HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 11, 1909  The front page of this issue has an illustration of "What a Chance!" by J. A. Williams.

This issue has many illustrations, some of them slightly colored. There is one of "The Lighthouse Keeper's Christmas Greetings" by H. M Brett and there are some colored ones, such as "All the Fault of the Wright Brothers" by Harry Grant Dart and a double page one of "The Christmas-Tree Ship" by W. J. Aylward. There is another illustration of "The Good Samaritan" by H. C. Wall and much more.

Other advertisements of the day are included as well, helping to portray life at the turn of the century.