232.
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Frederick Whittaker. Lance and Lasso; or, The Children of the Chaco.
A Tale of Four Boys' Summer Vacation on the Pampas of Buenos Ayres.
V, No. 232, August 22, 1874, to V, No. 242, October 31, 1874. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 232; Half-Dime Library, no. 150.
Followed by Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 332.
Four boys travel from New York to Argentina.
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235.
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C. Dunning Clark. Gilbert, the Guide; or, Lost in the Wilderness.
V, No. 235, September 12, 1874, to V, No. 247, December 5, 1874. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 235; Dime Library, no. 183.
The Northwest Territory in pioneer days.
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235.
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Launce † Poyntz. Dick Darling in Mexico. V, No. 235, September
12, 1874, to V, No. 241, October 24, 1874. Six illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 235; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes),
no. 384.
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237.
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Anthony P. Morris, Jr. The Beautiful Sphinx; or, The Man-Spider
of Wirthmoor. A Tale of Early St. Louis. V, No. 237, September 26,
1873, to V, No. 248, December 12, 1874. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 237; Dime Library, no. 185.
St. Louis, when it was a city of only 126,000 inhabitants. Also Cairo,
Egypt, and London.
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240.
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Oll Coomes. Dakota Dan, the Reckless Ranger; or, The Bee-Hunter's
Excursion. V, No. 240, October 17, 1874, to V, No. 247, December 5,
1874. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 240; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 20; Dime Library, no. 43.
Companion story to Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title
changes), no. 266 and Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title
changes), no. 324.
Keya Paha river Niobrara settlement Yankton Sioux
Black Hills.
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243.
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Mrs. May Agnes Fleming. An Awful Mystery; or, Sybil Campbell, the
Queen of the Isle. V, No. 243, November 7, 1874, to V, No. 257, February
13, 1875. Two illustrations.
Found in: Twenty-five Cent Novels, no. 1; Saturday Journal/Star
Journal (various title changes), no. 243; Cheap Edition of Popular
Authors, no. 4.
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245.
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Albert W. Aiken. Injun Dick; or, The Death Shot of Shasta. V,
No. 245, November 21, 1874, to VI, No. 264, April 3, 1875. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 245; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 4; Dime Library, no. 36;
Dime Library, no. 996.
The fourth Dick Talbot story. Death on a pale horse Cinnabar
City the haunted mine Yuba William in the calaboose
Lo, the poor Indian behind the jail death of Talbot.
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248.
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Mrs. E. F. Ellet. Alida Barrett, the Sewing Girl; or, The Door in
the Heart. V, No. 248, December 12, 1874, to VI, No. 263, March 27,
1875. Three illustrations.
Found in: Belles and Beaux, no. 1; Saturday Journal/Star Journal
(various title changes), no. 248; Fireside Library, no. 52; Beadle's
Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 550.
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252.
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George L. Aiken. False Faces; or, The Man without a Name. V,
No. 252, January 9, 1875, to VI, No. 271, May 22, 1875. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 252; Dime Library, no. 102.
New York and Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1873.
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255.
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Joseph E. Badger, Jr. Old Bull's Eye, the Lightning Shot of the
Plains. V, No. 255, January 30, 1875, to VI, No. 267, April 24, 1875.
Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 255; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 29; Dime Library, no. 45;
Dime Library, no. 1043.
New Mexico. Description of a prairie fire. Outlaws, Cayugas, etc.
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257.
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May Agnes Fleming. The Rival Brothers; or, The Wronged Wife's Hate.
V, No. 257, February 13, 1875, to VI, No. 272, May 29, 1875. Three illustrations.
Found in: Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novels, no. 1; Saturday
Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 257; Girls of
Today, no. 15; Cheap Edition of Popular Authors, no. 12.
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258.
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C. Dunning Clark. The Snow Hunters; or, Winter in the Woods.
V, No. 258, February 20, 1875, to VI, No. 267, April 24, 1875. No illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 258; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 44; Boy's Library (octavo
edition), no. 56.
Winter sport in Canada.
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260.
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Frederick Whittaker. The Dumb Page; or, The Doge's Daughter.
V, No. 260, March 6, 1875, to VI, No. 267, April 24, 1875. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 260; Half-Dime Library, no. 29; Pocket Library, no.
84.
A romance of Venice.
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262.
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Jennie Davis Burton. The Terrible Truth; or, The Thornhurst Mystery.
VI, No. 262, March 20, 1875, to VI, No. 277, July 3, 1875. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 262; Fireside Library, no. 66; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 186.
