Munsey's Magazine, October 1897

This October 1897 issue of Munsey's Magazine contains serialized fiction, poetry, and illustrated cultural commentary. The featured serial "Corleone: A Tale of Sicily" by Marion Crawford (Chapters XXVIII-XXXI) continues the magazine's dramatic narrative. Hall Caine's serial "The Christian" also appears (Chapters LVII-LXIII). Short stories include "Houp-La!" by Vivanti Chartres and "The Two Jacks" by Kathleen Blackburn. Poetry appears from Lulah Ragsdale ("Faith"), A. Vansantford ("The Magic Curio"), Clinton Scollard ("Nutting Song"), and Idah M. Strobridge ("The Glory of War"). Nonfiction features include interviews with author Bret Harte discussing Dumas' "Monte Cristo," commentary on French art and the Dingley tariff, biographical profiles of public figures including Dr. Edward Everett Hale and Tennessee's Governor Robert L. Taylor, and articles on portrait painters and the Paris Exposition. Illustrated departments cover theater, art, and society.