1899/09 -- Contents taken from the index found on the front cover are as follows:

  • Frontispiece -- "Love, the Conqueror" - Byam Shaw
  • The "America's" Cup by John R. Spears with photos of several ships including a couple of the "Columbia"
  • A LIfe by Maarten Maartens with drawings by Robert J. Campbell
  • "Eternal Me" a poem by Charlotte Perkins Stetson
  • An Unconscious Crime by John E. Wilkie, Chief, United States Secret Service
  • Inner Organization of the French Spy System by I. Saint-Just, Former Chief of Division French Secret Service
  • The Art-Gallery of the Great Lakes by Charles Warren Stoddard and illustrated by W.W. Deslow -- 10 Denslow illustrations
  • The Roof-Gardens of New York by Vance Thompson
  • "A Plea for a Song" a poem by Maurice B. Kirby
  • Love Laughs at Blacksmiths by O'Neill Latham and illustrated by the Author
  • The Delightful Art of Cooking by Anna Leach with drawings by F.G. Attwood
  • The Building of an Empire -- Mohammed : Omar by John Brisben Walker and illustrated by Eric Pape

  • The Study of Fiction by Brander Matthews
  • The Art of Buying Food for a Family -- Prize Article by Mary Graham
  • Romance and Tragedy of Kentucky Feuds by J. Stoddard Johnston
  • Elton Slade's Auction Habit by Annie Hamilton Donnell and illustrated by Louise L. Heustis
  • Men, Women and Events
  • Some Examples of Recent Art
  • Much advertising in both front and back of issue