No. 2

Editorials 97-100
The Sign of the CrossWilson Barrett101
My Heart Leaps Up When I BeholdWilliam Wordsworth105
"Gentlemen, the King"Robert Barr106
The Only WayCharles Dickens111
The New AmericanismHenry Watterson114
A Plea for PatriotismBenjamin Harrison116
FameBen Jonson117
The Independence of CubaJ. M. Thurston118
The Children of the PoorTheodore Parker122
BurnsGeorge William Curtis124
A Night in Ste. PilagieMary H. Catherwood127
The Call of the WildJack London131
The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope135
In the Toils of the EnemyJohn S. Wood139
The Advocate's First PleaGeorge Barr McCutcheon144
The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe148
The Trial of Ben ThomasH. S. Edwards151
Even This Shall Pass AwayTheodore Tilton155
On MiltonJohn Dryden156
RichelieuBulwer Lytton157
Flower in the Crannied WallLord Tennyson161
The Burgomaster's Death (from "The Bells") 162
Jathrop Lathrop's CowAnna Warner167
The HunchbackSheridan Knowles172
LoveShakespeare180
Last Speech of William McKinley 181
For Dear Old YaleJames Langston184
The Lance of Kanana 189

No. 3

Editorials 193-198
ReadingElizabeth B. Browning198
The Shave-StoreEdmund Vance Cooke199
The Moo-Cow-MooEdmund Vance Cooke200
Brother Wolf and the Horned CattleJoel Chandler Harris201
A Summer LullabyEudora S. Bumstead204
The First Nowell(Old Carol)205
A RiddleJonathan Swift206
Tiny Tim (from "A Christmas Carol")Charles Dickens207
The American FlagJoseph R. Drake212
A Grace for a ChildRobert Herrick212
The FairiesWilliam Allingham213
The Rule for Birds' Nesters(Old Rhyme)214
Queen MabThomas Hood215
The Star SongRobert Herrick216
O Little Town of BethlehemPhillips Brooks217
Santa Claus(Anonymous)218
RecessionalRudyard Kipling219
The Bonniest Bairn in a' the Warl'Robert Ford220
The Flag Goes ByHenry Holcomb Bennett221
PocahontasWilliam Makepeace Thackeray222
A FarewellCharles Kingsley223
The Shepherd Boy SingsJohn Bunyan223
Two Apple-Howling Songs(Old Rhymes)224
A Boy's PrayerHenry Charles Beeching224
To-dayThomas Carlyle225
Be TrueHoratio Bonar225
My Native LandSir Walter Scott226
Green Things GrowingDinah Maria Mulock226
The Wonderful Country of Good-Boy LandMary E. Blake227
The Fir-TreeHans Christian Andersen229
From a Railway CarriageRobert Louis Stevenson233
The Land of NodRobert Louis Stevenson234
BurnsGeorge William Curtis124
Whole Duty of ChildrenRobert Louis Stevenson234
The Story of Joseph(Arranged from Genesis)235
Auld Daddy DarknessJames Ferguson240
The Owl and the Pussy-CatEdward Lear241
The Angel's WhisperSamuel Lover242
Going into BreechesCharles and Mary Lamb243
The Lost DollCharles Kingsley244
Baby Corn(Unknown)245
Who Stole the Bird's Nest?Lydia Maria Child246
Po' Little LambPaul Laurence Dunbar248
Little Brown BabyPaul Laurence Dunbar250
An Incident of the French CampRobert Browning251
Lullaby of an Infant ChiefSir Walter Scott252
Old IronsidesOliver Wendell Holmes253
Concord HymnRalph Waldo Emerson254
His College Examination (from "Up from Slavery")Booker T. Washington255
A Child's GraceRobert Burns260
A Howdy SongJoel Chandler Harris261
DutyRalph Waldo Emerson261
Bud's Fairy TaleJames Whitcomb Riley262
The Boy that was Scaret o' Dyin'Annie Trumbull Slosson268
What Does Little Birdie Say?Lord Tennyson270
Laetus Sorte Mea (from "The Story of a Short Life")Juliana H. Ewing271
The Victor of Marengo 275
Good MorningRobert Browning279
Miranda and Her Friend Kroof (from "The Heart of the Ancient Wood")Charles G. D. Roberts277
Little NellCharles Dickens282
Parsifal the Pure(from "Stories from Wagner")285