This number contains two of the $ 2,600 Prize Stories.
The Black Cat
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July 1897.
$300 Prize Story
James Langston
Margaret Dodge
E. O. Weeks
Leland Ingersoll
$100 Prize Story
Mary Foote Arnold
Copyright,1897. by The Shortstory Publishing Co.
THE SHORTSTORY PUBLISHING CO., 144 HIGH ST. BOSTON MASS.
№22 Copyright, 1897, by The Shortstory Publishing Co.
The Black Cat
A Monthly Magazine of Original Short Stories.
Copyright, 1897, by The Shortstory Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
50 cents a year.
Entered at the Post-Office at Boston, Mass., as second-class matter.
IMPORTANT.—The entire contents of this magazine are covered by copyright and publishers everywhere are cautioned against reproducing any of the stories, either wholly or in part.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.
This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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