Adventure Magazine Cover, October 1911

"The Freak," by John I. Cochrane, M.D. This October 1911 issue of *Adventure* magazine contains multiple fiction pieces and articles. The lead feature is Cochrane's complete novelette "The Freak," describing the eccentric Harvard student Trainor, a tall, muscular westerner known for elaborate practical jokes. To avoid a snooping landlady, Trainor fabricates an elaborate false address involving a millionaire eccentric living in a state house dome. The narrative teases an upcoming subplot involving Trainor's plans to manage a violent elderly relative at his cousins' home on North Avenue in Cambridge, threatening physical discipline with a bed-slat. Other contents include "A Bit of Local Color" by Frederick Ferdinand Moore and "A Ledge of Safety" by Wolcott LeClear Beard; adventure and expedition narratives such as Russell B. Huffman's "Through Perilous Peru" detailing Andes survey work; "A Leak in the Jungle Trade" by Thomas Samson Miller; and serial installments including "Forbidden Treasure" (Lloyd and Martin) set in Iceland and Frank Savile's "The Road." Contributing authors also include Carolyn Wells, Gilbert Patten, and George Barton.