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The Picture of Agnes

by Hayden Carruth

The Century Magazine, December 1897, pp. 298-302

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    January 1897 Issue = 33 Articles
    1. Lenbach, the Painter of Bismarck by Edith Coues, pp. 323-330
    2. Speech and Speech-Reading for the Deaf by John Dutton Wright, pp. 331-343
    3. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 344-358
    4. Napoleon's Interest in the Battle of New Orleans by William Hugh Robarts, pp. 359-360
    5. Ennui by Grace Denio Litchfield, p. 361
    6. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 362-377
    7. Public Spirit in Modern Athens by D. Bikelas, pp. 378-392
    8. The Parthenon by Moonlight by Richard Watson Gilder, p. 393
    9. The Lights of Sitka by Chester Bailey Fernald, pp. 394-400
    10. A Girl of Modern Tyre by Hamlin Garland, pp. 401-422
    11. A Wood-Bird's Whim by Sarah Piatt, p. 423
    12. The Ladies of Llangollen by Helen Marshall North, pp. 424-427
    13. Jamaica by Julian Hawthorne, pp. 428-433
    14. The Solitary Woodsman by Charles G.D. Roberts, p. 434
    15. Papers on Lord Nelson by Alfred T. Mahan, pp. 435-447
    16. An American Composer: Edward A. MacDowell by Henry T. Finck, pp. 448-454
    17. A Rose of Yesterday by F. Marion Crawford, pp. 455-467
    18. The Absurdity of War by E.L. Godkin, pp. 468-470
    19. A Call for Home Patriotism, p. 471
    20. As Others See Us, p. 471
    21. A Law-Regarding Race, p. 472
    22. Helen Keller at Cambridge by Arthur Gilman, pp. 473-474
    23. Helen Keller by Richard Watson Gilder, p. 475
    24. Ian Maclaren as a Theologian by T.T. Munger, p. 475
    25. Ian Maclaren and the Brotherhood of Christian Unity by Theodore F. Seward, p. 476
    26. The Kingdom of Rosenthal by Fanny Morris Smith, p. 476
    27. The Society of Western Artists, p. 477
    28. Summer by Frank W. Benson, p. 477
    29. A Book of Names by Charles Lee Sleight, p. 477
    30. Partners by Ellis Parker Butler, pp. 477-478
    31. The Passing of the Widow by J. Frederic Thorne, p. 479
    32. A Question of Safety by E.W. Kemble, pp. 480-483
    33. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, p. 484
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    February 1897 Issue = 38 Articles
    1. Places in New York by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, pp. 501-515
    2. The Blossom of the Soul by John Vance Cheney, p. 516
    3. Monotypes by William A. Coffin, pp. 517-523
    4. The Surprised Avowal by Robert Underwood Johnson, p. 524
    5. Papers on Lord Nelson by Alfred T. Mahan, pp. 525-540
    6. Instruments by Charles Crandall, p. 541
    7. An Inland Venice: The Serbian Swamp, Vendland by Charles de Kay, pp. 542-552
    8. Art by Charles G.D. Roberts, p. 553
    9. In the Desert with the Bedouin by R. Talbot Kelly, pp. 554-562
    10. The Death Dream of Armenia by Will H. Thompson, p. 563
    11. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 564-577
    12. Recollections of Samuel Lover by his Daughter by Fanny Schmid, pp. 578-585
    13. Miss Selina's Settlement by Mrs. Burton Harrison, pp. 586-591
    14. Alcestis by Alice Williams Brotherton, pp. 592-597
    15. Jamaica by Julian Hawthorne, pp. 598-599
    16. A Man and Some Others by Stephen Crane, pp. 600-606
    17. Surpassed by Grace Duffield Goodwin, p. 607
    18. A Rose of Yesterday by F. Marion Crawford, pp. 608-618
    19. Billy and Hans: A True History by W.J. Stillman, pp. 619-625
    20. Why the Confederacy Failed by Stephen D. Lee, pp. 626-627
    21. --- by Joseph Wheeler, p. 628
    22. --- by E.P. Alexander, p. 629
    23. --- by E.M. Law, p. 630
    24. --- by Don Carlos Buell, p. 631
    25. --- by O.O. Howard, p. 632
    26. --- by Jacob D. Cox, p. 633
