Chapter 1

[Transcriber's note:

This was a catalog from a magazine subscription agency MANY YEARS AGO. It is presented in order to show a cross section of the periodicals for the general public, and some professional journals, published in the USA at that time, and the kinds of subscription prices they asked. Obviously, the offers are NO LONGER AVAILABLE and most of these periodicals are no longer published! The only other thing I know about Mr. Cottrell is that he was apparently an avid player of horseshoe pitching.

The booklet had 40 octavo size pages and there were two forms inserted loose into its pages; the contents of those forms appear at the end of this document. The booklet itself had four kinds of content. 1) Instructions and self-promotion by D. D. Cottrell. 2) Advertisements inserted by various publishers. 3) An extensive alphabetical list of the American publications offered via the company. 4) An extensive variety of "club lists"--offers of an even more special price on particular combinations of two or more magazines, not necessarily from the same publisher. This was a common practice at the time. Comments in square brackets, other than the footnotes, were added during the process of transcribing the booklet to an etext. Enough blathering; here follows the actual contents of the booklet.]

D. D. COTTRELL'S SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY

Catalog No. 39 Season 1905.

Established 1886

North Cohocton, N.Y. Twentieth Year

Wholesale Price List of Newspapers & Periodicals

Save Money, Time and Trouble by subscribing for all your periodicals through us.

References: Dun's or Bradstreet's Commercial Agencies or Any Leading Publisher.

[Note that The D. D. COTTRELL company NO LONGER EXISTS!!!]

Our Guarantee: We will BEAT OR MEET any price advertised this season by any responsible party for any periodical or combination of periodicals. Send all your orders to us.

SOME LEADING OFFERS. Regular Our Price Price The Success Magazine: with Leslie's Monthly--or Cosmopolitan ........ $2.00 $1.50 with Harper's Bazar--or Good Housekeeping ..... 2.00 1.50 with Pearson's--or Twentieth Century Home ..... 2.00 1.50 with Sunset Magazine--or American Boy ......... 2.00 1.50 with American Inventor--or Technical World .... 3.00 1.50 with Bookkeeper--or Ladies' World ............. 2.00 1.25 with Holiday Magazine--or Young Americans ..... 1.50 1.25 with Woman's Home Companion ................... 2.00 1.60 with Review of Reviews--or Independent ........ 3.50 2.50 with World's Work and Leslie's Monthly ........ 5.00 3.00 with Booklover's Magazine and Harper's Bazar .. 5.00 3.00 with Outing and Pearson's ..................... 5.00 3.00 with Outlook (new sub. only) .................. 4.00 3.00 with Country Life in America .................. 4.00 3.25 with Harper's Magazine--or Harper's Weekly .... 5.00 4.25 with No. Am. Review (new sub.) and Cosmopolitan 7.00 5.00

See other leading offers on next page.

D. D. COTTRELL'S SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY, NORTH COHOCTON, N.Y.

Popular Magazine Offers

Regular Price SUCCESS MAGAZINE, (M) ....................... $1.00 The Great Home Magazine of America.

CLASS A Leslie's Monthly Magazine .................. 1.00 Harper's Bazar ............................. 1.00 The Cosmopolitan Magazine .................. 1.00 Good Housekeeping .......................... 1.00 Pearson's Magazine ......................... 1.00 The Twentieth Century Home ................. 1.00 The American Boy ........................... 1.00 The American Inventor ...................... 1.50 The Sunset Magazine ........................ 1.00 The Technical World ........................ 2.00 The Bookkeeper and Business Man's Magazine, ($1.00) with "Business Short Cuts," ($1.00),[A] .............................. 2.00 The Ladies' World, (50c.) with "Entertainments for All Seasons," ($1.00) [B] ...................................... 1.50 The Holiday Magazine for Children, (50c.) with "Home Games and Parties," (50c.) [C] 1.00

SPECIAL BOOKS

[Footnote A: "Business Short Cuts" is a valuable handbook for the busy office man, either employer or employee; 157 pages, bound in heavy boards. It is offered in combination with "The Bookkeeper and Business Man's Magazine" as a member of Class A.]

