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This includes all active issue renewals through 1934. It might not show all renewals past that date.

• February 1930 (v. 88 no. 2), © January 10, 1930
• March 1930 (v. 88 no. 3)
• April 1930 (v. 88 no. 4)
• May 1930 (v. 88 no. 5)
• June 1930 (v. 88 no. 6)
• July 1930 (v. 89 no. 1)
• August 1930 (v. 89 no. 2)
• September 1930 (v. 89 no. 3)
• October 1930 (v. 89 no. 4)
• November 1930 (v. 89 no. 5)
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6)
• January 1931 (v. 90 no. 1)
• February 1931 (v. 90 no. 2)
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3)
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4)
• May 1931 (v. 90 no. 5)
• June 1931 (v. 90 no. 6)
• July 1931 (v. 91 no. 1)
• August 1931 (v. 91 no. 2)
• September 1931 (v. 91 no. 3)
• October 1931 (v. 91 no. 4)
• November 1931 (v. 91 no. 5)
• December 1931 (v. 91 no. 6)
• January 1932 (v. 92 no. 1)
• February 1932 (v. 92 no. 2)
• March 1932 (v. 92 no. 3)
• April 1932 (v. 92 no. 4)
• May 1932 (v. 92 no. 5)
• June 1932 (v. 92 no. 6)
• July 1932 (v. 93 no. 1)
• August 1932 (v. 93 no. 2)
• September 1932 (v. 93 no. 3)
• October 1932 (v. 93 no. 4)
• November 1932 (v. 93 no. 5)
• December 1932 (v. 93 no. 6)
• January 1933 (v. 94 no. 1)
• February 1933 (v. 94 no. 2)
• March 1933 (v. 94 no. 3)
• April 1933 (v. 94 no. 4)
• May 1933 (v. 94 no. 5)
• June 1933 (v. 94 no. 6)
• July 1933 (v. 95 no. 1)
• August 1933 (v. 95 no. 2)
• September 1933 (v. 95 no. 3)
• October 1933 (v. 95 no. 4)
• November 1933 (v. 95 no. 5)
• December 1933 (v. 95 no. 6)
• January 1934 (v. 96 no. 1)
• February 1934 (v. 96 no. 2)
• March 1934 (v. 96 no. 3)
• April 1934 (v. 96 no. 4)
• May 1934 (v. 96 no. 5)
• June 1934 (v. 96 no. 6)
• July 1934 (v. 97 no. 1)
• August 1934 (v. 97 no. 2)
• September 1934 (v. 97 no. 3)
• October 1934 (v. 97 no. 4)
• November 1934 (v. 97 no. 5)
• December 1934 (v. 97 no. 6)
• January 1935 (v. 98 no. 1)
• February 1935 (v. 98 no. 2)
• March 1935 (v. 98 no. 3)
• April 1935 (v. 98 no. 4)
• May 1935 (v. 98 no. 5)
• June 1935 (v. 98 no. 6)

Renewed contributions

This includes all active contribution renewals through 1930. It might not show all renewals past that date.