    27. The Recording Tendency and What it is Coming to, p. 634
    28. Words of Helpfulness, p. 635
    29. Forestry (384282), p. 635
    30. A Recollection of Lincoln in Court by F.G. Saltonstall, p. 636
    31. Lincoln as Lawyer, p. 637
    32. A Servant's Approval of the Training-School Idea, p. 637
    33. The Ballad of a Bachelor by Ellis Parker Butler, p. 638
    34. The Unfortunate Experiences of a Successful Salesman by Jacob A. Riis, p. 639
    35. Aphorisms by Alice Wellington Rollins, p. 640
    36. The Advertising Girl by Priscilla Leonard, p. 640
    37. Uncle Ezra on 'Change by Albert Bigelow Paine, p. 640
    38. An Irish Host by S.R. Elliott, pp. 640-643
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    March 1897 Issue = 26 Articles
    1. Our Fellow-Citizen of the White House by C.C. Buel, pp. 645-664
    2. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 665-681
    3. The Nation's Library by A.R. Spofford, pp. 682-693
    4. The Decorations in the New Congressional Library by William A. Coffin, pp. 694-711
    5. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 712-727
    6. The Man who Worked for Collister by Mary Tracy Earle, pp. 728-732
    7. Inauguration Scenes and Incidents by Joseph B. Bishop, pp. 733-740
    8. Papers on Lord Nelson by Alfred T. Mahan, pp. 741-758
    9. A Dark Day by Robert Underwood Johnson, p. 759
    10. Our Withc by Richard Malcolm Johnston, pp. 760-765
    11. The Stranger by Maurice Francis Egan, p. 766
    12. The Art of Large Giving by George Iles, pp. 767-778
    13. "Flower before the Leaf" by G.E. Woodberry, p. 779
    14. Some Writers of Good Letters by Royal Cortissoz, pp. 780-789
    15. The Outgoing President (Cleveland), p. 790
    16. The Incoming President (McKinley), p. 791
    17. On the Public Wearing of Political Collars, p. 792
    18. A Good Example in Government Building, p. 792
    19. How to Utilize Old Magazines by Herman Justi, pp. 793-794
    20. One Man Who was Content by Estelle Thomas, p. 795
    21. A Scientific Basis for Liquor Legislation by Walter H. Page, pp. 795-796
    22. Trialments, Troublements, and Flickerments by C.A. Brooks, pp. 797-798
    23. In the Tea Corner by Albert Bigelow Paine, p. 799
    24. The Modern Coelebs by Priscilla Leonard, p. 800
    25. Songs of New York's Numbered Streets by Charles Battell Loomis, pp. 800-801
    26. The Tomb of General Grant by Horace Porter, p. 802
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    April 1897 Issue = 37 Articles
    1. Old Georgetown---A Social Panorama by John Williamson Palmer, pp. 803-819
    2. The Cello by Meredith Nicholson, p. 820
    3. General Sherman's Opinion of General Grant by W.T. Sherman, p. 821
    4. General Grant at the Bonanza Mines by Frederick D. Grant, p. 822
    5. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 823-838
    6. The Tomb of General Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 839-846
    7. Sunny Harbor or Stormy Sea? by Ella Giles Ruddy, p. 847
    8. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 848-865
    9. Wheeling in Tyrolean Valleys---"Al' Heil!" by George E. Waring, Jr., pp. 866-875
    10. By Contraries by Edith M. Thomas, p. 876
    11. A New American Sculptor by William A. Coffin, pp. 877-881
    12. Even as the Wave by George De Clyver Curtis, p. 882
    13. The Days of Jeanne D'Arc by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, pp. 883-897
    14. New Discovered Portraits of Jeanne D'Arc by The Editor, pp. 898-899
    15. Glave in Africa: From the Journals by E.J. Glave, pp. 900-915
    16. The Fall of the House of Robinson by Annie Steger Winston, pp. 916-918
    17. The Red Columbine by Elizabeth Akers, p. 919
    18. Thackeray in Weimar by Walter Vulpius, pp. 920-928
