1.

Mary Reed Crowell. The Masked Bride; or, Will She Marry Him? November 18, 1879.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 53; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 1; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 5.

2.

Dr. William M. Turner. Was it Love? or, Collegians and Sweethearts. November 25, 1879.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 44; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 2; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 3, Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 674.

3.

Hartley T. Campbell. The Girl Wife; or, The True and the False. December 2, 1879.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 61; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 3; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 2, Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 618.

4.

Arabella Southworth. A Brave Heart; or, Startlingly Strange. December 9, 1879.

The Guardsman married the governess. English love story.

5.

Dr. William M. Turner. Bessie Raynor, the Work Girl; or, The Quicksands of Life. December 16, 1879.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 73; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 5; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 64, Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 512.

6.

Sara Claxton. The Secret Marriage; or, A Duchess in Spite of Herself. December 23, 1879. (Incorrectly marked December 16.)

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 6; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 16.

England, with dukes, barons, and suchlike.

7.

Mary Reed Crowell. A Daughter of Eve; or, Blinded by Love. December 30, 1879.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 71; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 7; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 9.

8.

Arabella Southworth. Heart to Heart; or, Fair Phyllis' Love. January 6, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 8; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 18.

English love story, with the usual lords and ladies.

9.

By the author of "Clifton," "Pride and Passion," etc. Alone in the World; or, The Young Man's Ward. January 13, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 17; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 17; London edition, Six Penny Tales, no. 2; Standard Library of Romance, no. 11; Girls of Today, no. 11; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 9; Dime Novels, no. 547; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 14.

10.

Rose Kennedy. A Pair of Grey Eyes; or, The Emerald Necklace. January 20, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 14; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 14; London edition, Six Penny Tales, no. 5; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 10; Dime Novels, no. 520; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 12.

11.

Henrietta Thackeray. Entangled; or, A Dangerous Game. January 27, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 11; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 20.

A shipwreck in the Bay of Biscay. Husband and wife are separated but are eventually reunited in England.

12.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. His Lawful Wife; or, Myra, the Child of Adoption. February 3, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 3; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 3; London edition, Six Penny Tales, no. 10; Girls of Today, no. 4; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 12; Dime Novels, no. 550; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 6.

13.

Corinne Cushman. Madcap, the Little Quakeress; or, The Naval Cadet's Wooing. February 10, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 412; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 13.

14.

Sara Claxton. Why I Married Him; or, The Woman in Gray. February 17, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 14; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 70.

England. A curse, two marriages, and sunshine at last.

15.

Bartley T. Campbell. A Fair Face; or, Out in the World. February 24, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 77; Girls of Today, no. 20; Fireside Library, no. 40; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 15; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 7; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 562.

16.

Margaret Leicester. Trust Her Not; or, A True Knight. March 2, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 313; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 16; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 22.

17.

Arabella Southworth. A Loyal Lover; or, The Last of the Grimspeths. March 9, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 17; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 24.

Naples, then Devonshire.

18.

Mary Reed Crowell. His Idol; or, The Ill-Starred Marriage. March 16, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 12; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 18; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 26.

19.

Mary Grace Halpine. The Broken Betrothal; or, Love versus Hate. March 23, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 313; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 16; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 10.

20.

Agile Penne. Orphan Nell, the Orange Girl; or, The Lost Heir. March 30, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 41; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 20; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 29; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 507; Dime Novels, no. 932.

21.

Henrietta Thackeray. Now and Forever; or, Why Did She Marry Him? April 6, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 21; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 28.

An English love story.

22.

By the author of "Alone in the World" (Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 9). The Bride of an Actor; or, Driven from Home. April 13, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 53; London edition, no. 29; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 22; Dime Novels, no. 533; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 11.

23.

Sara Claxton. Leap Year; or, Why She Proposed. April 20, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 23; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 32.

English love story.

24.

Eleanor Elaine. Her Face was Her Fortune. April 27, 1880.

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

25.

Arabella Southworth. Only a Schoolmistress; or, Her Untold Secret. May 4, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 25; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 36.

North Devon, England.

26.

Prentiss Ingraham. Without a Heart; or, Walking on the Brink. May 11, 1880.

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.

27.

Henrietta Thackeray. Was She a Coquette? or, A Strange Courtship. May 18, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 27; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 38.

