A complete issue · 168 pages · 1899
Munsey's Magazine, May 1899
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1899 — all 168 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 168 pages · 1899
This issue features serialized fiction and contemporary journalism. Anthony Hope contributes chapters XI-XIV of "The King's Mirror," while Max Pemberton continues "The Garden of Swords" (chapters XXIV-XXVIII). The magazine includes Oscar K. Davis's illustrated essay "Today in the Philippines," examining American occupation and commercial prospects, and Walter Littlefield's "The Truth About Dreyfus," addressing the scandal dividing France. H.G. Prout contributes "The Railroads and the People," analyzing railroad industry significance. Theodore Dreiser profiles William Cullen Bryant's Long Island estate, Cedarmere. R.H. Titherington provides the eighth installment of "Our War with Spain," chronicling naval and military victories. Shorter fiction includes storiettes by Marguerite Tracy, Emma A. Opper, and Louise Malloy. Additional content encompasses poetry by Clinton Scollard and Ethelwyn Wetherald, theater coverage, and Warren Taylor's pictorial essay on the Thames.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.