The Cape Cod coast, 1869-73. A false friend a murder
the wrong man accused retribution.
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264.
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Albert W. Aiken. Overland Kit; or, The Idyl of White Pine. VI,
No. 264, April 3, 1875, to VI, No. 281, July 31, 1875. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 68; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 264; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 1; Dime Library, no. 33;
Dime Library, no. 976.
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266.
|
Oll Coomes. Red Rob, the Boy Road Agent. VI, No. 266, April
17, 1875, to VI, No. 279, July 17, 1875. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 266; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 21; Dime Library, no. 51.
Kiowa and Arapaho Indians, soldiers, road agents, etc. James H. Miller,
Indian agent, is one of the actors. Events take place in Mexico, the San
Juan Valley in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. This is the
second Dan Rackback tale, and is a companion story to Saturday Journal/Star
Journal (various title changes), no. 240 and Saturday Journal/Star
Journal (various title changes), no. 324.
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269.
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May Agnes Fleming. Victoria; or, The Heiress of Castle Cliffe.
VI, No. 269; May 8, 1875, to VI, No. 290, October 2, 1875. Two illustrations.
Found in: Twenty-five Cent Novels, no. 4; Saturday Journal/Star
Journal (various title changes), no. 269; Cheap Edition of Popular
Authors, no. 6.
A love story of London and "Cliftonlea," a cathedral town.
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271.
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Philip S. Warne. Tiger Dick; or, The Cashier's Crime. A Tale of
a Man's Hate and a Woman's Faith. VI, No. 271, May 22, 1875, to VI,
No. 289, September 25, 1875. Five illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 271; Dime Library, no. 29.
A Mississippi River city. Love and revenge forgery bank
robbery almost a lynching. Rogues fall out and Tiger Dick pays
the penalty.
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276.
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Prentiss Ingraham. The Flying Yankee; or, The Ocean Outcast.
VI, No. 276, June 26, 1875, to VI, No. 284, August 21, 1875. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 276; Half-Dime Library, no. 7; Pocket Library, no. 3;
Half-Dime Library, no. 1025.
The New England coast and the Gulf of Mexico during the War with England
in 1812.
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278.
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Joseph E. Badger. Yellowstone Jack; or, The Trappers of the Enchanted
Ground. VI, No. 278, July 10, 1875, to VI, No. 286, September 4, 1875.
Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 278; Half-Dime Library, no. 2; Pocket Library, no. 13;
Half-Dime Library, no. 1121.
Trappers and Blackfoot Indians in the Yellowstone country.
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278.
|
George L. Aiken. Leaves from an Actor's Life; or, Recollections
of Plays and Players. VI, No. 278, July 10, 1875, to VI, No. 292,
October 16, 1875. No illustrations.
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281.
|
Mrs. E. F. Ellet. Love in a Maze; or, The Debutante's Disenchantment.
VI, No. 281, July 31, 1875, to VI, No. 295, November 6, 1875. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 281; Cheap Edition of Popular Authors, no. 11; Fireside
Library, no. 50.
A New York City love story of 186 - .
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284.
|
Oll Coomes. Idaho Tom, the Outlaw of Silverland; or, The Hunters
of the Wild West. VI, No. 284, August 21, 1875, to VI, No. 296, November
13, 1875. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 284; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 11; Dime Library, no. 48.
Gold-hunters, trappers, etc., in Virginia City, Nevada, Lake Tahoe,
etc.
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287.
|
Buffalo Bill (Hon. Wm. F. Cody). Deadly-Eye, the Unknown Scout.
VI, No. 287, September 11, 1875, to VI, No. 293, October 23, 1875. Three
illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 287; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 27; Half-Dime Library,
no. 55; Pocket Library, no. 39.
The Kansas prairies wagon trains Sioux, outlaws, etc.
love and hate.
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290.
|
May Agnes Fleming. Ermine; or, The Gipsy Queen's Vow. VI, No.
290, October 2, 1875, to VII, No. 313, March 11, 1876. Three illustrations.
Found in: Twenty-five Cent Novels, no. 3; Saturday Journal/Star
Journal (various title changes), no. 290; Cheap Edition of Popular
Authors, no. 10.
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293.
|
Buffalo Bill. The Prairie Rover; or, The Robin Hood of the Border.
VI, No. 293, October 23, 1875, to VI, No. 297, November 20, 1875.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title
changes), no. 293; Half-Dime Library, no. 68; Pocket Library,
no. 52.
Louisiana and the prairie to the west. Outlaws, soldiers, scouts, and
Indians.
