The Argosy, Volume XXIV

# Gabriel's Appointment: A Serial Novel in The Argosy

This edition of The Argosy (July–December 1877), edited by Mrs. Henry Wood, features the serialized novel "Gabriel's Appointment," illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards. The narrative follows Alice Kerr, a young artist, and Grace Pyne, her companion, traveling to North Devon. Alice seeks refuge and purpose as an artist; Grace, meanwhile, struggles with Darch Williams's persistent pressures toward a secret marriage and suspicious schemes involving a charm or object belonging to Mr. Bruce. The excerpt describes Mrs. Salisbury's warm reception of Alice and Myra's display of her inherited gold coins. The issue also contains additional content: Johnny Ludlow's Papers ("A Day in Briar Wood" and "Lee, the Letter-Man"), Charles W. Wood's illustrated travelogue "Through Holland," and numerous short stories and poems by Julia Kavanagh, Anne Beale, Emma Rhodes, and others addressing themes of love, sacrifice, social propriety, and domestic life.