200.

Corinne Cushman. Morley Beeches; or, Girlish Charms and Golden Dowers. September 11, 1883.

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

201.

Sara Claxton. A Young Girl's Ordeal; or, "I Love You Still." September 18, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 201; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 106.

New York City and Troy, N. Y. Cross purposes. Engaged to the wrong man, and a scheming lawyer's miscarried plans.

202.

Harriet Irving. Her Evil Genius; or, Drifting on the Tide. September 25, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 202; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 107.

Newport, R. I., Cohasset, Mass., and New York City. A man and his wife quarrel, and he is accidentally pushed off a cliff. Her "evil genius" sees this and advises her to conceal the "murder," and thereby he has a hold upon her for blackmail. The husband actually escaped, and all ends well.

203.

Lillian Lovejoy. Passion's Reprisal; or, The Bargain between Them. October 2, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 203; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 109.

New York City and a village a few hours ride distant. The story of two brothers and a crafty lawyer who by murder wins a wife. A train wreck clears the air.

204.

Philip S. Warne. Elegant Egbert; or, The Gloved Hand. A Mississippi River Romance. October 9, 1883.

Found in: Saturday Journal/Star Journal (various title changes), no. 434; Fireside Library, no. 67; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 204; Dime Library, no. 1032.

205.

Georgiana Dickens. A Ministering Angel; or, Royal Thornleigh's Mistake. October 16, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 205; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 88.

New York City and a country place nearby. A disinherited and banished brother, mistaken for a lover, almost ruins two lives.

206.

Henrietta E. DeConde. Ouida's Loves; or, From Generation to Generation. October 23, 1883.

Found in: Girls of Today, no. 18; Fireside Library, no. 40; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 206.

207.

Mrs. M. L. Fordham. A Hasty Marriage; or, Was She an Adventuress? October 30, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 207; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 110.

Asbury on the Atlantic coast, Maine, and Brussels. After a week's acquaintance, Henry Clifford marries Judith Swain, five years his senior. On the honeymoon in Europe, Judith runs away with a seedy stranger and is reported dead in the wreck of an ocean steamer. Ten years later, when Clifford is about to marry Caroline Balfour, Judith turns up again, but refuses to tell where she has been. Clifford takes her to a lonely farm in Maine. Here he finds that she had been previously married but believed her husband dead until he turned up in Brussels. She commits suicide when her previous marriage is discovered, and Clifford marries Miss Balfour.

208.

Philip S. Warne. Bowie, the Knight of Chivalry; or, What a Woman Will Do. November 6, 1883.

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.

209.

Arabella Southworth. Cherry; or, A Daughter of the South. November 13, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 209; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 111.

Southern Virginia, just before the Civil War, then two years after its close. The love story of Cherry Baskerville and how a similarity of names of two cousins caused her much grief.

210.

James Payn. Carlyon's Year. November 20, 1883.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 132; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 210.

First appeared in London in 1868.

211.

Harriet Irving. An Idol of Clay; or, The Love that was Never Told. November 27, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 211; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 112.

New York City. An artist with a wife too many, and a wealthy man whose constancy is rewarded.

212.

Amelia B. Edwards. The Ladder of Life. December 4, 1883.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 134; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 212.

213.

Lillian Lovejoy. A Willful Wife; or, Which was to Blame. December 11, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 213; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 104.

A New England country home and New York City. A tyrannical, exacting, cold, and proud husband, and a passionate, temperamental, willful wife, are finally reunited.

214.

Wilkie Collins. The Two Destinies. December 18, 1883.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 117; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 214.

First published in 1876, in two volumes, in London.

215.

Sara Claxton. A Thorny Path; or, Playing to Win. December 25, 1883.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 215; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 113.

Chester, an hour's ride from New York. Aunt Felicia, by a falsehood, nearly succeeded in destroying the happiness of two young lovers.

216.

Frederick Marryat. Valerie. January 1, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 121; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 216.

Appeared originally in London, in 1849, under the title "Valerie, an Autobiography."

217.

