436.

Buckskin Sam (Maj. S. S. Hall). Wild Will, the Mad Ranchero; or, The Terrible Texans. A Romance of Kit Carson, Jr., and Big Foot Wallace's Long Trail. IX, No. 436, July 20, 1878, to IX, No. 448, October 12, 1878. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 436; Dime Library, no. 90.

Texas in early days. Cortina's raid. Kit Carson — Big Foot Wallace — Marshal Jack Hodge — Comanches and rangers.

438.

"A Parson's Daughter." Whom Will She Marry? or, Beth Foss, the Parson's Daughter. IX, No. 438, August 3, 1878, to IX, No. 452, November 9, 1878. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 438; Fireside Library, no. 71.

New England, New York, and Switzerland. The parson's wife dies away from home in a fisherman's cottage, leaving a daughter, Bethel. An orphan girl becomes nurse to a rich man (the father of the parson's wife), and on his death she palms herself off as his daughter and inherits his wealth. Exposed at last.

441.

Anthony P. Morris. Franz, the French Detective; or, The Bride of Paris. A Thrilling Story of the French Commune. IX, No. 441, August 24, 1878, to IX, No. 451, November 2, 1878. Four illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 441; Dime Library, no. 100.

Paris during the Commune in 1871.

445.

Albert W. Aiken. The Winning Oar; or, The Innkeeper's Daughter. A Story of Boston and of Cambridge, of the College Boys of Harvard, etc. IX, No. 445, September 21, 1878, to IX, No. 458, December 21, 1878. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 445; Dime Library, no. 91.

A boat race between Yale and Harvard, and a villainous plot.

446.

Mayne Reid. The Lamb and the Wolf; or, The Heiress of Llangorren Court. IX, No. 446, September 28, 1878, to X, No. 469, March 8, 1879. No illustrations.

Along the Wye River, at Tinturn Abbey, and in Hereford, England. A girl's fight for life, honor and love.

448.

Joseph E. Badger. Equality Eph, the Outlaw of the Chaparral; or, Sport and Peril in Texas. IX, No. 448, October 12, 1878, to IX, No. 459, December 28, 1878. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 448; Dime Library, no. 64; Dime Library, no. 1044.

San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity, early in the nineteenth century. Mysterious deaths without sign of wound or report of gun.

450.

Edward L. Wheeler. Wild Western Tales. IX, No. 450, October 26, 1878, to IX, No. 454, November 23, 1878. No illustrations.

Various short stories of the Wild West.

451.

Corinne Cushman. A Wild Girl; or, Love's Glamour. A Romance of Brooklyn Heights. IX, No. 451, November 2, 1878, to IX, No. 463, January 25, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 451; Fireside Library, no. 48; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 151.

New York City, Brooklyn, Newport, and Europe. A willful girl, a real count, and a bogus count. The girl is married to the latter by fraud, but he dies and she gets her real count at last.

454.

Anthony P. Morris. The Man of Steel; or, The Masked Knight of the White Plume. IX, No. 454, November 23, 1878, to IX, No. 465, February 8, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 454; Dime Library, no. 167.

Paris in 1794. Castle de Cosgnac, secret passages and panels, and a damsel called "Pearline" whose wonderous beauty stopped an execution.

455.

Philip S. Warne. Mississippi River Life in '56. A Series of Western Character Sketches. IX, No. 455, November 30, 1878, to IX, No. 464, February 1, 1879. No illustrations.

457.

Prentiss Ingraham. Merle, the Mutineer; or, The Brand of the Red Anchor. A Romance of Sunny Lands and Blue Waters. IX, No. 457, December 14, 1878, to X, No. 482, June 7, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 457; Dime Library, no. 103.

Companion story to Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 489.

Early nineteenth century, after the War of 1812. Pirate story of adventures in the Gulf States, Cuba, Mexico, and adjacent waters.

460.

Albert W. Aiken. The Fresh of Frisco; or, The Heiress of Buenaventura. A Story of Southern California. IX, No. 460, January 4, 1879, to X, No. 475, April 19, 1879. Four illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 460; Dime Library, no. 77; Dime Library, no. 1048.

Mining camp in southern California, 1850.

460.

