Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-09-21
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Aunt :" The MYSTERIOUS House; Month
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,.Daisy's Fever" Love and Theatricals;
| .Ny Experiment; "A True Friendship;
Cradle Song" IAN Ugly Customers;
ITO Fly;" Peggy Whites Birthday
Feet Distortion In China Whom God
hath Joined" The Old Charm;' "A Tale
of Woman's JealousyS;" The young Peo-
pies Story-Tcller, aud Flossic;'
Il must DO More for my Mother" The
Inner Monitor" "Ruthycn's Puzzle
Page" Editorial Notes" The House
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| .>.itool Teacher Is one that 10 teachers and
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Prof. Austin Phelps gives w. a glimpse
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sunday School Hymns OF the Last
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20 them might be added the spicy aud read
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story, but instead gives one long short
story called "A Florcntine Experiment,
by Constance Fenimorc WoOlsOu, one OF
the best OF American writers OF stories
AMI another, "Dcodand," by W. II. Bishop
author Of "Detmold." DR.. William James,
brother Of Henry James, jr., writes very
interesting and thoughtful article on
Great Men, Great Thoughts, and the
Environment" ''SOcillistic and other
Assassinations," by James Henry Haynie,
brings together many curious facts for
those who study social phenomena. The
second part OF the Intimate Life OF u
Noble German Family" is quite as engaging
a. the first part, and gives Us most inter
esting insight into the lives aud ideas OF
the higher classes of Germans. The care
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administration. Richard Grant White
| discourses of the prevalent habit OF drink
ing in England, terming it "A National
Vice" The political article discusses the
business Issues OF the Presidential Can
vass." People OF New England Factory
Village" Is Il paper OF genuine interest.
Mr.. Whittier has a characteristic, beau !,
tiful poem, THE Minister'S Daughter"
Mr.. Aldrich contributes short poem,
COMEDY" and there are also poems by
Robert Louis Stevenson, Helen Barron
Bostwick, |. Oppenheim, and Francis Ekin
| Allison. Several important recent books
are reviewed in the careful and readable
style for which the atlantic is distin
guished, and the Contributors Club con-
tains several bright little essays.
CONTENTS OF HARPERs MONTHLY FOR
OCroBER.-The Ascent of Fujiyama.-C. |
+. Gordon Cumming. With four illustra-
tions. Art-Needlework.- i. Hale. |
With ten illustrations. Keats Il Sonnet |
john Tabb "Reminiscences of John |
James Audubon.-Thomas NJ. Brewer. |
With two lllutsrtions. A Romance OF the |
Hcbrides.-Amelia L. Barr, With five |
illustrations. An Autumn Holiday
Sarah o. Jewett. With four illustrations. |
Demon-Hunt with st. Hubert in
Touraine-M. ID. Conway. With nine
Illustrations, Does Farming Pay! A
Poem.-Henry' S. Goodale. With six
Illustrations. The Metropolis of the
Prairies.-A. A. Hayes, jr. With twenty !
two illustrations. White Wings: A
Yachting Romance.-William Black. With
two illustrations. The Throckmortons.
A Story.-Mary n. Prescott. Some Pc
culiarities of Turkish Politics. Washing
ton Square. Part IV.-Henry James, jr.
Is 1t all There Still! A Poem.-Z. b.
Gustafson bad Peppers" A Story
George Parsons Lathrop. A Buddhist
Vision. A Poem.-Francis l.. Mace.
Modern Bee Culture.-M. Rowland.
Morning and Evening by the Sea. A
Poem.-James L. Fields. The "Sophia |
Walker. Jones Goldman. Editors |
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