"The Main Line"
of Popular Paper Covered Books.
Printed on good paper from clear type, numerous illustrations. Handsome covers lithographed in many colors.
| Peck's Bad Boy Abroad. By Hon. Geo. W. Peck. (Just Issued.) 379 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 50c |
| Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus. By Hon. Geo. W. Peck. Author of "Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa." Retail price | 50c |
| Twenty Years of Hus'ling. By J. P. Johnston. 664 pages. Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 50c |
| What Happened to Johnston. By T. P. Johnston. 459 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 50c |
| How to Hustle. By J. P. Johnston. 400 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 50c |
| Grafters I Have Met. By J. P. Johnston. Is the expose of the many schemes devised to fleece the unsuspecting. 338 pages. Retail price | 50c |
| On the "Shoe-string" Limited with Nye and Riley. 236 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Stories and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln. By Paul Selby. 469 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| The American Cavalier. By Opie Read. 346 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Adventures of a Vice President. By Opie Read. 226 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| The Captain's Romance. By Opie Read. 312 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| The Mystery of Margaret. By Opie Read. A story that engulfs the reader in a maze of mystery and love. 322 pages. Retail price | 25c |
| The Colonel and the Widow. By Opie Read. A novel of to-day. 356 pages, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| The Bandit's Sweetheart. By Opie Read. A thrilling story of love and adventure. Retail price | 25c |
| Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories. By Cal. Stewart. Talking machine edition. Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Odd folks. By Opie Read. 238 pages, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Twelve Years a Detective. By Clifton R. Woodridge. 500 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Other Woman's Husband. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Over 200 pages, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Hypnotism. By William Wesley Cook. 274 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Buffalo Bill and Story of Wild West. 312 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Uncle Jeremiah and His Neighbors at the St. Louis Exposition. 332 pages, Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Up to Date Practical Letter Writer. By E. J. Strong, B. S. 276 pages, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Merciful Unto Me, a Sinner. By Elinor Dawson. The cry of a soul. 446 pages. Retail price | 25c |
| Aboard the Bandwagon. By Forrest Crissey. Author of "A Country Boy," etc. Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon. 487 pages, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
| Dick Lane, The Converted Thief. By Dick Lane. 200 pages. Illustrated, 12mo. Retail price | 25c |
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Transcriber's Notes:
Questionable/archaic spellings have been retained from the original.
Page 35, added missing open quote before "Then the man would have been introduced."
Page 58, pluralized "inmates" in "80 per cent of the inmates."
Page 68, added missing quote before "A well dressed Chinaman."
Page 69, added missing close quote after "They're no good."
Page 81, corrected "livered servant" to "liveried servant."
Page 82, normalized "orgie" to "orgy" ("night's orgy").
Page 84, removed duplicate "who" from "asked one who was dead."
Page 90, added missing close quote after "he is hard with people."
Page 92, corrected "Larne Co., Antrim" to "Larne, Co. Antrim."
Page 103, corrected typo "Agness" in "Agnes Barrett seemed to take an interest."
Page 113, removed extra quote before "——" in "If only ——." Retained inconsistent "Charley"/"Charlie" spelling from original.
Page 120, corrected typo "O'Shaugsnessey" in "convinced Mr. O'Shaughnessey." Changed "grapevine" to "grape-vine" for consistency with earlier appearance.
Page 127, corrected typo "alits" in "alias Madame Barette." Corrected typo "O'Shaughnessy" in "also by John P. O'Shaughnessey."
Page 129, removed duplicate period after "in the neighborhood of half past six o'clock in the evening." Corrected typo "bathoom" in "Arnold was in the bathroom."
Page 133, corrected typo "leavng" in "she was leaving the hotel."
Page 135, corrected typo "repled" in "The man replied that he had not."
Page 159, corrected typo "O'Bren" in "went to see Captain O'Brien the next day."
Page 161, added missing close quote after "I told them I was eighteen."
Page 163, removed unnecessary quote after "found in Miss Gingles' trunk."
Page 165, added missing answer "Yes" after "Was that before you went to work in the Wellington?"
Page 168, split "What was the lace kept in?" from "A blue pillow case." and added missing close quote.
Page 171, hyphenated "pass-key" in "demand the pass-key" for consistency.
Page 174, added space to "La Salle" and hyphen to "lace-maker" in "La Salle avenue and ransacked the room of the little lace-maker" for consistency with other appearances of those words.
Page 176, added space to "La Salle" in "Miss Gingles at the La Salle" for consistency.
Page 179, removed unnnecessary quote after "rejoined Mr. O'Donnell."
Page 184, corrected period to question mark after "aside from being hysterical?"
Page 191, corrected typo "Recepton" in "Impressive Reception for Acquitted Lace-maker."