# The Bandit Queen: A Tale Of Italy - Emerson Bennett \[circa 1869\]

The Bandit Queen: A Tale Of Italy : by Emerson Bennett, Author of "Sol Slocure," "Prairie Flower," "Phantom of the Forrest," "Clara Moreland," "Forged Will," etc, etc. Street & Smith, \[1869?\]. This little booklet seems to have actually been a sort of a sales promotion gimmick for Street & Smith's New York Weekly . It contains only the first three chapters of the story. At the end of the third chapter, this notification appears: "THE BANDIT QUEEN'' will be continued in STREET & SMITH'S NEW YORK WEEKLY, No. 45, now ready, which is the largest, most beautiful and best literary paper published in the United States." Someone made a pencil notation below this notice which states "Begun in Sept. 16, 1869, no. 44" - which I assume means that the serialization of "The Bandit Queen" had begun in Issue 44 of New York Weekly and this little booklet reprints the chapters from that issue. About The Author (from Wikipedia): Emerson Bennett (March 16, 1822 – May 11, 1905) was an American author primarily known for his lively romantic adventure tales depicting American frontier life. He was the author of over 30 novels and hundreds of short stories. At one time, Bennett was one of the most popular authors in America. Several of his books reportedly sold over 100,000 copies. Bennett's work frequently appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, The New York Ledger and other periodicals. Some of his writings were translated into other languages. Bennett also wrote poetry and edited several…

- Kind: Magazine
- Series: The Bandit Queen: A Tale Of Italy
- Year: 1869
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/bennettemersonthebanditqueenca.1869)
- Licence or status: Public Domain Mark 1.0 (as the archive states it)
- Who can read it: Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says)

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