The Popular Magazine, December 20, 1916

# Museum Catalog Note

This December 20, 1916 issue of Popular Magazine presents a holiday-themed collection of fiction across multiple genres. The lead story is J. Frank Davis's complete novel "A Fourfold Game," featuring international espionage operatives working in Mexico during a period of diplomatic tension. The issue includes Henry Herbert Knibbs's "Boimita," a western Christmas episode; H.C. Witwer's "It's Bad Luck," about superstition in boxing; Roy Norton's serialized "The Phantom U-Boat," narrating a submarine pirate's maritime crimes; and Arthur Stringer's "The Bell," a philosophical short story exploring humanity's isolation. Dane Coolidge contributes Part IV of the five-part "Rimrock Jones," tracking a character drawn to urban life. Additional contents include Bertrand W. Sinclair's "One Christmas" and Robert Welles Ritchie's "Virus X," featuring recurring detectives. Verse by Berton Braley and editorial commentary complete the issue's contents.