Georgiana Dickens. A Perilous Pledge; or, Mad for Love. January 8, 1884.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 217; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 108.

Buffalo, New York City, and Asbury. Time: Not long after the Civil War. Mary Taylor, a New York man's daughter by his first wife, is brought up by his brother in California. After the brother's death, Mary, dying of consumption, starts east, accompanied by her cousin, Philip, and a friend, Alice Maynard. Mary dies in Buffalo, and makes Philip and Alice swear that Alice will impersonate her, so that her father, who has not seen her since she was a child, will not mourn for her death. Alice turns out to be Mrs. Taylor's daughter by a previous husband.

218.

James Payn. Found Dead. January 15, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 127; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 218.

Originally appeared in London in 1869.

219.

Mrs. M. L. Fordham. In His Power; or, The Shadow of a Crime. January 22, 1884.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 219; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 115.

New York City, "Westham" on the Long Island coast, California, and Omaha. A widow is falsely accused of the murder of her husband by a rejected suitor when he learns of her second marriage.

220.

Edmund Yates. Going to the Bad. January 29, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 133; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 220.

221.

Harriet Irving. Almost Won; or, For Her Father's Sale. February 5, 1884.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 221; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 116.

Tilford, not far from New York City. The plot of a clever scoundrel who impersonates a friend of the family and threatens to reveal the bigamy of the girl's father unless she marries him. The bigamy turns out to be a concocted story, and all ends well.

222.

Anthony Trollope. The Golden Lion of Granpere. February 12, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 123; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 222.

Originally published in London in 1872.

223.

Arabella Southworth. A Life's Secret; or, Who Was She? February 19, 1884.

Found in: Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 223; Waverley Library (octavo edition), no. 117.

Five Points, New York City, Beverly, Connecticut, suburbs of Boston. In order to escape a rascally father, a child is given into the keeping of a minister. When she is 18 years old, her supposed father turns up, but, to her great relief, proves to be only her deceased father's cousin.

224.

James Payn. The Best of Husbands. February 26, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 130; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 224.

First appeared in London in 1874.

225.

Charles Ross. The Doom of the Dancing Master. March 8, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 135; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 225.

226.

Mrs. Oliphant. The Fugitives. March 11, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 129; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 226.

227.

Charles Reade. Clouds and Sunshine. Christie Johnstone. March 18, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 120; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 227.

Both of these stories appeared originally in London in 1855.

228.

W. M. Thackeray. Dennis Duval. March 25, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 115; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 228.

First published in New York in 1864, then in London in 1867.

229.

Charles Dickens. Hard Times. April 1, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 105; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 229.

Appeared first as a serial in Household Words in 1854 and then in book form in the same year.

230.

Edward Bulwer. The Pilgrims of the Rhine. April 8, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 126; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 230.

Appeared originally in London in 1834.

231.

Mrs. Oliphant. The Curate in Charge. April 15, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 124; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 231.

Appeared originally, in 1876, in London.

232.

Anthony Trollope. Harry Heathcote. April 22, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 128; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 232.

Under the title "Harry Heathcote of Gangoil. A Tale of Australian Bush Life," it appeared in London in 1874.

233.

By the author of "Mark Warren" [Isa Craig]. In Duty Bound. April 29, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 131; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 233.

234.

Anthony Trollope. Thompson Hall. May 6, 1884.

Found in: Fireside Library, no. 139; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 234.

Published in London in 1877, under the title "Christmas at Thompson Hall."

This number also contains W. Besant and J. Rice: Shepherds All and Maidens Fair, Fireside Library, no. 139; Waverley Library (quarto edition), no. 234.

235.

William M. Turner. Margoun, the Strange; or, Gilbert Grayling's Young Wife. May 13, 1884.

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.

236.

Rett Winwood. Wife or Widow? or, Ethelind Erie's Enemy. May 20, 1884.

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.

In this number of the Waverley Library it was announced that "The Waverley Library will hereafter be published in the more convenient pocket form, commencing a new series. No. 1, ready May 27, 1884."

A No. 237 had been announced, Mrs. Ellet's "A Woman's Work," but it was not issued.