The Argosy, Vol. 84 No. 1

This issue of The Argosy for December 1916 contains one complete novel, four serial installments, and six short stories. The featured novel is "Reins of the Terror" by Stephen Brandish (chapters I–XX). The serials include "The Code" by George M. A. Cain (chapters I–VI), "During the Danger Zone" by Norcross Forbes (chapters V–VII), "The Secret" by Lawrence Perry (chapters IX–XIII), and "House of Refuge" by Fred C. Smale (chapters XXI–XXIV). Short stories include "When New York Rocked" by Keene Thompson, "Circus-Tent Menage" by Helen A. Holden, "The Refuge of the Ready and Armed" by Edwin C. Dickenson, "Reindeer on the Roof" by Joseph Ivers Lawrence, and two additional stories. The issue is primarily fiction-focused, with extensive back matter devoted to classified advertisements for correspondence courses, sales opportunities, and mail-order merchandise.