A complete issue · 3 pages · 1894
Munsey's Magazine, Volume XI (1894)
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1894 — 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 index to Volume XI documents a comprehensive general-interest magazine featuring diverse content. The special articles cover American subjects (canoes, composers, money abroad, women illustrators and photographers, the Astor family), British topics (peerage, dukes, queens), historical figures (Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon's sisters), and cultural subjects (Paris stage favorites, mountain climbing, animal artists like Landseer and Rosa Bonheur). Named contributors include Rupert Hughes, Frank W. Crane, and Richard H. Titherington. Serial stories include "Corona of the Nantahalas" by Louis Pendleton, "The Daughter of Festus Hanks" by Robert McDonald, and "The Silver Thread" by Frank A. Munsey. Short stories span adventure, mystery, and domestic drama. Poetry contributions are numerous. Regular departments cover stage reviews, literary chat, impressions, etchings, and artists' work. The volume presents typical fin-de-siècle illustrated magazine content blending biography, travel, arts, and fiction.
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