The Popular Magazine, April 1904

The Popular Magazine, April 1904 This issue contains a serialized adventure "Beatrice, of Venice" by Max Pemberton, set during late eighteenth-century Venice. The complete novel "Wanted, a Highwayman" by William Wallace Cook focuses on an eccentric uncle's efforts to obstruct his nieces' romantic pursuits. Other fiction includes "The Rixby Concession" by Charles W. Miller about Americans introducing modern business methods in Central America; "O'Rourke, Gentleman Adventurer" by Louis Joseph Vance, detailing an attempt to establish a desert empire in the Sahara; "The Eternal Snare" by Arthur W. Marchmont, concerning a millionaire entangled in Turkish intrigue; and "Winners, Knight Errant" by Seward W. Hopkins, an adventure tale set in Rhodes. Short stories feature adventure, romance, railway narratives, and mystery. Contributors include Fred M. White, Scott Campbell, and others.