The Argosy, Volume LXIX

This is a bound volume of a literary periodical covering September–December 1899, published by Macmillan. The primary content is "The Tower Gardens" by L. Alldridge, a serialized novel occupying chapters XXXII–XLVIII across the volume, following characters including Alison and Mac through domestic and romantic complications, including a cruise aboard the Firefly and a stay at Muirhead. The volume also contains numerous short stories and poems by named authors including C. E. C. Weigall ("By Sicilian Seas," "A Soldier's Wedding"), Sydney C. Grier ("Deaconess Chriemhild's Romance"), Elizabeth M. Moon ("The Best-Laid Schemes," "A Heart Heroic"), and others. Additional illustrated essays by Charles W. Wood include "A Dream-World," "Old and New Outlines," and "St. Moritz and the Engadine." The contents mix fiction, poetry, and topical pieces, including Christmas-themed material and a poem dedicated to the Army in South Africa.