Henry R. Shipley. The Ocean Pearl. A Tale of the Tropics. October 7, 1865.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 1; Dime Novels, no. 188; New Dime Novels, no. 398.

In the back of Song Book No. 1, the "ready" date was given as October 3. The reprints of this story are given as by Harry Cavendish. Love and adventure upon the tropical seas, shortly after the close of the War of 1812 with England. (See also under Dime Novels, no. 188.)

Emerson Rodman. The Wood Rangers. A Tale of the Ohio. November 1, 1865.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 2; Starr's American Novels, no. 1; Pocket Novels, no. 159; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 163.

Mason County, Kentucky, and down the Ohio River "more than 75 years ago." Simon Kenton (1755-1836), the famous scout, appears.

Joseph A. Nunes. The Green Mountain Boys. A Tale of the Revolution. December 6, 1865.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 3; Starr's American Novels no. 2; Pocket Novels, no. 158.

Baum's defeat by General Stark, at Bennington, Vermont, August 17, 1777.

J. Fenimore Cooper. O-I-Chee. A Tale of the Mohawk. December 13, 1865.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 4; † Starr's American Novels, no. 79; Pocket Novels, no. 220.

This is the first appearance in book form of one of Cooper's stories. It was written in 1822 but was not published until it appeared in The Home Weekly, †(Philadelphia) May 17, 1843.

† It was first published by Beadle as Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 4, and was twice reprinted under the title "The Red Dwarf" in the final pages of No. 79, Starr's American Novels, and of No. 220, Pocket Novels, pages 73 to 85 inclusive. Typographically, the pages of this novel in Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 4 are entirely different from Beadle's usual style (Fig.43-A). The type is apparently 11 point, heavily leaded, and the entire page is enclosed in a plain double-line border. There are only 19 lines to the page and only 37 text pages, the remainder of the book being taken up with advertisements. The story begins on page n and is finished on page 56, giving a total of only about 4,500 words.

An Indian tale of the Mohawk river country.

Edward S. Ellis. The Prairie Rangers; or, Life and Adventures in the Far West. January 3, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 5; Starr's American Novels, no. 74; New Dime Novels, no. 374; Pocket Novels, no. 266.

Life and adventures in Nebraska Territory, the far Northwest, and California, in 1850.

†This story first appeared as 'Enola, the Gipsy Captive; or, The Camp-fires and Wigwams of the Prairies,' by Edward S. Ellis, in The New York Weekly, XVIII, No. 5, December 25, 1862, to No. 10, January 29, 1863.

Edward S. Ellis. The Rescue. A Sequel to "The Prairie Rangers." February 7, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 6; Starr's American Novels, no. 75; New Dime Novels, no. 348; Pocket Novels, no. 267.

Adventures in San Francisco and New Mexico in 185-. The characters in the story are for the most part the same as in the preceding number.

† In the New York Weekly this story appeared previously under the title 'The Ransom; or, The Captives of the Apaches,' in Vol. XVIII, No. 25, May 14, 1863, to No. 30, June 6, 1863.

P. Hamilton Myers. Fort Stanwix. A Tale of the Mohawk in 1777. February 28, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 7; Starr's American Novels, no. 79; Pocket Novels, no. 220.

Indian invasion of the Mohawk Valley. Under the title "Ellen Welles; or, The Siege of Fort Stanwix," this story was originally published in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper about 1847.

Note for online edition:
An earlier edition was found in the New York State Library, as follows:
P. Hamilton Myers. Ellen Welles: or, The Siege of Fort Stanwix. A Tale of the Revolution. Rome [NY]: W. O. M'Clure, 1848.
— Warren F. Broderick, New York State Archives.

H. Milnor Klapp. The Cruiser of the Bay. A Tale of the War of 1812. March 14, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 8 probably the same as Starr's American Novels, no. 42; Pocket Novels, no. 94; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 232.

Edwin E. Ewing. The Bee Hunter. March 28, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 9; Starr's American Novels, no. 46; Pocket Novels, no. 53; New Dime Novels, no. 617.

