1902/11/01 -- Cover design by Harrison Fisher.

Complete contents picked up from paging through this issue are as follows:

  • "The Beauty-Woman" by Charles Macomb Flandrau and illustrated by William L. Jacobs
  • "The Passing of the Old-School Lawyer" by W.J. Calhoun and illustrated by Henderson Betts
  • "The Beggars' Club" by I.K. Friedman and illustrated by William J. Glackens
  • "Deep-Sea Salvage" by Morgan Robertson
  • "The Settlement With Shanhai Smith" by Morley Roberts and illustrated by George Gibbs
  • "The Pit" by Frank Norris and illustrated by Will Grefe -- Part of a serialization picking up with Chapter VII
  • Impertinent Poems by Edmund Vance Cooke

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Oldsmobile*, B. Kuppenheimer & Co.*, Andrews Heating Co.*, Johnson's Prepared Wax*, full-page for "The Stone Method" from The Stone School of Physical Culture, Nabisco Sugar Wagers from National Biscuit Company*, Florsheim Shoes*, Wright's Health Underwear*, Pears' Soap*, "Stevens' Special Catalogue of Cloaks, Suits, Furs, Etc." from Chas. A. Stevens & Bros.*, Lilliput Stereoscope Co.*, The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford*, "$3,000 for Photographs" from Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.*, "They Play Washburn Mandolins, Guitars and Banjos" from Lyon & Healy*, Sandow's Greatest Offer*, full-page for Rock Island System on the back cover. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))