Comprising the best works only of the most popular living writers in the field of American Romance. Each issue a complete novel, with illuminated cover, rivaling in effect the popular chromo, And yet Sold at the Standard Price--Ten Cents! Incomparably the most beautiful and attractive series of books, and the most delightful reading, ever presented to the popular reading public. Distancing all rivalry, equally in the beauty of the books and their intrinsic excellence as romances, this new series will quickly take the lead in public favor, and be regarded as the Paragon Novels! NOW READY, AND IN PRESS. =No. 1--Hawkeye Harry, the Young Trapper Ranger.= By Oll Coomes. Ready. =No. 2--Dead Shot; or, The White Vulture.= A Romance of the Yellowstone. By Albert W. Aiken. Ready. =No. 3--The Boy Miners; or, The Enchanted Island.= A Tale of the Mohave Country. By Edward S. Ellis. Ready. =No. 4--Blue Dick; or, The Yellow Chief’s Vengeance.= A Romance of the Rocky Mountains. By Capt. Mayne Reid. Ready. =No. 5--Nat Wolfe; or, The Gold Hunters.= A Romance of Pike’s Peak and New York. By Mrs. M. V. Victor. Ready. =No. 6--The White Tracker; or, The Panther of the Plains.= By the author of “The Boy Miners.” Ready. =No. 7--The Outlaw’s Wife; or, The Valley Ranche.= A Tale of California Life. By Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Ready. =No. 8--The Tall Trapper; or, The Flower of the Blackfeet.= By Albert W. Aiken. Ready. =No. 9--Lightning Jo, the Terror of the Santa Fe Trail.= By Capt. J. F. C. Adams. Ready. =No. 10--The Inland Pirate. A Tale of the Mississippi.= By Capt. Mayne Reid. Ready. =No. 11--The Boy Ranger; or, The Heiress of the Golden Horn.= By Oll Coomes. Ready Nov. 24th. =No. 12--Bess, the Trapper. A Tale of the Far South-west.= By the author of “Boy Miners,” “White Tracker,” etc. Ready Dec. 8th. ☞ For sale by all newsdealers; or sent, _post-paid_, to any address on receipt of price--_ten cents_ each. BEADLE AND ADAMS, Publishers, 98 William Street, New York Transcriber’s Notes The Table of Contents at the beginning of the book was created by the transcriber. Inconsistencies in hyphenation such as “wood-land”/“woodland” have been maintained. Minor punctuation and spelling errors have been silently corrected and, except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, especially in dialogue, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. Page 11: “scowling dark with vengance” changed to “scowling dark with vengeance”. Page 13: “midst of privations, and harrassed” changed to “midst of privations, and harassed”. Page 15: “Of figure he was of medium hight” changed to “Of figure he was of medium height”.