[Footnote B: "Entertainments for All Seasons" is a 224-page 12mo. book, neatly bound in cloth and full of excellent hints and suggestions for home and church festivities. It is offered in combination with the "Ladies' World" as a member of Class A.]

[Footnote C: "Home Games and Parties" is a beautiful little 188-page book, bound in cloth, especially adapted for the busy mother who has to provide amusement for her boys and girls. It is offered in combination with the "Holiday Magazine for Children" as a member of Class A.]

See Opposite Page for Club Prices

CLASS B

The Review of Reviews ................... $2.50 The World's Work ........................ 3.00 Outing .................................. 3.00 The Booklover's Magazine ................ 3.00 The Independent ......................... 2.00

SPECIAL MAGAZINES The Outlook, (new sub. only) ............ 3.00 Country Life in America ................. 3.00 Harper's Magazine ....................... 4.00 Harper's Weekly ......................... 4.00 No. American Review (new sub. only) ..... 5.00 International Studio .................... 5.00

HOW TO FIND COMBINATION PRICES

1. First choose the magazines of "Class A," "Class B," and "Special" that you wish to order.

2. If you choose "A" and "B" magazines only, their price with SUCCESS will be readily found on top of first column, opposite page.

3. If you choose any of the "Special Magazines," look for them in black-face type on opposite page, and you will there find a set of offers which will probably include what you wish.

4. If you do not readily find prices on the magazines which you wish by the above rules, _write to us for special quotations_.

Popular Magazine Offers

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OUR CLUB PRICES For Annual Subscriptions to Magazines Listed on Opposite Page

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Success Magazine: with 1 of A, ..................... $1.50 with 2 of A, ..................... 2.00 with 3 of A, ..................... 2.50 with Review of Reviews, .......... 2.50 with Independent, ................ 2.50 with Review of Reviews, and 1 of A, .................... 3.00 with World's Work and 1 of A, .................... 3.00 with Outing and 1 of A, .................... 3.00 with Booklover's and 1 of A, .................... 3.00 with 2 of B, ..................... 4.00 with 2 of B and 1 of A, .......... 4.50 with 2 of B and 2 of A, .......... 5.00

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Booklovers Magazine: with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ......... $3.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ......... 3.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ......... 4.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ......... 5.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of A and 1 of B, .................... 4.50 with SUCCESS and 2 of A and 2 of B, .................... 7.00

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Country Life in America: with SUCCESS, .................... $3.25 with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ......... 3.75 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ......... 4.25 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ......... 4.75 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ......... 6.25 with SUCCESS and Outlook (new) .............. 5.25 with SUCCESS and Harper's Magazine or Weekly, ............ 6.50 with SUCCESS and No. Am. Review (new) or Inter. Studio ............... 6.75

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Harper's Magazine or Weekly: with SUCCESS, .................... $4.25 with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ......... 4.75 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ......... 5.25 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ......... 5.75 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ......... 7.25 with SUCCESS and Outlook (new) .................. 6.25 with SUCCESS and No. Am. Review (new) or Inter. Studio ............... 7.75 with SUCCESS and Country Life, .................. 6.50

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Independent: with SUCCESS, .................... $2.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ......... 3.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ......... 3.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ......... 4.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ......... 5.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of A 4.50 and 1 of B, .................... 4.50 with SUCCESS and 2 of A and 2 of B, .................... 7.00

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International Studio: with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ...... $5.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ...... 5.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ...... 6.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ...... 7.50 with SUCCESS and Outlook (new) 6.50 with SUCCESS and Harper's Magazine or Weekly .......... 7.75 with SUCCESS and Country Life 6.75

North American Review: (New sub. If a renewal add 75c to club price.) with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ...... 5.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ...... 5.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ...... 6.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ...... 7.50 with SUCCESS and Outlook (new) 6.50 with SUCCESS and Harper's Magazine or Weekly, ......... 7.75 with SUCCESS and Country Life, 6.75