Rett Winwood. A Bride at Sixteen; or, The Gulf Between Them. IX, No. 460, January 4, 1879, to X, No. 472, March 29, 1879. One illustration.

The story of a young wife, wronged by a haughty sister's machinations, and of three girls' fortunes.

464.

Bracebridge Hemyng. Dick Darling; or, The Pet of the Family. IX, No. 464, February 1, 1879, to X, No. 469, March 8, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 464; Half-Dime Library, no. 89; Pocket Library, no. 75.

Jersey City, 1873.

465.

C. Dunning Clark. Walt Ferguson's Cruise. A Tale of the Antarctic Sea. IX, No. 465, February 8, 1879, to X, No. 475, April 19, 1879. No illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 465; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 30; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 42; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 510.

Dirty work aboard ship. Slaughter of seals in the Antarctic, a burning ship and a mutiny.

466.

Mayne Reid. El Capitan; or, The Queen of the Lakes. A Romance of the Mexican Valley. IX, No. 466, February 15, 1879, to X, No. 473, April 5, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 466; Dime Library, no. 74.

Mexico City after the invasion by the United States army in 1847. The floating gardens of Xochimilco.

469.

Philip S. Warne. Bowie, the Knight of Chivalry; or, What a Woman Will Do. X, No. 469, March 8, 1879, to X, No. 480, May 24, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 469; Fireside Library, no. 69; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 208; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 458.

New Orleans and vicinity — actresses and gamblers — a duel in the dark — plotting for a million and a quarter — the innocent victim — flight — the yellow fever plague — love great enough to be capable of giving up the loved one to a rival.

471.

T. C. Harbaugh. Snowshoe Tom; or, The Wild White Woods of Maine. X, No. 471, March 22, 1879, to X, No. 479, May 17, 1879. No illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 471; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 26; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 29.

Hunting and fishing in the neighborhood of Mt. Katahdin, Maine.

472.

Hon. Wm. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). Gold Bullet Sport; or, The Knights of Chivalry. X, No. 472, March 29, 1879, to X, No. 481, May 31, 1879. Four illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 472; Dime Library, no. 83.

Stage route between Denver and Golden.

473.

Eleanor Elaine. A Fair Face; or, Guy Tenton's Espionage. X, No. 473, April 5, 1879, to X, No. 478, May 10, 1879. One illustration.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 473; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 24; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 34.

New York City, 1860. A beautiful, three-times-married governess plays for a fortune and loses. Two murders and a kidnapping. She and her accomplices come to bad ends.

475.

Corinne Cushman. The Locked Heart; or, Sir Caryl's Sacrifice. A Romance of English Society Life. X, No. 475, April 19, 1879, to X, No. 486, July 5, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 475; Fireside Library, no. 53; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 178.

An English love story. Love — a misunderstanding — a murder. All serene at last.

478.

Col. Delle Sara. The Lion of the Sea; or, The Vailed Lady of San Tropez. X, No. 478, May 10, 1879, to X, No. 485, June 28, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 478; Half-Dime Library, no. 103; Pocket Library, no. 72.

A tale of the Mediterranean Sea in 1653.

481.

Albert W. Aiken. Captain Dick Talbot, King of the Road; or, The Black-Hoods of Shasta. X, No. 481, May 31, 1879, to X, No. 485, June 28, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 481; Dime Library, no. 93; Dime Library, no. 1008.

Sequel to Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 211, Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 245, Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 380 and Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 400.

Cinnabar, California.

481.

Oliver Optic. The Pink of the Pacific; or, The Adventures of a Stowaway. X, No. 481, May 31, 1879, to X, No. 484, June 21, 1879. Five illustrations.

Found in: (The Young New Yorker, no. 25, unfinished); Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 481; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 58; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 380; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 706.

A boy escapes from a circus in Australia, goes to sea and has adventures in the Malay jungles and in the Pacific.

484.

Thomas Hoyer Monstery. Iron Wrist, the Sword-master of Copenhagen. A Tale of Court and Camp. X, No. 484, June 21, 1879, to X, No. 495, September 6, 1879. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 484; Dime Library, no. 82; Dime Library, no. 986.

St. Petersburg, Russia. The old czar, Alexander, has just died, and trouble is expected over the succession of Nicholas. The tale is based on Monstery's own adventures, whether this tale was written by him or, as some think, by Frederick Whittaker.

