High in a Manhattan office building last week a tall, white-haired man proudly thumbed three dummy paperbacked books. Vivid covers proclaimed them Vol. I, No. 1 of Swift Story Magazine (It Fits Your Pocket), The Pocket Magazine and The Dime Novel. First of the three was ready for publication this week. But it was The Dime Novel, scheduled to appear next month, which brought a reflective smile to the white-haired manWilliam Gilbert Patten ("Burt L. Standish"), author of the famed old time Frank Merriwell series, now venturing for the first time as...
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