Outing: with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ...... 3.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ...... 3.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ...... 4.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ...... 5.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of A and 1 of B, ................. 4.50 with SUCCESS and 2 of A and 2 of B, ................. 7.00

Outlook: (New sub. If a renewal add $1.00 to club price.) with SUCCESS, ................. 3.00 with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ...... 3.50 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ...... 4.00 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ...... 4.50 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ...... 6.00 with SUCCESS and Harper's Magazine or Weekly .......... 6.25 with SUCCESS and Country Life, 5.25 with SUCCESS and No. Am. Review (new) or Inter. Studio 6.50

Review of Reviews: with SUCCESS, ................. 2.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ...... 3.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ...... 3.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ...... 4.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ...... 5.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of A and 1 of B, ................. 4.50 with Success and 2 of A and 2 of B, ................. 7.00

World's Work: with SUCCESS and 1 of A, ...... 3.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of A, ...... 3.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of B, ...... 4.00 with SUCCESS and 2 of B, ...... 5.50 with SUCCESS and 1 of A and 1 of B, ................. 4.50 with SUCCESS and 2 of A and 2 of B, ................. 7.00

ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO D. D. Cottrell's Magazine Agency, North Cohocton, N.Y.

[Note that The D. D. COTTRELL company NO LONGER EXISTS!!!]

Class A.

American Bird Magazine .......... 1 yr.$1.00 American Boy .................... 1 yr. 1.00 American Dressmaker ............. 1 yr. 1.00 American Education .............. 1 yr. 1.00 American Inventor ............... 1 yr. 1.00 American Primary Teacher ........ 1 yr. 1.00 Art Student ..................... 1 yr. 1.00 Atlanta Constitution (weekly) ... 1 yr. 1.00 Automobile Magazine ............. 1 yr. 2.00 Boston Cooking School Magazine. 1 yr. 1.00 Book-keeper & Business Short Cuts 1 yr. 2.00 Brown Book of Boston ............ 1 yr. 1.00 Camera Craft..................... 1 yr. 1.00 Chicago Inter-Ocean (weekly) .... 1 yr. 1.00 Cincinnati Enquirer, weekly ..... 1 yr. 1.00 Cosmopolitan Magazine ........... 1 yr. 1.00 Courier Journal, weekly ......... 1 yr. 1.00 Criterion ....................... 1 yr. 1.00 Cycle & Automobile Trade ........ 1 yr. 1.00 Dietetic & Hygienic Gazette ..... 1 yr. 1.00 Educator ........................ 1 yr. 1.00 Eleanor Kirk's Idea ............. 1 yr. 1.00 Era ............................. 1 yr. 1.00 Farm Journal .................... 5 yrs. 1.00 Foolish Book (Arkell Co.) ....... 1 yr. 1.00 Gleanings in Bee Culture ........ 1 yr. 1.00 Good Health ..................... 1 yr. 1.00 Good Housekeeping ............... 1 yr. 1.00 Harper's Bazaar ................. 1 yr. 1.00 Health .......................... 1 yr. 1.00 Health Culture .................. 1 yr. 1.00 Hints ........................... 1 yr. 1.00 House Beautiful ................. 1 yr. 2.00 Holiday Magazine and Book ....... 1 yr. 1.00 Humorist ........................ 1 yr. 2.00 *Hunter-Trader-Trapper .......... 1 yr. 1.00 Judge Library and Mag. of Fun ... 1 yr. 1.00 Judge Quarterly ................. 1 yr. 1.00 Junior Toilettes ................ 