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Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 1 #3, April 1891] (15¢, 160pp, 5" x 8¼") [DKL] 305 · A Passion in the Desert · Honoré de Balzac · ss The Strand Feb, 1891 319 · “Wreck Reynolds” · Adair Welcker · ss (r) 334 · Does a Two-Year-Old Baby Pay? · His Father · vi The Detroit Free Press 336 · A Moment of Terror · Guy de Maupassant · ss Boston Evening Transcript 340 · A Lost Chord · Edward W. Townsend · ss The San Francisco Argonaut 343 · My Old Drawing-Master · S. H. E. · ss Macmillan’s 353 · Two Mountain Rivals · Henry Cleveland Wood · ss 362 · A Game of Cards · One of the By-standers · vi New York Tribune 363 · The Wreck of the U.S.S. “Currituck” · Robert G. Denig · ss 379 · Sally · Albert Fleming · ss Gentleman’s Magazine 401 · A Duel · Jules Lermina · ss The San Francisco Sunday Call, 1891; see also “In the Tomb” in the September 1891 issue.; translation of “Dans la tombe”, La Terre illustree #7, December 1890. 406 · A Story of Waterloo · Scot Gray · vi (r) 408 · The Reprieve · Lew Vanderpoole · ss The St. Louis Republic 414 · Doyne’s Wonderful Dogs · M. D. · ss All the Year Round 427 · The Story of Lotis · M. E. Torrence · ss 434 · Dan Miters · Optie P. Read · ss The St. Paul Pioneer-Press 441 · A Tragic Joke · Cornoyer’s Friend · ss New York Evening Sun 444 · Aunt Phoebe’s Heirlooms · Anonymous · ss The Argosy 455 · The Australian’s Story · Anonymous · ss The New York Sunday World
Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 2 #1, May 1891] (15¢, 156pp, 5" x 8¼") [DKL] 3 · How the Redoubt Was Taken · Prosper Mérimée · ss The Strand Feb, 1891 8 · The Print of a Horse’s Hoof · W. H. Babcock · ss 22 · A Lunch Party · The Victim · vi Chicago Evening Sun 24 · A Fight for Life · Cuthbert Larking · ss Temple Bar 33 · How He Won Her · Adair Welcker · ss The Washington Hatchet 37 · The Superintendent’s Story · Charles Scales · ss 51 · Denver Pete · Globe Reporter · ss The St. Paul Globe 54 · The Bubble, Reputation · Austyn Granville · ss Chicago Journal 61 · An Astral Projection · E. H. Clough · ss The San Francisco Argonaut 73 · The Loss of the Emir · Anonymous · ss The Cornhill Magazine 90 · Jealousy in Mid-Air · Joseph Montel · ss The San Francisco Sunday Call 96 · An Heiress from Red Horse · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Mar 15, 1891 103 · How a Woman Loved · Theodore de Banville · ss The Newark News 108 · A Memorable Game of Chess · A Spectator · ss Chamber’s Journal 113 · An Eccentric Romance · Alice Clarke · ss The Home Maker 127 · A Mystery of Old Gray’s Inn · Andree Hope · ss Macmillan’s
Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 2 #2, June 1891] (15¢, 152pp, 5" x 8¼") [DKL] 159 · The Mystic Krewe · Maurice Thompson · nv The San Francisco Sunday Call 177 · Who Comes Here? · M. Quad · ss The New York Sunday World 181 · A Romance of the Mountains · Charles Scales · ss 194 · Bob Gorman’s Letters · William Wallace Cook · ss The Chicago Figaro 198 · Don Basilio’s Story · Don Pedro A. de Alarcon; trans. by E. J. Fagundus · ss 208 · Dimple and Dumpling · Acton Davies · ss New York Evening Sun 212 · ’Lection at Mindar Kester’s · Milton T. Adkins · ss The Yankee Blade 229 · Told by a Dead Man · Enrique H. Lewis · ss 236 · The Third Maid · The Parson’s Wife · ss (r) 241 · Clearning Out a Rifle-pit · J. L. Ruple · ss Pittsburgh Press 244 · An Embarrassing Episode · Anonymous · ss Truth; one of the “Queer Stories”. 251 · A Hero · His Friend · ss (r) 254 · “He” · S. Behrend; trans. by I. Furst · ss; translated from the German. 263 · Missing — A Husband · Ada Cunnick Inchbold · ss The San Francisco Argonaut 277 · Ned · Margaret Sutton Briscoe · ss Overland Monthly 295 · Jake Murphy’s Revenge · Daniel Dane · ss 301 · A Strange Confessor · Edward S. Van Zile · ss The St. Louis Republic
Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 2 #3, July 1891] (15¢, 150pp, 5" x 8¼") [DKL] 311 · King David’s Friend · Walter Besant · ss The San Francisco Sunday Call 328 · The Woman’s Rose · Olive Schreiner · ss The New York Sunday World 332 · Suggested Suicide · Erckmann-Chatrian; trans. by M. E. B. · ss; usually published as “The Invisible Eye”. 347 · The Broad Street Turn · Nym Crinkle · ss The New York Sunday World 354 · The Marseillaise · Henry Herrman · ss The English Illustrated Magazine 375 · The Lady-Cashier · Eugene Chavette; trans. by Isabel Smithson · ss Epoch 379 · The Fencing Master · Arch Jennings · ss The San Francisco Chronicle 391 · The Idler and the Fig · Alphonse Daudet; trans. by Eva Rendle · ss 395 · The Wrong Door · W. C. Morrow · ss The San Francisco Argonaut 405 · Sawed-Off · Acton Davies · ss New York Evening Sun 410 · The Silver Bullet · Anonymous · ss The True Flag 418 · Dick’s Ghost · Lewis W. Smith · ss 426 · Walter Schnaff’s Adventure · Guy de Maupassant · ss The Boston Transcript 434 · A Napoleon of Finance · Austyn Granville · ss Chicago Journal 438 · Magical Music · Richard Marsh · ss Gentleman’s Magazine
Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 3 #1, August 1891] (15¢, 152pp, 5" x 8¼") [DKL] 3 · Jenny · Victor Hugo; trans. by anon. · ss The Strand May, 1891 8 · Out of a Pioneer’s Trunk · Bret Harte · ss (r) 15 · The Livingstone Inquest · Charles Scates · nv 38 · How a Woman Settled It · Ludovic Halévy; trans. by M. E. B. · ss (r) 47 · To Please His Wife · Thomas Hardy · ss New York Herald 66 · The Soul of the Cat · Fred A. Wilson · ss New York Evening Sun 74 · On the Stairs · Ernest d’Hervilly; trans. by M. G. Humphreys · pl (r) 83 · “Semper Idem” · Alice C. Getchell · ss 93 · Pharaoh’s Lean Kine · Samuel Behrend; trans. by I. Furst · ss 97 · A Strange Passenger · Edward Heins · ss Gentleman’s Magazine 106 · The Frolicsome Mandarin · Emma Carleton · ss 110 · Findelkind · Ouida · nv Belgravia; possibly as “A Child’s Story”. 138 · Earning an Epitaph · Acton Davies · ss New York Evening Sun 144 · Skimpsey · Alfred Stoddard · ss 150 · A Battle Within a Battle · M. Quad · vi The New York Sunday World
Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 3 #2, September 1891] (15¢, 152pp, 5" x 8¼") Our copy is misbound and thus missing pp. 281-296, so I lack information on two stories. [DKL] 155 · The Lost Leg · Zschokke; trans. by D. J. Davison · ss The Detroit Free Press 162 · I Will Not Leave You Comfortless · Hal Reid · vi The Galveston News 165 · The Jewels · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Dr. Wallace Wood · ss (r) 172 · The Haunted Ghost · Anon. · ss Atalanta 186 · Suggestion · R. N.; trans. by Edyth Kirkwood · ss Le Petit Journal 192 · Sold for a Silk Rag · Mrs. Frank Penny · ss London Society 201 · The Wager · Anon. · pl; “Adapted”, no indication as to what it’s adapted from or by whom. 216 · A Bag of Coffee · Milton T. Adkins · ss The Yankee Blade 220 · Elegant Tom Dillar · Charles F. Briggs · ss Putnam’s Magazine 235 · Bentley’s Second Burial · Anonymous · ss The Yankee Blade 244 · My Friend Slaughterer · François Coppée · ss 251 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Aug, 1891; abridged. 270 · What Mrs. Johnnie Did · Acton Davies · ss The Evening Sun 275 · An Assumed Name · Paul Carson · ss The Waverly Magazine ?? · A Picture of French Life · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) ?? · Heera Nund · F. A. Steele · ss (r) 299 · In the Tomb · Jules Lermina; trans. by H. B. · ss; for a different translation see “A Duel” in the April 1891 issue.; translation of “Dans la tombe”, La Terre illustree #7, December 1890.
Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 3 #3, October 1891] (15¢, 150pp, 5" x 8¼") [DKL] 307 · A Pair of Ears · Anon. · ss The Cornhill Magazine v17, 1891 322 · A Chinaman’s Baby God [Moi Hing] · Fred A. Wilson · ss The Evening Sun 326 · Sketched at Midnight · Erckmann-Chatrian; trans. by Leonard S. Myers · ss (r); usually translated as “The Mysterious Sketch.” 342 · A Leisurely Burglar · A. Rudolph Federman · ss The St. Paul Pioneer Press 347 · The Three Friends; or, Monsieur Vincent’s Bright Idea · Camille Debains; trans. by M. E. B. · ss 357 · Mrs. Professor Kramps · Anon. · nv Putnam’s Magazine 377 · The Love of Art · Eugene Labiche; trans. by anon. · pl (r) 391 · Trial by Judge · M. Quad · ss The Detroit Tribune 395 · Queen of the Red Chessmen · Lucretia P. Hale · nv Atlantic Monthly Feb, 1858 422 · A Memory Lesson · Luke Sharp · ss The Detroit Free Press 427 · A Merman of Maine · E. Carazza · ss The Portland Transcript 439 · Dr. Hendon’s Temptation · Anon. · ss Truth 449 · Tommy’s Tombstone · R. W. Stephens · ss The Philadelphia Press
Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 4 #1, November 1891] (15¢, 128pp, 5" x 8¼") [DKL] 3 · Six and Half-a-Dozen · George William Curtis · ss; reprinted “by permission of the Harper Brothers.” 21 · His Mother · Hal Reid · ss 25 · A Prisoner of Assiout · Grant Allen · ss The Strand Aug, 1891 36 · Moi Hing’s Christmas Tree [Moi Hing] · Fred. A. Wilson · ss The Evening Sun 41 · The Attack on the Mill · Emile Zola · nv (r) 61 · What Was It? · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s Mar, 1859 76 · John Temple · Mary Gay Humphreys · ss Epoch 83 · Salvation · Mathilde Serao; trans. by A. H. Cady · ss (r); translated from the Italian. 90 · The Two Householders · Arthur Quiller Couch · ss; from: “Memoirs of Gabriel Foote, Highwayman” by AQC. 103 · The Finger of Fire · G. W. B. · ss The Yankee Blade 113 · He Had the Bulge · William Perry Brown · ss The Yankee Blade 117 · Queen Hortense · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Isabel Macdonald · ss 125 · How Pete Saved the Levee · Patience Oriel · ss The Philadelphia Times
Romance: The Tales of the New York Story Club [v 4 #2, December 1891] (15¢, 128pp, 5" x 8¼") [DKL] 131 · A Confederate Christmas · Nina Fitch · ss 138 · The Family Honor · J. M. Barrie · ss (r) 144 · What Came of a Surprise · Franz Reuter · ss (r); translated from the German. 157 · Maggie Kelly’s Crisis · Charles A. Brodhead · ss The Evening Sun 162 · Full Fathom Five · Tom Hood · ss (r) 174 · Old Poverty’s Monument · J. S. Breckens · ss 178 · Bab · Stanley J. Weyman · nv The English Illustrated Magazine Aug, 1884 203 · Jimmie Daly’s Christmas Present · Edward Harrigan · ss The Dramatic Mirror 212 · The Duffer · W. E. Norris · ss 225 · On Bright Angel Trail · Frank B. Millard · ss The Argonaut 232 · Luke Venable’s Strange Experience · Anon. · ss All the Year Round 247 · 71 and 72 · Johanna Staats · ss 251 · The Old Oak-Tree’s Last Dream · Hans Andersen · ss (r)
Romance [v 6 #2, June 1892] ed. Gilson Willets (W.H. Benton; N.Y., 25¢, 160pp, 5¼" x 8½") [MW] 163 · A Loaded Bomb-Shell · Victorien Sardou · ss The Home Journal; translated for the New York “Home Journal.” 171 · The Man with Yellow Blood · L. H. Bickford · ss 176 · First Love Under Difficulties · Emilia Pardo Bazán; trans. by Mary Springer · ss; translated from Spanish. 183 · Steve Singin’ at de Quarters · N. B. Winston · vi 186 · The Thief in the Grange · Anon. · ss All the Year Round 202 · Marpha · Lydia Paschkoff; trans. by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer · ss Baltimore American; translated from the Russian. 212 · A “Wild” Bucket · Anon. · vi Kansas City Times 215 · The Last Class · Alphonse Daudet; trans. by Mrs. Carlton A. Kingsbury · ss Housekeeper’s Weekly 220 · Love and Antiquaries · Alice Corkran · ss Gentleman’s Magazine 238 · The Story of Riquet · Jacques Morand; trans. by Anna K. Almy · ss; translated from the French. 246 · Dominic’s Fee · Anon. · ss (r) 257 · Fear · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Annie W. Ayer · ss 264 · Running Down a Slave Ship · Anon. · ss The Cornhill Magazine 272 · The Song of the Swan · Georges Ohnet; trans. by Laura E. Kendall · nv; translated from the French. 302 · The Dumb Captive · Emma Howard Wight · ss The Yankee Blade 310 · Nuttia · Anon. · ss Macmillan’s
Romance [v 9 #1, February 1893] (W.H. Benton; N.Y., 25¢, 160pp, standard) [DS] · A Faithful Retainer · James Payn · ss (r) · All for Love · Walter Besant · ss · On the Express Train · Jacques Normand · ss · The Way to Be Happy · Captain Marryat · ss · An Old Valentine · Mary E. Wilkins · ss (r); (someone has written in that this first appeared in HOMEMAKER) · The Residuary Legatee · Miss Mitford · ss · A Sordid Affair · A. Conan Doyle · ss People Nov 29, 1891 · Your Money or Your Life · Wilkie Collins · ss The People’s Library Dec 17, 1881 · A Madman · Guy de Maupassant · ss · The Good Old Times · Anonymous · ss · An Undergraduate’s Aunt · F. Anstey · ss (r) · Flotow the Bannock · Ed Towse · ss · Count Von Mueller · Anon. · ss London Society · Instantaneous Photography · Ferdinand Fleury · ss · The Fitzroy Vases · Anon. · ss London World
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Romance [v 4 #1, January 1915] (The New Fiction Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by Gene Pressler) from TOC; W. M. Clayton, President and Treasurer; “The Magazine of Golden Dreams”. [JL] 3 · Finders, Keepers · Fred Jackson · nv 40 · Love Supreme · Amelia Day Campbell · pm 41 · The Forbidden Land · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 49 · The Girl of My Dreams · William Henry Seymour · pm 50 · Helena’s First Trip · I. F. Ferris · ss 55 · My Girl · Lincoln Balch · pm 56 · A Case of Contre-Coup [Van Wyck] · J. U. Giesy · ss; “The sixth of the Peculiar Cases of Dr. Van Wyck”. 73 · The Undying Past · Crittenden Marriott · ss 78 · The Postmaster of Market Deignton [Part ? of ?] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · sl, 1897 92 · The Long Straw · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss 97 · Aftermath · David Cory · pm 99 · A Modern Cinderella · Vennette Herron · ss 108 · From My Balcony · T. J. Martin · pm 109 · The Cavern of Vibrations · Michael White · ss 118 · Shadowgraphs · Thomas Grant Springer · ss 120 · I Dreamed of You · Rose E. Dooley · pm 121 · The God in the Box Office · Lilian Ducey · ss
