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 house? Write to the Readers' Service IrlJi Lr A K JJ Hi IN IVl A <J A Z/ 1 JN Jl, 



July, 1907 



I -TH E • TALK- OF -THE - OFFICE- III 



THE BOOK SENSIBLE 



For some years we have been trying to 

 secure a sensible book on getting the most 

 from the body in the way of health and enjoy- 

 ment of mind and spirit. Dr. Luther H. 

 Gulick's "The Efficient Life," to our think- 

 ing, has more good common sense which 

 the everyday reader can understand and put 

 into practical use than has before been put 

 between covers, because it squarely faces 

 modern conditions, and every word is to the 

 point. Here are the chapter heads: 



Speed. Fatigue. 



Efficiency. Sleep. 



Life that is Worth While. Stimulants and Other Whips. 



States of Mind and States of The Bath — For Body and 



Body. Soul. 



Exercise — Its Use-and Abuse. Pain — The Danger Signal. 

 Meat, Drink, and the Table. Vision. 

 The Business of Digestion. Vitality — The Armor of Of- 

 Waste. ence. 



The Body Shows Character. Growth in Rest. 

 The Attack on Constipation. 



Get it from your library, borrow it from a 

 friend, buy it from your bookseller, or send 

 us $1.32 and we will send it postpaid. 



THE CHANGING MAGAZINE 



One is forever hearing some reader say 

 Somebody's Magazine is not so good as it 

 used to be. This in face of the fact that the 

 periodical is better printed, more various and 

 interesting in its contents, and made, you 

 may be sure, at an infinitely greater cost. 

 The fact probably is that the reader is so 

 jaded that unless the magazine turns editorial 

 flip-flaps every season he gets tired of it. 

 In our own magazines we try to secure a 

 happy medium. 



Last month, for example, we devoted 

 practically a whole issue of The World's 

 Work to the great new South. In prosperity 

 and in new possibilities here is a subject 

 which may well fire the pen of the greatest 

 student and writer. We hope that in getting 

 away from the usual for a month we have 

 accentuated the magazine's flexibility. 



In Country Lije in America we are arrang- 

 ing to add several new departments to the 

 monthly range of subjects covered. There 

 shall be no interest connected with country 

 living (the sane country living, we mean, 



not the flipperies) which shall not find full 

 and entertaining treatment in Country Life 

 in America. This magazine was the pioneer 

 in the field in the United States. There are 

 many others now, all of them cheaper in 

 price. Our magazine must be better than 

 ever to hold its place, and we believe we 

 have the organization to keep it better. 



THIS SPRING'S BOOKS 



May we send you as a reader of The 

 Garden Magazine any of these books on 

 approval? The prices are for books post- 

 paid. 



The Privateers. H. B. Marriott Watson. $1.50. 



Bettina. Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd. $1.2.5. 



A Sovereign Remedy. Flora Annie Steel. $1.50. 



Soils. S. W. Fletcher. $2.20. 



Birds Every Child Should Know. Neltje Blanchan. $1 .32. 



The Issue. Edward Noble. Si. 50. 



My Life as an Indian. J. W. Schultz. $1.65. 



Friday the 13th. Thos. W. Lawson. $1.50. 



The Efficient Life. Luther H. Gulick. $1.32. 



The First Claim. M. Hamilton. $1.50. 



Fruit Recipes. Riley M. Fletcher Berry. $1.65. 



The Reptile Book. Raymond L. Ditmars. $4.34. 



An Experiment in Perfection. Marion T. D. Barton. 



$1.50. 

 Carmichael. Anison North. $1.50. 

 Farm Management. F. W: Card. $2.20. 

 Under the Sun. Perceval Landon. $5.12. 

 Wuthering Heights. (Large Print Library). Emily 



Bronte. $1.00. 

 Nearest the Pole. Robert E. Peary. $5.12. 

 Water Wonders Every Child Should Know. Jean M. 



Thompson. $1.20. 

 Tin Enamelled Pottery. Prof. Edwin A. Barber. $1.00. 

 Nimrod's Wife. Grace Gallatin Seton. $1.92. 

 The Industrial Republic. Upton Sinclair. $1.32. 

 Navigating the Air. Aero Club of America. $1.65. 

 The Awakening of China. Dr. W. A. P. Martin. $4.12. 

 The Diary of Delia. Onoto Watanna. $1.34. 

 Salt Glazed Stoneware. Prof. Edwin AtLee Barber. 

 $1.00. 



This month we add "Daffodils" to The 

 Garden Library, $1.20, postpaid, and 

 "Mosses and Lichens" to The Nature Li- 

 brary, $4.34 postpaid. 



TO READERS IN CANADA 



The Canadian Government has raised 

 the price of postage on American periodicals 

 from one to four cents a pound. Naturally, 

 having accepted the subscriptions we will ful- 

 fill the obligation, but hereafter full foreign 

 postage will have to be charged, which in the 



case of The Garden Magazine is thirty-five 

 cents a year. We regret having to do this. 



STANDARD BOOKS 



We are so fortunate as to have something 

 more than fifty thousand people who buy 

 books from us more or less regularly. As 

 time goes on, we want these people, if we 

 can serve them well, to look to us for good 

 books, and we realize that this means that 

 we must go into the business of furnishing 

 the "standard" works, so-called. This is 

 a new departure for us, and for years we have 

 been trying to find the books which meet 

 our four conditions: 



I. The selection of the volumes to be 

 beyond all question standard, and needed 

 by every intelligent person as a companion 

 in the home. 



II. The text to be accurate and well 

 edited by authorities which are unquestioned. 



III. The format of the volumes to be cor- 

 rect. The type new, clear, and readable 

 to prevent eye-strain, the plates new, the 

 paper soft and opaque. The books to open 

 flat on the reading table or in the hand (a 

 difficult qualification to secure). The bind- 

 ing to be flexible, and finally the books to 

 be beautiful in ornament and execution, and 

 made of the best materials. 



IV. The price to be reasonable, but not 

 so cheap that any of the other qualifications 

 must be slighted. 



We think we have attained our purpose. 

 If you want to put your book money into 

 editions which you may always take pleasure 

 in, and read the books while you are paying 

 for them, let us send you some information 

 on the subject. Fill out and mail this blank. 



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