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CONTENTS.

Fra GiacomoRobert Buchanan.
Bob Cratchit's Christmas-DinnerDickens.
The First Snow-FallJames Russell Lowell.
The Countess and the SerfJ. Sheridan Knowles.
Aurelia's Unfortunate Young ManMark Twain.
LossesFrancis Browne.
Mad LuceAll the Year Round.
The Solemn Book-AgentDetroit Free Press.
What the Old Man saidAlice Robbins.
Bone and Sinew and BrainJohn Boyle O'Reilly.
Pat and the Oysters
TwilightSpanish Gypsy.
The SingerAlice Williams.
Speech of the Hon. Pervese Peabody on the Acquisition of Cuba
Bunker HillGeorge H. Calvert.
Two BirthsCharles J. Sprague.
The Old Fogy Man
Auction Mad
The Wedding-FeeR. M. Streeter.
Schneider's TomatoesCharles F. Adams.
The WolvesJ. T. Trowbridge.
The Ballad of the OystermanOliver Wendell Holmes.
The Deck-Hand and the Mule
A Lay of Real LifeTom Hood.
Riding DownNora Perry.
The Minute-men of '75George William Curtis.
Uncle Reuben's BaptismVicksburg Herald.
How Persimmons took Cah ob der BabySt. Nicholas.
The Evils of IgnoranceHorace Mann.
Scenes from the School of ReformThomas Morton.
AmbitionHenry Clay.
The Victories of PeaceCharles Sumner.
For Love
The Flower-Mission, juniorEarl Marble.
The Sons of New EnglandHon. George B. Loring.
The Jonesville Singin' QuireMy Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's.
The Last TiltHenry B. Hirst.
The Burial of the DaneHenry Howard Brownell.
Appeal in Behalf of American LibertyStory.
The Church of the Best LicksEdward Eggleston.
The Roman Soldier. Destruction of HerculaneumAtherstone.
TemperanceWendell Phillips.
Roast Pig. A Bit of LambCharles Lamb.
Similia Similibus
Two Loves and a LifeWilliam Sawyer.
The Recantation of GalileoFrancis E. Raleigh.
MosquitoesK. K.
The Law of Kindness; or, The Old Woman's Railway SignalElihu Burritt.
OdeGeorge Sennott.
Mr. Stiver's HorseThe Danbury News Man.

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