TABLE OF CONTENTS—ISSUE #1[LACE AND DIAMONDS.]Theodore S. Fay1[A FUNERAL THOUGHT.]J. Bayard Taylor10[THE MEMORIAL TREE.]Wm. Gilmore Simms11[THE RAINBOW.]Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney12[SPIRIT-YEARNINGS FOR LOVE.]Mrs. H. Marion Ward12[THE RIVAL SISTERS.]Henry William Herbert13[SONNET TO GRAHAM.]Altus22[MARGINALIA.]Edgar A. Poe23[THE PENANCE OF ROLAND.]Henry B. Hirst25[THE SEA-NYMPH'S SONG.]William H. C. Hosmer30[THE LITTLE GOLD-FISH.]James K. Paulding31[THE VESPER BELL.]Park Benjamin38[THE TEACHER TAUGHT.]Mary S. Adams39[THE SUNBEAM.]Mary S. Lee41[THE ISLETS OF THE GULF.]J. Fenimore Cooper42[THE LAND OF DREAMS.]William C. Bryant48[SONNET—TO S. D. A..]"the Squire"42[BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL WILLIAM O. BUTLER.]Francis T. Blair42[MATTHEW MIZZLE OF THE INQUIRING MIND.]The Late Joseph C. Neal57[SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAIN.]Alfred B. Street59[INNOCENCE.] 60[A DRAMA OF REAL LIFE.]N. P. Willis61[LINES TO ——.]Caroline T. Orne63[AUTUMNAL SCENERY.]Joseph R. Chandler64[POETRY.——A SONG.]George P. Morris66[THE MOURNER.]The Late Dr. John D. Godman67[ELSIE.]Kate Dashwood67[SONNET TO ——.] 67[GAME-BIRDS OF AMERICA.—NO. VIII.] 68[REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.] 70