    19. Easter Flowers by Clarence Urmy, p. 929
    20. Nancy by John Seymour Wood, pp. 930-936
    21. "There is a Peace that Cometh after Sorrow" by Jessie Rose Gates, p. 937
    22. General Grant's Most Famous Dispatch by G.W. Granniss, pp. 938-941
    23. A Blue and Gray Friendship (Grant and Buckner) by John R. Procter, pp. 942-948
    24. A Veto by Grant by John A. Kasson, p. 949
    25. The Miracle of the Greek Fire by Richard Watson Gilder, pp. 950-953
    26. The Anger of Christ by Richard Watson Gilder, p. 954
    27. The Right Place for an Expert, p. 954
    28. The Value of Dignity, p. 955
    29. Speech and Speech-Reading for the Deaf by Edward M. Gallaudet, p. 956
    30. Rejoinder by John Dutton Wright, p. 957
    31. The Dialect Store by Charles Battell Loomis, p. 958
    32. Jean the Chopper by Francis Sterne Palmer, p. 958
    33. On the Road by Paul Laurence Dunbar, p. 958
    34. A Seizure in the Jungle by W.D. Stevens, p. 959
    35. A Maid of '96 by Katharine Pyle, p. 960
    36. An Up-to-Date Sweetheart by Priscilla Leonard, p. 960
    37. Hunting-Song by Thomas D. Bolger, p. 960
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    May 1897 Issue = 33 Articles
    1. A Suburban Country Place by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, pp. 3-17
    2. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 18-34
    3. Bicycling through the Dolomites by George E. Waring, Jr., pp. 35-46
    4. The Pilgrims by John Vance Cheney, p. 47
    5. "Anti-Babel," or Professor Sandfog's Universal Language by William Henry Bishop, pp. 48-64
    6. Birds and Bards by Henry Austin, p. 65
    7. Scientific Kite-Flying, with Special Reference to the Blue Hill Experiments by J.B. Millet, pp. 66-77
    8. Experiments with Kites by Hugh D. Wise, pp. 78-85
    9. Photographing from Kites by William A. Eddy, pp. 86-91
    10. Tennessee and Its Centennial by Marks White Handly, pp. 92-96
    11. Days to Come by Helen Hay, p. 97
    12. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 98-115
    13. A Benedictine Garden by Alice Brown, pp. 116-117
    14. The Days of Jeanne d'Arc by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, pp. 118-127
    15. Some Secret History by Lieut.-Gen. John M. Schofield, pp. 128-137
    16. Mexico: The Fall of the Second Empire by Matias Romero, p. 138
    17. The Royal Family of Greece by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, pp. 139-141
    18. Crete, the Island of Discord by Demetrius Kalopothakes, pp. 142-148
    19. "Ubi Sunt Qui Ante Nos?" by Edmund Clarence Stedman, pp. 149-150
    20. The Discontented Rich, p. 151
    21. The Fight for the Forest Preserves, p. 151
    22. Political Reform, p. 152
    23. "Don't!" , p. 153
    24. A Sleeping King , p. 153
    25. John Cabot, Discoverer of the North American Continent by J. Hooker Hamersley, p. 154
    26. A Historic Diamond by George Frederick Kunz, p. 155
    27. The Mirror, by John W. Alexander by W. Lewis Fraser, p. 155
    28. At Candle-lightin' Time by Paul Laurence Dunbar, p. 156
    29. Pertinent Suggestions to Office-seekers by Robert Lincoln O'Brien, pp. 156-158
    30. A Matter of Temperament by Edward A. Church, p. 159
    31. Prehistoric Foot-Ball in the Jungle by W.D. Stevens, p. 160
    32. The Trial by Katharine V. Gunter, p. 160
    33. When Love Went Maying by Albert Bigelow Paine, pp. 160-162
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    June 1897 Issue = 29 Articles
    1. Queen Victoria's "Coronation Ball" by Florence Hayward, pp. 163-173
    2. The Last Fight by L. Frank Tooker, pp. 174-175
    3. The Shaw Memorial and the Sculptor St. Gaudens by Edward Atkinson, pp. 176-178
    4. II. The Sculptor St. Gaudens by William A. Coffin, pp. 179-193
    5. III. Colored Troops Under Fire by T.W. Higginson, pp. 194-199
