TABLE OF CONTENTS

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

THE CENTURY--ITS FRUITS AND ITS FESTIVAL.

II.--AMERICAN PROGRESS. [137]

UP THE THAMES.

CONCLUDING PAPER, by EDWARD C. BRUCE. [154]

THE POET'S PEN, by F.A. HILLARD. [171]

SKETCHES OF INDIA.

II. [172]

FRA ALOYSIUS, by EMMA LAZARUS.[183]

A FEW HOURS IN BOHEMIA. [185]

PROFESSOR AND TEACHER, by JAMES MORGAN HART.[193]

CONTRASTED MOODS, by CHARLOTTE F. BATES. [203]

THE ATONEMENT OF LEAM DUNDAS.

by MRS. E. LYNN LINTON, AUTHOR OF "PATRICIA KEMBALL."

CHAPTER XXI. —CHANGES.[204]

CHAPTER XXII. —EDGAR HARROWBY. [209]

CHAPTER XXIII. —ON THE MOOR.[215]

CHAPTER XXIV. —THE CHILD FINA.[221]

LETTERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA, by LADY BARKER.[226]

ON SANKOTA HEAD, by ETHEL C. GALE. [234]

AT THE OLD PLANTATION.

TWO PAPERS.—II., by ROBERT WILSON. [241]

OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP.

A GERMAN AGRICULTURAL FAIR. [250]

A PAIR OF WHEELS AND AN OLD PARASOL. [252]

MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, by R.A.F. PENROSE.[256]

OUR EARLY NEWSPAPERS. [260]

LITERATURE OF THE DAY. [262]

Books Received. [264]


ILLUSTRATIONS

[POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING AT WASHINGTON.]

[THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON AND CARPENTERS' HALL, WHERE THE FIRST COLONIAL CONGRESS MET.]

[HOE'S NEW PERFECTING PRINTING-PRESS, PRINTING 12,000 DOUBLE MPRESSIONS PER HOUR, AND THE OLD EPHRATA PRESS.]

[THE CITY OF TOKYO, THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP BUILT IN AMERICA, AND FITCH'S STEAMBOAT, THE FIRST CONSTRUCTED.]

[THE COTTON GIN.]

[GRAIN ELEVATOR.]

[INTERIOR OF A POSTAL CAR.]

[PROF. S.F.B. MORSE, THE INVENTOR OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.]

[THE SCHOOL-HOUSE OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.]

[WINDSOR CASTLE, FROM ETON.]

[MORTON CHURCH.]

[MILTON'S PEAR TREE.]

[GRAY.]

[BEACONSFIELD CHURCH.]

[TOMB OF BURKE.]

[HEDSOR AND COOKHAM CHURCHES.]

[ETON COLLEGE AND CHAPEL.]

[ETON COLLEGE, FROM NORTH TERRACE, WINDSOR.]

[STAINES CHURCH.]

[NORMAN GATE AND ROUND TOWER, WINDSOR.]

[HERNE'S OAK.]

[EAST FRONT, WINDSOR CASTLE.]

[QUEEN ELIZABETH'S BUILDING, WINDSOR.]

[EARL OF SURREY.]

[WINDSOR CASTLE, FROM BISHOPSGATE.]

[LOCK AT WINDSOR.]

[THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.]

[ELMS NEAR THE HERONRY.]

[HINDU TEMPLES NEAR POONA.]

[GÓNDS.]

[CENOTAPHS IN THE VALLEY OF THE TONSA.]

[THE GAUR, OR INDIAN BISON.]

[BANJARIS.]