Popular Magazine, August 20, 1917

This issue of *Popular Magazine* (August 20, 1917) contains a diverse range of fiction and articles. The featured serial is B.M. Bower's complete novel *Cabin Fever*, about protagonists afflicted with cabin fever who resort to prospecting and tracking a runaway child. Roy Norton's four-part novel *Esperanza* (Part II) features "plot and counterplot aboard an honest schooner, with U-boats in the offing," reflecting wartime themes. Other notable stories include Theodore Goodridge Roberts' *The Salmon Spearer* (North Woods comedy), William Almon Wolff's *Efficiency—Plus*, and H. de Vere Stacpoole's *The Bay of Pearls*. The final installment of *The Wolf Cub* by Patrick and Terence Casey concludes a Spanish romance. The issue includes adventure, mystery, and humorous tales by contributing authors like "Sapper," Louis Esson, and others. A non-fiction article on women's trapshooting by Delaware champion Harriet D. Hammond accompanies the fiction content.