Boston, MA: (F. Gleason), 1878.. 1878.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial pink & black wraps. The magazine is disbound with several loose signatures. The head & the lower half of the spine are torn with pieces out and the lower half of each wrap is detached. The wraps are chipped & lightly soiled with creasing & tears to the bottom inside corner of the rear wrap. Pages [97]-144 with ads on the inside wraps. There is occasional staining & soiling & the front edges of a few leaves are chipped. Black-and-white illustrations. The contents are good.

The contents of this monthly include fiction, poetry and brief items of interest. Among the illustrations are an illustrated rebus, cartoons accompany a humorous poem and depictions of a girl with her pet thrush and of a peacock with its tail fully spread.