The Argosy, Vol. 74 (April–June 1901): Table of Contents

This page is not a cover but a contents leaf from The Argosy, the magazine Frank Munsey converted to all-fiction format in 1882 and printed on cheap wood-pulp paper — coining, in practice, the term 'pulp magazine.' The listing reveals the editorial mix that made Argosy the template for every pulp that followed: serialized novels (Stella M. Düring's Malicious Fortune runs across three installments), illustrated travel pieces, short fiction, and verse, all packed into a single volume. Contributors range from Mary Macleod to Archibald Gibbs. No lurid painted cover survives in this image, but this contents page documents the story-delivery machine whose descendants — Weird Tales, Amazing Stories, Black Mask — handed their genres directly to the comic book.