Among the smugglers.

28.

Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Sybil Chase; or, The Gambler's Wife. May 25, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 21; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 21; American Library, no. 12; Pocket Novels, no. 7; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 28; Dime Novels, no. 557; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 21.

29.

Sara Claxton. For Her Dear Sake; or, Saved from Himself. June 1, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 29; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 41.

An English love story with a counterfeit murder in it. Emigrants to Australia.

30.

Agile Penne. The Bouquet Girl; or, A Million of Money. June 8, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 387; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 30; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 42; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 482; Dime Novels, no. 940.

31.

Mary A. Denison. A Mad Marriage; or, The Iron Will. June 15, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 20; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 20; London edition, Six Penny Tales; no. 8; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 31; Dime Novels, no. 528; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 8.

32.

Arabella Southworth. Mariana, the Prima Donna; or, Roses and Lilies. June 22, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 32; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 43.

English love story. London.

33.

Alice Fleming. The Three Sisters; or, The Mystery of Lord Chalfont. June 29, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 33; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 46.

England. The dead alive.

34.

Sara Claxton. A Marriage of Convenience; or, Was He a Count? July 6, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 34; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 48.

Locale: France.

35.

Clara Augusta. All Against Her; or, The Winthrop Pride. July 13, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 23; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 35; Dime Novels, no. 524; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 23.

36.

Arabella Southworth. Sir Archer's Bride; or, The Queen of His Heart. July 20, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 36; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 50.

English love story.

37.

Rose Kennedy. The Country Cousin; or, All is Not Gold that Glitters. July 27, 1880.

Found in: Dime Library of Choice Fiction, no. 5; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 37; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 25.

38.

Arabella Southworth. His Own Again; or, Trust Her Not. August 3, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 38; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 73.

Emigration from London and vicinity to the wilds of Boston.

39.

Jacob Abarbanell. Flirtation; or, A Young Girl's Good Name. August 10, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 39; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 27.

A love story. By steamer from New Orleans to New York—a mutiny—New York City—Jay Cooke & Co.'s failure.

40.

Sara Claxton. Pledged to Marry; or, In Love's Bonds. August 17, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 40; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 54.

A dying father makes his daughter, Aubrey Attison, promise to marry the son of a man whom he had wronged. When the supposed son, Mr. Grey, a flashy, vulgar, loud man from Australia appears, she is disgusted but wishes to remain faithful to her promise. The Australian turns out to be an imposter, the real Mr. Grey having died long before. Aubrey finally marries her own true love. Locale: A country house not far from London, and Brighton.

41.

Alice Fleming. Blind Devotion; or, Love against the World. August 24, 1880.

An English love story.

42.

Arabella Southworth. Beatrice, the Beautiful; or, His Second Love. August 31, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 42; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 56.

An English love story with the usual lords and ladies.

43.

Sara Claxton. The Baronet's Secret; or, The Rival Half-Sisters. September 7, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 43; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 58.

A village in the east of England, 18—. An unscrupulous heir to a title turns up unexpectedly, and this, with a mistake in the identity of two half sisters, causes considerable trouble.

44.

Alice Fleming. The Only Daughter; or, Brother against Lover. September 14, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 44; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 69.

A country home near London, and at sea. The story of a purse-proud man, Ralph Aiken, who is bitterly opposed to his boyhood friend, Ralph, marrying his sister Roselle. And Roselle droops and fades. Her father dies in an accident, Ralph becomes the head of the family, and Roselle fades some more and grows pale and wan. It is finally decided that she must take a long sea voyage to Australia. On board the ship she finds her lover, who is being sent out on business for his firm. The ship is wrecked, Roselle is rescued by George, and they return to England. Ralph relents and repents, and Roselle ceases fading.

45.

Arabella Southworth. Her Hidden Foe; or, Love at All Odds. September 21, 1880.

"Shot in the bridle-path," which is reminiscent of a stanza in "Frankie and Johnnie"; "I didn't shoot him in the first degree, I didn't shoot him in the last."

46.

Mrs. Mary A. Denison. The Little Heiress; or, Under a Cloud. September 28, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 47; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 46; Pocket Novels, no. 210; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 31.

47.

Alice Fleming. Because She Loved Him; or, How Will it End? October 5, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 47; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 76.

The governess was really Sir Henry's kidnapped daughter. She marries his nephew.

