CONTENTS


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Anatole Dubois at de Horse Show Wallace Bruce Amsbary 152
Billville Spirit Meeting, The Frank L. Stanton 188
British Matron, The Nathaniel Hawthorne 192
Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, The James Whitcomb Riley 156
Colonel Sterett's Panther Hunt Alfred Henry Lewis 98
Cry from the Consumer, A Wilbur D. Nesbit 190
Curse of the Competent, The Henry J. Finn 14
Darby and Joan St. John Honeywood 166
Day We Do Not Celebrate, The Robert J. Burdette 134
Deacon's Masterpiece, The; or, The
Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay" O.W. Holmes 9
Deacon's Trout, The Henry Ward Beecher 212
Disappointment, A John Boyle O'Reilly 191
Distichs John Hay 65
Down Around the River James Whitcomb Riley 29
Enough Tom Masson 213
Experiences of the A.C., The Bayard Taylor 116
Feast of the Monkeys, The John Philip Sousa 183
Fighting Race, The Joseph I.C. Clarke 214
Grammatical Boy, The Bill Nye 16
Grizzly-Gru Ironquill 174
John Henry in a Street Car Hugh McHugh 177
Laffing Josh Billings 171