The Prairie Detective: Secret Service Series No. 24 — page 213: what you’re looking at

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From THE DIME NOVEL COMPANION: A SOURCE BOOK by J. Randolph Cox (Greenwood Press, 2000): RICHARDSON, LEANDER PEASE (Feb. 28, 1856-Feb. 2, 1918) Journalist, playwright, and writer of stories for *Street & Smith's “Buffalo Bill Stories, “Diamond Dick Library, “Log Cabin Library, “New York Weekly, “Nugget Library, some of which were reprinted in “Magnet Library and *Secret Service Series. Wrote for Chicago Inter-Ocean, edited Dramatic News, and worked at New York Morning Telegraph and other papers. Among his novels is "The Prairie Detective," 24-3358, Oct. 1889. SECRET SERVICE SERIES *Street & Smith, Nos. 1-61; Nov. 1887-Nov. 1892. Monthly publication. Size: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, 190 to 250 pages. Price: 25 cents. Single color pictorial covers. Occasional black and white interior illustrations. Authors include “Nick Carter, *John R. Coryell, “Emile Gaboriau, “Harlan Page Halsey, and *Old Sleuth. Primarily detective stories reprinted from “New York Weekly serials. The nine Nick Carter titles are first appearances in book form of material previously published in the New York Weekly and the *Nick Carter Library. COMICMOO® SS (C(O)