1 yr. 1.00 Just Fun (Arkell Co.) ........... 1 yr. 1.00 Kindergarten Review ............. 1 yr. 1.00 Ladies' World and Book .......... 1 yr. 1.50 Leslie's Monthly Magazine ....... 1 yr. 1.00 Little Folks (new subs) ......... 1 yr. 1.00 Little Chronicle ................ 1 yr. 1.50 Literary World .................. 1 yr. 1.00 Louisville Courier Journal (s-w) 1 yr. 1.00 Mail Order Journal .............. 1 yr. 1.00 Magazine of Mysteries ........... 1 yr. 1.00 Men and Women .................. 1 yr. 1.00 National Stockman & Farmer ...... 1 yr. 1.00 National Magazine ............... 1 yr. 1.00 New Idea Woman's Magazine ....... 1 yr. .50 New York Tribune Farmer ......... 1 yr. 1.00 Normal Instructor ............... 3 yrs. 1.00 Open Court ...................... 1 yr. 1.00 Outdoor Life .................... 1 yr. 1.00 Outdoor ......................... 1 yr. 1.50 Pathfinder ...................... 1 yr. 1.00 Pearson's Magazine .............. 1 yr. 1.00 Philistine ...................... 1 yr. 1.00 Photo Beacon .................... 1 yr. 1.00 Photographic Times Bulletin ..... 1 yr. 1.00 Physical Culture ................ 1 yr. 1.00 Pictorial Review ................ 1 yr. 1.00 Pilgrim ......................... 1 yr. 1.00 Popular Educator (new subs) ..... 1 yr. 1.00 Popular Mechanics ............... 1 yr. 1.00 Practical Farmer ................ 1 yr. 1.00 Primary Plans ................... 1 yr. 1.00 Primary Education (new subs) .... 1 yr. 1.00 Professional & Amateur Photog'r . 1 yr. 1.00 Progressive Teacher ............. 1 yr. 1.00 Recreation ...................... 1 yr. 1.00 Service ......................... 1 yr. 1.00 Stenographer .................... 1 yr. 1.00 Sis Hopkins own Book ............ 1 yr. 1.00 Spirit of '76 ................... 1 yr. 1.00 Success ......................... 1 yr. 1.00 Sunset Magazine ................. 1 yr. 1.00 Table Talk ...................... 1 yr. 1.00 Technical World ................. 1 yr. 2.00 Toledo Blade (weekly) ........... 1 yr. 1.00 Twentieth Century Home .......... 1 yr. 1.00 Type-writer & Phonographic World 1 yr. 1.00 Vick's Family Magazine .......... 3 yrs. 1.00 What to Eat ..................... 1 yr. 1.00 *Woman's Home Companion ......... 1 yr. 1.00 Word and Works, with almanac .... 1 yr. 1.00 *World Today .................... 1 yr. 1.00 Young People's Weekly ........... 1 yr. .75 Youth ........................... 1 yr. 1.00

*For each starred periodical included in any club add 10 cents to the club price.

Any two $1.50 Any three $2.00 Any four $2.50 Any two with any two of Offer No. 3 $2.00 Any one with any one in Offer No. 5 $2.00 Any three with any one in Offer No. 3 $2.25 Any two with any one in Offer No. 4 $2.25 Any two with any one in Offer No. 5 $2.50

Any one with any one in Class C $2.50 Any three with any one in Offer No. 4 $2.75 Any three with any one in Offer No. 5 $3.00 Any two with any one in Class C $3.00 Any two with any one in Class B $3.25 Any one with any two in Class C $4.00 Any one with any two in Class B $4.25 Any one with any three in Class C $5.50

OUR PRICES LOWEST OBTAINABLE.

This is what we guarantee, should lower prices be quoted by any responsible party, do not divide your order but send it all to me and I will fill it at the lowest price quoted.

Class B.

Ave Maria ........................ 1 yr. 2.00 Booklover's Magazine ............. 1 yr. 3.00 Burr McIntosh Monthly ............ 1 yr. 3.00 New York Observer (new) .......... 1 yr. 3.00 Outing ........................... 1 yr. 3.00 Review of Reviews ................ 1 yr. 2.50 World's Work ..................... 1 yr. 3.00

ANY FOUR OF CLASS B ONLY $6.75 ANY TWO $3.75 ANY THREE $5.25

Class C.

