| Appeal, The, Charles L. Hildreth, | 572 |
| Asleep, Charles P. Shermon, | 514 |
| Bells of Christmas, The, W. E. S. Fales, | [54] |
| Breaking Up Camp, Beulah R. Stevens, | 719 |
| Chrystmesse Wyshe, A, W. H. Wall, | [25] |
| Condemned, Barton Grey, | 674 |
| Epitah; A Queen's, Sarah M. B. Piatt, | 510 |
| Forget Me Not, Thomas Hubbard, | [31] |
| Great Library, From the Windows of a, John James Piatt, | 196 |
| Holy Night, The, Helen G. Smith, | [64] |
| Honor of an Election, The, George Parsons Lathrop, | 170 |
| Hymn of the Dead, The, Eli Shepperd, | 718 |
| International Copyright, Edgar A. Fawcett, | 826 |
| Irish Norah to English John, | 359 |
| March 4th, 1889: A Sonnet, Alfred H. Peters, | 543 |
| May, Zitella Cocke, | 841 |
| Memory, A, Paul Davis, | 529 |
| Mountain, A Shot on the, J. W. Rumple, | 371 |
| Mutual Admiration Society: An Epigram, | 679 |
| Old Tune, The, Irene Putnam, | 349 |
| Passing of the Year, The, Charles L. Hildreth, | 251 |
| Result, November 6th, 1888, The, James McCarroll, | 220 |
| Rondel, Helen G. Smith, | 848 |
| Rosary, The, James McCarroll, | 960 |
| Rudolph, Alice K. Cooley, | 858 |
| Skylark, A Word with a, Sarah M. B. Piatt, | 665 |
| Slumber Song, Thomas Addison, | 960 |
| Soldiers' Day at Shiloh, Joel Smith, | [40] |
| Thistledown, Annie B. King, | 499 |
| Troubadour, The, Kate B. Sherwood, | 848 |
DEPARTMENTS.
Editorials:
| About the Ballot, | [89] |
| A Beautiful Life, | 239 |
| A Plea for the Parent, | [84] |
| Civil Service Reform, | 723 |
| More of Our Diplomacy, | 863 |
| Negro Enlistments and the Negro Element, | 865 |
| Our Diplomatic Absurdity, | 379 |
| Our Foreign Policy, | 720 |
| Our House of Lords, | 377 |
| Purifying the Polls by Law, | 372 |
| The Balance of Trade, | [80] |
| The Communism of Capital, | 231 |
| The Condition of Parties, | 859 |
| The Infamy of it, | 233 |
| The Infant Mind, | 554 |
| The Kingdom of Satan, | 870 |
| The Late Election, | [77] |
| The Mugwump Element, | 374 |
| The Old Tavern and the Modern Saloon, | 727 |
| The Pulpit Cult, | 236 |
| The Sale of the Presidency, | 544 |
| The Truth about Samoa, | 551 |
| Vacant Pews and Worried Pulpits, | 547 |
Passing Events:
The political battle has been fought, [91].—The longest session of Congress ever held, [92].—The diplomatic world and Lord Sackville, [92].—England and Germany are contending for supremacy in East Africa, [92].—Russia came near losing her ruler, [92].—Austria is contemplating the occupation of Servia, etc., [93].—Emperor William has returned from his junketing tour. The Pope and Kaiser met face to face. A curious incident that happened, etc., [93].—In France the government proposals for a revision of the constitution, etc. The efforts of Manitoba to reach a foreign market, etc. The Haytian Republic. General Salomon. Wall Street Sharpers. American Cotton Oil Trust and Chicago Gas Trust. Mr. John Taylor of Chicago. Stanley has been heard from indirectly. The Will of Mrs. Stewart. The Directors of the Richmond Terminal Company, [94].—The Umbria and the Iberia. Explosion at Frontenac, Kansas. The Theatrical Season. Steve Brodie's remarkable jump. The famous Fox Sisters. Paintings of Vasili Verestchagin. Death of four well-known journalists, etc., [95].
