Item - Myra, the Child of Adoption: A Romance of Real Life

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(Beadle's Dime Novels edition - source: NIU Libraries)

(Beadle's American Library edition - source: NIU Libraries)

(Waverley Library (quarto edition) edition - source: NIU Libraries)

(Beadle's New Dime Novels edition - source: NIU Libraries)

(Waverley Library (octavo edition) edition - source: NIU Libraries)

(The People's Home Journal (Lupton) edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

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Online Full Text:	Digital Library @ Villanova University (The People's Home Journal (Lupton) edition) Northern Illinois University (Beadle's American Library edition) Northern Illinois University (Beadle's Dime Novels edition) Northern Illinois University (Beadle's New Dime Novels edition) Northern Illinois University (Waverley Library (octavo edition) edition) Northern Illinois University (Waverley Library (quarto edition) edition)
Series:	The Arm Chair Library (Lupton) — no. 102 Beadle's American Library — no. 10 Beadle's Dime Novels — no. 3 Beadle's Fifteen Cent Novels — no. 3 Beadle's New Dime Novels — no. 229 Girls of To-day — v. 1 no. 4 Girls of To-day — v. 1 no. 5 Girls of To-day — v. 1 no. 6 Girls of To-day — v. 1 no. 7 Girls of To-day — v. 1 no. 8 Girls of To-day — v. 1 no. 9 Girls of To-day — v. 1 no. 10 Girls of To-day — v. 1 no. 11 — (conclusion) The People's Home Journal (Lupton) — v. 5 no. 12 — chapters I-II, pages 7-9 Waverley Library (Ivers) — no. 6 Waverley Library (Octavo edition) — no. 6 Waverley Library (Quarto edition) — no. 12
Alternate Titles:	His Lawful Wife; or, Myra, the Child of Adoption Myra, the Child of Fortune
Subjects / Tags:	Actions and defenses Adoptees Adoption African Americans Betrayal Biographical fiction Clark, Daniel, Jr., 1766-1813 Conflict of laws Detective and mystery stories Disinheritance Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885 Historical fiction Illegitimacy Inheritance and succession Love stories Man-woman relationships Marriage Mother and child New Orleans (La.) Orphans Philadelphia (Pa.) Plantations Politicians Remarriage Slavery Soldiers Trials Widows Wills Wives Yellow fever
Author:	Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 (Beadle's New Dime Novels edition; Waverley Library (quarto edition) edition; Waverley Library (octavo edition) edition; The Arm Chair Library (Lupton) edition; Beadle's Dime Novels edition; Beadle's Fifteen Cent Novels edition; Beadle's American Library edition; Waverley Library (Ivers) edition)
Incorrectly Attributed Author:	"Celebrated Authoress" (The People's Home Journal (Lupton) edition; Girls of To-day edition)
Dates:	1860 (Beadle's Fifteen Cent Novels edition) July 14, 1860 (Beadle's Dime Novels edition) December 2, 1861 (Beadle's American Library edition) December 25, 1875 (Girls of To-day edition) January 1, 1876 (Girls of To-day edition) January 8, 1876 (Girls of To-day edition) January 15, 1876 (Girls of To-day edition) January 22, 1876 (Girls of To-day edition) January 29, 1876 (Girls of To-day edition) February 5, 1876 (Girls of To-day edition) February 12, 1876 (Girls of To-day edition) February 3, 1880 (Waverley Library (quarto edition) edition) August 28, 1883 (Beadle's New Dime Novels edition) July 1, 1884 (Waverley Library (octavo edition) edition) December, 1890 (The People's Home Journal (Lupton) edition) December 6, 1899 (Waverley Library (Ivers) edition)
Publishers:	Beadle's American Library edition: Beadle and Company (London (England): 44 Paternoster Row) -- Great Britain Beadle's Dime Novels edition: Irwin P. Beadle & Co. (1859-1860) (New York (N.Y.): 141 William St., Cor. Fulton) -- United States Beadle's New Dime Novels edition: Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street) -- United States Waverley Library (octavo edition) edition: Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street) -- United States Waverley Library (quarto edition) edition: Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street) -- United States
OCLC Numbers:	1050321460 (Beadle's American Library edition) 143610864 (Beadle's New Dime Novels edition) 18921094 (Beadle's Dime Novels edition) 919515535 (Waverley Library (octavo edition) edition) 932140184 (Waverley Library (quarto edition) edition)
Notes:	"This is one of the poorest of Mrs. Stephens' stories, but is of interest because it is founded upon the life of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the great New Orleans heiress, although the latter said (Girls of Today, No. 9) that there was much more fiction than fact in the story. A short biography of Mrs. Gaines, by Mrs. Ellet, appeared in Belles and Beaux, No. 1, January 31, 1874. There is a portrait of Mrs. Gaines and a review of the case in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, IV, 1877, 89, and a portrait of General Gaines and biographies of both him and his wife in Appletons Cyclopedia of American Biography, New York, 1887, II, 571-573. See also The Famous Case of Myra Clark Gaines, by Nolan B. Harmon, Jr., published by the Louisiana State University Press, 1946, and New Orleans Woman, by Harnett T. Kane, New York, 1946."--Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels

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