Contents
- [Wordsworth—His Character And Genius.]
- [Sidney Smith. By George Gilfillan.]
- [Thomas Carlyle. By George Gilfillan.]
- [The Gentleman Beggar. An Attorney's Story. (From Dickens's Household Words.)]
- [Singular Proceedings Of The Sand Wasp. (From Howitt's Country Year-Book.)]
- [What Horses Think Of Men. From The Raven In The Happy Family. (From Dickens's Household Words.)]
- [The Quakers During The American War. (From Howitt's Country Year-Book.)]
- [A Shilling's Worth Of Science. (From Dickens's Household Words.)]
- [A Tuscan Vintage.]
- [How To Make Home Unhealthy. By Harriet Martineau.]
- [Sorrows And Joys. (From Dickens's Household Words.)]
- [Maurice Tiernay, The Soldier Of Fortune. (From the Dublin University Magazine)]
- [The Enchanted Rock. (From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.)]
- [The Force Of Fear. (From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.)]
- [Lady Alice Daventry; Or, The Night Of Crime. (From the Dublin University Magazine.)]
- [Mirabeau. An Anecdote Of His Private Life. (From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.)]
- [Terrestrial Magnetism. (From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.)]
- [Early History Of The Use Of Coal. (From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.)]
- [Jenny Lind. By Fredrika Bremer.]
- [My Novel; Or, Varieties In English Life. By Pisistratus Caxton. (From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.)]
- [The Two Guides Of The Child. (From Dickens's Household Words.)]
- [The Laboratory In The Chest. (From Dickens's Household Words.)]
- [The Steel Pen. An Illustration Of Cheapness. (From Dickens's Household Words.)]
- [Snakes And Serpent Charmers. (From Bentley's Miscellany.)]
- [The Magic Maze. (From Colburn's Monthly Magazine.)]
- [The Sun. (From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal.)]
- [The Household Jewels. (From Dickens's Household Words.)]
- [The Tea-Plant. (From Hogg's Instructor.)]
- [Anecdotes Of Dr. Chalmers.]
- [The Pleasures Of Illness. (From the People's Journal.)]
- [Obstructions To The Use Of The Telescope.]
- [Monthly Record Of Current Events.]
- [Literary Notices.]
- [Autumn Fashions.]
- [Footnotes]