A complete issue · 3 pages · 1880
The Argosy, Vol. 30 (1880)
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1880 — all 3 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
About this issue
This magazine issue contains the serialized novel "The Mysteries of Heron Dyke" by the author of "Brought to Light" and similar works, illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards. The serial spans chapters XIX through XXXVII across the issue, featuring a mystery plot involving characters including Dorothy, Hubert Stone, Priscilla Peyton, and Mr. Charles Plackett, with action aboard a vessel called the Seamew and references to fortune-telling and hidden truths gradually revealed. The remainder comprises short fiction and poetry. Stories include "Harry Martin's Wife" by G.B. Stuart, "Jack Leybourne's Inheritance" by Joyce Darrell, "The Parson's Oath" attributed to the author of "East Lynne," "Those Dreadful Japs" by A. de G. Stevens, and others of varying length. A biographical essay on Adelaide Proctor appears, alongside a multi-installment illustrated article "About Norway" by Charles W. Wood. Poetry contributions are scattered throughout, including works by Rev. F.S. Cunningham and Sydney Grey.
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