Under the title "The Black Wolf, a Tale of Kentucky," this story appeared originally as a serial in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, IX, beginning in the issue of June 4, 1851.

"Authoress' name withheld at her request." Within the Lines. A Tale of New York during the Revolution. April 11, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 10.

Charles P. Isley [sic]. The Trail of the Ossipees. A Tale of the North Eastern Frontier. Ca. April 26, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 11; Starr's American Novels, no. 26; Pocket Novels, no. 164; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 243.

This story appeared originally as a serial in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, XII, beginning November 22, 1854, under the title "The Captives."

Maine in 1754. A blockhouse and palisades. Androscoggin and Ossipee Indians and a very smart dog.

C. R. Palmer, M.D. The Hermit; or, The Vicissitudes of an Inheritance. A Tale of Virginia. Ca. May 9, 1866.

Found in: †Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 12.

Mrs. Fanny Miller. Trial and Triumph. A Tale of Virginia. May 23, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 13.

The love story of a "music-mistress."

Emerson Rodman. The Kentucky Rangers. A Tale of the Dark and Bloody Ground. June 13, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 14; Starr's American Novels, no. 49; Pocket Novels, no. 61; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 105; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 116; Pocket Library, no. 420.

Adventures with Indians during a trip down the Ohio River in a flatboat in 179-.

†Mr. Denis R. Rogers reported that this story is a reprint with a few slight changes of "Life on the Flatboat; or, The Scouts of Mad Anthony," which had appeared in the New York Weekly, with the by-line "Nick Wilson," XVII, No. 29, June 12, 1862, to No. 36, July 31, 1862. It is a companion story to Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 46, which has the by-line "Edward S. Ellis."

"By the author of 'Child of Song," a prize story." Germantown. A Tale of the Quaker City during the Revolution. Ca. July 12, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 15.

John E. Tuel. The Ranchero. A Tale of Love and Adventure in Mexico. Contains also The Gambler; or, Steps to Ruin, by Marie Montrose. Ca. August 2, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 16.

"The Gambler" appeared originally in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, VIII, as a serial in the issue of September 11, 18, and 25, 1850.

†"Clara Morton:" The Vale of Shadows.Ca. August 23, 1866.

Proving that the course o£ true love never runs smooth.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 17.

Boynton Belknap. Peleg Smith; or, Adventures in the Tropics. Ca. September 13, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 18; Starr's American Novels, no. 3; Pocket Novels, no. 216; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 217; Pocket Library, no. 492.

Previously published as a serial in the New York Weekly, XX, beginning in the issue of March 2, 1865, under the title "Ethan Spike; or, The Adventurers," by Capt. Rodman. A Yankee and an Englishman explore the Orinoco River, Venezuela, and get mixed up with an abduction and some outlaws.

H. K. Browne [sic]. The Loyalist. A Tale of South Carolina during the Revolution. Ca. October 4, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 19.

Appeared originally as a serial in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, VIII, under the title "The Brothers; or, Life, Loyalty and Rebellion," beginning in the issue for October 2, 1850.

This is an entirely different story from A. G. Piper's "Loyalist," published as No. 4 Dime Library of Choice Fiction.

Asa Beall. The Woodmen. Ca. October 25, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 20; Starr's American Novels, no. 4; Pocket Novels, no. 214.

Appeared originally as a serial in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, X, beginning March 31, 1852.

Indian warfare in the Allegheny region in 1775. Girty, the renegade, is one of the characters.

S. J. C. Whittlesey. The Bug Oracle. Ca. November 15, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 21.

Appeared originally as a serial in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, XIV, beginning in the issue for December 17, 1856.

An old-fashioned "Ten Nights in the Bar Room" type of temperance tale. The "bug" is a snail which, on May first, is placed on a plate thinly strewed with flour. The trail left by the snail is supposed to form the initials of the husband-to-be.

J. R. Caldwell. The Sea Vulture. Ca. December 19, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 22.

A sea story of the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies.

