1909/08/07 -- Cover design by Harrison Fisher

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

  • "The Humming Bird -- Young Brian de Boru Finnegan Chronicles Baseball" by Owen Johnson and illustrated by F.R. Gruger
  • "The Placid Game of Cricket -- British Brawn and Dignity at the Wickets" by George Fitch and illustrated by Peter Newell
  • "The Gentlemen From Missouri -- What the Bank Examiner Does and Does Not Do" by Harry Snowden Stabler and illustrated by H.M. Bunker
  • "The Danger Mark" part of a serial by Robert W. Chambers and illustrated by A.B. Wenzell
  • "One More Martyr" by Gouverneur Morris and illustrated by P.V.E. Ivory
  • "Who's Who and Why"
  • "The American Bluejacket -- His Day's Work on a Man-of-War" by Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum
  • "Dollars in Eggs -- Making a Living from a Small Chicken Farm" by R.P. Ellis
  • "Oddities and Novelties"

    • Notable advertising in this issue is as follows: Gold Medal Flour on the inside front cover, Ivory Soap, 2-pages for the Winton Motor Carraige Co. in the center, Colgate*, Waterman's Ideal Pens*, Cadillac Motor Car Company, Mennen's Toilet Powder*, Haynes Automobile Co.*, Knotair Hosiery Company*, Kingsford's Corn Starch*, Gillette*, and an Oldsmobile ad on the back cover and shown below. (Note ads that are smaller than a full page are marked with an asterisk (*))