1949/07 -- The Cosmopolitan cover girl painted by Edwin Georgi
Contents taken from the index and from paging through the issue are as follows:

NON-FICTION SPECIAL FEATURE:

  • A Writer's Notebook -- Part II -- by W. Somerset Maugham featuring "The Tahitian Mountains" in full-color by Paul Gauguin

    • NOVELETTE:

  • The Heart of C.C. Corwin by Carl Dreher and illustrated by Phil Dormont

    • STORIES:

  • Full Circle -- Part I -- by Richard Sherman and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • Surprise for the Professor by Richard Stern and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • None Before Me by Sidney Carroll and illustrated by William Rose
  • The Hero -- Part II -- by Millard Lampell and illustrated by Al Parker
  • The Unguarded Moment by Ernest Lehman and illustrated by Alex Ross
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Dorothy M. Johnson and illustrated by Robert Fawcett
  • Marius by Robert Lewis and illustrated by Edwin Georgi
  • The Trouble With Ryan Conneally by Nancy Shores and illustrated by Frederic Varady

    • ARTICLES:

  • In Defense of Dermathermy by Wolcott Gibbs
  • Tall, Cool, and Beautiful-- by Lucius Beebe
  • Would You Make a Good Spy? by John Kobler
  • Amnesia by Agnes Lynn Marshall
  • Let Go! Like a Latin by Harry Henderson and Sam Shaw
  • One Hour That May Save a Life by Lawrence Lader
  • Shakedown by George J. Roberts
  • Low Note on the Musical Scale by H. Allen Smith

    • SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • What Goes on at Cosmopolitan by John J. O'Connell
  • Dress Rehearsal by Tony Friend
  • Main Street by John M. Henry
  • Broadway by Louella F. Still
  • Cosmopolitan's Movie Citations by Louella O. Parsons
  • What's New in Medicine by Dr. Morris Fishbein
  • What You Don't Know Can Hurt You by Bernard Geis
  • The High Cost of Promptness by Franklin P. Adams
  • How to be a Popular Bridge Player by Albert H Morehead
  • Male-Tested Fashions by Kay Wister
  • Jon Whitcomb's Page
  • I Wish I'd Said That! by Lincoln Hodges
  • Educational Guide