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295.
|
Captain J. F. C. Adams. Nick Whiffles' Pet; or, Ned Hazel, the Boy
Trapper. VI, No. 295, November 6, 1875, to VI, No. 309, February 12, 1876.
Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 46; plus Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 52; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 295; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 28; Half-Dime Library,
no. 54; plus Half-Dime Library, no. 56; Pocket Library,
no. 38; plus Pocket Library, no. 40; Half-Dime Library,
no. 1152 plus Half-Dime Library, no. 1133.
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296.
|
Joseph E. Badger. Pacific Pete, the Prince of the Revolver.
VI, No. 296, November 13, 1875, to VI, No. 307, January 29, 1876. Two
illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 296; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 18; Dime Library, no. 47.
A tale of a California mining town in 1850-51.
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298.
|
Mrs. Mary Reed Crowell. Vials of Wrath; or, The Grave Between Them.
VI, No. 298, November 27, 1875, to VII, No. 322, May 13, 1876. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 298; Cheap Edition of Popular Authors, no. 14; Fireside
Library, no. 47.
Having discovered that his wife had been married previously and then
divorced, a husband leaves her for seventeen years. Locale: a few hours
distance up the Hudson.
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301.
|
Oll Coomes. Happy Harry, the Wild Boy of the Woods; or, The Pirates
of the Northern Lakes. VI, No. 301, December 18, 1875, to VI, No.
312, March 4, 1876. Five illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 301; Dime Library, no. 137; Dime Library, no. 1064.
Americans against the British and the Huron Indians in the War of 1812.
Locale: The vicinity of Lake St. Clair, Michigan.
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306.
|
Joseph E. Badger. Jack Rabbit, the Prairie Sport; or, The Wolf Children
of the Llano Estacado. VI, No. 306, January 22, 1876, to VII, No.
317, April 8, 1876. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 306; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 31; Dime Library, no. 50.
New Mexico and the staked plains, Texas.
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309.
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George L. Aiken. Fergus Fearnaught; or, Our New York Boys. A Story
of the Byways and Thoroughfares by Daylight and Gaslight. VI, No.
309, February 12, 1876, to VII, No. 322, May 13, 1876. Four illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 309; Half-Dime Library, no. 261; Pocket Library, no.
224.
New York City, Blackwell's Island, etc. A street gamin who could not
be tempted to do anything dishonorable, finds his wealthy mother.
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310.
|
Louis Legrand. The Men of '76. VI, No. 310, February 19, 1876, to
VI, No. 340, September 16, 1876. No illustrations. Separate sketches,
published weekly, of Knox, Moultrie, Wayne, Schuyler, DeKalb, Marion,
Franklin, Henry, et al.
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313.
|
Margaret Leicester. A True Knight; or, Trust Her Not. VII, No.
313, March 11, 1876, to VII, No. 323, May 20, 1876. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 313; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 16; Waverley Library (octavo
edition), no. 22.
A woman, believing her husband dead, marries again but conceals her
crippled son. She writes a confession but when she dies this and her will
are concealed in her coffin by a girl who wishes to marry the widower.
Trouble results, but an artist an amateur detective straightens
things out.
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315.
|
Buffalo Bill. Kansas King; or, The Red Right Hand. VII, No.
315, March 25, 1876, to VII, No. 324, May 27, 1876. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 315; Half-Dime Library, no. 3; Pocket Library, no. 2;
Half-Dime Library, no. 1038.
Trappers, Sioux, and settlers in the Black Hills in 1866 and 1876.
|
318.
|
William Mason Turner. The Masked Miner; or, The Iron-Merchant's
Daughter. VII, No. 318, April 15, 1876, to VII, No. 329, July 1, 1876.
Five illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 15; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 318; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes),
no. 398; Dime Library, no. 917.
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321.
|
Anthony P. Morris. The Cross of Carlyon; or, The Lady of Lochwood.
A Romance of Baltimore. VII, No. 321, May 6, 1876, to VII, No. 322,
July 22, 1876. One illustration.
Baltimore and vicinity in 1859 and 1874. A beautiful woman who had
been hanged but escaped, comes into her inheritance. Upon her death, she
leaves her daughter, a girl of nine, to the guardianship of her young
lover. The child's wicked father appears on the scene and the nurse flees
with the child. After fifteen years, the young guardian clears the mother's
name of the crime for which she had been hanged, and marries the daughter.
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322.
|
T. C. Harbaugh. Nick o' the Night; or, The Boy Spy of '76. A Centennial
Story. VII, No. 322, May 13, 1876, to VII, No. 328, June 24, 1876.
Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 322; Half-Dime Library, no. 23; Pocket Library, no.
12; Half-Dime Library, no. 1124.
Marion, the Swamp Fox, in South Carolina, in 1781.
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323.
|
Prentiss Ingraham. Without a Heart; or, Walking on the Brink. A
Story of Life's Sunshine and Shadow. VII, No. 323, May 20, 1876, to
VII, No. 333, July 29, 1876. Two illustrations, one of which is a portrait
of Colonel Ingraham.
Found in: Girls of Today, no. 25 (unfinished), Saturday Journal/Star
Journal (various title changes), no. 323; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 26; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 13.
A duel an accusation of murder a girl in boy's clothing
another duel a convent.
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324.
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Oll Coomes. Old Dan Rackback, the Great Extarminator; or, The Triangle's
Last Trail. VII, No. 324, May 27, 1876, to VII, No. 339, September
9, 1876. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 324; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 22; Dime Library, no. 44.
Locale: The Black Hills. Kit Bandy and the Triangle Dan Rackback,
Patience his mare, and Humility his dog. The death of Dan.
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327.
|
May Agnes Fleming. The Veiled Sorceress; or, LaMasque, the Midnight
Queen. VII, No. 327, June 17, 1876, to VII, No. 340, September 16,
1876. Three illustrations. In Number 328 and following, the title reads
"LaMasque, the Veiled Sorceress; or, The Midnight Queen."
Found in: Starr's Fifteen Cent Illustrated Novel, no. 7; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 327.
A romance of London, during the great plague of 1666.
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330.
|
Corinne Cushman. Black Eyes and Blue; or, The Perils of Beauty and
the Power of Purity. A Tale of Country and City. VII, No. 330, July
8, 1876, to VII, No. 341, September 23, 1876. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 330; Cheap Edition of Popular Authors, no. 18; Fireside
Library, no. 37; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 172.
New Hampshire, New York City, Germany and France. A mistake in getting
married.
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332.
|
Frederick Whittaker. The Sword Hunters; or, The Land of the Elephant
Riders. A Sequel to "Lance and Lasso." VII, No. 332, July 22, 1876,
to VII, No. 339, September 9, 1876. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 332; Half-Dime Library, no. 154; Pocket Library, no.
230.
Preceded by Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 232.
The Mediterranean, Algiers, Cairo, and up the Nile. A Rider Haggardish
story. Tom marries the native queen of the Hidden Country.
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335.
|
Joseph E. Badger. Little Volcano, the Boy Miner; or, The Pirates
of the Placers. VII, No. 335, August 12, 1876, to VII, No. 346, October
28, 1876. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 335; Dime Library, no. 28; Dime Library, no. 1040.
A Murieta tale. Murieta's vengeance for an unjust whipping. Early California,
about 1850.
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338.
|
William Mason Turner, M.D. Under the Surface; or, Murder Will Out.
A Story of Philadelphia. VII, No. 338, September 2, 1876, to VII,
No. 349, November 18, 1876. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 338; Fireside Library, no. 82; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 168.
Date: about 185 - . Gloucester and Philadelphia. Love and murder.
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339.
|
C. Dunning Clark. Yankee Boys in Ceylon; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway.
VII, No. 339, September 9, 1876, to VII, No. 360, February 3, 1877. No
illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 339; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 6; Boy's Library (octavo
edition), no. 97; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title
changes), no. 660.
Ceylon, Indian Ocean, Colombo.
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340.
|
Corinne Cushman. Brave Barbara; or, First Love or No Love. A Story
of a Wayward Heart. VII, No. 340, September 16, 1876, to VII, No.
351, December 2, 1876. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 340; Cheap Edition of Popular Authors, no. 21; Fireside
Library, no. 38.
New York and London. Love story.
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341.
|
Buffalo Bill (Hon. Wm. F. Cody). The Phantom Spy; or, The Pilot
of the Prairie. VII, No. 341, September 23, 1876, to VII, No. 349,
November 18, 1876. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 341; Half-Dime Library, no. 19; Pocket Library, no.
6; Half-Dime Library, no. 1029.
Robbers, Indians, etc., somewhere on the plains in 1844.
|
342.
|
Louis Legrand. Great Adventurers. VII, No. 342, September 30,
1876, to VII, No. 354, December 23, 1876. No illustrations.
A series of separate sketches of Columbus, Cortez, Pizarro, De Soto,
Vespucci, Cabot, John Smith, Raleigh, Hudson, etc.
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345.
|
Joseph E. Badger. Big George, the Giant of the Gulch; or, The Five
Outlaw Brothers. VII, No. 345, October 21, 1876, to VII, No. 357, January 13, 1877. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 345; Dime Library, no. 88.
California, about 1852. Vengeance for the death of Joaquin Murieta.
A story about a group of gymnasts.
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348.
|
Texas Jack. Rifle and Tomahawk. Ned Wylde, the Boy Scout. VII,
No. 348, November 11, 1876, to VII, No. 354, December 23, 1876. Three
illustrations, including a portrait of Texas Jack.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 348; Starr's Ten Cent Pocket Library, no. 6; Half-Dime Library,
no. 38; Pocket Library, no. 9; Half-Dime Library, no. 1059.
With General Crook in the Big Horn Mountains. An "Old Solitary" story.
|
349.
|
Grace Mortimer. Three Links in Love's Chain. VII, No. 349, November
18, 1876, to VII, No. 352, December 9, 1876. One illustration.
Stokington, England. Two lasses that loved a sailor. The deception
of one causes the other to lose two lovers. The sailor becomes "Dare-the-Devil,"
but a donation to charity by his former sweetheart changes his heart,
and all ends well.
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349.
|
Oll Coomes. Adrift on the Prairie; or, The Adventures of Four Young
Nimrods. VII, No. 349, November 18, 1876, to VII, No. 360, February
3, 1877. No illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various
title changes), no. 349; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 14; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 18;
Wall Lake, Iowa, in 1875.
|
351.
|
Corinne Cushman. The Hunted Bride; or, Wedded but not Won. VII,
No. 351, December 2, 1876, to VII, No. 359, January 27, 1877. Two illustrations.
Found in: Starr's Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 2; Saturday Journal/Star
Journal (various title changes), no. 351; Cheap Edition of Popular
Authors, no. 23; Fireside Library, no. 41.
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353.
|
Oll Coomes. Sure Shot Seth, the Boy Rifleman; or, The Young Patriots
of the North. VII, No. 353, December 16, 1876, to VIII, No. 367, March
24, 1877. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 353; Half-Dime Library, no. 134; Pocket Library, no.
70; Half-Dime Library, no. 1065.
Indians and scouts in Minnesota during the troubles of 1862.
|
355.
|
Louis Legrand. Great Captains. VII, No. 355, December 30, 1876,
to VIII, No. 368, March 31, 1877. No illustrations.
A series of sketches of The Iron Duke, Bl.ucher, Nelson, Blake, Bolivar,
Ney, Drake, Frederick the Great, et al.
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355.
|
Grace Mortimer. The Red Cross; or, The Mystery of Warren-Guilderland.
VII, No. 355, December 30, 1876, to VIII, No. 375, May 19, 1877. Five
illustrations.
A story of one of the thirty shekels which Judas Iscariot received
and which passed through various hands for many generations, always leaving
a curse behind it.
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355.
|
Charles Morris. Nobody's Boy; or, The Stolen Child. VII, No.
355, December 30, 1876, to VIII, No. 365, March 10, 1877. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 355; Half-Dime Library, no. 126; Pocket Library, no.
74.
From Toledo, Ohio, through Kansas, Utah, and Nevada to San Francisco.
An heiress is kidnapped by the next of kin.
|
359.
|
Margaret Blount. Winning Ways; or, Kitty Atherton's Heart. VII,
No. 359, January 27, 1877, to VIII, No. 369, April 7, 1877. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 359; Cheap Edition of Popular Authors, no. 24; Fireside
Library, no. 42; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 155.
Originally published by Frederic Brady.
The story of a broken life, Southampton, England.
|
362.
|
Colonel Delle Sara. Silver Sam; or, The Mystery of Deadwood City.
VII, No. 362, February 17, 1877, to VIII, No. 379, June 16, 1877. Three
illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 362; Twenty Cent Novels, no. 32; Dime Library, no. 53.
The Black Hills in the 1870's.
|
365.
|
Charles Morris. The Gamin Detective; or, Wilful Will, the Boy Clerk.
A Story of the Centennial City. VIII, No. 365, March 10, 1877, to
VIII, No. 373, May 5, 1877. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 365; Half-Dime Library, no. 118; Pocket Library, no.
62.
A Philadelphia detective story.
|
367.
|
Corinne Cushman. The Girl Rivals; or, The War of Hearts. VIII,
No. 367, March 24, 1877, to VIII, No. 378, June 9, 1877. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 367; Fireside Library, no. 9; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 147.
Boston and vicinity.
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370.
