Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly Nov-Apr 1905, Vol 59

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“Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly" November 1904 thru April 1905, Volume LIX, New York: Frank Leslie Publishing House, 141-147 Fifth Ave. These are the later volumes of “Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly” which are a little smaller than the standard 1860 thru the early 1890s format. Also, they do not have all of the colored illustrations as the trend was more towards the photographic technology which was not capable of color. There are the recurrent monthly departments of: Poetry, Marginalia (Editorial Notes and Comments), Men, Women and Books, as well as the major articles. Following are some of articles and short stories to be found within: · The Business Clergyman – The Churches’ Demand for Executive Men by Arthur Goodrich (with many portrait photos) · The Lady and the Football – short story by Edwin Oviatt, with drawings by Howard Giles · The Great Theatrical Syndicate – How Six Dictators Control Our Amusements (conclusion of a series of editorials by the editors) · The Prospector – A Novel of the Northwest – continuation of serial by Ralph Connor · The Financiers of the Campaign – Cornelius Bliss and George Foster Peabody, The Men Who Are Collecting Millions for the Fight by F.T. Birchall · Third Candidates – The Populist, Prohibitionists and Socialists Nominees for President and Their Influence on the Election · The Battle of Nanshan by an Officer Who Take Part in the Battle (Sino-Japanese) · The Fayette County Gas Wells – A Story of Peter Potter, Privateer by Henry M. Hyde, with drawings by W.J. Enright · Jiu-Jitsu, The Art of Self-Defense by Teiichi Yamagata, with illustrations specially posed by Prof. Uchimura and his assistant, Hakoiwa (well illustrated with 12 photos) · With Blessing of Bobby – short story by Margaret Busbee Shipp with photographic illustrations · A Physician in the Arctic by Dr. Wilfred Greenfell · He Invasion of the American Stage · Christmas on Shark Shoal – A Story of a Girl, A Motorboat and an Lightship · George A. Converse – Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Chief of the Bureau of Navigation by James T. Williams Jr. · A Colonial Governor at Twenty-Eight (Beekman Winthrop) · The Battle of Telitz by a Japanese Officer Who Took Part in the Battle · The Crowning of Dolly by E.W. Ridley Beal, with drawings by Allen True · Grand Opera in America by Heinrich Conried, Director of the Metropolitan Opera Company (with photos of stars including Enrico Caruso, Marchella Sembrich, Emma Calve, Antonio Scotti, etal) · The Woman in the Alcove – A Masterpiece Among Detective Stories by Anna Katherine Green, with Drawings by George Wright (beginning of a serial) · Does It Pay to Be a Teacher? (with many portraits) · Frank Headley, The Man Directly Responsible for the Safety of Three Hundred and Twenty-Five Million People · The New Senator From Massachusetts (Winthrop Murray Crane) · The Governor-General of Canada (Earl Grey) · A Strictly American Manager (Henry W. Savage) · In the Honest Woods – short story by Holman F. Day · The Land of Disasters 1853 thru 1904 (Railway Safety) · The Discoverer of Alaska, The Wonderful Story of the Voyages of Vitus Bering, The Dane, First of the Stories of the Vikings of the Pacific by Agnes C. Laut · Jefferson Davis Abraham Lincoln Bowe by Ben Blow, with drawings by Fanny Y. Cory · A Revolutionary Inventor – William Hoffman and the Engine Which He Designed to Double the Speed of the Traveling World (“rotary engine”) · Taking Port Arthur The Most Heroic Siege of History, Personal Narratives of Officers of the Investing Forces Literally Translated for this Magazine, With an Introduction by Adachi Kinnosuke, Accompanied by Maps from Original Sources, The Whole Giving a Vivid and Correct Idea of the Character of the Fighting – first paper of series · Women of Japan... read more

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