TABLE OF CONTENTS

[ILLUSTRATIONS.]

[FROM PARIS TO MARLY BY WAY OF THE RHINE] [Illustrated] By EDWARD STRAHAN.

[IV.—A Day In Strasburg.] (369)

[FROM THE POTOMAC TO THE OHIO.] [Illustrated] (382)

[AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF A STRONG-MINDED WOMAN] By MARSHALL NEIL. (398)

[THE KING OF BAVARIA.] by E.E. (410)

[ON THE CHURCH STEPS] By SARAH C. HALLOWELL.

[Chapter X.] (416)

[Chaper XI.] (422)

[Chapter XII.] (426)

[A STRANGE LAND AND A PECULIAR PEOPLE] By WILL WALLACE HARNEY. (429)

[SIMILITUDE] By EMMA LAZAROS. (438)

[OUR HOME IN THE TYROL] [Illustrated] By MARGARET HOWITT.

[Chapter XI.] (439)

[Chapter XII.] (445)

[UNSAID] By CHARLOTTE F. BATES. (450)

[LAURENTINUM] By A.A.B. (451)

[A PRINCESS OF THULE] By WILLIAM BLACK.

[Chapter XVI.—Exchanges.] (457)

[Chapter XVII.—Guesses.] (467)

[Chapter XVIII.—Sheila's Strategem.] (474)

[THE LAST OF THE IDYLLS] By F.F. ELMS. (487)

[OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP.]

[An Evening In Calcutta] By W.H.S. (488)

[No Danbury For Me] By SARSFIELD YOUNG. (490)

[Another Ghost] By S.C. CLARKE. (492)

[NOTES.] (493)

[LITERATURE OF THE DAY.](495)

[Books Received.]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[TEARING UP THE PONTOON BRIDGE.]

[STRASBURG CATHEDRAL IN FLAMES.]

[THE HIGHEST SPIRE IN EUROPE.]

[THE GREAT CLOCK.]

[CHURCH OF SAINT THOMAS.]

[BEAUTY'S QUINTESSENCE.]

[VOICI LE SABRE!]

[STREET OF THE GREAT ARCADES.]

[BEER-GARDEN OF THE DAUPHIN.]

[SUCKLED IN A CREED OUTWORN.]

[THE BLESSING OF THE BÂB.]

[THE BOTANIST.]

[VIEW NEAR ANTIETAM, MARYLAND.]

[POTOMAC TUNNEL, NEAR HARPER'S FERRY.]

[BATTLE-GROUNDS OF THE POTOMAC VALLEY.]

[SCENE AMONG THE MARYLAND ALLEGHANIES.]

[SCENE AT CUMBERLAND NARROWS.]

[CLIFF VIEW, CUMBERLAND NARROWS.]

[VALLEY FALLS, WEST VIRGINIA.]

[FISH CREEK VALLEY, WEST VIRGINIA.]

[CHEAT RIVER VALLEY AND MOUNTAINS.]

[CHEAT RIVERS NARROWS.]

[SCHLOSS SCHWALBEN.]