A complete issue · 3 pages · 1897
Munsey's Magazine, Volume XVII
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1897 — 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 XVII documents a comprehensive general-interest magazine featuring diverse content. The special articles cover literary and historical subjects—including studies of portrait painters (Lawrence, Gainsborough, Romney, Hoppner), biographical sketches of writers (Dickens, George Eliot, Poe, Byron, Charles Lamb), and contemporary American topics (the Constitution, naval policy, the McKinleys, the Supreme Court). Notable bylines include William Dean Howells, Brander Matthews, and Theodore Roosevelt. The serial stories include The Christian by Hall Caine and Corleone by F. Marion Crawford, appearing across multiple issues. Short fiction by established authors (Frank R. Stockton, S.R. Crockett, Paul Bourget, Ellis Parker Butler, Myrtle Reed) and numerous contributors fills the issue. Poetry selections range from Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Edwin Markham to Charles G.D. Roberts and Katherine E. Thomas. Regular departments cover art, etchings, literary matters, stage news, and music, reflecting the magazine's cultural scope.
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