Art Interchange .................. 1 yr. 4.00 American Grocer (new sb) ......... 1 yr. 3.00 Automobile ....................... 1 yr. 2.00 Automobile Topics ................ 1 yr. 2.00 Biblical World ................... 1 yr. 2.00 Chautauquan ...................... 1 yr. 2.00 Critic. .......................... 1 yr. 2.00 Current Literature ............... 1 yr. 3.00 Donahoe's Magazine ............... 1 yr. 2.00 Education (new sub) .............. 1 yr. 3.00 Forum ............................ 1 yr. 2.00 Illustrated Sporting News ........ 1 yr. 2.50 Independent ...................... 1 yr. 2.00 Journal of Education ............. 1 yr. 2.50 Living Church (new sub) .......... 1 yr. 1.00 Lippincott's Magazine ............ 1 yr. 2.50 Marine Engineering ............... 1 yr. 2.00 Photo Era ........................ 1 yr. 2.50 Reader Magazine .................. 1 yr. 3.00 Smart Set ........................ 1 yr. 2.50 Toilettes ........................ 1 yr. 2.00 Trained Nurse .................... 1 yr. 2.00

Any two $3.75 Any three $5.25 Any two with one of class A $2.50 Any one with one of class B $3.75 Any two with one of class A $4.00 Any two with two in class A $4.50

Offer No. 3.

Am. Poultry Journal .............. 1 yr. .50 Arkansas Traveler ................ 1 yr. .50 Beauty and Health ................ 1 yr. .50 Book-keeper ...................... 1 yr. 1.00 Boys and Girls ................... 1 yr. .50 Boy's World ...................... 1 yr. .50 Caste ............................ 1 yr. .74 Cooking Club Magazine ............ 1 yr. .50 Dover's Journal (weekly) ......... 1 yr. .50 Farm and Home .................... 1 yr. .50 Farm Poultry ..................... 1 yr. .50 Four Track News (Till Jan. 1st, '92.) 1 yr. .50 Girl's Companion ................. 1 yr. .50 Green's Fruit Grower ............. 1 yr. .50 Holiday Magazine ................. 1 yr. .50 Home Needle Work ................. 1 yr. .50 Housekeeper ...................... 1 yr. .50 How to Live ...................... 1 yr. .50 Irrigation ....................... 1 yr. 1.00 Ladies' World .................... 1 yr. .50 Little Boys and Girls ............ 1 yr. .75 McCalls Magaz'e with Free Pat'rn . 1 yr. .50 Modern Priscilla ................. 1 yr. .50 Normal Instructor ................ 1 yr. .50 Ohio Poultry Journal ............. 1 yr. .50 Poultry Herald ................... 1 yr. .50 Poultry Keeper ................... 1 yr. .50 Poultry Success .................. 1 yr. .50 Practical Engineer ............... 1 yr. .50 Reliable Poultry Journal ......... 1 yr. .50 School Music Monthly ............. 1 yr. .50 Union Gospel News ................ 1 yr. .50 Vegetarian ....................... 1 yr. 1.00 Vick's Magazine .................. 1 yr. .50 World's Events ................... 1 yr. 1.00 Young Americans .................. 1 yr. .50

Any Three $1.25 ANY ONE with any one in Class A $1.25 ANY TWO with any one in Class A $1.50 ANY ONE with any two in Class A $1.75 ANY ONE with any three in Class A $2.25

Any two in Offer No. 3 may be substituted for any one in Class A, in any combination providing no more than five periodicals be ordered in any one club.

PERIODICALS IN ANY CLUB OFFER WILL BE SENT TO THE SAME OR DIFFERENT ADDRESSES. SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BE EITHER NEW OR RENEWAL EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE STATED.