48.

Scott R. Sherwood. In Spite of Herself; or, Jeanette's Reparition. October 12, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 121; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 48; Dime Novels, no. 538; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 33.

49.

Arabella Southworth. His Heart's Mistress; or, Love at First Sight. October 19, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 49; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 68.

A ruined castle near the coast in Scotland. Hester Macdonald, loved by an artist, Herbert Cowper, is superseded in his affections by her cousin, Renee, the daughter of a French actress and herself on the stage for two years. Renee jilts Herbert for a wealthy man, then jilts the latter for a French cousin. She marries the cousin and returns to the stage. Herbert eats crow and returns to Hester.

50.

Mrs. Mary A. Denison. The Cuban Heiress; or, The Prisoner of La Vintresse. October 26, 1880.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 11; Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 11; London edition, no. 49; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 50; Pocket Novels, no. 215; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 35.

51.

Alice Fleming. Two Young Girls; or, The Bride of an Earl. November 2, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 51; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 80.

High life in England for the edification of the lowly.

52.

Mrs. Mary Reed Crowell. The Winged Messenger; or, Risking All for a Heart. November 9, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 128; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 52; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 37.

53.

Dr. William M. Turner. Agnes Hope, the Actress; or, The Romance of a Ruby Ring. November 16, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 25; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 53; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 59; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 556.

54.

G. S. Kaime. One Woman's Heart; or, Saved from the Street. November 23, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 22; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 54; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 39.

55.

Arabella Southworth. She Did Not Love Him; or, Stooping to Conquer. November 30, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 55; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 63.

London and vicinity, and Algiers. Lords and ladies and mush. A girl flees to London from her home the day before her wedding to Lord Brookfield, whom she does not love. Engaged by Lady Serly, Lord Brookfield's sister, as maid, they travel to Algiers, and she falls in love with the bearded courier, who proves to be Lord Brookfield in disguise.

56.

Dr. William M. Turner. Love-Mad; or, Betrothed, Married, Divorced and ——. December 7, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 1; Fireside Library, no. 4 (partim); Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 56; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 40.

57.

Alice Fleming. A Brave Girl; or, Sunshine at Last. December 14, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 57; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 65.

A country house not far from London. The story of the theft of £7,000 worth of diamonds by Lord Rainforth's son and daughter, and their eventual recovery through the instrumentality of the governess. She marries a fortune.

58.

Mrs. Mary Reed Crowell. The Ebon Mask; or, The Mysterious Guardian. December 21, 1880.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 5; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 58; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 44.

59.

Rachel Bernhardt. A Widow's Wiles; or, A Bitter Vengeance. December 28, 1880.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 59; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 60.

Gwendoline Deverill, widow, visits Cunningham Castle, not far from London, where lives Sir Hereward and his son Herbert. The son best suits her, but, he failing, the father will do. She discovers the son is already married, so promotes a break between father and son, and marries the father. Five years later Sir Hereward, dying, sends for his son, but Lady Gwendoline murders him. She sends Herbert's infant daughter Hilda to school. Fifteen years later she brings the girl to the castle, but when she finds that Hilda suspects who her father was, locks her in the West Tower and fires it. Hilda is rescued by her lover but Lady Gwendoline dies in the flames.

60.

Mrs. Jennie D. Burton. Cecil's Deceit; or, The Diamond Legacy. January 4, 1881.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 107; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 60; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 55; Beadle's Weekly/Banner Weekly (various title changes), no. 686.

61.

Sara Claxton. A Wicked Heart; or, The False and the True. January 11, 1881.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 61; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 67.

A French girl impersonates an English girl and goes to live with the latter's grandparents. The true granddaughter escapes from an asylum and the plot is exposed.

62.

Margaret Blount. The Maniac Bride; or, The Dead Secret of Hollow Ash Hall. January 18, 1881.

Found in: Fifteen Cent Novels, no. 12; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 62; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 53.

63.

Ann E. Porter. The Creole Sisters; or, The Mystery of the Perrys. January 25, 1881.

Found in: Dime Novels, no. 93; London edition, no. 79; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 63; Dime Novels, no. 548; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 47.

64.

Alice Fleming. What Jealousy Did; or, The Heir of Worsley Grange. February 1, 1881.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 64; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 85.

