BEADLE’S DIME PUBLICATIONS.
These publications, by their combined cheapness, excellence, and beauty, have become familiar to the American public. They are, doubtless, the most popular series of books ever issued in this country. This popularity is due quite as much to the high standard of merit maintained in each work, as to the exceeding cheapness of the little volumes. Literary and moral excellence are primary requisites for all contributions to the series, as well as dramatic interest, power and beauty of story. Not a manuscript is used which has not all of these qualities. Hence the popularity and permanent value of these now conceded household and public favorites; and the general reader, the teacher, the parent, the scholar, may rest assured that, in securing any selected book of the list, they have what will prove eminently satisfactory. The list, it will be observed, comprises works of a varied character—each complete of its kind, and especially designed to place within reach of those seeking for “good books at cheap rates,” such as are calculated to afford pleasure, to edify, and to become standards of reference.
The Dime Novels series comprises nothing but carefully-chosen works, chiefly in the field of American historical fiction, and frontier, backwoods, and Indian life delineation. Only the most unexceptionable of writers contribute to the series—thus assuring the high moral as well as literary excellence of each issue. The series embodies some of the most enticing, as it certainly comprises the cheapest, books in American light literature.
The Dime Biographies are unusually valuable and appropriate. Each issue is 100 pages, 12mo, set in clear-face, close-cast type; and, being prepared with all the care of elaborate works, contains the matter of a large and expensive book. The list comprises, as its subjects, only those whose character and deeds render their record one of unique interest and brilliancy.
The Men of the Time series embraces very graphic and stirring biographical sketches of our “Fighting Generals”—those who are working out the great problem of the Union. The list, it will be observed, contains those whose record the public desire to read.
Dime Tales, Traditions and Romance of Border and Revolutionary Times. Published in numbers, 64 crown octavo pages—each number being complete in itself; beautifully illustrated. This charming series embraces the romance of our history. It is a very cheap and very desirable household and family library. Edited by Edward S. Ellis, Esq.
The Dime Fiction is a new octavo series, in which it is designed to embrace many novel and exhilarating stories illustrative of local life and peculiarities, of forest and backwoods characteristics and experiences, of strange adventure and singular incident. The best of writers only will contribute to this delightful series.
The Dime Text and Hand-Books have won a permanent place in the market for such works. The motto, “incomparable in excellence, unapproachable in price,” especially attaches to these little volumes—each one of which is a pocket encyclopædia on its subject. To the housekeeper, to young people, and to those interested in games, etc., these books are truly valuable.
The Dime Family and School series aims to supply a class of text-books and manuals fitted for every person’s use—the old and the young, the learned and the unlearned. They have won the heartiest commendations of eminent educational men, and bid fair to find their way into schools and families generally.
The Dime Song Books possess one feature which renders them incomparably the best in the market. Beadle & Co. have the exclusive right to use words of songs issued by most of our music publishers. Thus, most of the popular songs of the day can only be had (words) in the Dime Song series.
☞ Beadle’s Dime Publications can be had of Newsdealers generally; or, they will be sent, POST-PAID, to any address, on receipt of price—Ten Cents for each book ordered. Catalogues supplied free, on application. Address
BEADLE AND COMPANY, General Dime Book Publishers,
118 William Street, New York.
Transcriber’s Notes
‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ and ‘Hail Columbia’ are shown in the Table of Contents on pages 76 and 77, respectively. Neither appears in this volume. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ appears in Dime Song Book 1, and ‘Hail Columbia’ appears in Dime Song Book 3.
Within text of poems, missing punctuation was added to the end of sentences. Missing commas and periods were added to ends of index entries. The last page of the book was damaged along the right edge. Missing letters were added to complete words in the damaged section. In the Table of Contents, ‘Begone, Secesh’ was changed to ‘Begone, Sesesh’ to match the spelling in the poem on [page 43]. In other lyrics, the word is spelled ‘Secesh’ and was not changed.