The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - The Rock Widow

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(New York Weekly edition - source: Stanford Libraries)
(The Chicago Ledger edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Digital Library @ Villanova University (The Chicago Ledger edition)
Stanford Digital Repository (New York Weekly edition)
Series: The Chicago Ledger v. 32 no. 34
New York Weekly v. 33 no. 49 — page 8
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Author: Urner, Nathan D.
Dates: October 21, 1878 (New York Weekly edition)
August 20, 1904 (The Chicago Ledger edition)
First Sentence: After assuring herself that the lower part of her house was secured for the night, as was her custom, the Rock Widow sent her two servants to bed, and then retired to her own chamber - a large rear room on the ground floor, which had been her late husband's smoking, reading, and dressing-room combined - with considerable business anxiety disturbing her pretty head. (New York Weekly edition)
Last Sentence: And so she did ; and it is not every story that begins with house-breaking and ends with merry-making. (New York Weekly edition)

Known Editions

New York Weekly edition (page 8 in New York Weekly, v. XXXIII, no. 49, October 21, 1878)
The Chicago Ledger edition (in The Chicago Ledger, v. XXXII, no. 34)

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