The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - Where's Bessie Barcus?

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

Combined Summary

Online Full Text: Digital Library @ Villanova University (New York Weekly edition)
Stanford Digital Repository (New York Weekly edition)
Series: New York Weekly v. 32 no. 46 — page 8
New York Weekly v. 60 no. 49 — pages 5-6
Subject / Tag: Sketch
Author: Hartwell, Mary (pseudonym used by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell)
Dates: October 1, 1877 (New York Weekly edition)
September 16, 1905 (New York Weekly edition)
First Sentence: In a rude Western country, where few houses were visible in the landscape, a woman might have been seen, one wet spring evening, hurrying across a meadow to her nearest neighbor's. (New York Weekly edition)
Last Sentence: If you want to know where Bessie Barcus is now, drop down into that neighborhood, and you will find the rosy old lady in her modernized residence, and, in quaint, old-fashioned language, with many provincialisms, she will tell you this very story. (New York Weekly edition)

Known Editions

New York Weekly edition (page 8 in New York Weekly, v. XXXII, no. 46, October 1, 1877)
New York Weekly edition (pages 5-6 in New York Weekly, v. LX, no. 49, September 16, 1905)

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