1890/03 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
32-pages plus outer covers. This is just the third 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. 4.

Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Mrs. Harrison in the White House by A.J. Halford - with portrait and interior views of White House
  • A Man's Ideas of Home Comfort by Percy Vere
  • Diana and the Hunt Ball by Kate Tannatt Woods and illustrated by H. Winthrop Pierce
  • Home and Haunts of Scott, illustrated by W.L. Taylor and F.S. Guild
  • Ascutney Street - Part V - by Adeline D.T. Whitney and illustrated by W. St. John Harper
  • Woman a poem by Rose Hartwick Thorpe
  • Experiments in Wage-Earning by O.M.E. Rowe
  • How to Marry Well by The Duchess
  • Phillida - Chapters XI - XII- XIII - by Maud Howe and illustrated by H. Winthrop Pierce
  • The Editorial Desk
  • March Winds by Felix L. Oswald, MD
  • Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, DD
  • Side-Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore
  • Letters to Beth - IV - by Kate Tannatt Woods
  • Keeping Store a poem by Nellie K. Kellogg
  • Four Bright New Games by Mary Catherine Crowley
  • Saved from the Poorhouse by Lavinia S. Goodwin and illustrated by Copeland
  • How a Boy's Library Was Made by Jean Halifax
  • In Literary Circles by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Words to Young Authors by Edward W. Bok
  • Latest Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop
  • Hints on Home Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • There's No Time Like the Present, a poem by Eben E. Rexford
  • Things for Baby's Wear by Clarissa Potter
  • The Best Influence for Children by Minnie A. Woodward
  • Sunshine, Baby and I, a poem by A.M.H.D. and illustrated by C.J. Budd
  • Ready Made Mothers by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • All About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford and illustrated by W. Hamilton Gibson
  • Practical Housekeeping by Mrs. Louisa Knapp
  • Sixteen Uses of Potatoes by Annie C. Stearns
  • Cookery for Convalescents by Mary Fisher Bosson
  • How to Serve Spring Chickens by Eliza R. Parker
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • What Constitutes Success by Felicia Holt
  • Questions and Answers
  • Front Cover: March, a poem by Louise Chandler Moulton
  • 2nd Cover: Words of Potted Wisdom
  • 3rd Cover: A Practical View of Marriage by Marion Harland
  • 3rd Cover: Hints on Canvassing by Miss M.H. Valentine
  • Back Cover: Fancy Work for Odd Moments by Emma M. Hooper

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