"August 30, 1862"--Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels, volume 1, page 122, no. 2.
"The Standard Library of Romance, however, was not a straight run of one series, but comprised four volumes, each consisting of several Dime Novels bound together without the orange wrappers and without repagination."--Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels, volume 1, page 122.
"The books were bound in a grayish cloth, were 6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches in size, and had a special title page giving the names of the three novels."--Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels, volume 1, page 122.
First and third illustrations signed "N. Orr Co."
Frontispiece signed "Goater."
Second illustration signed "J-G."