    6. The Secret by G.E. Woodberry, p. 200
    7. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 201-217
    8. "When the Clover Blooms Again" by Charles G.D. Roberts, p. 218
    9. Heroism in the Lighthouse Service by Gustav Kobbe, pp. 219-230
    10. The Days of Jeanne d'Arc by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, pp. 231-244
    11. Love's Epiphany by Elizabeth C. Cardozo, p. 245
    12. How Food is Used in the Body by W.O. Atwater, pp. 246-251
    13. Home Life Among the Indians by Alice C. Fletcher, pp. 252-262
    14. To-Morrow and To-Day by Richard Burton, p. 263
    15. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 264-280
    16. How Sarah Paid for Peace by Margaret Sutton Briscoe, pp. 281-289
    17. A Great Modern Observatory by Mabel Loomis, pp. 290-300
    18. How a Riddle of the Parthenon was Unraveled by Eugene P. Andrews, pp. 301-309
    19. Queen Victoria by Thomas F. Bayard, pp. 310-311
    20. The Hero, pp. 312-313
    21. How Food is Used in the Body by W.O. Atwater, p. 314
    22. The Man in the Copper Box, p. 314
    23. Portraits of Queen Victoria, pp. 315-316
    24. A Way to Save the Palisades by F.P. Albert, p. 317
    25. The Affair at Guiney's Station by Charles H.T. Collis, p. 318
    26. An Idyl of the Kitchen by Rupert Hughes, p. 319
    27. Slang by Meredith Nicholson, p. 319
    28. The College Bill by Spencer B. Nichols, pp. 319-322
    29. Old English Masters by John C. Van Dyke, p. 323
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    July 1897 Issue = 37 Articles
    1. At Twilight by William Carman Roberts, p. 330
    2. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 331-345
    3. London at Play by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, pp. 346-351
    4. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 352-368
    5. The Human Legacy by Priscilla Leonard, p. 369
    6. Hunting by H.W. Seton-Karr, pp. 370-381
    7. Hunting the Jaguar in Venezuela by William Willard Howard, pp. 382-389
    8. Sports in the Seventeenth Century by W.A. Baillie-Grohman, pp. 390-401
    9. An Argonaut by Marie Frances Upton, pp. 402-404
    10. Inheritance by Mary Thacher Higginson, p. 405
    11. "Such Stuff as Dreams are Made of" by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, p. 405
    12. The Days of Jeanne d'Arc by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, pp. 406-420
    13. The Churches of Poitiers and Caen by Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer, pp. 421-438
    14. "I Have Called Thee Many a Night" by Louise Chandler Moulton, p. 439
    15. The Defense by Resurrection by Maurice Thompson, pp. 440-448
    16. Three Songs by G.E. Woodberry, p. 449
    17. Up the Matterhorn in a Boat by Marion Manville Pope, pp. 450-461
    18. Before a Closed Door by John Bennett, p. 462
    19. An American Citizen by T.T. Munger, p. 463
    20. "At Rest" by Martha Gilbert Dickinson, p. 464
    21. Are the Bosses Stronger than the People? by Joseph B. Bishop, pp. 465-466
    22. The Sunrise of the Poor by Robert Burns Wilson, p. 467
    23. "The City for the People!", p. 468
    24. The Pleasures of Yachting, p. 468
    25. Language Before Literature, p. 469
    26. Greece, p. 470
    27. Dangers and Benefits of the Bicycle by A.L. Benedict, pp. 471-472
    28. How Napoleon Impressed a Foe at St. Helena by Sir George Cockburn, p. 473
    29. General Grant's Veto of the "Inflation Bill" by Andrew S. Draper, p. 474
    30. Anecdotes of Lincoln and Grant by John P. Bartlett, p. 475
    31. General Grant's Cigar by B., p. 475
    32. The Social Menace of Specialism by Arthur Reed Kimball, p. 475
    33. Romola, by Sarah C. Sears by W. Lewis Fraser, p. 476
    34. Mis' Dance's Buryin' by Florence Hayward, pp. 476-478
