Bowery Boy Weekly:
A "Street Arab" Explores the Mysteries of the City

The Bowery Boy Library is an example of the half-dime library format. It was published by Winner Library Company in New York City from 1905 to 1907, and it featured "Tales of Adventure in a Big City." According to the publisher's note, which appears below the title banner in a 1906 issue of the publication,

American lads have always eagerly read stories of life among the street Arabs of our great cities. . . To them the Bowery stands for all that is adventurous and mysterious, while its jostling crowds are the various actors in an exciting drama of real life. Believing that an up-to-date weekly would be gladly welcomed, if devcoted exclusively to stories founded upon the exciting adventures experienced by wide-awake street boys, we have launched the Bowery Boy Library. It speaks for itself.[1]