• February 1930 (v. 88 no. 2): "War Nurse" (part 1 of 4), by Rebecca West [Permissions]
• February 1930 (v. 88 no. 2): "Youth", by Sinclair Lewis [Permissions]
• February 1930 (v. 88 no. 2): "The Public Wife", by Rex Beach
• February 1930 (v. 88 no. 2): "Jeeves and the Old School Chum", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions]
• February 1930 (v. 88 no. 2): "Ladies' Man" (part 7 of 8), by Rupert Hughes
• February 1930 (v. 88 no. 2): "He Always Wrote Her Everything", by Montague Glass
• February 1930 (v. 88 no. 2): "The Office Wife" (part 5 of 6), by Faith Baldwin [Permissions]
• March 1930 (v. 88 no. 3): "The Chronicles of Captain Blood, Pt. 1: The Blank Shot", by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• March 1930 (v. 88 no. 3): "Indian Summer of an Uncle", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions]
• March 1930 (v. 88 no. 3): "War Nurse" (part 2 of 4), by Rebecca West [Permissions]
• March 1930 (v. 88 no. 3): "Fourth Offense", by Rex Beach
• March 1930 (v. 88 no. 3): "The Dangerous Game", by Aldous Huxley [Permissions]
• March 1930 (v. 88 no. 3): "Ladies' Man" (part 8 of 8), by Rupert Hughes
• March 1930 (v. 88 no. 3): "The Office Wife" (part 6 of 6), by Faith Baldwin [Permissions]
• April 1930 (v. 88 no. 4): "The Patience of Griselda", by John Erskine
• April 1930 (v. 88 no. 4): "Tuppy Changes His Mind", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions]
• April 1930 (v. 88 no. 4): "The Chronicles of Captain Blood, Pt. 2: The Treasure Ship", by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• April 1930 (v. 88 no. 4): "War Nurse" (part 3 of 4), by Rebecca West [Permissions]
• May 1930 (v. 88 no. 5): "Lovely Liar", by Rupert Hughes
• May 1930 (v. 88 no. 5): "Gala Night", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Gala Nights'.)
• May 1930 (v. 88 no. 5): "The Chronicles of Captain Blood, Pt. 3: The King's Messenger", by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• May 1930 (v. 88 no. 5): "Diamond Cut Diamond", by Allan Swinton
• May 1930 (v. 88 no. 5): "War Nurse" (part 4 of 4), by Rebecca West [Permissions]
• June 1930 (v. 88 no. 6): "The Beauty Mask Murder" (part 1 of 6?), by Viola Brothers Shore
• June 1930 (v. 88 no. 6): "The Chronicles of Captain Blood, Pt. 4: The Love Story of Jeremy Pitt", by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• June 1930 (v. 88 no. 6): "Sleeping Beauty", by John Erskine
• June 1930 (v. 88 no. 6): "In the Mexican Quarter", by Tom Gill
• June 1930 (v. 88 no. 6): "Best Seller", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions]
• July 1930 (v. 89 no. 1): "Meadow Lark", by Edna Ferber [Permissions]
• July 1930 (v. 89 no. 1): "The Hour of Peril", by Booth Tarkington
• July 1930 (v. 89 no. 1): "The Beauty Mask Murder" (part 2 of 6?), by Viola Brothers Shore
• July 1930 (v. 89 no. 1): "The War Indemnity", by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions] (Title as given in CCE renewal record. The Sabatini story that appears in this issue is titled 'Ransom' there.)
• August 1930 (v. 89 no. 2): "A Noble Experiment", by Sinclair Lewis [Permissions]
• August 1930 (v. 89 no. 2): "The Barbarian", by Rex Beach
• August 1930 (v. 89 no. 2): "Carola's Causes", by Booth Tarkington
• August 1930 (v. 89 no. 2): "The Beauty Mask Murder" (part 3 of 6?), by Viola Brothers Shore (This is the last serial installment with a CCE renewal record, but FictionMags reports additional parts in the next 3 issues.)
• August 1930 (v. 89 no. 2): "Gallows Key", by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Gallow's Key'.)
• September 1930 (v. 89 no. 3): "Back Streets" (part 1 of 7), by Fannie Hurst [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. First CCE renewal record gives title as 'Back Street'; there is also a later CCE renewal record for this part giving the correct title.)
• September 1930 (v. 89 no. 3): "Bongo", by Sinclair Lewis [Permissions]
• September 1930 (v. 89 no. 3): "The Expiation of Madame de Coulevain", by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'The Expiation of Mme. Coulevain'.)
• September 1930 (v. 89 no. 3): "Fine Gold (Lifeboat)" (Title as given in CCE renewal record. Issue table of contents gives title as 'In a Lifeboat' and the header of the story's first page in the issue gives title as 'Lifeboat'.), by Jeffery Farnol [Permissions]
• October 1930 (v. 89 no. 4): "White Face" (part 1 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• October 1930 (v. 89 no. 4): "Back Streets" (part 2 of 7), by Fannie Hurst [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Back Street'.)
