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| [Child-Queen, A.] (Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks) | Cecilia Cleveland | [1] |
| [Chased by Wolves.] (Illustrated) | George Dudley Lawson | [3] |
| [Jingle: There was an Old Person of Crewd.] (Illustrated by K. W. P.) | | [6] |
| [Mollie's Boyhood.] (Illustrated by George White) | Sarah E. Chester | [7] |
| [The Largest Volcano in the World.] (Illustrated) | Sarah Coan | [13] |
| [Making it Skip.] Verse. (Illustrated by Thomas Moran) | M. M. D. | [15] |
| [Willow Wand, The.] Poem. (Illustrated) | A. E. W. | [16] |
| [Story that Wouldn't be Told, The.] (Illustrated) | Louise Stockton | [18] |
| [Polly: A Before-Christmas Story.] (Illustrated) | Hope Ledyard | [19] |
| [Boggs's Photograph.] Picture. | | [21] |
| [Lord Mayor of London's Show, The.] (Illustrated) | Jennie A. Owen | [22] |
| [My Girl.] Poem. | John S. Adams | [25] |
| [Mars, the Planet of War.] (Illustrated by the Author) | Richard A. Proctor | [26] |
| [Domestic Tragedy, A.] In Two Parts (Illustration) | | [31] |
| [Bell-Ringers, The Stickleback.] (Illustrated by James C. Beard) | C. F. Holder | [31] |
| [Cricket on the Hearth, The.] Poem. (Illustrated) | Clara Doty Bates | [33] |
| [How I Weighed the Thanksgiving Turkey.] | G. M. Shaw | [34] |
| [Nimble Jim and the Magic Melon.] (Illustrated by E. B. Bensell) | J. A. Judson | [34] |
| ["Oh, I'm My Mamma's Lady-Girl."] Verse. (Illustrated by Addie Ledyard) | M. M. D. | [41] |
| [Christmas-Gifts, A Budget of Home-Made.] (Illustrated) | | [42] |
| [Little Tweet.] (Illustrated) | | [64] |
| [Jack-in-the-Pulpit.] (Illustrated) | | [66] |
| [Can a Little Child Like Me?] (Thanksgiving Hymn) | Mary Mapes Dodge | [68] |
| ["Baby's Opera" and Walter Crane, The.] | | [69] |
| [The Letter Box.] | | [69] |
| [The Moons of Mars.] | | [69] |
| [The Riddle Box.] (Illustrated) | | [71] |
