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CONTENTS.—No. XX.

Our Future. By Lieut. Egbert Phelps, U.S.A.,121
Autumn Leaves. By Mrs. M. W. Cook,136
Across Maine in Mid-Winter,138
Diary of Frances Krasinska,150
The Sleeping Peri,159
My Lost Darling,160
Reason, Rhyme, and Rhythm. Compiled and written by Mrs. M. W. Cook,168
The Buccaneers of America. By W. L. Stone,175
Under the Palmetto. By H. G. Spaulding,188
The Spirit's Reproach. By Mrs. M. W. Cook,204
Jefferson Davis and Repudiation. A Letter from Hon. Robert J. Walker,207
Evergreen Beauty. By Major Samuel H. Hurst,227
Dying in the Hospital. By Mary E. Nealy, Louisville, Ky.,229
Literary Notices,231
Editor's Table,237

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