484.

T. C. Harbaugh. The Condor Killers; or, Wild Adventures at the Equator. X, No. 484, June 21, 1879, to X, No. 493, August 23, 1879. No. illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 484; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 46; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 76; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 683.

Adventures in Peru, in 1875.

486.

"A Parson's Daughter." Divorced but not Divided; or, His Guiding Star. X, No. 486, July 5, 1879, to X, No. 501, October 18, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 486; Fireside Library, no. 80.

Married in haste and repented at leisure in New York City.

489.

Prentiss Ingraham. Freelance, the Cavalier Corsair; or, The Waif of the Wave. A Nautical Romance of the Early Years of the Nineteenth Century. X, No. 489, July 26, 1879, to X, No. 499, October 4, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 489; Dime Library, no. 94; Dime Library, no. 975.

Companion story to Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 457.

Moorish corsairs along the coast of Morocco one hundred years ago when pirates were still active. Scene shifts to Mexico.

492.

Mary Reed Crowell. Did She Sin? or, A Man's Desperate Game. A Romance of a Young Wife's Fight with Fate. X, No. 492, August 16, 1879, to X, No. 506, November 22, 1879. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 492; Fireside Library, no. 57; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 153.

New York City and vicinity. A girl is married, her husband commits suicide, she marries again and is then blackmailed by her first husband's twin brother, who pretends to be her original husband.

494.

Oll Coomes. Little Texas, the Young Mustanger. A Tale of the Texan Prairies. X, No. 494, August 30, 1879, to X, No. 503, November 1, 1879. One illustration.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 494; Half-Dime Library, no. 163; Pocket Library, no. 142.

San Saba Valley, Texas. A Kit Bandy tale. Rangers, Indians, etc.

495.

Albert W. Aiken. Bronze Jack, the California Thoroughbred; or, The Last City of the Basaltic Buttes. A Strange Story of a Desperate Adventure after Fortune in the Weird, Wild Apache Land. X, No. 495, September 6, 1879, to X, No. 509, December 13, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 495; Dime Library, no. 97.

Gold hunters and Apaches in Arizona in 1851.

498.

Frederick Whittaker. The Severed Head; or, The Secret of Castle Coucy. A Legend of the Great Crusade. X, No. 498, September 27, 1879, to X, No. 510, December 20, 1879. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 498; Dime Library, no. 115; Dime Library, no. 1055.

The year 1099 in Jerusalem — seven years later in Provence, France. A usurping cousin and a return of the dead.

499.

Joseph E. Badger. Fur, Fin and Feather. X, No. 499, October 4, 1879, to X, No. 508, December 6, 1879. No illustrations.

Found in: Young New Yorker, no. 22 (unfinished); Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 499 (rewritten).

Personal episodes of hunting and fishing in the life of the author.

501.

Corinne Cushman. Beryl Ward, the Belle of Chicago; or, Pursued to the Altar. The Story of a Girl's Bitter Mistake. X, No. 501, October 18, 1879, to X, No. 513, January 10, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 501; Fireside Library, no. 65; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 184.

Chicago, New York, Washington, and Newport, 1871. Gray and Bristow want Beryl; Thalia wants Bristow, who, unfortunately, has one wife already. The Chicago fire — an interrupted marriage — a second interrupted marriage. "Perfect days."

503.

J. Alexander Patten. Sharp Sam; or, The Adventures of a Friendless Boy. A Story of the Great City. X, No. 503, November 1, 1879, to X, No. 513, January 10, 1880. No illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 503; Half-Dime Library, no. 148; Pocket Library, no. 71.

New York City boy, poor but honest, accused of murder.

504.

Philip S. Warne. The Creole Cousins; or, False as Fair. A Romance of the Tropics. X, No. 504, November 8, 1879, to X, No. 515, January 24, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 504; Fireside Library, no. 64; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 163; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 500; Dime Library, no. 1030.

Havana and New Orleans. At sea — pirates — castaway — opium smoker — a convict impersonates the man he murdered.

507.

Dangerfield Burr. Buffalo Bill, the Buckskin King; or, Wild Nell, the Amazon of the West. A Life Romance of the Great American Scout. X, No. 507, November 29, 1879, to X, No. 518, February 14, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 507; Dime Library, no. 92.