    35. Rapid Transit Realized by Charles Battell Loomis, p. 479
    36. The Watcher by Theodore Roberts, p. 479
    37. Why Sammy Left the Farm by Albert Bigelow Paine, pp. 480-482
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    August 1897 Issue = 31 Articles
    1. "The Lordly Hudson" by Clarence Cook, pp. 483-492
    2. A Journey in Thessaly by Thomas Dwight Goodell, pp. 493-502
    3. The Argonauts by William Prescott Foster, p. 503
    4. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 504-512
    5. The Alaska Trip by John Muir, pp. 513-525
    6. His Language by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, p. 526
    7. Down to Java by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, pp. 527-545
    8. A Day in Norway by Horace E. Scudder, pp. 546-550
    9. Another Day in Norway by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, pp. 551-552
    10. A Wish by Helen M. Bullis, p. 553
    11. Characteristics of Jenny Lind by Henri Appy, pp. 554-557
    12. What Jenny Lind did for America by Fanny Morris Smith, pp. 558-559
    13. John Burroughs by Hamilton Wright Mabie, pp. 560-568
    14. London at Play by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, pp. 569-575
    15. Controversies in the War Department by Lieut.-Gen. John M. Schofield, pp. 576-583
    16. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 584-602
    17. The Days of Jeanne d'Arc by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, pp. 603-615
    18. A Wind-storm on the Caribbean by Louise Morgan Sill, p. 616
    19. Concealed Weapons by Margaret Sutton Briscoe, pp. 616-621
    20. Ursula by Robert Underwood Johnson, p. 622
    21. Up the Matterhorn in a Boat by Marion Manville Pope, pp. 623-629
    22. A Person and a Picture by Gouverneur Morris, Jr., pp. 630-631
    23. Is the Senate Justly Criticized?, p. 632
    24. The Forest Commission's Great Public Service, p. 633
    25. Memorable Words, pp. 634-635
    26. General W.F. Smith at Petersburg by W.F. Smith, pp. 636-637
    27. Scientific Kite-Flying, with Special Reference to the Blue Hill Experiments by J.B. Millet, p. 638
    28. A Scientific Dilemma by Walter D. Robinson, p. 639
    29. "They'll Never Miss Me" by Mrs. John P. Morgan, p. 640
    30. Fishin' by Albert Bigelow Paine, p. 640
    31. Waiting in the Wings (Amateur Theatricals) by Marion Evans, pp. 640-642
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    September 1897 Issue = 28 Articles
    1. Royalists and Republicans by Pierre de Coubertin, pp. 643-653
    2. Elusive Presence by Edith M. Thomas, p. 654
    3. Prisoners of State at Boro Boedor by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, pp. 655-669
    4. "Jack" by John H. Boner, p. 670
    5. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 671-683
    6. The Days of Jeanne d'Arc by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, pp. 684-695
    7. A Chopin Fantasy by Robert Underwood Johnson, pp. 696-698
    8. Cruelty in the Congo Free State by E.J. Glave, pp. 699-714
    9. Ruskin by R.R. Bowker, p. 715
    10. Glimpses of Gladstone by Harry Furniss, pp. 716-721
    11. The Kinds that Cured by Walter Leon Sawyer, pp. 722-730
    12. The River by John B. Tabb, p. 731
    13. A New Note in American Sculpture by Arthur Hoeber, pp. 732-735
    14. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 736-753
    15. The Violet Gate by Clarence Urmy, p. 754
    16. Browning's Summer in Brittany by A.M. Mosher, pp. 755-768
    17. An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier by John Muir, pp. 769-775
    18. What Stopped the Ship by H. Phelps Whitmarsh, pp. 776-781
    19. Up the Matterhorn in a Boat by Marion Manville Pope, pp. 782-793
    20. The Century's Prizes for College Graduates, p. 794
    21. Good Men and Bad City Government, pp. 794-795
