The Cavalier for May

The Cavalier, May 1911 This issue of the Munsey Company's monthly *Cavalier* magazine contains two complete novels and multiple serials and short stories. The featured complete novel is R. K. Thompson's "Trouble With the Lid Off," in which Mr. Jones receives a mysterious large packing-case as a birthday gift during a children's party at his home. Joseph Ivers Lawrence contributes "The Fake Doctor," described as involving a medical pauper, a stern father, and a strenuous person affecting a unique medical situation. Serial installments continue in "A Flight From a Throne" by Lillian Bennet-Thompson (Part I), "Mystery of the Peplona Man" by Elbert D. Wiggin (Part III), "Four to Support" by Robert Carlton Brown (Part VI), and "The Taint of Manhattan" by Fred V. Greene, Jr. (Part IV). Bertram Lebhar's two-part mystery "A Siren of Seats" appears at Part II. The issue includes thirteen short stories by various authors, including Arnold Hoffman's "A $10,000 Haircut," Forrest Halsey's "The Clairvoyance of Mrs. Thunder," and George B. Walker's "The Silent Man at Tallow Dip," among others. The magazine cost ten cents.