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CONTENTS.—No. XVIII.
| The Value of the Union. By William H. Muller, | 633 | |
| A Merchant's Story. By Edmund Kirke, | 642 | |
| May Morning, | 657 | |
| The Navy of the United States, | 659 | |
| Three Modern Romances, | 667 | |
| Mill on Liberty. By Hon. F. P. Stanton, | 674 | |
| Cloud and Sunshine, | 687 | |
| Is there Anything in It? | 688 | |
| The Confederation and the Nation. By Edward Carey, | 694 | |
| Reason, Rhyme and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha Walker Cook, | 698 | |
| The Buccaneers of America. By William L. Stone, | 703 | |
| Virginia, | 714 | |
| Visit to the National Academy, | 715 | |
| Was He Successful? By Richard B. Kimball, | 719 | |
| How Mr. Lincoln became an Abolitionist By S. B. Gookins, | 727 | |
| Cost of a Trip to Europe, and how to go Cheaply, | 730 | |
| Touching the Soul. By Egbert Phelps, 1st Lieutenant 19th Infantry, U. S. A., | 734 | |
| Literary Notices, | 744 | |
| Editor's Table, | 747 |
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