A series of little 12mo paper books having about 100 pages each, with colored illustrations on orange-red covers, come next in the exhibition. These are of the “New Dime Novels” series, known in bibliographical realms as Type F. There are no less than 114 of them, all in remarkable condition considering that some were copyrighted as early as 1866, and none are less than forty years old. These books, like the original dime publications and the Pocket series, are devoted to the early Indian wars, to various pioneer conditions and events, to the settlement of the Mississippi Valley and to the Far West. Among the titles displayed in this section are “Eph Peters, the Scout of the Mohawk Valley,” by Clark; “Indian Jim,” a story of the Minnesota Massacres of 1862, by Ellis; “Wingenund,” by Murray; “The Grizzly Hunters,” by Captain Whittaker; a Sioux narrative under the title of “Old Zip,” by Bruin Adams; John Neal’s description of the Maine “Moosehunter”; and Whittaker’s story of “The Death’s Head Rangers” of Texas. Next among the various varieties of publications are the “American Tales.” These (the Type G books) have become particularly rare, and are represented by but five examples. They are octavos with brown pictorial covers. One of these, entitled “The Blue Brotherhood, or the Young Patroon’s Inheritance,” deals with the events of the Mohawk Valley during the Revolution, and with the manor house of Abram Van Kempen, which was then known as “Van Kempen’s Castle.” Most spectacular and attractive of all, in their outward appearance, are the books of the Type H series. These are likewise octavos, published in 1870 and the years immediately following, and they have dramatically drawn covers published in colors. For a long time it was not known by modern bibliographers that these tales were published by Beadle, since, almost without exception, they bear an imprint reading “Frank Starr and Company, Publishers, 41 Platt Street.” Investigation, however, at length disclosed that Frank Starr was a foreman in Beadle’s employ, and that 41 Platt Street was a rear entrance to the Beadle establishment. And finally a copy of “The Texan Spy” of this series was discovered, with the Beadle imprint on the title-page, and also a Beadle copyright, although the “Frank Starr” attribution appears on the front cover. The title-page of “The Texan Spy,” which ultimately settled the problem, is shown in the exhibition. Although this series is among the most rare, no less than thirty-nine examples are in the collection. They embrace historical tales dealing with Kit Carson, the Gulf Pirates, the Black Hawk War, Pioneer Life in Texas, the New York Wilderness, the Seminole War, Early California, the Trappers of the West, the Civil War, Early Ohio, Marion’s Rangers, the Settlement of the Susquehanna Region, and many other equally absorbing phases of American pioneer conditions.