The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Downe Reserve; or, The Mystery at Wishing Well

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Alternate Titles: The Pride of the Downes; or, The Mystery of the Wishing Well
The Pride of the Dowries; or, The Mystery of the Wishing Well
The Prophetic Heiress; or, The Mystery of the Wishing Well
Subjects / Tags: Adultery
Beauty contests
False imprisonment
Female offenders
Jealousy
Love stories
Murder
Nobility
Pride and vanity
Revenge
Surrey (England)
Wishing wells
Notes: "Originally published as a serial in Reynold's Miscellany, XXX, beginning May 9, 1863, and simultaneously, under the title "Downe Reserve; or, The Mystery of the Wishing Well" as a serial in the New York Mercury, XXV, beginning in No. 1275, June 27, 1863. The same publishers issued it in book form, and later Frederic Brady issued it in August, 1864."--Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams

Brady's Mercury Stories edition

New York Mercury edition

New Twenty-Five Cent Novels edition

Cheap Edition of Popular Authors edition

Fireside Library of Popular Reading edition

(source: NIU Libraries)
Online Full Text: Northern Illinois University
Series: Fireside Library of Popular Reading v. 5 no. 54 (chapters I-XLV (conclusion), pages 1-48)
Item: The Pride of the Downes; or, The Mystery of the Wishing Well
Author: Blount, Margaret, 1835-approximately 1906
Date: January 1, 1880

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