• October 1930 (v. 89 no. 4): "The Gratitude of M. de Coulevain", by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'The Gratitude of M. Decoulevain'.)
• November 1930 (v. 89 no. 5): "No One Man" (part 1 of 7), by Rupert Hughes
• November 1930 (v. 89 no. 5): "Cider of Normandy", by Booth Tarkington
• November 1930 (v. 89 no. 5): "Back Streets" (part 3 of 7), by Fannie Hurst [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Back Street'.)
• November 1930 (v. 89 no. 5): "White Face" (part 2 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• November 1930 (v. 89 no. 5): "Woman's Reason", by John W. Thomason
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6): "The Gay Bandit of the Border" (part 1 of 6), by Tom Gill
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6): "The Human Element", by W. Somerset Maugham [Permissions]
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6): "No One Man" (part 2 of 7), by Rupert Hughes
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6): "Go East, Young Man", by Sinclair Lewis [Permissions]
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6): "Back Streets" (part 4 of 7), by Fannie Hurst [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Back Street'.)
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6): "Tiger Snake", by Rex Beach
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6): "The Private Life of Pocahontas", by John Erskine
• December 1930 (v. 89 no. 6): "White Face" (part 3 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• January 1931 (v. 90 no. 1): "Let's Play King" (part 1 of 3), by Sinclair Lewis [Permissions]
• January 1931 (v. 90 no. 1): "The Old Red Barn", by Booth Tarkington
• January 1931 (v. 90 no. 1): "The Gay Bandit of the Border" (part 2 of 6), by Tom Gill
• January 1931 (v. 90 no. 1): "No One Man" (part 3 of 7), by Rupert Hughes
• January 1931 (v. 90 no. 1): "Back Streets" (part 5 of 7), by Fannie Hurst [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Back Street'.)
• January 1931 (v. 90 no. 1): "White Face" (part 4 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• February 1931 (v. 90 no. 2): "Ukridge and the Home From Home", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions]
• February 1931 (v. 90 no. 2): "Virtue", by W. Somerset Maugham [Permissions]
• February 1931 (v. 90 no. 2): "The Gay Bandit of the Border" (part 3 of 6), by Tom Gill
• February 1931 (v. 90 no. 2): "Let's Play King" (part 2 of 3), by Sinclair Lewis [Permissions]
• February 1931 (v. 90 no. 2): "No One Man" (part 4 of 7), by Rupert Hughes
• February 1931 (v. 90 no. 2): "Back Streets" (part 6 of 7), by Fannie Hurst [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Back Street'.)
• February 1931 (v. 90 no. 2): "White Face" (part 5 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3): "Men Dislike Women" (part 1 of 3?), by Michael Arlen [Permissions]
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3): "Here We Are", by Dorothy Parker [Permissions]
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3): "Black Pearls", by Rex Beach
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3): "Sales Resistance", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions]
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3): "The Gay Bandit of the Border" (part 4 of 6), by Tom Gill
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3): "No One Man" (part 5 of 7), by Rupert Hughes
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3): "Back Streets" (part 7 of 7), by Fannie Hurst [Permissions] (Title as given in issue. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Back Street'.)
• March 1931 (v. 90 no. 3): "Let's Play King" (part 3 of 3), by Sinclair Lewis [Permissions]
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4): "Scaramouch, the Kingmaker" (part 1 of 7), by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4): "But What About Mrs. Paul Revere?", by John Erskine
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4): "Men Dislike Women" (part 2 of 3?), by Michael Arlen [Permissions] (This is the last CCE renewal record we found for this serialization, though FictionMags says an additional part was published in the May issue. The CCE also has a renewal for a book with the same title and author.)
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4): "Quest", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions]
