1887/02 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:

20-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11" X 16". Vol. IV, No. 3.

The issue opens with"Josiah Allen at Saratoga" by Josiah Allen's Wife.

  • Illustration on the front cover is by W.A. Rogers
  • Fiction by S.S. Norton, Mrs. M.E. Stafford

    • The rest of the issue includes standard columns that fit the title of Ladies Home Journal and Practical Housekeeper:

  • Mothers Corner
  • Artistic Needlework
  • Brush Studies (painting)
  • The Practical Housekeeper
  • Dress and Material
  • Flowers and Houseplants

    • Advertising mostly consists of smaller ads, but there are two pages that seem to be a cross between article and in-house ad for "Our Premium List of Plants and Bulbs".