The green eyed monster and the misfortunes of a night.

65.

Juan Lewis. The Wife's Secret; or, 'Twixt Cup and Lip. February 8, 1881.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 65; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 49.

New York City and New Jersey. The story of an exchange of infants and of a woman with two husbands.

66.

Rachel Bernhardt. A Brother's Sin; or, Flora's Forgiveness. February 15, 1881.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 66; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 75.

English love story. Date, 1860. Twin brothers—and she marries the wrong one.

67.

Arabella Southworth. Forbidden Bans; or, Alma's Disguised Prince. February 22, 1881.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 67; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 79.

An eighteen-year-old English boy recognizes his father, whom he had not seen for ten years, in a man passing himself off as a bachelor and planning a marriage, although his wife is still living.

68.

Miss M. E. Braddon. Weavers and Weft; or, "Love That Hath Us in His Net." March 1, 1881.

Another English love story.

69.

Alexandre Dumas, fils. Camille; or, The Fate of a Coquette. March 8, 1881.

Published in Paris in 1848 under the title La Dame aux Camélias, and adapted for the stage in 1851.

Paris in 1845. The story of a complaisant young woman.

70.

† A. P. D'Ennery. The Two Orphans. March 15, 1881.

† D'Ennery's 'Les deux orphelines appeared as a play in Paris in 1874. It was translated and played in America in the late 1870's and early 1880's. Emma Garrison Jones, under the pen name E. G. Walraven, turned it into an English novel.

Miseries of life in Paris.

71.

By "My Young Wife's Husband [Alice Dale]. My Young Wife. March 22, 1881.

This story appeared originally as a serial in the Family Story Paper, under the title "My Young Wife; or, A Tempest in the Household," beginning in Volume V, October 22, 1877.

December and May and jealousy. A Comedy of Errors in America.

72.

Annie Thomas. The Two Widows. March 29, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1873.

An English love story.

73.

Maud Hilton. Rose Michel; or, The Trials of a Factory Girl. April 5, 1881.

This story appeared originally as a serial in The Family Story Paper, beginning in the issue of June 14, 1875. It was reprinted in the same paper, beginning January 14, 1904, as by Ada M. Howard.

Lowell, Massachusetts. A poor factory girl, beautiful but virtuous, with a sick father to support, is persecuted by the overseer. Later she discovers that she is the niece of the mill owner, and eventually she gets her man.

74.

"Ouida." Cecil Castlemaine's Gage; or, The Story of a Broidered Shield. April 12, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1867.

The Saturday Journal, No. 86, November 4, 1871, remarked: "We regard her [Ouida's] works of fiction as improper reading for the pure in heart," but evidently the editors changed their minds, or regarded the 1881 readers as more sophisticated.

75.

J. S. LeFanu. The Black Lady of Duna. April 19, 1881.

Previously published in America as No. 9, Ornum's 15 Cent Romances, in 1872, and still earlier in London.

The Island of Duna and Vienna are the scenes of this story, which tells of the English Duke of Wharton's intrigue against Spain.

† A story by William Hamilton Maxwell, entitled 'The Dark Lady of Doona,' published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1834, is entirely different, according to Frederick S. Shroyer of Los Angeles State College.

76.

Mrs. Rowson. Charlotte Temple. April 26, 1881.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 76; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 30.

Originally published in 1790 in London under the title "Charlotte Temple, a Tale of Truth." It has been reprinted in innumerable editions in England and America. This edition not in Vail.

The story of an Englishman (said to have been in reality Colonel Montresor) who, while in the British army in 1774, persuaded Charlotte Stanley to leave her home and embark with him and his regiment for New York, where he cruelly abandoned her. She died at the age of nineteen years. Her grave is in Trinity Churchyard, in New York.

77.

Mrs. Dinah Mulock Craik. Christian Oakley's Mistake. May 3, 1881.

Originally published in London in 1866.

78.

"Myself." † My Young Husband; or, A Confusion in the Family. May 10, 1881.

Appeared originally as a serial in the Family Story Paper, beginning in Volume V, December 24, 1877.

† The last installment is signed 'C. O.,' apparently the author's true initials; for known writers, e.g. 'C.M.B.' (Charlotte M. Brame) were thus correctly signed in this publication.

79.

"Dora Thome." A Queen among Women. May 17, 1881.

