Transcriber’s Notes: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), text enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=), and ^{} encloses superscripted material. Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. * * * * * VAN HOUTEN’S COCOA. [Illustration: _Mr. Pickwick._] “_Chops and tomato sauce are excellent, my dear M^{rs.} Bardell, but let the liquid be Van Houten’s Cocoa._ “_It is a glorious restorative after a fatiguing journey._” “Best & Goes Farthest.” The Standard Cocoa of the World. A Substitute for Tea & Coffee. Better for the Nerves and Stomach. Cheaper and more Satisfying. At all Grocers. Ask for VAN HOUTEN’S. Perfectly Pure--“Once tried, used always.” ☞A comparison will quickly prove the great superiority of VAN HOUTEN’S COCOA. _Take no substitute._ Sold in =1/8=, =1/4=, =1/2= and =1 lb.= Cans. ☞If not obtainable, enclose 25c. in stamps or postal note to either VAN HOUTEN & ZOON, 106 Reade Street, New York, or 45 Wabash Ave., Chicago, and a can containing enough for 35 to 40 cups will be mailed _if you mention this publication_. Prepared only by _the inventors_, VAN HOUTEN & ZOON, Weesp, Holland. * * * * * THE MAN. A STORY OF TO-DAY, With Facts, Fancies and Faults Peculiarly its Own; Containing Certain Truths Heretofore Unpublished Concerning Right Relation of the Sexes, etc., etc. BY ASPASIA HOBBS. COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY J. S. OGILVIE. THE SUNNYSIDE SERIES, No. 47. Issued Monthly. December, 1891. Extra. $3.00 per year. Entered at New York Post-Office as second-class matter. THREE OPEN LETTERS. LETTER NO. 1. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 1, 1891. TO MARTHA HEATH,