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THE LAND OF MIST; or, The Quest of Edward Malone.—Part I. A. CONAN DOYLE 3

ACROSTICS 19

"OUT, POUNCE, PIGGY!" HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL 20

ANIMALS AND THE LURE OF MUSIC MARGARET STRICKLAND 31

MR. BILLINGHAM, THE MARQUIS, AND MADELON E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 37

No. 4.—The Café of Terror.

WITHOUT THE OPTION P. G. WODEHOUSE 46

MY PORTRAIT GALLERY—II SIR LANDON RONALD 60

THE GREATEST LOVE-CHARM IN THE WORLD EDGAR JEPSON 66

A NATIVE SUPERSTITION "SAPPER" (H. C. McNEILE) 78

CONFESSIONS OF A HUMORIST JEROME K. JEROME 88

III.—Trials of a Dramatist.

THE BEAUTIFUL MISS HOOPER DENIS MACKAIL 97

PERPLEXITIES HENRY E. DUDENEY 107

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