Stella Rosevelt

This issue of the Primrose Series (No. 10, November 16, 1890) contains "Stella Roosevelt," a novel by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon in forty-four chapters. The serialized narrative follows an orphaned fair-haired girl of fifteen or sixteen who travels alone by steamer from Liverpool to New York, having recently lost her father. During a severe Atlantic storm on the fifth day at sea, she befriends an elderly white-haired gentleman passenger. The story encompasses domestic drama spanning multiple chapters: financial reversals, romantic entanglement, deception involving a cameo ring and mock marriage, betrayal by a character named Josephine, and ultimate resolution through faith and explanations. The text also advertises St. George Rathborne's novel "Doctor Jack," described as a sensational modern adventure narrative set in Spain and Turkey, featuring scenes of Spanish bullfighting and carnival.