- "Recollections of a Boy-Page in the U.S. Senate,"
- "Historic Girls," serial papers by E.S. Brooks,
- "Children of the Cold," a series by Lieut. Fred'k Schwatka,
- "Ready for Business; Suggestions to Boys about to Choose an Occupation,"
- "Personally Conducted," by Frank R. Stockton,
- Short Stories by Louisa M. Alcott and others. Etc., Etc.
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