The Blue Book Magazine, June 1911

The Blue Book Magazine, June 1911

This issue presents a miscellany of fiction across multiple genres. The lead novelette is "Virginia Vare—U.S.A." by Hugh C. Weir, a tale of romance and secret-service intrigue set in Panama. Adventure stories dominate: "The Temple That Solomon Built" by Lloyd Kenyon Jones features a wrestler's comeback; "The Luck of '43" by Paul Crissey depicts firefighters amid love and hatred; and "Further Adventures of Matt Bardeen" by Frederic Reddale offers "The Cave in the Caribbean."

Serial entries include continuing episodes: "The King of Knaves" (No. IV—"The Lighthouse of the North"), "The Diplomatic Free Lance" (No. III—"A leak in the foreign office"), and "The Strange Cases of Doctor Xavier Wycherly" by Max Rittenberg (No. I—"The Man who Lived Again"). Period adventure includes "The Tale of the Privileged Private" by Paul H. Harris, set during the Philippine insurrection. Comedic stories feature trading stamps and suffrage themes. "The Lost Invention" by Edward B. Waterworth concerns an airship inventor. Mystery, romance, and sporting tales round out the twenty-four stories included.