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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
October
Year
1884
Copyright
Public Domain
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With its Issue of October 11, The Current vvill appear in its new cover, aud will be cut and pasted. Tlie iinprovemeut will be a marked one, and the cover design tself ia said to be a noble art study. No 13 of The Readinjr Club, contains 50 selectiou in prose and poetry, somcliumorous, some serious, some pathetic. Editcil by Oeo. M. Baker, published byLee & Shepard, Boston. Foraale by Sheehan & Co., Anu Arbor. Protection and Fiee Trade To-Uay, by Robert 11. Porten is an Intentlng pamphlet showing the working of the two systems. Some valuable statistics are iriven, and extremely sensible dedacttom made. Jas. R. Ösgood & Co., Boston. For sale by Sheehan & Co., Ann Arbor. EVENING EEST. By J. L. Pratt. Young Folks' Llbrary. Boston : D. Lotlirop & Co. Price 2i cents. A simple, quiet story, wliosc character is adequately expressed by the titlc. The author, throu;hout the story, dwells much upon the sweet and tender inlluenccs oí home. In Evening Kest he creates ;.ui ideal household and community, and strives to showhow much they have to do with tbc formation of character. JOHN THOHN'S FOLKS. A study of Westerd life. By Angel ine Teal. Boston: Lee t Shepard. For sale by Andrews & Vtr'ither. by, Ann Arbor. This book is one that will be quite apt to capture the novel reailin public. It is au eoCertainlng, yes, enticing story, tliat keeps one anxious to read it to the close. Althougu no one can be especially benefitted by reading it, yet no one can pos.sibly be injured by t, and the purpose of wliilinjf away a few happy liours in its perusal, will be fully served. THE STORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN. Ky F. W. Howe. Jamen U. Osgood & Co. Botton. Price 81.5U. For sale by Sheehan & Co., Anu Arbor. This book ia said to have been written In the intervals of journalistic woik, and eutirely at night. It is sad enoufrli tliro'out toprove it. Yct it is so f u!l of pathos, and the story itself is of such absorbing interest as to hoJd the reader from bezinning to eud. Tbere is no attenipt at finí! wriling, but the incident9 are narrated simply and naturully. The judgment of readers wlll be largely influenced b.v the peculiar bent of mind of ach individual. WHIRLWINDS. CYCLONF.S AND TORN ADOES. By Win. Morris Davls, Instructor in Harvard college. Boston : Lee & Sliepard. l'rlce 50 cents, For sale by Sheehan & Co. Ann Arbor. This is the third number of the "Science Series," and m interesting workitis, too. There are numerous charts ilkiatrative of the subject matter. The geaicher afteiknowledge wlll lind much that is of value between the covers of this little book. THE PARLOR GARDENER. Illustrated. By Cornelia J. Randolph. Translated irom tlie French. lïoston : Lee & Shepard. For sale by Hheeban S Co., Aun Arbor. Prlce 50 cents. Tho lover of flowers and home adornment will flnd In this book many things of practical value. Kvery variety of ]arlor gardening and the growing of house plaats is treated upon, and you are told how to construct a portable greenhouse. It is a work that will be sought after by the housewives everywhere. One of the best fashion magazines extant is the Season, published monthly by the International News Co., 31 Beekman st., X. Y. City. It is entirely devoted to the fashions, and masters its subject.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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