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Those who had the pleasure of meeting Madame Sarah Bernhardt at the reception given to her in Brooklyn last winter were impressed by the beauty and expressiveness of her hands, and above all with the delicate softness and whiteness of the skin. As remarkable, perhaps, as the youthfulness which clothes as a seemingly imperishable mantle the real age of Madame Bernhardt,making her appear as a woman of thirty, is the fact that the important conservator of it is of English make. France has for centuries been famous for the production of the more exquisite articles for the toilet-her perfumes, her cosmetics and her soaps comprise one of her glories. And yet the greatest of her actresses joins with the royalty of England and the most refined people of all countries in saying that Pears' Soap is the most pleasing and satisfying of any. "It is simply perfect." This indeed is a remarkable tribute from the most remarkable woman in France to one of England's most celebrated products. Brooklyn Life.

Peace and Good-will.
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Social Art Gatherings in New York-The Congressional Library at Washington.

Mr. Gladstone and Armenia-Sir Joseph Lister-A Dynamite Opéra Bouffe.

ABOUT THE WORLD

THE DROUTH AT SAN ANTON.

Illustrated by Gilbert Gaul.

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The first issue of this Magazine bore the date January, 1887, and in the
January number, 1897, the publishers will begin a
notable programme which they have had
in preparation for the past

two years.

The features of the coming twelve months will appeal directly
to those readers who wish to keep abreast with the gen-
uinely good in contemporary literature, and the
original work of the best artists connected
with subjects of present-day

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interest.

HE entire novelty of some of the plans for 1897 is
noticeable. For instance, the series devoted to
"LONDON AS SEEN BY CHARLES DANA GIB-

THE OLD RECRUITING

SERGEANT

SON." Mr. Gibson has not before appeared as a writer.
He visited London last summer for SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE,
for the purpose of depicting with pen and pencil those scenes
and types which the huge metropolis of the world presents in
endless variety. For the reader it will be a ramble over
London town in company with a rarely
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army; the social functions, the theatres, the Queen's
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DIERS OF FORTUNE," which will begin in January. The hero is a young American engineer who is sent to a small South American Republic to superintend the mines of an American company. The mines are not far from the capital of the Republic, where a revolution is already brewing when the story opens. The rich American owner of the mines and his two daughters are brought into the action, and there is a love tale running through the whole romance. The hero is one of the most vigorous men that Mr. Davis has drawn in fiction, and the episodes which culminate in the revolution are exciting and picturesque from first to last. There is not a slow page, and the scenes will be illustrated throughout by C. D. Gibson, the author's friend and associate in most of his best work.

An altogether original plan in the lines which it will follow and in its point of view, is a series of well-illustrated articles to be begun in the January number, devoted to the CONDUCT OF GREAT BUSINESSES. To the average American his business occupation is one of absorbing interest. He wants to know how other business men manage their affairs and push great enterprises to success. His chief aim in life is a higher economy of effort, a finer quality of product, a better system of distribution, a greater skill in management, a nearer approximation to underlying ideals of right dealing between employer and employed. While no separate establishments will be described, the authors have made diligent study of the most successful firms in each branch, and have gone to the fountain-head of information. The articles already completed are: "THE GREAT DEPARTMENT STORE" by Samuel H. Adams; "THE MANAGEMENT OF A GREAT HOTEL,"