VOLUME II |
NUMBER I |
Published quarterly by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company. 345T E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Entered as second-class matter September 8, 1930, at the postoffice at Indianapolis, Indiana, under Act of March 3, 1879. Single copies, 25 cents. Subscription, $1.00 a year in the United States, $1.40 a year In Canada, $1.10 in other countries. English office: Charles Lavell, 18, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet St., E. C. 4, London. The publishers are not responsible for the loss of unsolicited manuscripts, although every care will be taken of such material while in their possession. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by copyright and must not be reproduced either wholly or in part without permission from the publishers. All manuscripts and communications should be addressed to the publisher's Chicago office at 840 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.FARNSWORTH WRIGHT, Editor.
Copyright, 1932, by the Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Contents of Winter Issue, 1932
Cover Design - J. Allen St. John
The Dragoman's Jest - E. Hoffman Price & Otis A. Kline 4
Arabia—a jest that turned into deadly earnest
The Dancer of Djogyakarta - Warren Hastings Miller 31
Java—A Moslem girl calls upon the Hindoo gods to save her from the lust of white men
The Mystic Rose - Hung Long Tom 40
Verse
Tsang, Accessory - James W. Bennett 41
Shanghai—kidnapping and murder—Chinese motion pictures—and a Chinese detective
Honor of a Horse-Thief - S. B. H. Hurst 66
Afghanistan—the brilliant exploit of a Durons clansman—a fascinating action-adventure story
The Sowers of the Thunder - Robert E. Howard 80
Palestine—a mighty tale of Baibars the Panther, most spectacular figure of the Crusades
Broken Honor - H. E. W. Gay 106
Malay Archipelago—a white exile is put to a heart-breaking test
The Dance of Yesha - Grace Keon 116
India—a coward sat on the throne of kings and prayed that be might never yawn
El Hamel, the Lost One - G. G. Pendarves 119
North African desert—the tale of a Touaregg woman's loyalty to her fallen shekh
The Snake Strikes - Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner 132
India—a red-blooded tale of outlawry and border raids
The Souk 137
A chat with the readers
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