MY CLUBBING OFFERS

This is the TWENTIETH YEAR that I have been in the subscription business, and in this Catalogue No. 39, I am giving the best bargains in periodical literature that have ever been placed before the public. In order to enable me to do this the publishers of these periodicals have sacrificed their prices until in a great many cases they do not obtain from the subscribers to these club offers the actual cost of the white paper on which they print the numbers that they will mail to fill the year's subscriptions. They have done this to introduce their periodicals to the largest number of readers possible, believing it better to give the subscriber the benefit of the price than to spend the thousands of dollars in advertising, which would be necessary to secure the same number of subscriptions and the same amount of publicity. This catalogue will be sent to a number of hundred thousand persons besides the tens of thousands of my regular customers, a large number of whom have sent me orders regularly for years.

My close relations with publishers, my immense business, my unequalled facilities for handling orders, my long experience in this work, my thousands of satisfied customers located in all parts of the United States and Canada and in nearly every civilized country of the world all combined guarantee that all dealings with me will be satisfactory. My motto has always been that a satisfied customer was my best advertisement. On account of these things, publishers give me the lowest possible prices on periodicals, and I guarantee to my customers that my prices to them are the lowest obtainable.

I hope to receive the orders, whether they be large or small, of all my old customers and also of all others who receive this Catalogue, and hereby promise to give the same my most careful and immediate attention.

Hoping that I may serve you in this matter, I remain,

Very truly yours,

D. D. COTTRELL.

Offer No. 4.

Any one in Offer No. 4 may be substituted for any one in Class A by adding 25 cents to the club price for each one so substituted.

American Electrician ............. 1 yr.$1.00 Automobile Review ................ 1 yr. 1.50 Draftsman ........................ 1 yr. 1.00 Engineer (Chicago) ............... 1 yr. 1.00 Four-Track News (after Jan. 1) ... 1 yr. 1.00 Jersey Bulletin .................. 1 yr. 1.00 Journal of Geography ............. 1 yr. 1.00 Manual Training Magazine ......... 1 yr. 1.00 Ohio Educational Monthly ......... 1 yr. 1.00 Perry Magazine ................... 1 yr. 1.00 Photo-American ................... 1 yr. 1.00 Phrenological Journal ............ 1 yr. 1.00 Primary School ................... 1 yr. 1.00 Primary School Era ............... 1 yr. 1.00 Red Book ......................... 1 yr. 1.00 School Arts Books ................ 1 yr. 1.00 Sunday School Times .............. 1 yr. 1.00 Teachers' Institute .............. 1 yr. 1.00 Wallace's Farmer & Dairyman ...... 1 yr. 1.00 Week's Current ................... 1 yr. 1.25

Any One with one in class A $1.75

Any Two with one of class A $2.50

Any One with one of class B $3.00

Any Two with one of class B $3.75

Offer No. 5.

Any one in Offer No. 5 may be substituted for any two in Class A in any offer.

Birds and Nature ................. 1 yr.$1.50 Country Gentleman ................ 1 yr. 1.50 Elementary School Teacher ........ 1 yr. 1.50 Etude (For all music lovers) ..... 1 yr. 1.50 Intelligence ..................... 1 yr. 1.50 Metropolitan Magazine ............ 1 yr. 1.80 Musician ......................... 1 yr. 1.50 New York Tribune (tri-wkly) ...... 1 yr. 1.50 Out West ......................... 1 yr. 2.00 Overland Monthly ................. 1 yr. 1.50 Ram's Horn ....................... 1 yr. 1.50 School & Home Education .......... 1 yr. 1.25 School Review .................... 1 yr. 1.50 Sports Afield .................... 1 yr. 1.50 System ........................... 1 yr. 2.00 Week's Progress .................. 1 yr. 2.00

Any two of these $2.50

Any two with any one in class A $3.00

Any one with any one in class C $3.00

Art Interchange or Smart Set or Current Literature or Lippincott's Magazine or Independent or any one in Class C Will be sent in clubs as follows: