1899-09 Cosmopolitan Magazine Contents 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