The Wolf-Queen

Catalog Note This issue contains three Beadle and Adams publications from 1872-1876. *The Dime Centennial Speaker* (No. 18) collects patriotic orations and speeches by American statesmen, poets, and divines on themes of liberty, union, and independence—including addresses on the Declaration, Washington, Bunker Hill, and Revolutionary heroes. *The Dime Centennial Songster* (No. 34) presents Revolutionary ballads and national songs appropriate to the Centennial year, featuring pieces like "The Star-Spangled Banner," "Yankee Doodle," and songs celebrating American independence. A biography of George Washington by C.H.H. Pannell traces his life from youth through his presidency. *The Dime Base-Ball Player for 1876*, edited by Henry Chadwick, contains professional club records for 1875, playing instructions, and association rules. The primary narrative is *The Wolf-Queen; or, The Giant Hermit of the Scioto* by Captain Charles Howard, a frontier adventure set in 1804 Ohio featuring Mayne Fairfax, a young Virginian who encounters the Wolf-Queen—a tall, white, mentally unstable woman who commands trained wolves—on the Scioto River and is rescued by Bill Hewitt, a giant backwoods hermit.