girl with snakes—Kodak Kate.

735.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Business; or, Waking Up Wind Canyon Camp. August 25, 1891.

Colorado is the scene of Broadway Billy's fifteenth adventure.

736.

George C. Jenks. Larry, the Thoroughbred; or, Beaten on Every Side. September 1, 1891.

New York City and Yonkers. Horse thieves, and an attempt to defraud a girl of her property.

737.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buck Taylor, the Comanche Captive; or, Buckskin Sam to the Rescue. A Romance of Lone Star Heroes. September 8, 1891.

Texas in the days of the Indians. Buckskin Sam and Buck Taylor are characters in the story.

738.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Curious Case; or, The Mysterious Disappearance at Manitou Springs. A Romance of Colorado. September 15, 1891.

Broadway Billy tale No. 16.

739.

Joseph E. Badger. Silverblade, the Hostile; or, The Border Beagle's Ghost-Trail. September 22, 1891.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 729 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 748.

The Ghost Dance of the Sioux in 1880.

740.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Death-watch; or, The Moving Mystery at Mexican Mustang. September 29, 1891.

Deadwood Dick, Jr., in his fifty-second adventure. Somewhere out west. A wild camp—the "Iron Daggers"—Kodak Kate—the death-watch.

741.

William G. Patten. Violet Vane, the Ventriloquist Vidocq; or, Sport against Sport. A Romance of Magic City. October 6, 1891.

A tale of a murder and a girl substituted for the heiress to a mine, probably in Colorado. Violet Vane series, No. 6.

742.

T. C. Harbaugh. Billy Winks, the Bell-Boy Detective; or, Breaking the Meshes of the Golden Coil. October 13, 1891.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 754.

New York City.

743.

Prentiss Ingraham. Buck Taylor's Boys; or, The Red Riders of the Rio Grande. A Romance of Life among the Rangers and the Raiders of the South-west Border. October 20, 1891.

On the Río Grande in Texas, also incidentally in New Mexico and Pennsylvania.

744.

Jo Pierce. Dick of the Docks, the Night-Watch; or, The Water Waif's Dead Past. October 27, 1891.

New York City, 1889. A gamin's fight against crooks.

745.

A. K. Sims. Kansas Jim, the Cross-Cut Detective; or, The Raiders of the Range. November 3, 1891.

"Broad Horn City," on the plains near the foothills, Colorado (?).

746.

Dan Dunning. Quiet Jack, the Secret Service Spy; or, Too Much for Red Leary. The Story of the City Park Tragedy. November 10, 1891.

A murder-mystery story of Brooklyn and New York.

747.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Doublet; or, The Tandem Team of Teddy's Tailings. November 17, 1891.

No. 53 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

A mine swindle at "Teddy's Tailings," somewhere out West.

748.

Joseph E. Badger. Silverblade, the Friendly; or, The Border Beagle's Boy Pard. November 24, 1891.

Continuation of Half-dime Library, no. 739.

After the death of Sitting Bull. The Battle of Wounded Knee and the last attempt of the Indians to avenge their wrongs.

749.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dashing Charlie, the Young Scalp-Taker; or, The Kentucky Tenderfoot's First Trail. December 1, 1891.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 756.

From Kentucky to St. Louis and Omaha, and along the trail in Nebraska. Dashing Charlie was Charles Emmett, a real person.

750.

William G. Patten. Violet Vane, the Vanquished; or, The Life Struggle at Shanty City. A Romance of the Wild West. December 8, 1891.

Violet Vane series, No. 7.

751.

John W. Osbon. Gold-Dust Dan, the Trail Patrol; or, Wiping Out Old Nick's Nine. A Romance of Montana Camps and Trails. December 15, 1891.

Montana outlaws at "Slocum City."

752.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Deathblow; or, The Little Circus at Last Chance. December 22, 1891.

Deadwood Dick, Jr., rounds up a gang of counterfeiters in this, the fifty-fourth tale of the series.

753.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy in Denver; or, The On-the-Catch Combination. December 29, 1891.

Broadway Billy solves a murder and a bank robbery.

Broadway Billy tale No. 17.

754.

T. C. Harbaugh. Billy Winks, the Boss Boy Shadower; or, The Villainy that Did Not Pay. January 5, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 742.

New York City.

755.

John W. Osbon. Gold-Dust Dan's Oath; or, Reckless Roy's Regulators. January 12, 1892.

An Indian tale of 187-, events taking place in Wyoming, and in Rapid City and other places in the Black Hills.

756.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dashing Charlie's Destiny; or, The Renegades' Captive. January 19, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 749 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 760.