Seelin Robins. The Phantom Chief; or, The Indian's Revenge. Ca. December 27, 1866.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 23; Starr's American Novels, no. 5; Pocket Novels, no. 19; New Dime Novels, no. 567.

Flatboats, Indians, etc., on the Ohio River in 1774.

Edward S. Ellis. The Prairie Trail; or, Tim Button, the Trapper. Advertised as ready January 30, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 24; Starr's American Novels, no. 6; New Dime Novels, no. 352; Pocket Novels, no. 271; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 236.

A chase on horseback after a bank robber across the plains from New York, through the Indian country, to California.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 25; Dime Novels, no. 220; Pocket Novels, no. 105; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 157; Pocket Library, no. 456.

New York and California, shortly after the discovery of gold. Life in a mining camp. Indians, miners, hunters, etc.

George Canning Hill. The Mysterious Letter, † or, The Kidnapper Foiled. Ca. February 28, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 26.

Appeared originally as a serial in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, XI, beginning in the issue for May 11, 1853.

"Ah, my dearest Eloise! It cannot be! It cannot be as we would love it!" "What, dearest William? In the name of mercy, what?" "I have just seen him!"

Seelin Robins. Kaam, the Arapahoe. Ca. March 21, 1867.

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 Library, no. 556.

Eastern Colorado and western Kansas. Trappers and Pawnee and Arapaho Indians on the Kansas River in 1824.

W. Gilmore Simms. The Ghost of my Husband. Ca. April 11, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 28.

Appeared originally † as 'The Maroon' in the New York Illustrated Magazine for 1847 and then under the title "Marie de Berniere" in a book published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia, in 1853. Later it was reissued by the same publishers as "The Maroon," in 1855, and as "The Ghost of My Husband" by Chapman, in the Sunnyside Series, No. 2, 1866.

A story of New Orleans.

Anonymous. Inez. A Tale of the Mexican War. Contains also The Prisoner's Adventure. Ca. May 2, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 29.

The first story appeared originally as an anonymous serial, under the title "The Young Volunteer," in the Philadelphia Dollar 'Newspaper, XVI, beginning in the issue for December 1, 1858.

P. Hamilton Myers. The First of the Knickerbockers. A Tale of 1673. May 22, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 30.

Previously published in 1848 by G. P. Putnam, and later by Chapman & Co.

Seelin Robins. The Block House. Ca. June 12, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 31; Starr's American Novels, no. 70; New Dime Novels, no. 338; Pocket Novels, no. 257.

Ohio Valley and flatboating on the river.

P. Hamilton Myers. Bell Brandon; or, The Great Kentrips Estate. A Tale of New York in 1810. July, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 32.

Also contains Heroism of a Woman. The first story was published originally as a serial in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, VIII, beginning in the issue of December 4, 1850. It was a prize story for which $200 was paid. In 1851 it was published in book form by T. B. Peterson & Brother of Philadelphia.

Edward S. Ellis. The Haunted Wood. A Legend of the Mohawk Valley in 1778. Ca. August, 1867.

†Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 33; Dime Novels, no. 190; Dime Novels, no. 376; Dime Novels, no. 630.

Previously published as No. 3, Sunnyside Series, by Chapman & Co., 1866.

†Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 33 is identical with the Chapman issue except that, in the former, pages 5 to 25 were omitted and a new first page was written and inserted. From page 26 to the end, the two are identical except that pages 82 and 83 were condensed and combined in one, and page 99 was omitted entirely. The pagination, chapter numbers, and running heads were changed throughout.

Edward S. Ellis. The Enchanted Island. Ca. September, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 34; Starr's American Novels, no. 7; Pocket Novels, no. 3; Half-Dime Library, no. 93; New Dime Novels, no. 553; Pocket Library, no. 85.

A story of mining in the San Joaquin Valley, California, in 1857-58.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 35.

