The Popular Magazine, March 7, 1922

About this issue

This issue of Popular (Vol. LXIII, No. 4) contains fiction serials and short stories across multiple genres. The lead serial "Vanderdecken" (Part I) by H. de Vere Stacpoole presents a nautical adventure involving the crew of the Wear Jack and encounters with a freebooter. "Spunyarn" (Part III) by George Hugh Banning features sea narrative with Captain Newmiller confronting mutineers. H. C. Witwer contributes "Classics in Slang," a satirical essay critiquing Cooper's Last of the Mohicans. Adventure fiction includes "From a Line of Kings" by Austin Hall, "The Return of the Spider" (novelette) by Henry Herbert Knibbs, and Ralph D. Paine's true story "Bright Roads of Adventure: It Happened in Haiti," recounting a revolution. Additional short stories span humor and character studies, including works by Theodore Seixas Solomons, Ellis Parker Butler, and others. The "Caught in the Net" editorial section addresses contemporary topics including labor and business matters.