Kentucky in 185-, also Omaha when it was a frontier post.

757.

Charles Morris. Detective Frank's Sweep-Stake; or, A Very Remarkable Exposé. January 26, 1892.

New York City and Brooklyn.

758.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Desperate Strait; or, The Demon Doctor of Dixon's Deposit. A Romance of the North Border Line. February 2, 1892.

No. 55 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

"Dixon's Deposit" did not know positively whether it belonged to the States or to Canada.

759.

A. F. Holt. Headlight Harry's Heritage; or, The Railroad Pards in Fortune City. February 9, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 727 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 794.

From the middle West to "Fortune City," Colorado.

760.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dashing Charlie's Pawnee Pard; or, Red Hair, the Renegade. A Romance of Real Heroes of Borderland. February 16, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 756 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 766.

An Indian tale of early Nebraska.

761.

A. K. Sims. Marmaduke, the Mustanger Detective; or, The Great Mix-Up at Crescent Butte. A Romance of the Wind River Range. February 23, 1892.

Wyoming Territory.

762.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Bargain; or, The Three Detectives in Denver. March 1, 1892.

Broadway Billy, the wonder-working boy detective, in Colorado. The eighteenth story of the series.

763.

William G. Patten. Violet Vane's Vision; or, The Fiery Hand of Fate. March 8, 1892.

New York City and Arizona. Violet Vane series, No. 8.

764.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Lone Hand; or, Kodak Kate's Secret Seven. March 15, 1892.

No. 56 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

Smuggling Chinese across the United States-Canadian border.

765.

Jo Pierce. Flipper Flynn, the Street Patrol; or, Knocking Out the Kidnappers. March 22, 1892.

New York City in 1889.

766.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dashing Charlie, the Rescuer; or, The White Sioux Queen. A Story of the Hero-Plainsman's Strange Career. March 29, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 760.

In the country of the Sioux in Nebraska and Kansas.

767.

Dan Dunning. Mac and Jack, the Invincible; or, The Diabolical Three. The Exposé of the Baffling Barret Mystery. April 5, 1892.

Detective story of New York City and Brooklyn.

768.

T. C. Harbaugh. Eagle Ned, the Boy on Guard; or, The Camp Spiders of Ragged Robin. A Romance of the Black Mesa. April 12, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Popular Library, no. 50 (announced but not issued), Half-dime Library, no. 768.

Arizona.

769.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy, the Retriever Detective; or, How the City Buzzards were Brought In. April 19, 1892.

From Denver, Broadway Billy's pals go back to New York.

The nineteenth tale of the series.

770.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Defeat; or, The Tandem Team's Thorny Trail. A Romance of Red Roy and his Royal Rogues. April 26, 1892.

Deadwood Dick, Jr., is thrown into a deep chasm in the final chapter of this, the fifty-seventh tale of the series.

Idaho (?).

771.

Jo Pierce. Foxy Fred's Odd Pard; or, The Keener's Huge Hustle. A Romance of the Strange Otis Case. May 3, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Popular Library, no. 49 (announced but not issued); Half-dime Library, no. 771.

Preceded by Beadle's Popular Library, no. 45.

New York City.

772.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dick Doom's Death-Grip; or, The Detective by Destiny. A Story of the Shadow Sharks of New Orleans. May 10, 1892.

Followed by Half-dime Library, no. 777.

Counterfeiters and detectives in New Orleans and vicinity.

773.

A. K. Sims. The Rustler of Rolling Stone; or, The Opposition Boom at Luck Ledge. A Romance of the Great Grizzly Bear Strike. May 17, 1892.

A contest for a mine out West.

774.

William G. Patten. Clear-Grit Cal, the Never-Say-Die Detective; or, The Strange Case of Captain Scud. May 24, 1892.

New York City detective tale in which a clue was revealed by hypnotism.

775.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Shadow Chase; or, Materializing the Spooks. The Romance of the Rundle Case. May 31, 1892.

New York City. Broadway Billy tale No. 20.

776.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Resurrection; or, Icicle Isaac from Frozen Flats. A Romance of Red Roy's Reckoning. June 7, 1892.

Probably in Idaho. Deadwood Dick, Jr., still survives in this tale, No. 58 in the series.

777.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dick Doom's Destiny; or, The River Blacklegs' Terror, A Romance of the Realities of the Secret Service. June 14, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 772 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 784.

New Orleans and vicinity, and up the Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee.

778.

Oll Coomes. Highland Harry, the Wizard Rifleman; or, Tough Times at Teton Basin. June 21, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 243; Half-dime Library, no. 778.

779.

