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The Blue Book Magazine, May 1912
· May 1912

May 1912 Blue Book Magazine Catalog Note
This issue contains fiction offerings spanning adventure, romance, mystery, and humor. Featured stories include Frederick Ferdinand Moore's "The Golden Kris of Hadji Mohammed," set in the Orient with exotic adventures; Clarence Herbert New's serial "The Latest Adventures of a Diplomatic Free Lance" (No. II, "The Affair at Spithead"); and Max Rittenberg's continuing "The Strange Cases of Dr. Wycherley" (No. XII, "The Fortieth Milestone"). Other pieces include John Barton Oxford's "How Doolin Done It," a romantic comedy about winning back a lost girl; Courtney Ryley Cooper's "Music and the Beast," concerning the reformation of a rough businessman; and Bruce Farson's "The Prize Boob," introducing characters identified as the Three Musketeers of Baseball. The issue also features stories by John S. Lopez, Robert C. McElravy, and William Wallace Cook, alongside substantial theatrical photography and advertising content.
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