1933/03 -- Contents as follows:

  • What Is Going On in the World
  • Paradise by James M. Cain --from the page about the authors: "James M. Cain is a former newspaper man, now living in California." This story was published prior to Cain's famous novels "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1934) and "Double Indemnity" (1936)
  • Big Leaguer by John Fante --from the page about the authors: "John Fante was born in Denver, Colo., the son of an Italian father and an American-born mother. He studied at Regis College, a Jesuit institution at Denver, and the University of Colorado. He is now living in California"
  • Americana
  • Rehearsing for Baseball by Arthur Mann
  • The Facts of Life by Samuel Grafton
  • The Feud in the Rotunda by Albert Halper
  • Salvation for the Select by Frank Devine
  • Old Ladies by Margaret Widdemer

    • The State of the Union:

  • Getting Rid of the Mexican by Carey McWilliams
  • Super-Moses by Oliver Jenkins
  • A City That Might Have Been by George Seibel
  • The Clown as Lawmaker by William Seagle
  • In Praise of Islands by Frances Front
  • Prison Stupor by Victor Folke Newlson

    • The Arts and Sciences:

  • Victor Herbert & Rubato by Gustav Klemm
  • The Potato by Norman Taylor
  • The Catholics in the Revolution by Theodore Maynard
  • Wine from American Grapes by Philip Wagner
  • Fantasia Impromptu by Bejamin DeCasseres
  • Something Starting Over by Thomas Hornsby Ferril
  • The Soap-Box
  • The Library by H.L. Mencken
  • The American Mercury Authors
  • Check List of New Books
  • Lucky Strike ad on the back cover is illustrated by Penrhyn Stanlaws