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1899-06 Cosmopolitan Magazine Contents

1899/06 — Contents taken from the index found on the front cover are as follows:

  • Frontispiece — Eric Pape
  • Progress in Air-Ships by H.B. Nason with photos of both the Russian and French Air-Ships
  • In the Philippines, Past and Present by Robert Lawrence Packard
  • How to Secure Expression in Photography by C. Francis Jenkins
  • Marine Disasters on Pacific Shores by James G. McCurdy
  • Our Neighbors the Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright
  • The Woman of To-day and To-morrow by Harry Thurston Peck
  • The Shadows of a Clever Pair of Hands by Henry Ridgely Evans

  • The Ideal and Practical Organization of a Home
  • “The Coming Race” a poem by J.A. Edgerton
  • “Queer People” a poem by Charlotte Perkins Stetson
  • The Building of an Empire — Mohammed ; Abu Beker ; Omar — by John Brisben Walker and Illustrated by Eric Pape
  • John Gayther and the Galleon by Frank R. Stockton and illustrated by H. Pruett Share
  • Penitential Hymn by Joel Elias Spingarn
  • The Awakening by Count Leo Tolstoy and illustrated by Pasternak
  • The Launching of Larry by Caroline Leslie Field and illustrated by Peter Newell
  • “Love’s Gift” a poem by John Vance Cheney
  • The United States of Europe by Edward Everett Hale
  • As to the Theatrical “Supe” by Charles M. Skinner
  • Much advertising in both front and back of issue

    • 1899-07 Cosmopolitan Magazine Contents

    1899/07 — Contents taken from the index found on the front cover are as follows:

  • Frontispiece — Moslems in the Captured Convent of Abyla – Eric Pape
  • Some Americans Who Have Married Titles by Frances de Forest
  • Balzac and His Work by Harry Thurston Peck
  • “Dawn” – a poem by Mrs. Edgar Van Etten
  • Samoan Types of Beauty by William Churchill
  • A South Sea Island Story by Lloyd Osbourne and illustrated by B. West Clinedinst
  • The Hero of the Regiment by Herbert D. Ward and illustrated by H. Pruett Share
  • “Love’s Coming” a poem by Alice W. Winthrop
  • The Building of an Empire — Omar — by John Brisben Walker and illustrated by Eric Pape

  • Tea-Drinking in Many Lands by Laura B. Starr
  • The Organization of a Home on $2.50 a Day by Charlotte W. Eastman
  • Snowflake and Ishahari by John Luther Long and illustrated by Theodore Wores
  • Woman’s Economic Place by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and illustrated by F.G. Attwood
  • The Awakening by Count Leo Tolstoy
  • Romance and Reality in a Single Life by Charles S. Gleed
  • What One Should Know About Swimming by John Fletcher and illustrated by Hy S. Watson
  • Some Examples of Recent Art
  • Much advertising in both front and back of issue

    • 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

    • 1899-10 Cosmopolitan Magazine Contents

    1899/10 — Contents taken from the index found on the front cover are as follows:

  • Frontispiece — The Young Mother – by M.B. Parkinson
  • English Court Beauties by T. Cunliffe-Owen
  • A Horse-Swapping Convention by William M. Brewer
  • Christian Science and the Book of Mrs. Eddy by Mark Twain – 10 full pages of text
  • The Dead – A poem by J.A. Edgerton
  • Lady Mary’s Mistake by Maarten Maartens with drawings by R.J. Campbell
  • The Parting – A poem by John Vance Cheney

  • Great Industries of the United States — Zinc – Mining by Frank Eberle
  • The Stage in Mexico and Its Favorites by Thomas Brown
  • The Group-Gatherers by Ninetta Eames
  • The Care of Young Children – Prize Article by Helen O. Anderson, M.D.
  • The Lady in the Box by Frank R. Stockton
  • Out of the Shadow by Elmore Elliott Peake
  • The Bonapartes of To-Day by Prince Fabien Colonna

  • Candy-Making at Home by Marion R. Lee
  • Cagliostro-Necromancer, Hypnotist and Charlatan by Henry Ridgely Evans
  • An Arizona Episode
  • What Work Is by Charlotte Perkins Stetson
  • A Plan for the Organization of National Clearing House Bank by John Brisben Walker

  • Some Examples of Recent Art
  • Quarter-page ad for the Winton Motor Phaeton motor card

    • 1940-11 Cosmopolitan Magazine Contents

    1940/11 — Cover design “De Luxe Model” by Bradshaw Crandell
    Contents taken from the index and from paging through the issue are as follows:

    BOOK-LENGTH NOVEL:

  • Somwhere I’ll Find You by Charles Hoffman and illustrated by E.M. Jackson

    • TEN SHORT STORIES:

  • The Other Ten by Francis Wallace and illustrated by Michael Dolas
  • Air Mail to Red Riding Hood by Vina Delmar
  • Birthday Gift by Jean Dupont Miller
  • Half-Baked Alaska by Albert Rice and illustrated by Robert Patterson
  • The Bronzes of Martel Greer by Thyra Samter Winslow and illustrated by Tom Webb
  • Horse Show Ball by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb
  • Postscript by Frank R. Adams and illustrated by Armando Seguso
  • People Are An Uncommonly Bad Lot by W.E. Brandon and illustrated by Dan Content
  • The Star That Fell by Edison Marshall and illustrated by J.W. Schlaikjer
  • Charm by Grace Zaring Stone and illustrated by Walter M. Baumhofer

    • THREE SERIALS:

  • Tiger Milk — Part I — by David Garth and illustrated by John Falter
  • And New Stars Burn — Part V — by Faith Baldwin and illustrated by McClelland Barclay
  • The Strange War of Hiram Holliday — Conclusion by Paul Gallico and illustrated by Tom Lovell

    • TEN ARTICLES:

  • Cosmopolite of the Month: Byron C. Foy by Percy Waxman
  • Coming Home by W.L. White
  • Personal Exposures by Rex Beach
  • The Pan American Way by Stuart Chase
  • Her Blood Works Miracles by Walter Livingston
  • Streamline and Safe Way by Artie McGovern
  • The Hazards of Night Life by Ted Shane
  • Inside the Trojan Horse by Donald E. Keyhoe and John Jay Daly
  • Moving–Now and Then by Mary Margaret McBride
  • The Most Thrilling Football Game I Ever Saw by Bill Corum

    • FIVE SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Over the Editor’s Shoulder
  • Letters
  • New Pictures You’ll Want to See
  • Fashions in Fiction
  • Educational Guide