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Show Latest Literary News. ' ' Tho sale of thousands of copies of a len-cent maguzino at one dollar u piece was n very curious hoppoiilng at the time of thu Chicago World's Fair. The Cosmopolitoaii prepared a Woild'ri Fair number, contributed to by nuny famous M-ritdrs, and ho thoioughly illustrated il-lustrated lliut it uurpaseed even the most xpensivo book which had up to that 'into been issued, In thoso duM the iuHgaiiito vns jirlntcd from two euu of plates only, and when three woie woni out it was impobelble, without a grtat Iojs of time, to put further editions on thu press. Thu news dealer :'iKii)g ndvamaio of this condition, raistd tho price of The Cosmopolitan's Wo Id's Fair number to ouo dollar a copy. Afaw sadf were oven made to-wr..n to-wr..n tho closo at tho plieuomeiu 1 figu.o ef io ilollais. Undoubtedly Ibis lin polling is unique in the history of mast zint literature. Tho Cosmopolitan Cosmopoli-tan will endeavor to repeat its pa&t success, with it I'an-Amriican Imposition Imposi-tion Number, which will bo even moro attractive, if possible, than its World's Fair predecessor. |