Munsey's Magazine, February 1900

# Munsey's Magazine, February 1900

This issue of Munsey's Magazine (Vol. XXII, No. 5) presents a mix of illustrated journalism, fiction, and cultural reporting. Featured nonfiction includes Raymond S. Spears on Central Park in winter, John R. Spears on famous admirals, and articles on ski-running in Norway, railroad policing, and Paris's automobile vogue. Serials continue: Henry Seton Merriam's "The Isle of Unrest" (chapters IX-XIII) and Stanley J. Weyman's "Sophia" (chapters XX-XXIII). Short stories include Juliet Wilbor Tompkins's "The One Possible Man" and four storiettes—Kate Jordan Vermilye's "The Tarleton Colors," David H. Talmadge's "Thompson's Anniversary," Sarah Armour's "An Outraged," and Henry Wallace Phillips's "The Lion's Skin." Poems by Ernest McGaffey, Douglas Hemingway, Theodosia Garrison, and Helen Noe appear throughout. Other articles cover Episcopal Church influence in New York, royal military service, and two financial swindles. Photography features Civil War and Philippine campaign officers, Philippine commissioners, and European royalty.