River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-11-29
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HARPER's MONTHLY MAGAZINE
! The December Number Of HARpsRs MAG
AzINE opens the Forty-sxth Volume under
most promising auspices. The remarkable
combination of serial stories by three such
authors ss CHARLES READE. "rEKIE COL
Inns. and Miss THAcKERY. is withou, prec-
edent in the history of magazine literal re
| The five illustrated articles in this Mum
her cover great variety Of subjects. o.
Nj. Spencer--American Consul at Geneva
contributes very interesting article on
"Marco Polo and his Book" Under the
title of .'fhe Dome of the Continent Mr..
VERPLANK CALVIN gives us au account of
mines and mining in Colorado. HERBERT
| BRIGHT contributes q brief illustrated ar
ticle descriptive of Malta. BEN PEELEY
| PooRE gives the history of the COMPRESSION
al Library Md Benson j. LOSING under
the title Of "The Old Romans at Home"
describes the manners Of the Romans in
the time of Agricola.
Two unusually interesting short stories
are coptributed-"A Madrigal," by Fran.
ces M. Peard, and "A Picturesque Trans
formation" by JULIAN HAWTHORNE, and
many other articles equally interesting.
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Heat in Cooking; The Horse Malady;
timely article on the construction Of Ice
Houses. he health Of Preachers is con-
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