The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - The Boy in the Box; or, The Mystery of Train Number Thirty

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(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)
(Happy Days edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Bowling Green State University (Pluck and Luck edition)
Digital Library @ Villanova University (Happy Days edition)
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Series: Happy Days v. 12 no. 292 — chapters I-III, pages 2-3
Happy Days v. 12 no. 293 — chapters IV-VI, pages 8 and 11-12
Happy Days v. 12 no. 294 — chapters VII-IX, pages 14-15
Happy Days v. 12 no. 295 — chapters X-XIII, pages 7 and 10-12
Happy Days v. 12 no. 296 — chapters XIV-XVIII, pages 11-13
Happy Days v. 12 no. 297 — chapters XIX-XXI, pages 5-6
Happy Days v. 12 no. 298 — chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 4-5
Pluck and Luck — no. 804
Alternate Titles: The Boy in the Box; or, The Mystery of Train No. 30
The Boy in the Box; or, The Mystery of Train No. Thirty
The Boy in the Box; or, The Mystery of Train Number 30
Authors: Forrest, Frank (pseudonym used by multiple people) (Happy Days edition)
Merritt, James C. (pseudonym used by multiple people) (Pluck and Luck edition)
Dates: May 19, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
May 26, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
June 2, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
June 9, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
June 16, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
June 23, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
June 30, 1900 (Happy Days edition)
October 29, 1913 (Pluck and Luck edition)
First Sentence: It was a cold, drizzly, disagreeable night, half rain, half fog; what wind there was cutting like a knife as it drove the fine rain into one's face, all objects looking alike in the obscurity and all sounds puzzling one to determine their location. (Happy Days edition)
Last Sentence: With this latest information concerning him we will now take leave of Cyril Wainwright, so called, and so ends the true and strange story of the wonderful experiences of The Boy in the Box. (Happy Days edition)

Known Editions

Happy Days edition (chapters I-III, pages 2-3 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 292, May 19, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters IV-VI, pages 8 and 11-12 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 293, May 26, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters VII-IX, pages 14-15 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 294, June 2, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters X-XIII, pages 7 and 10-12 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 295, June 9, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIV-XVIII, pages 11-13 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 296, June 16, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters XIX-XXI, pages 5-6 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 297, June 23, 1900)
Happy Days edition (chapters XXII-XXIV (conclusion), pages 4-5 in Happy Days, v. XII, no. 298, June 30, 1900)
Pluck and Luck edition

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