The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-01

,ra.-s-'. ns yer was time when the success of
ihagazine depended more upon skilful editing
anu the Ladies Home Journal is a notable e1'
~ =, sne WORK that reaches the highest mark
,norttg-y Inc list or contributors to this
monthly contains the names OF many er,inant
N.isefs, and the wonder is how SO n,anv can ~.
tgSSflesenteo III single issue of the periodieaI
of co ssen among those who have made study
=. Sonaensatlon, can be entertaining and in
structive in brief article but the greata- 20 ,
=. tne contributions to this magazine are short
~ .lles are SO well classified and strengfheneS
-. ~ so1nectlng papers on similar subjects that
,ney 40 not seem scrappy There are manv de-
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entertained ~ - oiice
current Literature for Fehrua,v 10. IN -.
many departments filed to oyeraowing with
souu selections from sources near and far It's
coLection OF verse is most excellent. and noting
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- coupled with that of newspaper one is struek
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20 the world through the daily and weekly n.ess
man Ia the purely literary magazines That tbe
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,tonaniy Is taken from the newspapers has been
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The February number OF the Atastic is unusu
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Object Lesson in Civil Service Reform" by
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Dy william Everett. and "The Next stage in
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