The Passing Show:
New York winter festivities. The theatres crowded nightly, 242.—Mary Anderson at Palmer's Theatre. Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett at the Fifth Avenue, 243.—Agnes Booth at the Madison Square. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" at the Broadway. "Sweet Lavender" at the Lyceum.—"The Two Sisters" at Niblo's. "The Fugitives" at the Windsor, 244.—Nellie Farren and the London Gaiety Company. German Opera at the Metropolitan. "The Old Homestead" at the Academy. The "Brass Monkey" at the Bijou. Clara Morris in Brooklyn. Louis James and Marie Wainwright. Mr. Boucicault and the Madison Square Theatre School of Acting. Mr. Amberg's new theatre, Fifteenth Street. Dramatic Events Abroad, 245.—Mr. Walter Damrosch. The Liederkranz. Joseffy and Herr Rosenthal, 246.—Mr. Edwin Booth's gift to his brother actors. Miss Mary Anderson, a critic in a sensational publication, 384.—Mrs. James Brown Potter in "'Twixt Axe and Crown." Edward Harrigan's drama of "The Lorgaire." Adolph Müller's new comic opera, "The King's Fool." Attractions at Daly's. Herr Junkermann at the Amberg, 386.—First production of "Rheingold" at the Metropolitan. "The Huguenots," "L'Africaine," "The Messiah." Walter Damrosch, Theodore Thomas, and Anton Seidl, 387.—The Actors' Club and Mr. Robert Ingersoll. Mrs. Potter's Cleopatra and Mrs. Langtry's Lady Macbeth, 557.—The leg-show of "Nadjy" at the Casino. Mrs. Langtry, again. Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Bellew in "Antony and Cleopatra." Mr. Coghlan as Macbeth, 559.—Nat Goodwin as Gringoire in "A Royal Revenge." Mr. Scanlan in "Myles Aroon." "Running Wild" at the Star. "The Inconstant" at Daly's, with Ada Rehan as Oriana. "The Runaway Wife" at Niblo's. Richard Stahl's comic opera, "Said Pacha," 560.—"Sweet Lavender" at the Lyceum again. Mr. Whiffin, Mr. Kelcey, Mr. Miller; Elsie, Leslie in "Little Lord Fauntleroy," 561.—The season at the Metropolitan. "La Juive." Frau Lehmann, Herr Alvary, Herr Perotti, Frau Hanfstangl, Manager Frohman. Sale of the late Lester Wallack's stage costumes, 563.—Our novels and plays, 720.—Publishers, Managers, American authors, 730.—"The Gold Mine," 731.—E. J. Buckley, R. G. Wilson, Harry Eversfield, Kate Forsythe, and Ida Vernon. "A Midnight Bell." Eugene Canfield, Thomas Seabrooke. "The Cavalier" at Palmer's, 732.—"Ray" at the Fourteenth Street Theatre. Maggie Mitchell. The new Twenty-third Street Theatre. "The County Fair." "An International Match" at Daly's. "Two Lives" at Niblo's. Maude Granger. "Robert Elsmere," 733.—"The Tigress" at the People's Theatre. "Drifting Apart" at the Fourteenth Street. Alleged projected combinations for the Fall season between Joseph Jefferson, W. J. Florence, etc. Wilson Barrett; Modjeska to be a member of Mr. Booth's company, 734.—Madame Albani, 735. "Honor Bright" at Palmer's. The critics of the daily New York press. The new Union Square Theatre. Helen Barry, Charles Glenny; Mr. Frank Mordaunt in "La Tosca;" Mr. Lewis. "Samson and Dalilah." The "Electra" of Sophocles, in English. "The May Queen." Col. McCaull, Mrs. Edgar Strakosch. "The Marquise" at the Lyceum. Mr. Kelcey.
Reviews:
"History of Tennessee," by James Phelan, [95].—"Men and Measures of Half a Century," by Hugh McCulloch, [99].—Recent Novels, [102].—"Florence Fables," by W. J. Florence, 246.—"Divided Lives," by Edgar Fawcett, 246.—"Miriam Balestier," by Edgar Fawcett, 247.—"The Professor's Sister," by Julian Hawthorne, 248.—"What Dreams may Come," by Frank Lin, 250.—The Cloven Hoof under Petticoats, 387.—"The Political Oratory of Emery A. Storrs," by Isaac E. Adams, 391.—"The American Commonwealth," by James Bryce, 563.—"Kady," by Patience Stapleton, 568.—"'Twixt Love and Law," by Annie Jenness Miller, 571.—"Yone Santo," by Edward H. House, 735.—"Bella-Demonia," by Selina Dolaro, 737.—"The Serpent Tempted Her," by Saqui Smith, 743.—"Among the Tramps," by "Uncle Tim," 744.—"An American Vendetta," by T. C. Crawford, 745.—"Broken Lives," by Cyrus F. McNutt, 745.—"The Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley," by G. W. Curtis, 878.—"Her Strange Fate," by Celia Logan, 880.—"Janus," by Edward I. Stevenson, 882.—"His Fatal Success," by Malcolm Bell, 883.—"A Blue-grass Thoroughbred," by Tom Johnson, 885.