Child-Queen, A. (Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks) Cecilia Cleveland 1

Chased by Wolves. (Illustrated) George Dudley Lawson 3

Jingle: There was an Old Person of Crewd. (Illustrated by K. W. P.) 6

Mollie's Boyhood. (Illustrated by George White) Sarah E. Chester 7

*The Largest Volcano in the World. (Illustrated) Sarah Coan 13

Making it Skip. Verse. (Illustrated by Thomas Moran) M. M. D. 15

*Willow Wand, The. Poem. (Illustrated) A. E. W. 16

*Story that Wouldn't be Told, The. (Illustrated) Louise Stockton 18

Polly: A Before-Christmas Story. (Illustrated) Hope Ledyard 19

Boggs's Photograph. Picture. 21

Lord Mayor of London's Show, The. (Illustrated) Jennie A. Owen 22

My Girl. Poem. John S. Adams 25

Mars, the Planet of War. (Illustrated by the Author)
Richard A. Proctor 26

*Domestic Tragedy, A. In Two Parts (Illustration) 31