The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - The Tennis Ground Mystery

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(Good News edition - source: NIU Libraries)
(Motor Stories edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Digital Library @ Villanova University (Motor Stories edition)
Northern Illinois University (Good News edition)
Project Gutenberg (Project Gutenberg edition)
Series: Good News v. 11 no. 267 — pages 4269-4270
Motor Stories no. 4 — pages 29-30
Alternate Title: The Tennis-Ground Mystery: A School Story
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Author: Rosse, Oliver K.
Dates: June 15, 1895 (Good News edition)
March 20, 1909 (Motor Stories edition)
October 10, 2014 (Project Gutenberg edition)
First Sentence: It was about half-past six, one brilliant morning in June, and the boys of Bidford School were dressing themselves, preparatory to "scudding" for the river, wherein to take their customary seven-o'clock "dip." (Motor Stories edition)
It was about half-past six, one brilliant morning in June, and the boys of Bidford School were dressing themselves preparatory to "scuddling" for the river, wherein to take their customary seven o'clock "dip." (Good News edition)
Last Sentence: The nocturnal mole-hunter thenceforth slept in a small room by himself, with the door securely locked and a patent "catch" on the window, "so that"—as some one facetiously remarked—"he should not again have necessity to tie spades to his toes." (Motor Stories edition)
The nocturnal mole-hunter thenceforth slept in a small room, by himself, with the door securely locked, and a patent "catch" on the window, "so that"--as some one facetiously remarked--"he should not again have necessity to tie spades to his toes." (Good News edition)

Known Editions

Good News edition (pages 4269-4270 in Good News, v. 11, no. 267, June 15, 1895)
Motor Stories edition (pages 29-30 in Motor Stories no. 4)
Project Gutenberg edition (in Motor Stories no. 4)

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