Buffalo Bill at the headwaters of the Republican River helps out Lord Varian Elphistone.

509.

C. Dunning Clark. The Lion Hunters; or, Life in the Dark Continent. X, No. 509, December 13, 1879, to X, No. 520, February 28, 1880. No illustrations.

The pursuit, in Africa, by several hunters and two boy amateurs, of various animals wanted for show purposes.

510.

Anthony P. Morris. Azhort, the Axman; or, The Secrets of the Ducal Palace. A Romance of Venice. X, No. 510, December 20, 1879, to X, No. 520, February 28, 1880. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 510; Dime Library, no. 95.

Peril, poison, and prison in Venice in the sixteenth century.

512.

Mary Reed Crowell. Drifting to Ruin; or, The Mills of the Gods. X, No. 512, January 3, 1880, to XI, No. 530, May 8, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 512; Fireside Library, no. 70.

A wicked woman jilts one man to marry a richer one, and when he becomes paralyzed and his brother, whom he resembles, dies, he is reported dead and the "brother" is sent to an asylum so that she may marry her old lover. The "brother" recovers just in time to prevent her from committing bigamy.

513.

Mayne Reid. The Queen of the Fandango; or, How I Didn't Hunt the Iguana. Complete in one number. X, No. 513, January 10, 1880. One illustration.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 513; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 105.

An adventure in Mexico and a love episode with the fandango queen.

513.

Frederick Whittaker. The Lost Captain; or, Skipper Jabez Coffin's Cruise to the Open Polar Sea. X, No. 513, January 10, 1880, to X, No. 521, March 6, 1880. One illustration.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 513; Half-Dime Library, no. 159; Pocket Library, no. 116.

The New England fishing grounds; Nantucket, Mass., in 1874, Baffin's Bay and the Polar Sea.

515.

Albert W. Aiken. The Man from New York; or, The Romance of a Rich Young Woman. X, No. 515, January 24, 1880, to XI, No. 529. May 1, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 515; Dime Library, no. 101.

The Black Hills — an ocean liner — New York City — aboard a yacht — a vigilance committee.

518.

William F. Cody. Fancy Frank of Colorado; or, The Trapper's Trust. A Frontier Story of Today. X, No. 518, February 14, 1880, to XI, No. 527, April 17, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 518; Half-Dime Library, no. 158; Pocket Library, no. 117.

Frank Barbour at Ft. McPherson on the South Platte, near the Republican River, Colorado. Sioux and soldiers.

521.

Rev. William H. Rowland. The Quakeress Spy; or, The Times of Washington. XI, No. 521, March 6, 1880, to XI, No. 526, April 10, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 156; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 521; Dime Novels, no. 537.

521.

Charles Morris. Billy Baggage, the Railroad Boy; or, Run to Earth. XI, No. 521, March 6, 1880, to XI, No. 531, May 15, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 521; Half-Dime Library, no. 165; Pocket Library, no. 265.

Lancaster, Philadelphia, and vicinity. Train wreckers — the Pennsylvania Railroad strike of July 19, 1877.

521.

Joseph E. Badger. Spur and Saddle; or, Life on a Cattle Ranch. XI, No. 521, March 6, 1880, to XI, No. 535, June 12, 1880. No illustrations.

Found in: Young New Yorker , no. 1; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 521; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 4; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 8.

The adventures of some boys on a Colorado ranch.

524.

Corinne Cushman. Little Claire, the Opera Singer; or, The Strange Guardian. XI, No. 524, March 27, 1880, to XI, No. 535, June 12, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 524; Fireside Library, no. 72; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 194; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 648.

A poor chorus girl in New York City does not know she is an heiress and an obstacle in her Louisiana uncle's way. However, her father eventually turns up and she marries a rich lover.

527.

Col. Delle Sara. Shamus O'Brien, the Bould Boy of Glingal; or, Irish Hearts and Irish Homes. XI, No. 527, April 17, 1880, to XI, No. 540, July 17, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 527; Dime Library, no. 106.

A story of Irish rebels. It has considerable humor.

The poem, "Shamus O'Brien," by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, has an entirely different plot.

530.

