Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1894-08-09
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

How girls were courted in the old
Puritan days, and the difficulties, now
unknown, to marriage are delightfully."-
described by Alice Morse Earle in the
August Ladies Home Journal, which
article is put next to a snake story by
Max O'Rell, reminiscent of his life in
the bush of Australia, and which he
calls "My First Snake" Julia Bond
Valentines charming story, "The
Whistling Girl, is the subject of two
most exquisite illustrations by Irving II.
Wiles. Sketches, with portraits, of
"Four Famous Young Authors" Rich
ard Harding Davis, Rudyard Kipling,
John Kendrick Bangs and Jerome X.
Jerome, comprise the biography of the
number. Mr.. Howells' literary biog-
raphy, which he has aptly named "My
Literary Passions" continues to grow
in interest and charm. John Gilmer
Speed writes of "Mud- Imprisoned
Women" making strong plea, in be-
half of women, for the improvement of
country roads. Frank Il. Stockton
continues to amuse with Pomona's let
ters to her old mistress, as does Mr.. A.
Il. Frost, the original "Ruddeh Grange''
artest, with his clever illustrations.
Edward w. Box writes of "The Boy in
the Office" and Grace Ellery Chan
ming of "Politeness in Two Countries. y
The clever and funny Brownies are at
Newport, and their escapades at that
fashionable resort are exceedingly
amusing. Florence Morse writes OF
the advantages and disadvantages OF
Suburban Life for Women and Mrs.
Carrot Webster gives very novel idea
for summer fair under the title ''The
New Athletic Carnival Mrs. Mallon
writes of Dainty Styles in Lingerie, y
and "The Art of Dressing the HAIR
Miss Scovils Suggestions for Mothers
are valuable, as is the column devoted
to Musical Helps and Hints" Alto
gether this August issue, with its pretty
summer cover by Alace Barber Stephens
is particularly dainty issue, and no
woman can afford to be without it.
Sold by The Curtis Publishing Company
OF Philadelphia, for ten cents per num-
Der and one dollar per year.
The complete novel in the August
number of Lippincott's is Sweetheart
Manette," by Maurice Thompson. The
scene is laid at Bay st. Louis, on the
Gulf of Mexico, and the charming hero
inc has quartette of lovers, and no
little difficulty in deciding between
them. This .well-known author has
done no better work. Louise Stock
tons tale, ga Mess of Pottage,o is con-
Guided. Other short stories are CAT
the Rough-and-Tumble Landing,u by
Prof. Charles G. d. Roberts; ga Mill
tary Manoeuvre," by Kate Lee Ashley;
"The Everlastin' Buzzards' Sit,u by
Charles McIlvaine; and Gan In Memo
RAM of the Keys" by Johanna STARS.
Thomas Stinson Jarvis contributes an
acute and suggestive essay on "Femi-
nine Phases" and Charles Henry Webb
discusses "Uncared-for Catsn in hui
namely humorous vein. Mrs. M. E.
Sherwood supplies interesting reminis-
cences of 7fWashington before the
War; Mary Elizabeth Blake writes
on Muscles and Morals" George Gran
than Balm on .tNewspapes Waking y
and Will Clemens on "Chinese Shopsv
and their peculiar signs. n
The radical reduction in the price of
Romance, from 25 to 10 cents copy,
resulted Immediately in great increase
Of it's sales, four editions of the July is
sue being required to meet the demand.
1t is safe to predict still larger sales of
the August number, as the public only
needs to know of such an opportunity
to buy the best of stories, ten OK them,
for dime, and it is sure to i'm trove it.
The special feature of this issue is a
group of Mystery stories, the |fsst of
which is the famous Heaphy ghost
story, unknown to this generation, but
the source of much wonder and delight
30 years ago. The two other tales of
this group are original and striking.
Besides these there are one of Alphonse
Daudet's charming fantasies, a pretty
love-story by Herbert D. Gal
laudet, an extraordinary tale by Stan
ley J. Weyman, boys story by Hetta
L. HI. Ward, and others equally attrac-
tive. Romance is issued by Romance
Publishing Company, Clinton Hall,
Astor Place, New York, and is sent for
10 cents.
The problem of poverty and help
lessness and incapacity is studied by
Charles Dudley Warner in the second
ihstalment of '"The Golden House,"
which appears in the August Harper's,
We watch plain, resolute little woman
threading her way through the crowded
and unclean streets, going about doing
good, day after day-one day like an
other, except that very day the kalido-
scope of misery shows new combi-
nations. The story already gives evil
dence of earnest effort to understand
and desire to improve the conditions of
life in overcrowded portions of New
York.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.