The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

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Language:English
Publishers: Howard, Ainslee & Co. (New York (N.Y.)) -- United States
Street & Smith (New York (N.Y.): 238 William St.) -- United States
Category: Format : Nickel Weekly (B&W)
Issues: 33
Dates: June 19, 1887 to Jan. 29, 1898
Schedule: Weekly
Price: 5ยข
Size: 7 x 10 1/2"
Pages: 48
Illustrations: Colored pictorial cover. Many inside black and white illustrations.
Publisher's Blurb:

"The Brightest Juvenile Publication in Existence. ILLUMINATED COVER. Four serial stories by the best writers, two complete naval and military stories. Sketches, special articles, departments. All for five cents. Never before in the history of juvenile literature has a publisher offered so much for the money. Boys' weeklies in the United States have stood still until the advent of Army and Navy. It is a convincing proof of what a juvenile publication can be made when modern methods, improved machinery, and up-to-date ideas are used. This number is only a forerunner of the many bright things the publishers have in store for the readers of Army and Navy Weekly. Keep your eye on it." -- From the back cover of Vol. 1, No. 1.

Another blurb from the back cover of later issues follows:

"Cadet School Stories. 'The Monarch of Juvenile Publications' Army and Navy. A Weekly Publication of Forty-Eight pages and illuminated cover. Price, five Cents. Subscription, $2.50 per year. Fun and Adventures among West Point and Annapolis cadets. Two complete stories each week, describing in fascinating detail life at the famous government academies. These stories, written by graduates of the academies, are true in every particular, and show vividly, how the military and naval cadets can enjoy life while learning to become officers in the Government military and naval service. Army and Navy is the only weekly published devoted to stories of school cadet life at West Point and Annapolis."

Major Author(s): Mark Mallory stories: Upton Sinclair and Henry Harrison Lewis under pseudonym Lt. Frederick Garrison; Clif Faraday stories: Henry Harrison Lewis under pseudonym Ensign Clark Fitch, U. S. N. See the January-February 2011 issue of Newsboy for William R. Gowen's clarification of authorship in this publication.
Notes / Commentary:

This title replaced the Good News story paper.

The first 16 issues were published by Howard, Ainslee & Co. (a Street & Smith publishing pseudonym), with the remaining issues directly attributed to Street & Smith.

The inside page of the back cover introduced Arthur Sewall as Editor with a portrait and the following:

"We present to our readers this week an excellent portrait of Arthur Sewall who is widely known and admired in connection with the famous department 'Short Talks with the Boys,' conducted by him for many years in Good News. Mr. Sewall's invaluable advice to the boys, and his kindly personal traits, have endeared him to a large circle of juvenile readers. He is now in editorial charge of the Army and Navy Weekly."

The inside page of the front cover contained portraits of and letters from Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi. Page 1 contained the following announcement:

"We call the special attention to our readers to the portraits and letters of two very distinguished friends of the Army and Navy Weekly, published upon the opposite page. Major-General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., now in command of the United States Army, and Rear-Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, U. S. N., recently retired from active service in praising the Army and Navy Weekly and incidentally give the patriotic youth of America sound and valuable advice. We heartily commend their letters to your consideration."

In the EDITORIAL CHAT column appeared the following:

GREETING: This number, the first issue of the Army and Navy Weekly, is respectfully submitted to your consideration. We state at the very start that we have no fear of its reception. We are fully confident that the boys of the United States, to use an every-day expression, know a good thing when they see it. The Army and Navy Weekly is a "good thing" for many reasons. It is clean, bright and wholesome. It has an artistic cover very pleasing to the eye. It contains more reading matter than any similar juvenile publication. It has a greater variety of stories, and a better class of contributors than can be found anywhere else. In fact, it is the triumphant outcome of months of costly experiments and painstaking efforts."

The last issue, No. 33, has the following announcement in the EDITORIAL CHAT:

"Number thirty-four of this publication (out next week) will be issued under a new title. The change is the result of the popular prize contest held some time ago, in which we requested suggestions from our readers as to the best stories, departments, etc. A large majority of the letters received indicated a desire on the part of our readers for a title more suited to the publication, they saying with truth that "Army and Navy" did not indicate the variety of contents. As it has ever been our aim to give our boys just what they wish, we have decided to call this publication "The Half-Holiday," commencing with number thirty-four."

When issued, number 34 announced above became No. 1 of The Half-Holiday.

Primary Data Source: LeBlanc
Data Entry Status: Done, Believed Complete

Items

v. 1, no. 1. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 1, June 19, 1897. (Mark Mallory at West Point and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 2. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 2, June 26, 1897. (Winning a naval appointment and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 3. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 3, July 3, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 4. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 4, July 10, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 9 more items)
v. 1, no. 5. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 5, July 17, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 6. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 6, July 24, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 7. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 7, July 31, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 8. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 8, August 7, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 9. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 9, August 14, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 9 more items)
v. 1, no. 10. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 10, August 21, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 9 more items)
v. 1, no. 11. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 11, August 28, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 8 more items)
v. 1, no. 12. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 12, September 4, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 13. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 13, September 11, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 14. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 14, September 18, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 15. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 15, September 25, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 16. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 16, October 2, 1897. (Two distinguished friends of Army and Navy Weekly and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 17. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 17, October 9, 1897. (Saturday morning inspection. Cadet Battalion--United States Academy and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 18. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 18, October 16, 1897. (Cadets' new quarters. Annapolis naval academy and 5 more items)
v. 1, no. 19. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 19, October 23, 1897. (Clif Faraday's troupe; or, An entertainment at sea and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 20. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 20, October 30, 1897. (The mess room. United States Naval Academy and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 21. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 21, November 6, 1897. (A waif of the sea and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 22. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 22, November 13, 1897. (Seamanship model room and 5 more items)
v. 1, no. 23. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 23, November 20, 1897. (Saving a king and 5 more items)
v. 1, no. 24. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 24, November 27, 1897. (The "Plebes'" first drill and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 25. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 25, December 4, 1897. (A peril at sea. Being two episodes of man-of-war life as experienced by Clif Faraday, naval cadet, U.S.N. and 5 more items)
v. 1, no. 26. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 26, December 11, 1897. (Competitive drill for the flag and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 27. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 27, December 18, 1897. (Clif Faraday's gallantry; or, balking a conspiracy and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 28. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 28, December 25, 1897. (The cadet chapel, United States Naval Academy and 10 more items)
v. 1, no. 29. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 29, January 1, 1898. (Clif Faraday's failure; or, Hazed within an inch of his life and 6 more items)
v. 1, no. 30. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 30, January 8, 1898. (The cadet battalion, United States Naval Academy and 8 more items)
v. 1, no. 31. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 31, January 15, 1898. (Clif Faraday's wit; or, The chase of the yacht fleetwing and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 32. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 32, January 22, 1898. (Love lane and 7 more items)
v. 1, no. 33. Army and Navy Weekly : a weekly publication for our boys, v. 1 no. 33, January 29, 1898. (A strange cruise; or, Clif Faraday's last resort and 6 more items)

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