Martin Farquhar Tupper - "The Twins"

Frank R. Stockton - "Kate Bonnet"

Ward Muir - "Observations of an Orderly"

Anonymous - "Letters of a Soldier"

Books of The Times: It’s Still Making the World Go ’Round
Michael Wolff has written a supercilious yet star-struck portrait of Rupert Murdoch, the planet’s most notorious press baron.

Books of The Times: A Media Mogul With Relentless Moxie
In this novel of the 17th century, Morrison performs her deepest excavation yet into America’s history and exhumes our twin original sins: the enslavement of Africans and the near extermination of Native Americans.

Original Sins
Malcolm Gladwell says success depends not only on brains and drive, but on where we come from — and what we do about it.

Various - Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891

V >> Various >> Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891




Layout of Advertising Pages:

inside front:

+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| Serve Yourself and... | For Colds and Coughs |
+-------------------------------+ |
| FREE for 30 days. | Ayer's Cherry Pectoral |
+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+
| 15 Cent Pa.. | Barney & B.. | Dollar Type.. | Numismatic.. |
// // // // //
| PILES | STAMPS | PEATS +---------------+
+---------------+ .... | WALL PAPER |Madame Porter's|
| Binding +---------------+---------------+ |
| "Golden Days" | Pitcher's Castoria | Cough Balsam |
+---------------+-------------------------------+---------------+


inside back:

+-------------------------------+---------------+---------------+
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| Hood's Sarsaparilla | Soap +---------------+
+---------------+---------------+ (Anti-Pain..) | (exchanges) |
| Garland |(testimonials) +---------------+ |
| Stoves | |(testimonials) | |
+---------------+ | | |
| Dancing Sk.. | +---------------+ |
+---------------+ | (exchanges) | |
|(testimonials) | | | |
// // // // //
| +---------------+---------------+ |
| | Our Premium Knife! | |
| +-------------------------------+ |
| | Pitcher's Castoria | |
+---------------+-------------------------------+---------------+


back cover:

+---------------+-------------------------------+---------------+
| Kennedy's | The Wizard's Wonderful.. | Something |
| Medical Dis.. +---------------+---------------+ that you |
+---------------+ 600 Songs |(testimonials) | want |
| Hartford Sa.. +---------------+ | |
+---------------+(testimonials) | | |
|(testimonials) | | +---------------+
// // // // //
| | | | This Binder |
| | +---------------+---------------+
| | | "Golden Days" vol. XII |
| | | |
| | | Superbly Illustrated! |
+---------------+---------------+-------------------------------+


[Illustrations:
Readers who are unable to use the fully illustrated html version of
this text may wish to view some individual images, located within the
"images" directory of the html file. The major illustrations, all named
in the form "picXX.jpg", are:
Front Cover pic01.jpg
_The Young Engineer_ 03
_Rigging and Rigs_ 06
_The North Avenue
Archingtons_ 09
_Captain Clyde_ 11
_A Flock of Geese_ 14
_The Black Hound_ 15
_The Fierce Old Cat and
the Clockwork Rat_ 18a, 18b, 18c ]


[Errata Noted by Transcriber:

front advertising:
The Clarivoyant, how to become a medium.
_so in original_: Clairvoyant

JAMES ELVERSON, Pubisher
_so in original_: Publisher

25 Silk Fringe Envelope etc., Cards with
_number obscured: could be 35 or 85_

The North Avenue Archingtons
...Marie Smith scarcely deigns to speak to me any more...
_text reads_ scarely

Stories of School Life
the third as Dreicke (three cornered)
_so in original_: Dreiecke ?

puzzle solutions:
R E T I L E S
_text reads_ RUTILES

testimonials:
...ever finds the light through colums its.
_so in original_: ...its columns. ]

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