The Argosy, Christmas 1912

About this issue

This Christmas issue of The Argosy (15 cents) features varied fiction across multiple genres. The lead offering is "Loosing the Tempest," a book-length novel by Seward W. Hopkins—a sequel involving an iceberg experience with excitement and terrors. Four serial installments continue: "Before the Dark" (Part I, Leslie Havergal Bradshaw), "Flirting with Desperate Hazard" (Part II, R. K. Thompson), "Castaways of the Year 2000" (Part III, William Wallace Cook), and "The Motor-Bus Mystery" (Part IV, Bertram Lebhar). A novelette, "Wizard or Crook" by Casper Carson, appears alongside eight short stories—including "At Five Fathoms" (Frank Williams), "One Crowded Christmas" (Douglas Pierce), "The New Man's Dilemma" (Morton P. Hobs), "On the Plymouth Express" (Frank Conly), and others exploring varied scenarios. The issue advertises upcoming serials including Edgar Franklin's "A Call to Arms" and Albert Payson Terhune's "The Trouble Hunter" for the January Argosy.

In this issue

• “LOOSING THE TEMPEST” by SEWARD W. HOPKINS · p.1
• “AT FIVE FATHOMS” by FRANK WILLIAMS · p.81
• “BEFORE THE DARK” by LESLIE HAVERGAL BRADSHAW · serial · p.87
• “ONE CROWDED CHRISTMAS” by DOUGLAS PIERCE · p.108
• “FLIRTING WITH DESPERATE HAZARD” by R. K. THOMPSON · serial · p.116
• “THE NEW MAN'S DILEMMA” by MORTON P. HOBS · p.142
• “CASTAWAYS OF THE YEAR 2000” by WILLIAM WALLACE COOK · serial · p.152
• “ON THE PLYMOUTH EXPRESS” by FRANK CONLY · p.171
• “THE MOTOR-BUS MYSTERY” by BERTRAM LEBHAR · serial · p.176
• “MODERN WEAPONS” by CHARLES PHELPS CUSHING · p.190
• “WIZARD OR CROOK” by CASPER CARSON · p.193
• “A STEAM-ROOM FRACAS” by HARTRIDGE D. TYLER · p.217
• “IN THE LAND OF ILLUSION” by CHARLES G. BARNEY, JR. · p.225
• “THE LETTER HE DIDN'T WANT” by HOWARD P. ROCKEY · p.230
• “THE LOG-BOOK” by THE EDITOR · feature · p.235