The Argosy, 1900

About this issue

This issue features the serialized novel The Warden of the Marches by Sydney C. Grier, presenting chapters XVII through XXIV, which include episodes titled "The luck of the Baba Sahib," "An attempt at desertion," "The dead that lived," and "An abdication." The magazine contains diverse short fiction including "A Battue in Russia" by Fred Whishaw, "Flower o' the Clove" by Gabrielle Festing, and "Love the Idler" by Philippa Trent. Non-fiction articles span literary criticism, history, and travel writing: pieces on Chaucer's London, Oxford colleges, theatrical riots, and "Far Eastern Vignettes" by I. Ranken featuring Japanese subjects. Substantial poetry section includes work by Lady Margaret Sackville, Ethel Wheeler, and others. Additional content addresses Edwardian England through articles on electioneering, Sussex folk impressions, and Australian perspectives via Henry Lawson's correspondence.