The Munsey Magazine

Munsey's Magazine Contents for November 1904 This issue contains the inaugural chapters of "The Grand Duke," a serial story by Carlton Dawe. The magazine also features Frank A. Munsey's essay "Training for the Presidency: An Impression of Theodore Roosevelt," which contextualizes Roosevelt's path to high office through biographical detail and personal observation rather than partisan analysis. The essay traces Roosevelt's consistent application to his work from schoolboy through his various roles—cowboy, politician, legislator, police commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, soldier, Governor, and President—arguing that his success derived from wholehearted engagement in each position rather than calculated ambition. Additional fiction includes "Father by Grace of the Court" by Louise Kennedy Mabie, "When Abner Craig Received the Sign" by Grace McElroy Turs, "Randall's Step" by Edward Boltwood, stories by Winifred Lee Wendell and others, and continued chapters from Stanley J. Weyman's serial "The Abbess of Vlaye." Poetry and feature articles on topical subjects—including "The Russian as a Social Factor" and "Germany's Next Emperor"—round out the contents.