1890/02 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
28-pages plus outer covers. This is just the second issue edited by Edward W. Bok towards the start of his long history with Curtis Publications and the Ladies Home Journal audience (brief history below). Issue measures appx. 11" X 16". Vol. VII, No. 3.

Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Ascutney Street -- Part IV by Adeline D.T. Whitney
  • The Man Who Made Me by Josiah Allan's Wife
  • A Confession a poem by George Newell Lovejoy
  • Climbing the Social Ladder by Felicia Holt
  • The Vision a poem by Eben E. Rexford
  • St. Valentine's Day by Alice Graham Lanigan
  • Phillida - Chapters IX - X by Maud Howe
  • The Story of Beatrice Cenci by Mary J. Holmes
  • How to Eat an Orange by Allan Forman
  • The Editorial Desk
  • Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, D.D.
  • Side Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore
  • Letters to Beth - III - by Kate Tannatt Woods
  • In Literary Circles by Annie R. Ramsey -- Will Carleton -- Edward W. Bok
  • Latest Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • An Open Confession by Helen Jay
  • Hints on Home-Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • Mother's Corner
  • All About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • Tom Lawton's Sled - A Story for Boys - by William P. Chipman
  • A Broken Promise by Florence B. Hallowell
  • The Practical Housekeeper by Mrs. Louisa Knapp
  • Questions and Answers
  • Christmas at Guttormson's by Katharine B. Foot and illustrated by W.L. Taylor
  • February poem on the outer front cover by Margaret J. Preston and illustrated by H. Wintrop Pierce
  • On 2nd Cover: New Games for the Fireside by Mrs. A.G. Lewis
  • On 3rd Cover: Just Between Ourselves
  • on 4th Cover (back cover): Literary Salad by Mrs. E.C. Allis

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