Albert W. Aiken. Richard Talbot of Cinnibar; or, The Brothers of the Red Hand. A Strange Tale of a Lonely Californian Camp and the Rude Mortals who Dwelt Therein. XI, No. 530, May 8, 1880, to XI, No. 544, August 14, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 530; Dime Library, no. 107; Dime Library, no. 1051.

Northern California in the golden days. Road agents, sharpers, strolling players, miners, and all the accompaniments of a Western mining camp.

531.

Edward Willett. Asa Scott, the Steamboat Boy; or, The Land Pirates of the Mississippi. A Romance of a Rich Boy and a Poor Boy. XI, No. 531, May 15, 1880, to XI, No. 539, July 10, 1880. One illustration.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 531; Half-Dime Library, no. 167; Pocket Library, no. 260.

River life and adventures with land pirates on the Mississippi and along its banks, between St. Louis and New Orleans.

532.

Frederick Whittaker. The Diamond Duke; or, The Flower of Calcutta. A Story of Strange Lands and Seas. XI, No. 532, May 22, 1880, to XI, No. 543, August 7, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 532; Dime Library, no. 108; Dime Library, no. 1052.

India in 1857. Blown from the guns by the English — and "the Bishop of Calcutta sent a new missionary to Krishnapoor to convert the pagan Hindoos to the religion of love and forgiveness." Arabia in 1877 — the Duke of Diamontine — Cairo. Final retribution.

535.

Rett Winwood. Was She a Wife? or, The Proof of Love. XI, No. 535, June 12, 1880, to XI, No. 545, August 21, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 535; Fireside Library, no. 73; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 180.

Memphis and New York City. A pretended marriage which turned out to be real — a second marriage — a murder — a false accusation — and the mystery solved.

536.

T. C. Harbaugh. Saddle and Lariat; or, The Young Nimrods of the Pampas. XI, No. 536, June 19, 1880, to XI, No. 545, August 21, 1880. No illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 536; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 41; Boy's Library (octavo edition), no. 48.

Hunting in Argentina.

538.

Corinne Cushman. The Black Riddle; or, Girlish Charms and Golden Dowers. A Story of Morley Beeches. XI, No. 538, July 3, 1880, to XI, No. 551, October 2, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 538; Fireside Library, no. 78; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 200.

Vicinity of New York City. Oriole Darien, daughter of the steward of "Morley Beeches," marries the owner after a lost will turns up and he loses his inheritance.

539.

Charles Morris. Fred Halyard, the Life Boat Boy; or, The Smugglers of the Inlet. A Story of the Lower Beach. XI, No. 539, July 10, 1880, to XI, No. 549, September 18, 1880. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 539; Half-Dime Library, no. 187; Pocket Library, no. 275.

A story of smugglers along the New Jersey shore and in New York City.

539.

Joseph E. Badger. A Drama of Mississippi River Life. In Three Scenes. XI, No. 539, July 10, 1880, to XI, No. 541, July 24, 1880. No illustrations.

A story of Mississippi River gambling and of a gambler's death.

541.

Albert W. Aiken. Joe Phenix, Private Detective; or, The League of the Skeleton Keys. A Most Unnatural, Improbable Story, etc. XI, No. 541, July 24, 1880 to XI, No. 553, October 16, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 541; Dime Library, no. 112.

A plot to defraud an insurance company in New York City.

543.

Maj. Dangerfield Burr. Dashing Dandy, the Hotspur of the Hills; or, The Pony Prince's Strange Pard. XI, No. 543, August 7, 1880, to XI, No. 555, October 30, 1880. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 543; Dime Library, no. 117.

A romance of the Colorado mines. Gambling a life against a horse. A Buffalo Bill yarn.

545.

"The Parson's Daughter." Almost Married; or, Jacqueline's Oath. A Story of a Daughter's Strange Quest. XI, No. 545, August 21, 1880, to XI, No. 559, November 27, 1880. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 545; Fireside Library, no. 81.

New York City and near Los Angeles. The guests are all assembled for the wedding when it is interrupted by the news of the death of the bride's father. A private wedding is then arranged but this is interrupted by the fainting of the bridegroom.

546.

Joseph E. Badger. Shotgun and Saddle. XI, No. 546, August 28, 1880, to XI, No. 560, December 4, 1880. No illustrations.

