1889/12 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
25-pages plus 16-page Premium Supplement plus outer covers, totalling 45 pages. Edited by Mrs. Louisa Knapp (brief history below) While Knapp is still listed as editor of this issue it does include writing by Edward W. Bok. This is the final issue with Mrs. Louisa Knapp listed as Editor, Bok will take over that honor in the January issue next month. Issue measures appx. 11" X 16". Vol. VII, No. 1.

Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • The Old Front Gate by Will Carleton
  • Secrets of Entertaining Company Agreeably by Florence Howe Hall
  • Scissors and Paste by M.L.T.
  • Ascutney Street - Part II by Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney
  • Presidential Entertainments in the White House by Theodore R. Davis
  • Christmas at Guttormson's by Katharine B. Foot
  • Santa's Wonderful Jig by Mrs. A.G. Lewis
  • Verse Building by Frank H. Stauffer
  • Grandmother's Baby a poem by Margaret E. Sangster
  • Rubbing the Baby by Annie Hamilon Donnell
  • The Mother's Opportunity by Thorny Poppy
  • Phillida - Chapter V - VI by Maud Howe
  • Editorial
  • Books and Book Makers by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Gladstone's Love for Reading and Bismarck's Literary Tastes by Edward W. Bok
  • New Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • Hints on Home Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • Artistic Needle Work by Mary F. Knapp
  • Christmas Dainties byEliza R. Parker
  • English Christmas Dishes by Mary Barrett Brown
  • A Carol for Christmas by Eben E. Rexford
  • The Window Garden in December
  • Christmas Floral Decorations
  • Talks About Flowers
  • Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever by Dr. T. Wallace Simon
  • A Literary Game by "Unomee"
  • Christmas Meats and How to Cook Them by Anna Alexander Cameron
  • 16-page Premium Supplement following page 25 of the regular issue

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads.