A House Name for the Frank Tousey publishing firm, used in the late nineteenth century for boys' fiction in several genres, including mysteries and Westerns as well as sf. Of most sf interest were the Frank Reade, Jr. tales (> Frank Reade Library; Luis Senarens) and the slightly later Jack Wright tales (> Luis Senarens). Authors whose sf work appeared as by "Noname" include Harold Cohen (1854-1927), Francis Worcester Doughty, Harry Enton, Senarens and possibly Cecil Burleigh and Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey. [EFB/DRL]

see also: Dime-Novel SF.

"Noname"

works

Listed in alphabetical order of true author:

• "Where?": Or, Washed into an Unknown World (New York: Pluck and Luck, 1902) by Francis Worcester Doughty [first published in 1889-1890 in The Boys of New York as by Robert Maynard: pb/]
• The Steam Man of the Plains; Or, the Terror of the West by Harry Enton (New York: Frank Reade Library, 1892) [chap: Frank Reade: pb/]
• Frank Reade and his Steam Horse (New York: Frank Reade Library, 1892) by Harry Enton [chap: first published in 1876 in The Boys of New York: Frank Reade: pb/]
• Frank Reade and his Steam Team (New York: Frank Reade Library, 1893) by Harry Enton [chap: first published in 1880 in The Boys of New York as by Harry Enton: Frank Reade: pb/]

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