1890/05 -- ITEM DESCRIPTION:
28-pages plus outer covers. This is just the fifth 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. 6.

Contents as cribbed from the outer cover:

  • Ascutney Street - Part VII - by Adeline D.T. Whitney and illustrated by W. St. John Harper
  • Both Sides of the Line, a poem by Cora Stuart Wheeler
  • Women in Business Life by Mrs. Frank Leslie
  • How to Choose Eye-Glasses by HV. Wirdeman, MD
  • Superstitions of the Chinese by Wah Le Tung
  • Domestic Life in Egypt by Mary J. Holmes
  • My Little Bo-Peep, a poem by Frank E. Holliday
  • How to Take Care of Kid Gloves by Augusta S. Prescott
  • Farmer Bell's Bargain by Mrs. A.G. Lewis and illustrated by E.B. Bensell
  • The Coming of May, a poem
  • The Amateur Camera by A. Bogardus
  • The Value of Etiquette
  • The Master-Key, a poem
  • Woman's Need of Exercise by Ellen Le Garde
  • A South African Wedding by W.P. Pond and illustrated by Frank C. Drake
  • What are Women Doing? by The Editor (Bok)
  • The Young Man of To-Day
  • Under My Study Lamp by T. DeWitt Talmage, DD
  • Side-Talks With Girls by Ruth Ashmore
  • Letters to Beth: No. VI by Kate Tannatt Woods
  • A Wedding Outfit for $200 by Emma M. Hooper
  • The Proper Care of Clothing by Helen Jay
  • The Life of a Busy Author by Alice Au Tance Campbell with portriat of Mrs. Kate Tannatt Woods
  • Is Literature a Trade? by Edward W. Bok
  • New Books on My Table by Annie R. Ramsey
  • Latest Fashions by Mrs. John W. Bishop and illustrated by Victor F. Newman
  • Hints on Home-Dressmaking by Emma M. Hooper
  • Jessie's Opportunity by Florence B. Hallowell and illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
  • A May-Day Song, a poem by Laura E. Richards
  • All About Flowers by Eben E. Rexford and illustrated by F.S. Guild
  • A Puzzler for Baby, a poem by Dudley Dorn
  • An Allegory of To-Day by Margaret B. Harvey
  • Talks With the Doctor by Laury MacHenry
  • Practical Housekeeping by Louisa Knapp
  • What to Do With the Left-Overs by L.L.
  • Resurrection Dishes by Mary J. Safford
  • Shining and "Doing-Up" Shirts by Aunt Millie
  • A Few Dainty Desserts by Edith A. Grant
  • Questions and Answers
  • Artistic Needlework by Mary F. Knapp
  • Phillida -- Chapters XV - XVII - by Maude Howe
  • Front cover: The Herald of Spring, a poem by Alexander Wilson
  • 2nd Cover: The Violet in France
  • 2nd Cover: Neatness in Dress at Home
  • 3rd Cover: Seven Ways of Marrying
  • Back Cover: Deceptive Housekeeping

    • Advertising includes smaller display ads and is becoming more prominent than in earlier issues.