The Blue Book Magazine, May 1907

# The Blue Book Magazine, May 1907

This issue features diverse short fiction and a novelette. William Wallace Cook's "The Testing of Noyes" presents a complete novel about educating a tenderfoot. Raymond Lee Harriman's "Ted Castee, Artist" concerns genius's choices, while M. McDonnell Bodkin's "The Will and the Man" involves double-dealing strategies. Gilbert P. Coleman offers "A Self-Inflicted Vengeance" centered on the Elixir of Life, and Marian Warner Wildman's "The Call of the Bugle" explores true love's hesitation. Marvin Dana begins a new series, "Mysteries of the Rail," with "The Car That Vanished." The issue also includes installments of ongoing serials: Frank Lovell Nelson's "An Adventure of Carlton Clarke" (No. V—"The Squared Triangle") and Joseph A. Altsheler's "Judge Braxton—American" (No. IV—"The Silent Stranger"). Additional stories include Hugh Kenealy's boxing tale "Jojo's Bout with Justice" and Helen Tompkins's "The Lennox Gold." The publication also features "Stageland," theatrical photographs and commentary by Charles Darnton covering New York productions.