    22. Glave's Last Letter and his Death by E.J. Glave, pp. 796-797
    23. Public-School Lectures in New York by S.T. Willis, p. 798
    24. The Sonata, by Irving Ramsay Wiles by W. Lewis Fraser, p. 799
    25. Irish Love Song by Thomas D. Bolger, p. 799
    26. "The Man Who Does his Work" by G., p. 800
    27. A Reply to Coelebs by Hope D. Firde, p. 800
    28. The Poster Girl by Carolyn Wells, pp. 800-802
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    October 1897 Issue = 32 Articles
    1. The Roll of Honor of the New York Police by Theodore Roosevelt, pp. 803-814
    2. Old English Masters by John C. Van Dyke, pp. 815-821
    3. Competition by Julia Schayer, p. 822
    4. The Art of Charles Keene by Joseph Pennell, pp. 823-829
    5. The Flirting of Mr. Nickins by Lucy S. Furman, pp. 830-840
    6. Marie-Antoinette as Dauphine by Anna L. Bicknell, pp. 841-859
    7. The Blood-Red Blossom by George Edward Woodberry, p. 860
    8. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, pp. 861-873
    9. What is an Aurora? by Alexander McAdie, pp. 874-878
    10. Campaigning with Grant by Horace Porter, pp. 879-897
    11. The Conqueror by Arlo Bates, p. 898
    12. Up the Matterhorn in a Boat by Marion Manville Pope, pp. 899-909
    13. The Days of Jeanne d'Arc by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, pp. 910-923
    14. Wild Animals in a New England Game-Park by G.T. Ferris, pp. 924-937
    15. The Baby Corps by Irving Bacheller, pp. 938-939
    16. The Heart of a Maid by Louise Herrick Wall, pp. 940-945
    17. Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes to a Classmate by Mary Blake Morse and Oliver Wendell Holmes, pp. 946-949
    18. Heroes of Peace, p. 950
    19. Leaders of American Thought, p. 950
    20. Fortunate in Enemies and Friends, p. 951
    21. Beauty as a Principle, p. 951
    22. How Boston has Systematized its Parks by Sylvester Baxter, pp. 952-953
    23. A New Parliament of Religions by Abbe Victor Charbonnel, p. 954
    24. Is Common Sense Un-American? by Joseph B. Bishop, p. 955
    25. Comment by William Dudley Foulke, p. 956
    26. Kindergarten Progress in Indianapolis by Anna McKenzie, p. 957
    27. The Latest Fad by Carolyn Wells, p. 958
    28. Spontaneous History by Walter D. Robinson, p. 958
    29. How would he have Painted Foxes? by Charles Battell Loomis, p. 959
    30. A Conversation on Golf by Alice M. Ditson, p. 960
    31. Foolin' Wif de Seasons by Paul Laurence Dunbar, p. 960
    32. Larry is There by E.S. Stilwell, p. 960
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    November 1897 Issue = 36 Articles
    1. Mrs. Cameron, her Friends, and her Photographs by V.C. Scott O'Connor, pp. 3-9
    2. A Great Naturalist: Edward Drinker Cope by Henry Fairfield Osborn, pp. 10-14
    3. Gigantic Saurians of the Reptilian Age by William H. Ballou, pp. 15-23
    4. Gallops by David Gray, pp. 24-28
    5. II. Braybrooke's Double Event Steeplechase by David Gray, pp. 29-32
    6. The Last Days of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette by Anna L. Bicknell, pp. 33-54
    7. "From the Young Orchards" by George Edward Woodberry, p. 55
    8. Good Americans by Mrs. Burton Harrison, pp. 56-69
    9. Lines to a Portrait, by a Superior Person by Bret Harte, p. 70
    10. The Cherub Among the Gods by Chester Bailey Fernald, pp. 71-78
    11. The Growth of Great Cities by Roger S. Tracy, M.D., pp. 79-80
    12. Andree's Flight into the Unknown by Jonas Stadling, pp. 81-88
    13. The Story of Chitral by Charles Lowe, pp. 89-102
    14. Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers by James Whitcomb Riley, pp. 103-112
    15. Maximilian, his Allies and Enemies by Sara Y. Stevenson, pp. 113-126
    16. The Romance of a Mule-Car by Frank R. Stockton, pp. 127-132