True hunting adventures of Joseph Badger in Kansas, between the years 1860 and 1879. Andrew H. Post and two of Badger's brothers were his companions on some of these expeditions.

547.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Sea Cadet; or, The Rover of the Rigoletts. A Romance of Green Shores and Blue Waters. XI, No. 547, September 4, 1880, to XI, No. 559, November 27, 1880. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 547; Dime Library, no. 121; Dime Library, no. 1006.

The Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf states. Time: about 1812. Smugglers — a marvellous boy pilot — an accusation of murder.

550.

Mary Reed Crowell. For Honor's Sake; or, The Disowned Bride. XI, No. 550, September 25, 1880, to XI, No. 564, January 1, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 550; Fireside Library, no. 85.

Northern New Jersey. A designing villain makes trouble for a family to forward his own schemes.

553.

Col. Delle Sara. Cool Desmond; or, The Gambler's Big Game. A Romance of the Region of the Lawless. XI, No. 553, October 16, 1880, to XI, No. 561, December 11, 1880. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 553; Half-Dime Library, no. 186; Pocket Library, no. 227.

Rio Grande del Norte, the San Juan region, Colorado. This is geography gone mad. The author should have consulted Baedeker.

555.

Prentiss Ingraham. Florette, Child of the Streets; or, A Pearl beyond Price. A Metropolitan Romance of More Truth than Fiction. XI, No. 555, October 30, 1880, to XI, No. 566, January 15, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 555; Fireside Library, no. 88; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 188; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 452.

A bank clerk in New York City, shielding a friend whom he believes guilty of robbing the bank, is himself accused and sent to prison.

558.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Chevalier Corsair; or, The Heritage of Hatred. A Romance of Northern and Southern Lands and Seas. XI, No. 558, November 20, 1880, to XI, No. 572, February 26, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 558; Dime Library, no. 128; Dime Library, no. 1059.

Pirates in the West Indies and adjacent waters during the war with England in 1812. "Into your hands, confessed pirate though you be, I intrust myself and my honor to your keeping." "And I pledge both shall be saved." A woman's honor was generally absolutely safe in the dime novels.

561.

Albert W. Aiken. Captain Volcano; or, The Man of the Red Revolvers. XI, to 561, December 11, 1880, to XII, No. 573, March 5, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 561; Dime Library, no. 130; Dime Library, no. 1060.

San Diego, California, and Mexico, about 1850.

561.

Oll Coomes. Amateur Hunters on the Buffalo Range. XI, No. 561, December 11, 1880, to XI, No. 566, January 15, 1881. No illustrations.

563.

Rachel Bernhardt. Haunted Hearts; or, The Broken Betrothal. XI, No. 563, December 25, 1880, to XI, No. 568, January 29, 1881. No illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 563; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 96; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 89.

London. A clever rogue foists himself upon supposed relatives as a long-lost felon brother.

564.

Frederick Whittaker. Nemo, King of the Tramps; or, The Romany Girl's Vengeance. A Story of the Great Railroad Riots. XI, No. 564, January 1, 1881, to XII, No. 576, March 26, 1881.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 564; Dime Library, no. 132; Dime Library, no. 1062.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1877, during the railroad strikes.

567.

Adelaide Davenport. An Ambitious Girl; or, She Would be an Actress. XI, No. 567, January 22, 1881, to XII, No. 577, April 2, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 567; Fireside Library, no. 100; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 148; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 518.

This novel appeared as by Frances H. Davenport in Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 149, and by Albert W. Aiken in Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 518.

Locale: Village of "Cold Snake," New Jersey.

567.

T. C. Harbaugh. Trap and Gun; or, Sport in the Wild Fur Land. XI, No. 567, January 22, 1881, to XII, No. 578, April 9, 1881. No illustrations.

Adventures in the woods in the Hudson Bay country between the Nelson and Severn Rivers. A party of three boys with two guides.

570.

Mary Reed Crowell. In Mortal Peril; or, A Harvest of Curses. A Romance of Three Fair Women. XI, No. 570, February 12, 1881, to XII, No. 591, July 9, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 570; Fireside Library, no. 112.

New York City and the Thousand Islands. Love and the trail of the serpent.

573.

