His Other Wife: A Novel

About this issue

This issue of Street & Smith's Select Series (No. 70, December 3, 1890) contains the serialized novel His Other Wife by Rose Ashleigh, author of "A Woman's Wager." The forty-five-chapter narrative centers on themes of deception, moral transgression, and judicial resolution. Plot elements include a widow's confession, an Indian character's role as a patient, maritime intrigue aboard a vessel called the Madcap, imprisonment, religious intervention by Father Louis, and a final courtroom scene resulting in sentencing and reclamation. Key dramatic moments involve Rachel as a significant character, a dumb scout serving as messenger, disputed identity, and ultimate revelation and reunion. The novel employs chapter titles suggesting Gothic and sensational conventions—"Moral Leprosy," "A Vulture on Guard," "The Wolf and His Prey," "Serpent and Dove"—indicating a melodramatic story of hidden relationships, deception, and their eventual exposure.

In this issue

• “The County Fair” by Neil Burgess · p.10
• “His Other Wife” · novel · p.11