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Prentiss Ingraham. The Cretan Rover; or, Zuleikah, the Beautiful.
A Romance of the Crescent and the Cross. VIII, No. 370, April 14,
1877, to VIII, No. 381, June 30, 1877. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 370; Dime Library, no. 85; (Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly
(various title changes), no. 756; unfinished when Beadle's Weekly/Banner
Weekly ended), Dime Library, no. 970.
The Isle of Crete. The Turk took the hero's sweetheart and now wants
his daughter.
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372.
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Mrs. Mary Reed Crowell. Sowing the Wind; or, The Price She Paid.
VIII, No. 372, April 28, 1877, to VIII, No. 386, August 4, 1877. Three
illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 372; Fireside Library, no. 23.
New York City and vicinity. A girl flees from her husband and after
a railroad wreck, changes identity with a dead girl from South America.
The crime seems to change her entire character and she finally ends a
suicide.
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375.
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Oll Coomes. The Giant Rifleman; or, Wild Life in the Lumber Region.
VIII, No. 375, May 19, 1877, to VIII, No, 388, August 18, 1877. Three
illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 375; Dime Library, no. 99.
Near South Haven, Michigan, in frontier days. Captain Spencer, the
counterfeiter, was a real person; Old Wolverine's true name was Bergett.
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378.
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Rett Winwood. A Girl's Heart; or, Dr. Fremaine's Wooing. VIII,
No. 378, June 9, 1877, to VIII, No. 387, August 11, 1877. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 378; Fireside Library, no. 29; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 157.
Mystery regarding a girl's parentage, love under difficulties, and
a murdered man.
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380.
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Albert W. Aiken. The Velvet Hand; or, The Iron Grip of Injun Dick.
A Wild Story of the Cinnibar Mines. VIII, No. 380, June 23, 1877,
to VIII, No. 393, September 22, 1877. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 380; Dime Library, no. 38; Dime Library, no. 999.
Dick Talbot, redivivus. The fifth Talbot story. On Shasta above Cinnabar
City. Velvet Hand and Blanche del Colma are married.
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380.
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Launce Poyntz. Schamyl, the Captive Prince; or, The Cossack Envoy.
A Story of Russian Life and Adventure. VIII, No. 380, June 23, 1877,
to VIII, No. 389, August 25, 1877. No illustrations.
Adventures of a young American journalist on a secret mission to the
East during the war between Russia and Turkey. The secret spy system of
Russia is revealed. Schamyl is a captive Circassian prince.
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383.
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Charles Morris. Detective Dick; or, The Hero in Rags. VIII,
No. 383, July 14, 1877, to VIII, No. 393, September 22, 1877. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 383; Half-Dime Library, no. 130; Pocket Library, no.
69.
Philadelphia and vicinity.
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385.
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Seeley Regester. A Woman's Hand; or, The Mystery of Meredith Place.
VIII, No. 385, July 28, 1877, to VIII, No. 399, November 3, 1877.
Two illustrations, Fifty Cent Books.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 385; Fireside Library, no. 46.
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387.
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Agile Penne. The Bouquet Girl; or, Half a Million Dollars. VIII,
No. 387, August 11, 1877, to VIII, No. 399, November 3, 1877. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 387;Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 30; Waverley Library (octavo
edition), no. 42; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title
changes), no. 482; Dime Library, no. 940.
New York City. "And I don't sell my kisses." A half a million that
took wings.
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389.
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Grace Mortimer. The Bitter Secret; or, The Heart of Gold. VIII,
No. 389, August 25, 1877, to VIII, No. 403, December 1, 1877. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 389; Fireside Library, no. 61; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 182.
New York and England, 187 - . Wife and daughter abandoned in America
by a wealthy Englishman who goes back to his own country, leaving his
wife to starve. The daughter goes to England to seek revenge.
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390.
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C. Dunning Clark. The Flyaway Afloat; or, Yankee Boys 'Round the
World. VIII, No. 390, September 1, 1877, to VIII, No. 400, November
10, 1877. No illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 390; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 8; Boy's Library (octavo
edition), no. 102.
Sumatra, Batavia, Borneo, Australia, Sandwich Islands.
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391.
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Joseph E. Badger. The Californians; or, The Rivals of the Valley
of Gold. A Romance of Feather River. VIII, No. 391, September 8, 1877,
to VIII, No. 403, December 1, 1877. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 391; Dime Library, no. 30; Dime Library, no. 1041.
California in 1854. Gospel George, referring to Fiery Fred, said he
didn't care much if only he "could git one squar' up an' down lick at
him only one."
