TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Abou Ben Adhem[51]
An Order for a Picture[60]
Answering an Advertisement[24]
Birth of the Ivy, The[7]
Bridal Wine Cup, The[44]
Bridal Veil, The[27]
Callaghan’s Failure[13]
Dear Old Grandmother[22]
Drafted[56]
Easter Exercise--“King Robert of Sicily”[54]
Grandma’s Minuet[49]
If[34]
Jimmy Brown’s Sister’s Wedding[29]
Lessons in Cookery[41]
Looking Backward[39]
Matrimonial Philosophy[18]
My Sister’s Photographs[61]
Night Watch, The[66]
Opening of the Piano[20]
Small Boy’s Explanation[38]
Strong Coffee[31]
Systematic and Intellectual Housekeeping[75]
Washerwoman’s Song, The[36]

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