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4): "The Vessel of Wrath", by W. Somerset Maugham [Permissions]
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4): "No One Man" (part 6 of 7), by Rupert Hughes
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4): "The Sun Shines Bright", by Irvin S. Cobb
• April 1931 (v. 90 no. 4): "The Gay Bandit of the Border" (part 5 of 6), by Tom Gill
• May 1931 (v. 90 no. 5): "Scaramouch, the Kingmaker" (part 2 of 7), by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• May 1931 (v. 90 no. 5): "The Brain Goes Home", by Damon Runyon [Permissions]
• May 1931 (v. 90 no. 5): "No One Man" (part 7 of 7), by Rupert Hughes
• May 1931 (v. 90 no. 5): "Compromised", by P. G. Wodehouse [Permissions]
• May 1931 (v. 90 no. 5): "The Gay Bandit of the Border" (part 6 of 6), by Tom Gill
• June 1931 (v. 90 no. 6): "Skyscraper" (part 1 of 6), by Faith Baldwin [Permissions]
• June 1931 (v. 90 no. 6): "Fifteen", by Booth Tarkington
• June 1931 (v. 90 no. 6): "Scaramouch, the Kingmaker" (part 3 of 7), by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• July 1931 (v. 91 no. 1): "Funny Face", by Fannie Hurst [Permissions]
• July 1931 (v. 91 no. 1): "Lady-Killer", by Rupert Hughes
• July 1931 (v. 91 no. 1): "Skyscraper" (part 2 of 6), by Faith Baldwin [Permissions]
• July 1931 (v. 91 no. 1): "The Right Thing is the Kind Thing", by W. Somerset Maugham [Permissions]
• July 1931 (v. 91 no. 1): "Scaramouch, the Kingmaker" (part 4 of 7), by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• July 1931 (v. 91 no. 1): "City of Mercy", by Sinclair Lewis [Permissions]
• July 1931 (v. 91 no. 1): "Business Man", by Phyllis Duganne (Title as given in CCE renewal record. FictionMags gives title as 'A Business Man in Love'. We have not examined the issue in question.)
• August 1931 (v. 91 no. 2): "The Alien Corn", by W. Somerset Maugham [Permissions]
• August 1931 (v. 91 no. 2): "Scaramouch, the Kingmaker" (part 5 of 7), by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• August 1931 (v. 91 no. 2): "Skyscraper" (part 3 of 6), by Faith Baldwin [Permissions]
• September 1931 (v. 91 no. 3): "The Arranways Mystery" (part 1 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• September 1931 (v. 91 no. 3): "That Which Never Returns", by Louis Bromfield [Permissions]
• September 1931 (v. 91 no. 3): "Skyscraper" (part 4 of 6), by Faith Baldwin [Permissions]
• September 1931 (v. 91 no. 3): "That Ever-Loving Wife", by Damon Runyon [Permissions] (Title as given in CCE renewal record. FictionMags gives title as 'That Ever-Loving Wife of Hymie's'. We have not examined the issue in question.)
• September 1931 (v. 91 no. 3): "Scaramouch, the Kingmaker" (part 6 of 7), by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• October 1931 (v. 91 no. 4): "Mothuh", by Booth Tarkington
• October 1931 (v. 91 no. 4): "The Arranways Mystery" (part 2 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• October 1931 (v. 91 no. 4): "The Door of Opportunity", by W. Somerset Maugham [Permissions]
• October 1931 (v. 91 no. 4): "The House That Jack Built", by Phyllis Duganne
• October 1931 (v. 91 no. 4): "Love Lady no. 99", by Rupert Hughes
• October 1931 (v. 91 no. 4): "Skyscraper" (part 5 of 6), by Faith Baldwin [Permissions]
• October 1931 (v. 91 no. 4): "Scaramouch, the Kingmaker" (part 7 of 7), by Rafael Sabatini [Permissions]
• November 1931 (v. 91 no. 5): "Static" (part 1 of 6), by Rupert Hughes
• November 1931 (v. 91 no. 5): "The Arranways Mystery" (part 3 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• November 1931 (v. 91 no. 5): "Skyscraper" (part 6 of 6), by Faith Baldwin [Permissions]
• November 1931 (v. 91 no. 5): "A Story Goes With It", by Damon Runyon [Permissions]
• December 1931 (v. 91 no. 6): "No Foolin'", by Edna Ferber [Permissions]
• December 1931 (v. 91 no. 6): "Static" (part 2 of 6), by Rupert Hughes
• December 1931 (v. 91 no. 6): "The Arranways Mystery" (part 4 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]
• January 1932 (v. 92 no. 1): "The Arranways Mystery" (part 5 of 5), by Edgar Wallace [Permissions]

Additional note

Absorbed Hearst's International in March 1925, and from then until 1952 published as 'Hearst's International and Cosmopolitan' or 'Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan'. However, 'Cosmopolitan' was the more prominently featured part of the title, and was generally used as the magazine's short title.

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