London and vicinity. The heroine is so pure that her mother, the wife of the rector, will not let her read the newspapers. Later, when she finds that her husband had previously been divorced, she devotes herself to the first wife.

80.

Florence Marryat. Her Lord and Master. May 24, 1881.

Published in London, in 1871, in three volumes. London. Horrors! A daughter of a line of earls marries a tradesman.

81.

Mrs. Rowson. Lucy Temple, Daughter of Charlotte. May 31, 1881.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 81; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 45.

Originally published under the title "Lucy Temple; or, The Three Orphans." It also appeared under the title "Charlotte's Daughter; or, The three Orphans." Inferior to its predecessor in plot and interest. It first appeared in 1828, after Mrs. Rowson's death.

Locale: Hampshire, England, at the end of the eighteenth century.

82.

Meta Orred. A Long Time Ago. June 7, 1881.

Previously published as a serial in America under the title, "Her Sailor Lover; or, A Long Time Ago," in Boys and Girls of America, beginning in Vol. VII, December 30, 1876.

England. Reuben Yool, yeoman, marries a girl who is in love with her sailor cousin who was reported dead.

83.

Annie Thomas. Playing for High Stakes. June 14, 1881.

First published in London in 1867, in three volumes, and in New York in 1868. A curious family in London and vicinity.

84.

Mrs. Dinah M. Craik. The Laurel Bush. June 21, 1881.

Under the title, "The Laurel Bush: an Old-Fashioned Love-Story," it was published in London in 1877.

Scotland. Only a tailor and a governess. A lost letter and seventeen lost years.

85.

Octave Feuillet. Led Astray. June 28, 1881.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 85; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 51.

Paris. Triangle story. A French duel. According to two of the illustrations, George lost a set of Lord Dundreary whiskers and grew a long imperial within a few months.

86.

George Eliot. Janet's Repentance. July 5, 1881. Originally published in London.

The story of the consumptive Edgar Tryon, curate in Milby parish, and of Janet Dempster, the drunken lawyer's wife, and of her temptations.

87.

Octave Feuillet. The Romance of a Poor Young Man. July 12, 1881.

Appeared originally in French under the title "Le Roman d'un jeune Homme Pauvre," in 1858.

Paris, 185-. A popular novel, frequently used in this country as a text book in second year French.

88.

Emma G. Jones. A Terrible Deed; or, All for Gold. July 19, 1881.

A wife, somewhere in America, apparently murders her husband by mistake, then attempts to murder her second husband's daughter but poisons her own child instead.

89.

"Dora Thorne." A Gilded Sin. July 26, 1881.

An English lord marries an Italian girl, and after their deaths, the child is adopted by the Italian girl's sister who hates the English. Complications over a will.

90.

Mary Howitt. The Author's Daughter. August 2, 1881.

Leicestershire, England.

91.

Charles Reade. The Jilt. August 9, 1881.

Originally published in London †.

England and at sea. Engaged and jilted in the first chapter, then married to a madman who pretends to be a pirate.

92.

Dennis O'Sullivan. Eileen Alanna; or, The Dawning of the Day. August 16, 1881.

Previously appeared in the Family Story Paper, beginning August 23, 1880.

An Irish detective story. On the banks of the Shannon and in Dublin.

93.

B. L. Farjeon. Love's Victory. August 23, 1881.

First published in London, in 1875.

The doings of Mr. Chappell, of Chappell, Chappell and Chappell, bankers.

94.

Mrs. Oliphant. The Quiet Heart. August 30, 1881.

Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine, and later in book form, in London, in 1856.

Scotland and London.

95.

Mrs. Marsh. Lettice Arnold. September 6, 1881.

Published in London in 1849.

Locale: England.

96.

Rachel Bernhardt. Haunted Hearts; or, The Broken Betrothal. September 13, 1881.

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

97.

Katharine King. Hugh Melton. September 20, 1881.

Midland counties, England, and India. Army life, a coward, a thief, and a would-be bigamist.

98.

Miss Mulock. Alice Learmont. September 27, 1881. Published in London, in 1851.

Melrose, Scotland. The elves carry away a baby. A tale of the wee folk and the kelpie.

99.

Mary Patrick. Marjorie Bruce's Lovers. October 4, 1881.

A south Scotland county squire's daughter and her lovers.