n Ste. Pilagie Mary H. Catherwood 127

The Call of the Wild Jack London 131

The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope 135

In the Toils of the Enemy John S. Wood 139

The Advocate's First Plea George Barr McCutcheon 144

The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe 148

The Trial of Ben Thomas H. S. Edwards 151

Even This Shall Pass Away Theodore Tilton 155

On Milton John Dryden 156

Richelieu Bulwer Lytton 157

Flower in the Crannied Wall Lord Tennyson 161

The Burgomaster's Death (from "The Bells") 162

Jathrop Lathrop's Cow Anna Warner 167

The Hunchback Sheridan Knowles 172

Love Shakespeare 180

Last Speech of William McKinley 181

For Dear Old Yale James Langston 184

The Lance of Kanana 189

=NO. 3=

Editorials 193-198

Reading Elizabeth B. Browning 198

The Shave-Store Edmund Vance Cooke 199

The Moo-Cow-Moo Edmund Vance Cooke 200

Brother Wolf and the Horned Cattle Joel Chandler Harris 201

A Summer Lullaby Eudora S. Bumstead 204

The First Nowell (Old Carol) 205

A Riddle Jonathan Swift 206

Tiny Tim (from "A Christmas Carol") Charles Dickens 207

The American Flag Joseph R. Drake 212

A Grace for a Child Robert Herrick 212

The Fairies William Allingham 213

The Rule for Birds' Nesters (Old Rhyme) 214

Queen Mab Thomas Hood 215

The Star Song Robert Herrick 216

O Little Town of Bethlehem Phillips Brooks 217

Santa Claus