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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Of particular interest in this February 1903 issue of "The Cosmopolitan" is an early science fiction tale by Louise J. Strong, "An Unscientific Story", illustrated by E. Hering (See pictures provided above); also of interest is the first appearance of a story by cult author Octave Thanet, titled "Beyond the Limit", which is illustrated by C. M. Relyea. Art and Crafts author, impresario, and founder of The Roycroft Press, Elbert Hubbard, wrote a piece about Leo Tolstoy. The article is illustrated with photographs. H. G. Wells is represented by his serial articles on the development of modern society; this installment is titled "The Man-Making forces of the Modern State". There more, including a report on the national tours undertaken by President McKinley, illustrated with photographs; a piece on the Young Napoleon by Field - Marshall Viscount Wolseley, & a photo-illustrated puff piece on barbaric jewelry worn by celebrities, including Sarah Bernhard and the Crown Princess of Romania. There are also stories, poems and bits of literary & social news. Lots of halftone photographs and line drawings. And of course, as with so many Victorian magazines, there are many fascinating period advertisements. TITLE : The Cosmopolitan ISSUE : Volume XXIV, No. 4 DATE : February 1903 EDITOR : John Brisben Walker IMPRINT : Cosmopolitan Magazine Company PLACE : Irvington-on-the-Hudson, New York SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Early science fiction story; a First Appearance of a story by Octave Thane. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Monthly Illustrated Periodical; volume pp 362 - [480] plus numerous pages of front and back material (editorial, comic miscellany, and advertising); 7" x 10", decorated wraps, stapled and glued. All of the photographs and illustrations are done in halftone or black-and-white line drawings. CONTENTS Almost all of the articles and stories have illustrations : - Frontispiece Illustration for "An Unscientific Story" drawn by E. Hering - The American Bride - by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen - Damascus - by Dulany Hunter - President McKinley's Tours - by W. W. Price - Illustrated with photographs - Mankind in the Making, Part V, Cont.: the Man-Making Forces of the Modern State - by HERBERT GEORGE WELLS - Barlasch of the Guard, continuation of a Serial Story - by Henry Seton Merriman - AN UNSCIENTIFIC STORY - EARLY SCIENCE FICTION STORY BY LOUISE J. STRONG (FIRST APPEARANCE) - The Young Napoleon : The Genesis of a Great Career , Part II - by Field - Marshal Wolseley - Barbaric Jewels as Worn by Modern women - by Emma B. Kaufman - Old Love Stories retold: IV. Ferdinand Lassalle and Helene von Dönniges - by Richard Le Gallienne - LEO TOLSTOY : an Interpretation done by ELBERT HUBBARD - Beyond the Limit - a Story by OCTAVE THANET - What a Father Can Do for his Daughter - by Henry Thurston Peck - In Collision : Two of a Kind - a short Story by James Edmund Dunning - Captains of Industry : August Belmont - by Ralph H. Graves; Henry M. Whitney - by Arthur E. McFarlane; William - Andrews Clark - by Henry R. Knapp - Making a Choice of a Profession - II : The Ministry - by Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones ( 1843 - 1918) A Liberal Unitarian - - Minister, founder of All Souls Unitarian Church in Chicago; a radical modernist who joined the "Unity Men" and who preached an ethical basis for faith, and a pacifist who founded "Unity " magazine. - The Triumph of Adolf Lorenz . by John Brisben Walker - Great Events - Humor and Satire, etc. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- Previously owned periodical; the spine, covers, and cover edges display weathering, chipping, creasing and moderate discoloration; binding is intact; interior is clean and attractive . It's a very nicely preserved periodical that is over 100 years old. E. Hering, et al - also Many Halftone photographs (illustratore).…