Seelin Robins. The Trappers of the Gila; or, Life and Adventures in the Far Southwest. Ca. November, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 36; Starr's American Novels, no. 61; Pocket Novels, no. 84; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 212.

Life on the arid plains among Apaches and Comanches. A Yankee with a drove of sheep from Santa Fe is on his way to Lower California to establish his "Institute for the Education of Youths of Both Sexes."

            Hunters of the Ohio. Ca. December, 1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 37.

†Seelin Robins. Cherry Valley. Ca. January, †1867.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 38.

Edward S. Ellis. Westward Bound. A Tale of the Present Day. Ca. February, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 39; Starr's American Novels, no. 8; New Dime Novels, no. 540.

Opposition by Indians to the Union Pacific Railway. Advertised April 16, 1868, in the New York Weekly, by the American Novel Publishing Co.

Edward S. Ellis. Chinga, the Cheyenne. A Sequel to "Westward Bound." Ca. March, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 40; Starr's American Novels, no. 9; Pocket Novels, no. 147.

An Indian tale of the Chivington and Fort Kearney massacres.

Edwin S. Ewing. Wallowish. A Legend of the Susquehanna. Ca. April, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 41; Starr's American Novels, no. 10; Pocket Novels, no. 217; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 185.

Under the title "The Hag of Wallo-Wish," this story was originally published as a serial in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper, VII, beginning October 10, 1849. Along the Wallowish, a branch of the Susquehanna. Plotting for a fortune.

Edward S. Ellis. The Young Pioneer. Ca. May, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 42; Starr's American Novels, no. 11; Pocket Novels, no. 36; †Boy's Library, no. 38; New Dime Novels, no. 585.

William J. Osmund. Zach Smith; or, The Haunted House. Ca. June, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 43; Starr's American Novels, no. 12; Pocket Novels, no. 161; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 250.

Virginia and Washington, D. C., in 1843.

† Tribulations of a man who was married to an insane enchantress who used to haunt his guests and then come and snuggle down by his side as innocently as a child.

H. R. Millbank. Scout of the Jungle. Ca. July, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 44; Starr's American Novels, no. 13; Pocket Novels, no. 155.

Hindustan in 1857 at the time of the Sepoy rebellion and the brutal punishment by the English—"blown from the guns." Previously published as a serial by "Capt. R. Hawthorne" in the New York Weekly, beginning January 26, 1866.

Edward S. Ellis. The Steam Man of the Prairies. Ca. August, 1868.

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, nos. 271, 1156; New Dime Novels, no. 591; Pocket Library, no. 245.

An inventive St. Louis boy and his iron man among the redskins of the prairies to the west.

Edward S. Ellis. The Hut in the Forest. Ca. September, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 46; Starr's American Novels, no. 15; Pocket Novels, no. 160.

Indian and frontier story of 1794.

† This story is a reprint of 'The Forest Rangers; or, The Fugitives of the Border,' which appeared in the New York Weekly XVII, No. 44, September 9,1862, to XVIII, No. 2, December 4, 1862. It is a companion story to 14-DN by Edward S. Ellis.

Boynton Belknap. Lewis Wetzel, the Scout; or, The Captives of the Wilderness. Announced for November 12, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 47; Starr's American Novels, no. 16; Pocket Novels, no. 39; New Dime Novels, no. 536.

Previously published under the title "The Mad Captain" by Emerson Rodman, as a serial in the New York Weekly, beginning November 1, 1866.

Kentucky rangers and Indians in the Ohio Valley, after the Battle of Chillicothe.

J. H. Randolph. Kit Carson, the Scout. December, 1868.

Found in: Irwin P. Beadle's American Novels (title varies. See Abbreviations under IAN), no. 48; Starr's American Novels, no. 17; Pocket Novels, no. 37; New Dime Novels, no. 587; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 143.

Ewing Young's expedition, in 1829, from Texas to California—Robidoux expedition in 1832 from Taos to the Wintry River; Northwest Fur Co.—Captain Bridger, General Fremont, General Kearney—death of Carson.