The Popular Magazine, December 1904

This December 1904 issue of *The Popular Magazine* contains eleven serials and novels alongside numerous short stories, verse, and anecdotal theatrical sketches. The complete novel *The Keeper of the Keys* by W. Beall Baldwin concerns a Western fruit ranch and an Eastern man fighting for his stake. George Parsons Bradford's serial *The Tolliver Tangle* offers mystery. B. M. Bower's short story *The Triumph of Happy Jack* follows the "Happy Family" of the Flying U ranch preparing a Christmas entertainment. *The Mystery of Woodoonga* by Hugh H. Lusk presents Australian adventure; E. Phillips Oppenheim's *The Betrayal* involves international intrigue and Britain's Secret Defense Board. Philip C. Stanton's two-part story *Millionaire Marsden's Eleven* centers on a significant football wager. L.J. Vance contributes the final O'Rourke adventure novel. Additional offerings include race-course romance, naval adventure, and mystery stories. Theatrical anecdotes feature performers including Amelia Bingham and Louis Mann.