Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-23

Kate Jordan. The latter is the first of
series of ten, one of which is to APP
pear in each issue during the year
These stories will be gathered after
wards in volume, the royalty on the
| sales of the book to belong to the writer's
whose tale secures the popular verdict.
To determine this choice, our readers
are invited to signify each month, by
postal card addressed to the editor of
Lippincott't Mag azine, their opinions as
to the merits of the short story in the last
issue. Those who thus report as to each
of the ten tales, from March to Deem
Der inclusive will receive, free of charge,
a copy the collected edition of "Not-
able Stories.''
The Man in the Moon is supposed to
have special influence on the affairs of
lovers, but comparatively few realize
how very old the superstition is. This
same man in the moon has for ages been
the god of love of the Chinese, and, it is
believed, slides down to earth on moon
beam, ties the end of the lovers queue to
the top of the fair maiden's nose, by
magical knot, after which nothing can
prevent the union. The marriage cere-
monies of this ancient nation are very
curious, and these and many others are
described in very interesting article on
luxurious Customs of Courtship and Mar
rage" charminglv illustrated, published
in Demorest's Family Magazine for
March. A superbly illustrated paper,
entitled SIN Mulberry Bend and Be-
yond,' gives very clear idea of the
lums of New York and to read the pro-
fusely illustrated article on Japanese
Industries and Occupations" is almost
equal to trip to Japan. If you are in
terested in knowing about fashionable
theater-party, a Lenten luncheon, ladies'
literary clubs, grand musicale, and
other Lenten entertainments, you should
read "a Debutante's Winter in New
York;" there are number of charming
stories, good poems, Madame La Mode
discourses of the latest "Society Fads,''
there are innumerable illustrations, in
GLIDING a water-color of "a Viking
Ship" and all the departments are full
to Overlooking of good things. Demo
rests is the ideal ssfamily" magazine
and every number is equally interesting
Published for 20 cents copy, or So a
wear, by w. Jennings Demorest, Is E.
Nth St., New York.
Il The February number of Romance
opened the third year of the magazine Of
complete stories, which has been making
rapid strides in public favor of late. The
remarkable series of especial N umbers, ,
which was begun last September, becam.
popular at once, and the development Of
/ tho nnuo1 idno hoe oh ~
growing interest, as the story-writers OF
J one nation after another are thus pre-
sented to the American public. The
present issue, especial English Mum
ber," offers striking contrast to its i'm
mediate predecessor, which was more
han half composed of tales from the
Spanish. 1t contains specimens of tn
; hest work of such well-known contemp
orary writers as James Payn, Walter Be-
SAINT, Conan Doyle and F. Anstey; while
selections from Miss Milford, Captain
Maryatt and Wilkie c. llns reveal tn
pirit of earlier generations. There ar,
also a special Valentine story by Mar,
E wilkins, brilliant French tales by Guy
ie Maupassant, Jacques Normand ant
Ferdinand Fleury, and an original sketcl
q II Western life by Ed TOwse. This mag
szine is issued by Romance Publishin,
. Company, Clinton Hall, Aston Place. New
York, at 25 cents copy; subscriptions
80 so year.
Ever entertaining and instructive. ant
, in touch with the most advanced field OF
thought, nearly every article that ap
. pears in Littell's Living Age is no
? only of present interest but O
permanent value and worthy O.
: preservation. Recent numbers ar,
well adapted to maintain it
well-earned reputation, their content
J covering wide range of subjects, a
their titles indicate: sJupiter's New
' Sttellite," by the eminent astronomer
Sir Robert Ball 'sThe Poetry of To-day
and Tomorrow" "Alaska and its Ola
: ciers," bv Henrietta Grey Egerton
{ I'm the Days of John Company by A
Kennev-Herbert; Letters of Charles anC
Mary Lamb y" Lollardism; ;" "Aspect
# TennysOn."a series of articles on tn,
late poet laureate, by some of the bes
0 known writer's; 1.-The Lions in Trafalga
: Square," by Richard Jefferies; so
:. Thomas Bewick," by Anne Richie, will
{ many others of equal merit. Curren
e fiction is we'll represented by the shor
= stories which appear in each issue
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. sending 15 cents to the publishers, Littel
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