Dangerfield Burr. Captain Crimson, the Man of the Iron Face; or, The Nemesis of the Plains. A Romance of Love and Adventure in the "Land of the Setting Sun." XII, No. 573, March 5, 1881, to XII, No. 584, May 21, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 573; Dime Library, no. 142.

"He lay prone upon his back." (!) Dr. Powell figures in the story as a guide. An attack by Indians on a wagon train. Righting a wrong.

574.

Philip S. Warne. Who was Guilty? XII, No. 574, March 12, 1881, to XII, No. 585, May 28, 1881. No illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 74; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 387.

In "Lakeville," Illinois, a young man was killed by a pistol shot. Eight persons are successively accused.

576.

George Lemuel. The Doctor Detective; or, The Mystery of the Golden Coffin. XII, No. 576, March 26, 1881, to XII, No. 588, June 18, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 576; Dime Library, no. 146.

A New York City detective story. A foundling finds his mother. This story is entirely different and has no connection with Half-Dime Library, no. 832, although the titles are almost identical.

577.

Frederick Whittaker. Red Rudinger, the Archer; or, The Lady Bertha's Treachery. A Romance of the Alps. XII, No. 577, April 2, 1881, to XII, No. 588, June 18, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 577; Dime Library, no. 159.

Switzerland, during the first half of the fourteenth century. William Tell appears in the story.

579.

Corinne Cushman. At His Mercy; or, A Woman's Fight for Honor. A Tale of Three Villas. XII, No. 579, April 16, 1881, to XII, No. 594, July 30, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 579; Fireside Library, no. 118.

A young Frenchman poisons the real heir and passes himself off as the long-lost son. Locale: England.

582.

Dangerfield Burr. Velvet Face, the Border Bravo; or, Muriel, the Danite's Bride. The Romance of a Border Mystery. XII, No. 582, May 7, 1881, to XII, No. 593, July 23, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 582; Dime Library, no. 156.

Vigilantes, Danites, etc., in southwestern Colorado.

585.

Albert W. Aiken. The Wolves of New York; or, Joe Phenix's Great Man Hunt. XII, No. 585, May 28, 1881, to XII, No. 596, August 13, 1881. Five illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 585; Dime Library, no. 161.

Low life in New York. An escape from Sing Sing. A gipsy camp.

590.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. A Woman's Sorrow; or, The Blot on the Escutcheon. A Story of Envy, Hatred, and Malice, and all Uncharitableness. XII, No. 590, July 2, 1881, to XII, No. 608, November 5, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 590; Fireside Library, no. 141.

Brighton, England. Two cousins, one secretly married to, the other in love with the same girl. A duel and the husband is killed. A daughter is born and is concealed from the wife until the child is grown.

590.

Mayne Reid. The Gold Seeder's Guide; or, The Lost Mountain. A Tale of Sonora. XII, No. 590, July 2, 1881, to XII, No. 599, September 3, 1881. Ten illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 590; Half-Dime Library, no. 239.

Sonora, Mexico.

590.

Joseph E. Badger. Bush and Diggings; or, Wild Life in Australia. XII, No. 590, July 2, 1881, to XII, No. 604, October 8, 1881. No illustrations.

Adventures in Australia in early days.

593.

Prentiss Ingraham. Don Diablo, the Planter-Corsair; or, The Rivals of the Sea. A Romance of the Gulf. XII, No. 593, July 23, 1881, to XII, No. 607, October 29, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 593; Dime Library, no. 177.

Mexico and the waters surrounding the West Indies, early in the nineteenth century. A capture by pirates. Scene transfers to Park Row, New York City.

596.

Dr. Noel Dunbar. Jule, the Jewess; or, The Miser Millionaire. A Story of Ill-Omened Lives. XII, No. 596, August 13, 1881, to XII, No. 607, October 29, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 596; Fireside Library, no. 140; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 196; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 386; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 734; Dime Library, no. 1015.

New England coast and New York City. A bankrupt millionaire's daughter is sold to the highest bidder.

599.

Albert W. Aiken. California John, the Pacific Thoroughbred. A Romance of Needle Bar. XII, No. 599, September 3, 1881, to XII, No. 612, December 3, 1881. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 599; Dime Library, no. 173.

Needle Bar, Arizona, where the man "who is asked to waltz up to the bar with the crowd to take a drink with the boys and refuses is no gentleman."

