Contents.
| A. | |
| An Affecting Incident at Sea, | [32]. |
| Alone, | [42]. |
| A Midnight Mass, | [42]. |
| Abolishing Barmaids, | [80]. |
| A Valiant Soldier of the Cross, | 132. |
| A Child of Mary, | 144. |
| A Christmas Carol, | 165. |
| A Silly Threat, | 173. |
| A Chapter of Irish History, | 223. |
| About Critics, | 256. |
| A Thought for Easter, | 460. |
| B. | |
| Bay State Faugh-a-Ballaghs, | 229, 347. |
| Blaine on Britain, | 438. |
| Before the Battle, | 550. |
| C. | |
| Crown and Crescent, | [79]. |
| Christianity in China, | [81]. |
| Capital and Labor—Strikes, | 232. |
| Columbus and Ireland, | 368. |
| Chanson, | 406. |
| Canossa at Last, | 522. |
| Chinese Labor, | 505. |
| D. | |
| Dead Man's Island: The story of an Irish Country Town, | [33], 145. |
| Drunkenness in Old Times, | 351. |
| Deaths of the Apostles, | 460. |
| Decrees of the Third Plenary Council, | 529. |
| Death of Rev. Father Ryan, | 570. |
| E. | |
| Encyclical Letter of Our Most Holy Lord Leo XIII, by Divine Providence, Pope, | [1]. |
| Encyclical Proclaiming the Jubilee, | 259. |
| England and her Enemies, | 264. |
| Echoes from the Pines, | 310. |
| Emmet's Rebellion, | 335. |
| Emmet's Love, | 435. |
| Early Irish Settlers in Virginia, | 523. |
| Etoile du Soir, | 501. |
| F. | |
| Four Thousand Years, | [80]. |
| Faro's Daughters, | [82]. |
| Frau Hütt: A Legend of Tyrol, | 308. |
| Farewell, my Home, | 345. |
| Father Matt, | 497. |
| G. | |
| Gladstone at Emmet's Grave, | [61]. |
| Gerald Griffin, | [62], 139. |
| George Washington, | 142. |
| Give Charity while you Live, | 333. |
| Gladstone, | 536. |
| H. | |
| His Eminence John Cardinal McCloskey, with Portrait, | [18]. |
| Harvard College and the Catholic Theory of Education, | [31]. |
| Honor to the Germans, | [57]. |
| Historical Notes of Tallaght, | 405. |
| Hancock and the Irish Brigade, | 411. |
| Heroism, | 542. |
| Home Rule, | 565. |
| I. | |
| Interest Savings Banks, | 228. |
| Ireland: A Retrospect, | 266. |
| Ingratitude of France in the Irish Struggle, | 277. |
| Instances of Divine Vengeance, | 445. |
| Ireland our Mother Land, | 447. |
| J. | |
| Juvenile Department, | [83], 179, 270, 373, 469, 552. |
| John Scotus Erigena, | 306. |
| John C. Schayer, | 568. |
| K. | |
| Knights of Labor, | 433. |
| L. | |
| Low-necked Dresses, | 367. |
| Leo the Great, | 466. |
| M. | |
| Mary E. Blake, | 139. |
| Musings from Foreign Poets, | 312. |
| Much-a-Wanted, | 339. |
| Mixed Marriages, | 344. |
| Miss Mulholland's Poems, | 369. |
| Major-General John Newton, | 401. |
| May Ditty, | 465. |
| "My Victim:" A Tale, | 506. |
| N. | |
| Notes on Current Topics, | [97], 193, 289, 385, 481, 573. |
| Notices of Recent Publications, | 105, 205, 301, 381, 397, 487, 585. |
| O. | |
| Order of the Buried Alive, | [30]. |
| Obituary, | [107], 207, 302, 398, 496, 586. |
| Our Neighbors, | 168. |
| Our Gaelic Tongue, | 222. |
| O'Connell and Parnell, | 278. |
| Our New Cardinal, | 359. |
| Orders of Knighthood, | 366. |
| Our Saviour's Personal Appearance, | 414. |
| P. | |
| Private Judgment a Failure, | [72]. |
| Priests and People Mourning, | [74]. |
| Personal, | [104], 300, 396, 493, 584. |
| Parnell's Strength, | 172. |
| Pen Sketches of Irish Litterateurs, | 209. |
| Pneumonia, | 462. |
| R. | |
| Rev. Father Fulton, S. J., | [71]. |
| Rapidity of Time's Flight, | 178. |
| Reminiscences of the Battle of Kilmallock, | 503. |
| Rev. Father Scully's Gymnasium, | 537. |
| Rabies (Hydrophobia), | 543. |
| S. | |
| Sing, Sing for Christmas, | [32]. |
| Southern Sketches, | 125, 215, 113, 440, 516. |
| Senator John J. Hayes, | 235. |
| Saints and Serpents, | 237. |
| Seeing the Old Year Out, | 370. |
| Sir Thomas Grattan Esmond, Bart., | 415. |
| St. Rose, | 434. |
| Shamrocks, | 440. |
| Sorrowing Mother, | 515. |
| Science and Politics, | 502. |
| T. | |
| The Pope and the Mikado, | [29]. |
| The Hero of Lepanto, | [44]. |
| The Church and Progress, | [49]. |
| Tracadie and the Trappists, | [59]. |
| The Humorist, | [96], 210, 306. |
| The Columbian Army of Derry, | 113. |
| The Penitent on the Cross, | 120. |
| The Celt on America, | 121. |
| The Late Father Tom Burke, | 166. |
| The Old Year's Army of Martyrs, | 170. |
| The Pope on Christian Education, | 174. |
| Te Deum, | 176. |
| The Poems of Rosa Mulholland, | 248. |
| The Celts of South America, | 258. |
| The Welcome of the Divine Guest, | 305. |
| The Ursuline Convent of Tenos, | 316. |
| The Church and Modern Progress, | 328. |
| The Annunciation, | 339. |
| The Ten-Commandment Theory, | 346. |
| The Paschal Candle, | 352. |
| The Irish as Conspirators, | 362. |
| The National Catholic University, | 407. |
| Thot's of Ireland, | 423. |
| The Middogue, | 424. |
| The Passion, | 430. |
| The Holy Mass, | 446. |
| The Instruments of the Passion, | 464. |
| The New Era, | 465. |
| Terrence V. Powderly, | 561. |
| The Keegan Challenge Fund, | 564. |
| The Providence Cathedral, | 546. |
| Three Decisions, | 551. |
| U. | |
| Useful Knowledge, | [95], 209, 305. |
| V. | |
| Vindication, | [58]. |
| W. | |
| What English Catholics are Contending For, | 276. |
| William J. Onahan, | 467. |
His Eminence John Cardinal McCloskey.
See page [18].