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394.
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Colonel Delle Sara. The Scarlet Captain; or, The Prisoner of the
Tower. A Story of Heroism. VIII, No. 394, September 29, 1877, to VIII,
No. 406, December 22, 1877. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 394; Dime Library, no. 87.
The Turks against the Montenegrins in 1876.
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394.
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Max Marline. Adventures in the North-West. VIII, No. 394, September
29, 1877, to VIII, No. 405, December 15, 1877. No illustrations.
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397.
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Wm. Mason Turner, M.D. Margoun, the Strange; or, Gilbert Grayling's
Young Wife. VIII, No. 397, October 20, 1877, to VIII, No. 408, January
5, 1878. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 397; Fireside Library, no. 62; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 235; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title
changes), no. 655.
Gilbert Grayling, sixty years old, marries a young wife whose past
will not bear investigating. She murders her husband and eventually poisons
herself.
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400.
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Albert W. Aiken. Gold Dan; or, The White Savage of the Great Salt
Lake. A Terrible Tale of the Danites of Mormon Land. VIII, No. 400,
November 10, 1877, to VIII, No. 411, January 26, 1878. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 400; Dime Library, no. 41; Dime Library, no. 1003.
The sixth Dick Talbot story. Salt Lake City, Mormons, etc.
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401.
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Launce Poyntz. Woods and Waters; or, The Rambles of the Littleton
Gun Club. VIII, No. 401, November 17, 1877, to VIII, No. 412, February
2, 1878. No illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 401; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 12; Boy's Library (octavo
edition), no. 24.
Hunting small game in New York state, near West Point.
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403.
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Grace Halpine. A Heart History; or, Blind Barbara's Secret.
VIII, No. 403, December 1, 1877, to VIII, No. 413, February 9, 1878. Two
illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 403; Fireside Library, no. 60; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 170.
Connecticut and New York City and vicinity. Who was her father?
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405.
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Charles Morris. The Boss Boy; or, The Mystery of the Strongbow.
VIII, No. 405, December 15, 1877, to VIII, No. 413, February 9, 1878.
Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 405; Half-Dime Library, no. 122; Pocket Library, no.
93.
New York City, and aboard the "Strongbow" in the bay.
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405.
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Mayne Reid. The Helpless Hand. A Tale of Backwoods Retribution.
VIII, No. 405, December 15, 1877. Complete in one double number. One illustration.
Found in: Dime Novels, no. 141; New and Old Friends, new
series, no. 2; Dime Novels, no. 373; Saturday Journal/Star Journal
(various title changes), no. 405; Half-Dime Library, no. 137; Dime
Novels, no. 624; Pocket Library, no. 112.
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408.
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Rett Winwood. Wife or Widow? or, Ethelind Erie's Enemy. VIII,
No. 408, January 5, 1878, to IX, No. 419, March 23, 1878. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 408; Fireside Library, no. 63; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 236; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title
changes), no. 476.
An attempted-murder mystery story. A girl who doesn't want to marry
her guardian, whom she loves, but who is in love with a memory
a gambling grandson a murder most foul poisoned
light at last.
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410.
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Oll Coomes. Silver Star, the Boy Knight. A Prairie Romance.
VIII, No. 410, January 19, 1878, to IX, No. 420, March 30, 1878. Three
illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 410; Half-Dime Library, no. 146; Half-Dime Library,
no. 1061.
Dakota prairies in 187 - . Kit Bandy, scouts, outlaws, Indians, balloonists,
and detectives.
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412.
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Corinne Cushman. Madcap, the Little Quakeress; or, The Naval Cadet's
Wooing. VIII, No. 412, February 2, 1878, to IX, No. 423, April 20,
1878. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 412; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 13.
Philadelphia story. A wealthy man, for some unknown reason, disinherits
his daughter Ethel and leaves his wealth to his niece. Ethel's lover transfers
his affections to the latter. Evelyn, a lawyer's clerk, eventually solves
the mystery by the aid of Coralie, the Quaker girl, who simulates ghostly
voices and obtains a confession from a former nurse. Ethel comes into
her own.
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413.
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Launce Poyntz. Post and Plain; or, Rifle and Revolver in the Buffalo
Range. VIII, No. 413, February 9, 1878, to IX, No. 421, April 6, 1878.
No illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 413; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 18; Boy's Library (octavo
edition), no. 43.
North Dakota on the Missouri River Texas.
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414.
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Joseph E. Badger. Happy Jack and Pard; or, The White Chief of the
Sioux. VIII, No. 414, February 16, 1878, to IX, No. 419, March 23,
1878. Four illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 414; Dime Library, no. 40; Dime Library, no. 985.
Kidnapped by Sioux; ill feeling between soldiers and scout. Locale:
"Fort Western," Wyoming.
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417.
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Mrs. E. F. Ellet. Lady Helen's Vow; or, The Mother's Secret.
IX, No. 417, March 9, 1878, to IX, No. 432, June 22, 1878. Four illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 417; Fireside Library, no. 68; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 159.
Scotland and London smugglers and revenue officers lords
and ladies an unwilling bride a murder.
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418.
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Louis Legrand and Mrs. E. F. Ellet. Typical Women. IX, No. 418,
March 16, 1878, to IX, No. 445, September 21, 1878. No illustrations.
A series of independent sketches, the authors alternating, of Cleopatra,
Mrs. Gaines, Zenobia, Grace Greenwood, Elizabeth, Fanny Fern, Joan of
Arc, Jenny Lind, Josephine, Charlotte Cushman, et al.
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420.
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Albert W. Aiken. Joe Phenix, the Police Spy. IX, No. 420, March
30, 1878, to IX, No. 434, July 6, 1878. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 420; Dime Library, no. 79.
Gilbert Barlee, falsely imprisoned, supposedly dies in Sing Sing, but
actually becomes the police spy "Joe Phenix," in New York City, about
the year 1875. Melodrama to freeze your young blood.
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421.
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C. Dunning Clark. The Diamond Hunters; or, Adrift in Brazil.
IX, No. 421, April 6, 1878, to IX, No. 431, June 15, 1878. No illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 421; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 283.
Sentenced to the diamond mines of Brazil a jaguar hunt
a big diamond.
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423.
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"A Parson's Daughter." The Pretty Puritan; or, The Mystery of the
Torn Envelope. IX, No. 423, April 20, 1878, to IX, No. 432, June 22,
1878. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 423; Fireside Library, no. 56; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 174.
Locale: Mostly in New York and New Jersey, with Chicago, St. Louis,
and Philadelphia to less extent. A young girl, on her wedding trip, elopes
with a former husband. A torn envelope, left in a hotel bureau drawer,
is the due by which she is eventually found.
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426.
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William F. Cody. Lost Lulu; or, The Prairie Cavalier. A Romance of
Love and Life in a Frontier Fort. IX, No. 426, May 11, 1878, to IX,
No. 438, August 3, 1878. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 426; Dime Library, no. 52.
Texas, in the days of Cortina.
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429.
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Prentiss Ingraham. The Pirate Prince; or, Pretty Nelly, the Queen
of the Isle. IX, No. 429, June 1, 1878, to IX, No. 445, September
21, 1878. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 429; Dime Library, no. 89; Dime Library, no. 1049.
Pirate island in the Caribbean Sea Havana and adjacent waters.
Time: early nineteenth century.
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431.
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Garry Gaines. The Journal of a Coquette. IX, No. 431, June 15,
1878, to XI, No. 442, August 31, 1878. No illustrations.
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431.
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Corinne Cushman. Pretty and Proud; or, The Gold-Bug of Frisco. A
Story of a Girl's Folly. IX, No. 431, June 15, 1878, to IX, No. 443,
September 7, 1878. Three illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 431; Fireside Library, no. 75; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 190.
New York and New Jersey. A motherless girl, living with her aunt, marries
an English lord and eventually falls heir to her father's five
millions. How did the lord know she was an heiress?
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432.
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Mary Grace Halpine. The Rejected Heart; or, The Rival Cousins.
IX, No. 432, June 22, 1878, to IX, No. 439, August 10, 1878. One illustration.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 432; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 19; Waverley Library (octavo
edition), no. 10.
Concord, Connecticut rival cousins a murder and a false
accusation.
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432.
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C. Dunning Clark. Tenting in the North Woods; or, The Chase of the
Great White Stag. IX, No. 432, June 22, 1878, to IX, No. 441, August
24, 1878. No illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 432; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 28; Boy's Library (octavo
edition), no. 34.
Adventures in the New York wilderness.
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434.
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Philip S. Warne. Elegant Egbert; or, The Gloved Hand. A Mississippi
River Romance. IX, No. 434, July 6, 1878, to IX, No. 447, October
5, 1878. Two illustrations.
Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes),
no. 434; Fireside Library, no. 67; Waverley Library (quarto
edition), no. 204; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title
changes), no. 470; Dime Library, no. 1032.
St. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans, and the Mississippi River in 185 -
.
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