1888/09 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
20-pages as edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11" X 16". Vol. V, No. 10.

The issue opens with fiction by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Christine Terhune Herrick, Anna W. Barnard, Ella Rodman Church

  • Illustration on the front cover is by W.L. Taylor
  • Article about Laura C. Holloway with engraving of Mrs. Holloway -- A well-known Brooklyn Journalist, Cultured Lecturer, and the Author of Numerous Successful Books
  • Also a little less than a column of text with engraving of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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

  • Childrens Page by Katherine B. Foot
  • Mothers Corner
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • The Practical Housekeeper by Eliza B. Parker
  • Dress and Material by Mrs. Jas. H. Lambert
  • Practical Fashions by Emma M. Cooper
  • Small Greenhouses and Conservatories by Eben E. Rexford with sketches of exteriors
  • Philadelphia by Isaac B. Pennypacker

    • Advertising mostly consists of smaller ads with a few "display" ads featuring illustrations. Ads include Nestle's, Dickens Works with sketch of Charles Dickens, Uncle Tom's Cabin being offered with joining a book club.