George C. Jenks. Iron Hand, the Charmed Detective; or, Saving the Senator's Daughter. The Romance of the "Ugly Gang." June 28, 1892.

Express robbery on the Pennsylvania Railway between Pittsburgh and Altoona at the summit of the Allegheny Mountains. Then the scene shifts to New York City.

780.

T. C. Harbaugh. Tonkaway Tom, the Red Shadower; or, Roundabout Ruth's Pilgrimage. A Tale of the Silver Lassoes. July 5, 1892.

In the heart of the San Juan Mountains, in southwestern Colorado.

781.

Jo Pierce. Cast-Off Cale, the Scapegoat Detective; or, Sailing under False Colors. The Story of the Hot Hustle at Swagger Alley. July 12, 1892.

New York City.

782.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Dark Days; or, The Tandem Team's Full Score. The Romance of a Rough Time. July 19, 1892.

No. 59 in the Deadwood Dick, Jr., series.

Kodak Kate dies in the first chapter and reappears in the fifteenth. Dick also dies.

783.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Beagles; or, The Detective Trio's Uncanny Quest. The Romance of the "Russian Case." July 26, 1892.

New York City murder-mystery story. Broadway Billy tale No. 21.

784.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dick Doom, the Death-Grip Detective; or, The Sharps and Sharks of New York. August 2, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 777 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 788.

New York City.

785.

A. K. Sims. Lone Hand Joe, the Committee of One; or, The Spook Steed of the Stone Corral. A Romance of the Raided Ranches. August 9, 1892.

On the Cimarron and the plains of Colorado, only a short time after the buffalo had vanished from these grazing grounds.

786.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Team; or, The Detective Combine's Big Pull. The Story of the "Genteel Crook." August 16, 1892.

New York City. Broadway Billy tale No. 22.

787.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr., Defied; or, The Prince of Pistol Pocket. August 23, 1892.

"Pistol Pocket," Arizona, has graduated into Bristol City. A son is born to Deadwood Dick, Jr., who is alive again. No. 60 in the series.

788.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dick Doom in Boston; or, A Man of Many Masks. A Romance of Ferrets and Felons. August 30, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 784 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 793.

New York City and Boston.

789.

William G. Patten. Sam Sheridan, the Secret Service Special; or, The Jamboree at Early Bird Bar. September 6, 1892.

Colorado.

790.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Brigade; or, The Case of the Dead Alive. September 13, 1892.

Mystery of the Silver Coffin in New York City. Broadway Billy tale No. 23.

791.

Oll Coomes. Kit Bandy "Rattled;" or, The Infant Giant. September 20, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 266; Half-dime Library, no. 791.

792.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Double Device; or, The Tussle with Satan. The Story of the Ruction at See-Saw. September 27, 1892.

"Governor Woodlow," who appeared in Half-dime Library, no. 695 and Half-dime Library, no. 710, reappears here. The state is Arizona. No. 61 in the series.

The cover illustration was used again on No. Half-dime Library, no. 1067.

793.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dick Doom in Chicago; or, The Ferret of the Golden Fetters. A Romance of a Mysterious Man-Hunt. October 4, 1892.

Mostly in Chicago (Hyde Park and West Adams Street); also Gulf of Mexico, New Mexico, and North Platte and Omaha, Nebraska.

794.

A. F. Holt. Headlight Harry's Hunt; or, The Railroad Pards' Rough Run in Satan's Camp. October 11, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 759, and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 811.

Colorado.

795.

Oll Coomes. Kit Bandy in Red Ruin; or, The Young Whirlwind of the Hills. October 18, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 329; Half-dime Library, no. 795.

796.

J. C. Cowdrick. Broadway Billy's Queer Bequest; or, Sifting the Santvoord Secret. The Romance of a Remarkable Reminder. October 25, 1892.

New York City. Broadway Billy tale No. 24.

797.

Edward L. Wheeler. Deadwood Dick, Jr.'s, Desperate Venture; or, How Eli Got There. A Romance of King John's Death-Trap. November 1, 1892.

"Rope Walk" mining camp "out West." No. 62 in the series.

798.

Prentiss Ingraham. Dick Doom in the Wild West; or, The Army Captain's Crime. The Romance of the Woman Shadower of the Fort. November 8, 1892.

Preceded by Half-dime Library, no. 793 and followed by Half-dime Library, no. 803.

"Fort Faraway," Arizona. Plotting at the Fort.

799.

Oll Coomes. Kit Bandy's Big Rustle; or, Saddle Sam, the Old Detective's Adjutant. November 15, 1892.

Found in: Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 343; Half-dime Library, no. 799.