Romance [v 8 #1, January 1916] (The New Fiction Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by Fred Manning) from TOC; W. M. Clayton, President and Treasurer. [JL] 3 · The Lily and the Cabbage · J. U. Giesy · nv 33 · A First Night at Daly’s · Rose Lombard · ss 41 · Young Romance · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss 53 · The Fool · Lawrence MacLawrence · ss 60 · Pink Gingham—And Chesty · Grace G. Bostwick · vi 63 · Concerning Natalie · Elinor Maxwell · vi 66 · Mismanaging Mary · Royal A. Brown · ss 76 · Renny · Blanche Fullington · ss 85 · The Desert Night · Helen Haskin · pm 85 · “That Not Impossible She” · Winona Godfrey · ss 92 · “The Miracle of Noel” · Robert W. Sneddon · ss 97 · Foreclosed · W. Thomson · ss 109 · The Kerry Dancing · Dick R. Walker · pm 110 · Mrs. Van Lorn Calling · Louise Rice · ss; “The Sixth of a Series of Amazing Mysteries Solved in the Graphologist’s House”. 116 · Love Song · Lyon Mearson · pm 117 · The Haciendado [Part 2 of 4] · Alan Fox · sl
Romance [v 9 #2, May 1916] (The New Fiction Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by Gene Pressler) from TOC; W. M. Clayton, President and Treasurer. [JL] 3 · My Elusive Uncle · Crittenden Marriott · nv 46 · Shelter · Will H. Greenfield · pm 47 · The Man Who Was Not · Owen Oliver · ss 52 · Domesticating a Genius · Emily Newell Blair · ss 57 · At Our Feet · Wallace Monroe · pm 58 · Purchases and Parodies · Helen Dearborn Medbery · ss 66 · A Question · Enza Alton Zeller · pm 67 · The Third Jewel · Charles A. Logue · ss 78 · Cousin Delia’s Cousin Thomas · Emma J. Price · ss 87 · Miss Wade Confesses · Lotta Adele Gannett · ss 94 · The Case of the Little Seamstress [Van Wyck] · J. U. Giesy · ss; “The Fourth of the New Series of Van Wyck Stories, ’Van Wyck, Untangler’”. 107 · Come with Me and Be My Film · Alice Roberts · ss 113 · Coaxing · Thomas Grant Springer · pm 114 · No Traitor · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 122 · One on the J. P. · Ernest Louis Davis · ss; “The Second of the Series, ’Kent Whittington, Strategist-at-Law’”.
Romance [v 9 #3, June 1916] (The New Fiction Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by B. Lichtman) from TOC; W. M. Clayton, President and Treasurer. [JL] 3 · Once to Every Man · Louise Rice · ss 23 · The Stream · Thomas Grant Springer · pm 24 · Patricia and Mere Man · Ralph Henry Barbour · ss 32 · The Positive Proof · Kay Cleaver Strachan · ss 41 · A Job in Jeopardy · Elliott Flower · ss 47 · The Thoroughbred · Harriet Lummis Smith · ss 53 · Invocation · Van Dale · pm 54 · Without Benefit of Chaperon · Mary Lerner · ss 66 · Minnie Higgins—A Romance · Burr Chapman Cook · ss 77 · The Matter of Martin Lemere [Van Wyck] · J. U. Giesy · ss; “The Fifth of the New Series of Van Wyck Stories, ’Van Wyck, Untangler’”. 91 · “Bubbles” · Clara Sharpe · ss 101 · First Love · Pauline Peters · pm 102 · A Will and a Way · Ernest Louis Davis · ss; “The Third of the Series, ’Kent Whittington, Strategist-at-Law’”. 109 · No Business Troubles · H. Stanley Hoskins · pm 110 · Brevie of the “Graphic” · Charlotte Wharton Ayers · ss

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