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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
March
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Pansy for Maroh contains Pansy's story of the Golden Texts for the month; Pansy's other story, Up Garret; Margeret Sidney's story, The OldBrimmer Placs; Mr?. Arohibald'a story of a disagreeable girl; a cat story; Mrs. Livingston 's Pansy Society story; a sea story; several missionary sketches ; the Indian School at Carlisle; baby corner ; pictures, a dozen or two ; a lot of lettere to Pansy from boys and girls; and a queer story. Published by D. Lothrop Company, Boston. Among its many attractions, the March Wide Awake give a delightful chapter of Sidney Luska's serial story "My Uncle Florimond" - the good humor and good heart of the two noble Jews, Mr. Finkelstein and Mr. Marks, have Sbldom been surpassed ; thia story shows Luska's real strength. Mrs. John Sherwood's etiquetteserial ''Those Cousins of Mabel'e," is very successful in depicting the character and career of a willful young country beauty who thinks her well-bred relatives very "fussy" about her behavior, and learns the wisdom of etiquette by various hard leseons. Mr. Henry Holt, the publisher, to show the nece8sity of international copyright haa written a conciso narrativa of the American book trade, which appars in the March Forum. He shows how before days of "piracy" we had a number of notable writers of books, and he gives the reasons why now we have chiefly literary hacksand play-wrights. Thegreatpublishing houses that are making money at ail are making it on periodicals or school books or subscription books, and the book business proper is practicnlly at a standstill. The Ceclury for March contains an uuusually interesting installmentof Mr. Kennan's article on Russian state prisons. An interesting incident relaled by him is the celebration in the House of Deteniion at St. Petersburgh of the Centennial Fjurth of July. Tunneling in Libby Prison is iold by Cap(. Frank E. Moran, and is ol great interest. Of eourae the Lincoln history continĂșes; this time it relates to the cali to arni3 and to firinguponFort Sumpter. Theodore Roosevelt, the young millionaire who mude a repatation in the New York legislature, continĂșes his article on ranch life in the West! The Hereafter. Twenty-threeAnswers by so Many Rligious Teachers to the Question, "What are the strongest proofs aud arguments in support of the belief in a life hereafter?" Boston : D. Lothrop (Jo. Price 60 cents; paper 25 cents. The series of anieles published in the Christmas number of the Herald in answer to the question, "What are the strongest proofs and argumeets in support of the bellet in a life hereafter?" rt-appears in a compact little volume hearing the imprint of D. Lothrop Company. The contributors to the series includa representative preachers and teachers of nearly every religious denomination in the country, and what they have to say from their individual standpoiats upon the subject is of remarkable interest.

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