People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1896 — Leslie’s Pleasant Hours. [ARTICLE]

Leslie’s Pleasant Hours.

The new Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours for Boys and Girls improves with every number. That for February is the best yet; it is full of good things for young people. Oliver Optic starts the number with an interesting Washington’s Birthday Story. An article that every reader of juvenile literature will enjoy is "Favorite Story-writers for Young People,’’ by Frank Lee Farnell.in whicharedescribed the methods of work of Oliver Optic, Edward S. Ellis, Nora Perry, J. T. Trowbridge and Susan Coolidge; finely illustrated with their latest portraits. It is the first of a series of papers on the subject. Then there is an article on “Costumes for a Fancy Dress Party;” an entertaining chat about chameleons; several short stories; the continuation of the two serials by Edward S. Ellis and Jeanette H. Walworth; a story for the little folks; the editor's talks about the new books for boys andgirls; and a number of puzzles, for the solution of which a prize of §5 is offered.