600.

Mayne Reid. The Chase of the Leviathan; or, Adventures on the Oceans. XII, No. 600, September 10, 1881, to XII, No. 610, November 19, 1881. Ten illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 600; Boy's Library (quarto edition), no. 2; Dime Library, no. 1026.

Story of a boy who ran away to sea to become a "blubber hunter" in the South Pacific and the Arctic Oceans.

602.

Mary Reed Crowell. On the Breakers; or, The Shadow of a Lie. XII, No. 602, September 24, 1881, to XII, No. 619, January 21, 1882. Three illustrations.

The story of a young wife's unwilling duplicity, and an unacknowledged child's search for her mother.

605.

Prentiss Ingraham. The Scarlet Schooner; or, The Nemesis of the Sea. A Romance of Salt Water, and a Sequel to "Don Diablo." XII, No. 605, October 15, 1881, to XII, No. 618, January 14, 1882. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 605; Dime Library, no. 181.

Cuba and adjacent waters.

608.

Mrs. Metta V. Victor. A Gay Deceiver; or, The Bitterest Blow of All. XII, No. 608, November 5, 1881, to XII, No. 624, February 25, 1882. Three illustrations.

Locale: Philadelphia and New York City.

611.

Dangerfield Burr. The Phantom Mazeppa; or, The Hyena of the Chaparrals. A Romance of Love and Adventure on the Nebraska Plains. XII, No. 611, November 26, 1881, to XII, No. 622, February 11, 1882. Three illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 611; Dime Library, no. 188.

Villainy in North Platte, Nebraska, when it was a frontier town.

612.

Frederick Whittaker. Milo Romer, the Animal King; or, The Round-the-World Wanderer. XII, No. 612, December 3, 1881, to XII, No. 623, February 18, 1882. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 612; Half-Dime Library, no. 249; Pocket Library, no. 284.

Adirondacks, South Africa, Indian Ocean, Hindostan, Japan.

614.

Albert W. Aiken. LaMarmoset, the Detective Queen; or, The Lost Heir of Morel. XII, No. 614, December 17, 1881, to XIII, No. 627, March 18, 1882. Four illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 614; Dime Library, no. 196.

Followed by Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 625.

Looking for a lost heir in Paris.

618.

Mary Reed Crowell. Without a Name; or, In Sackcloth and Ashes. XII, No. 618, January 14, 1882, to XIII, No. 636, May 20, 1882. Seven illustrations.

A wronged mother, and a daughter who drifts into the home of a scoundrel.

625.

Metta V. Victor. The Lady of the Lone Isle; or, More Sinned against than Sinning. XIII, No. 625, March 4, 1882, to XIII, No. 642, July 1, 1882. Six illustrations.

Locales: An island in the Pacific and Newport. A woman is abandoned by her husband on a supposedly deserted island, which, however, shelters a shipwrecked woman.

625.

Albert W. Aiken. The Double Detective; or, The Midnight Mystery. A Romance of the Southland, of the Mysteries of New Orleans, etc. XIII, No. 625, March 4, 1882, to XIII, No. 638, June 3, 1882. Two illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 625; Dime Library, no. 203.

Preceded by Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 614.

LaMarmoset is now in New Orleans.

629.

Frederick Whittaker. The Tiger Tamer; or, The League of the Jungle. A Tale of India. XIII, No. 629, April 1, 1882, to XIII, No. 638, June 3, 1882. Four illustrations.

Found in: Young New Yorker, no. 1; Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 629; Half-Dime Library, no. 265; Pocket Library, no. 296.

The hero of the story is an American, the Commander of the Rajah's Guard; the heroine is a beautiful Hindoo girl.

631.

Mary Reed Crowell. Her Awful Danger; or, Back from the Grave. XIII, No. 631, April 15, 1882, to XIII, No. 647, August 5, 1882. Four illustrations.

A young girl, betrothed to her guardian's son, by strange circumstances falls into the power of another man.

635.

Albert W. Aiken. Helen Home; or, The Adventures of a Poor Girl. A Mystery of Central Park. XIII, No. 635, May 13, 1882, to XIII, No. 648, August 12, 1882. Five illustrations.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 635; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 392; Dime Library, no. 935.

Long Branch, New York City, and Philadelphia.

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