# Volume XLIV (December 1903–March 1904)
This volume of The Argosy contains four complete novels and nine serial stories, along with numerous short stories and poems. The complete novels include A Turn of the Wheel by James F. Demerit, Cast Away at the Pole by William Wallace Cook, The Cruise of the Handicap by Seward W. Hopkins, and Where Safeguards Failed by Charles Carey. Serial offerings include By the Enemy's Will by Burford Delannoy, The Coil of Circumstance by Louis Joseph Vance, and In the Dragon's Claw by Francis Z. Stone, among others. The featured short stories range across genres: detective tales like The Great Bank Robbery and Mystery of Room 713; fantastic pieces such as The Elixir of Life and The Blue Death; humorous sketches including several "Hawkins" inventions by Edgar Franklin; and adventure narratives. The collection also includes substantial poetry contributions from Clinton Scollard, Guy Wetmore Carryl, and other period writers.
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- December 1903 – March 1904
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