THE SUBSTITUTE by JAMES PAYN. 601

NEW YORK LIBRARIES by CHARLES BURR TODD. 611

THE DRAMA IN THE NURSERY by NORMAN PEARSON. 623

OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP.
"The Man Who Laughs." by C.P.W. 627
Why We Forget Names by XENOS CLARK. 629
A Reminiscence of Harriet Martineau by F.C.M. 631

LITERATURE OF THE DAY. 633
Illustrated Books. 634




A TOBACCO PLANTATION.


In the following article I propose to give some account of a typical
tobacco-plantation in Virginia and the life of its negro laborers as I
have observed it from day to day and season to season. Although it is
restricted to narrow local bounds and runs in the line of exacting
routine, that life is yet varied and eventful in its way. The negro
stands so much apart to himself, in spite of all transforming
influences, that everything relating to him seems unique and almost
foreign. Even now, when emancipation has done so much to improve his
condition, his social and economic status still presents peculiar and