a Scene from Quo Vadis Henry Sienkiewicz 15

The Cushville Hop Ben King 21

Sonny's Christening Ruth McEnery Stuart 22

How She Went into Business Joel Chandler Harris 28

The Leadership of Educated Men George William Curtis 34

Jean Valjean and the Bishop Victor Hugo 38

Coom, Lassie, Be Good to Me Charles McIlvaine 43

A Bird in the Hand F. S. Weatherby 44

The Slow Man Ernest Poole 45

Emmy Lou George Madden Martin 49

Glory John Luther Long 53

The Rose and the Gardener Austin Dobson 57

The Cap that Fits Austin Dobson 58

The Cure's Progress Austin Dobson 60

The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard Anthony Hope 61

The Photograph Paul Laurence Dunbar 67

A Message to Garcia Elbert Hubbard 68

Lovey-Loves Ben King 69

The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe 70

Nini, Ninette, Ninon Frederick S. Weatherby 77

With Any Amazement Rudyard Kipling 78

One, Two, Three H. C. Bunner 83

Mr. Dooley, on the Grip 85

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Editorials 97-100

The Sign of the Cross Wilson Barrett 101

My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold William Wordsworth 105

"Gentlemen, the King" Robert Barr 106

The Only Way Charles Dickens 111

The New Americanism Henry Watterson 114

A Plea for Patriotism Benjamin Harrison 116

Fame Ben Jonson 117

The Independence of Cuba J. M. Thurston 118

The Children of the Poor Theodore Parker 122

Burns George William Curtis 124

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