    17. An Interview with Sultan Abdul Hamid by A.W. Terrell, pp. 133-138
    18. "He Bringeth Them unto Their Desired Haven" by L. Frank Tooker, p. 139
    19. Mozart by Edvard Grieg, pp. 140-145
    20. On the Re-reading of Books by John Burroughs, pp. 146-150
    21. Gilbert Stuart's Portraits of Women by Charles Henry Hart, p. 151
    22. The Sultan Speaks, p. 152
    23. Tennyson, p. 152
    24. Some Good Literary Advice, p. 153
    25. A Historic Warning, p. 153
    26. James Hammond Trumbull by Samuel L. Clemens, p. 154
    27. Andree's Flight into the Unknown by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, p. 155
    28. Another University at Washington and How to Secure it by Daniel C. Gilman, p. 156
    29. "Washington Portraits" by Charles Henry Hart, p. 157
    30. Abbie's Accounts by Tudor Jenks, pp. 157-158
    31. The Paradox by George Meason Whicher, p. 159
    32. Vaudeville by Madeline S. Bridges, p. 159
    33. "All 'at 's out 's in Free" by L.T. Weeks, p. 160
    34. An Irish Love-Song by Robert Underwood Johnson, p. 160
    35. To Jessica, Gone Back to the City by Ellis Parker Butler, pp. 160-161
    36. Portrait of Mrs. Graham by Thomas Gainsborough, p. 162
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    December 1897 Issue = 39 Articles
    1. Merry Christmas in the Tenements by Jacob A. Riis, pp. 163-181
    2. Fritz von Uhde, A Religious Painter by W. Lewis Fraser, pp. 182-185
    3. Good Americans by Mrs. Burton Harrison, pp. 186-196
    4. The Old Year to the New by Clinton Scollard, p. 197
    5. The Author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clarence Cook, pp. 198-201
    6. Old English Masters by John C. Van Dyke, pp. 202-209
    7. The Tourney's Queen by Ednah Proctor Clarke, p. 210
    8. The Causes of Poverty by Francis A. Walker, pp. 210-216
    9. Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers by James Whitcomb Riley, pp. 217-224
    10. Gallops by David Gray, pp. 225-228
    11. IV. The "The Transfigured Pair" by David Gray, pp. 229-231
    12. Fate by Philip Gerry, p. 232
    13. Pat Mullarkey's Reformation by Henry van Dyke, pp. 233-239
    14. Tennyson and his Friends at Freshwater by V.C. Scott O'Connor, pp. 240-267
    15. A New York Nocturne by Charles G.D. Roberts, p. 268
    16. Edwin Booth in London by E.H. House, pp. 269-279
    17. A Ballad of Poverty Row by Helen Gray Cone, p. 280
    18. The Wonderful Morning-Glories of Japan by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, pp. 281-289
    19. Hepzibah's Mothering by Marion Manville Pope, pp. 290-297
    20. The Picture of Agnes by Hayden Carruth, pp. 298-302
    21. Hawthorne in Berkshire by Richard Watson Gilder, p. 303
    22. A Little Episode with Youth by Lillie Hamilton French, pp. 304-309
    23. Flowers in the Pave by Charles M. Skinner, pp. 310-312
    24. Citizenship in the Tenements, p. 313
    25. International Relations of Authors, p. 313
    26. Letter-writing not a Lost Art, p. 314
    27. "The Century's" Prizes for College Graduates, p. 314
    28. A City's Small Pleasure-Grounds by Sylvester Baxter, p. 315
    29. Conscious False Vision by H.C. Wood, p. 316
    30. The Repulse of the Confederate Ironclads near Dutch Gap by Charles W. Greene, p. 317
    31. Traitors by L. McK. G., p. 318
    32. Mis Seidmore's Articles on Java, p. 318
    33. Heart to Heart by C.H. Crandall, p. 319
    34. O Tempora! O Mores! by Maud Taylor, p. 319
    35. The Wheel in Art by Mary A. Lathbury, p. 319
    36. Mere Opinion by Dorothea Moore, p. 320
    37. A Fin-de-Siecle Mama by Alice Ames Winter, p. 320
    38. A Georgia Philosopher by Harry Stillwell Edwards, pp. 320-321
    39. Portraits of General Wolfe by Paul Leicester Ford, p. 322
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