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The Union and its Results, _Edward Everett_, 5
Our Country's Future, _Id._ 7
The Statesman's Labors, _Id._ 9
True Immortality, _Id._ 11
Let the Childless Weep, _Metta Victoria Victor_, 13
Our Country's Greatest Glory, _Bishop Whipple_, 15
The Union a Household, _Id._ 16
Independence Bell, 17
The Scholar's Dignity, _George E. Pugh_, 18
The Cycles of Progress, _Id._ 21
A Christmas Chant, _Alfred Domett_, 23
Stability of Christianity, _Rev. T. H. Stockton_, 24
The True Higher Law, _Id._ 25
The One Great Need, _Id._ 27
The Ship and the Bird, _Owen Meredith_, 28
Tecumseh's Speech to the Creek Warriors, 29
Territorial Expansion, _S. S. Cox_, 30
Martha Hopkins, _Phoebe Cary_, 32
The Bashful Man's Story, 35
The Matter-of-fact Man, _Anon._ 38
Rich and Poor, _Joseph Barber_, 39
Seeing the Eclipse, _Anon._ 41
Beauties of the Law, 42
Ge-lang! git-up, _New Orleans Delta_, 44
The Rats of Life, _Charles T. Congdon_, 45
The Creownin' Glory of the United States, _Knick. Mag._ 46
Three Fools, _C. H. Spurgeon_, 47
Washington, _Bocock_, 48
The Same, _Id._ 50
The Same, _Id._ 52
Our Great Inheritance, _John J. Crittenden_, 54
Eulogium on Henry Clay, _Lincoln_, 55
Ohio, _Bancroft_, 56
Oliver Hazard Perry, _Id._ 57
Our Domain, _Id._ 59
Systems of Belief, _Rev. W. H. Milburn_, 60
The Indian Chief, 62
The Independent Farmer, _W. W. Fosdick_, 63
Mrs. Grammar's Ball, _Anon._ 64
How the Money Comes, 66
The Future of the Fashions, _Punch_, 67
Loyalty to Liberty our only Hope, _Bishop Whipple_, 68
Our Country First, Last, and Always, _Id._ 69
British Influence, _John Randolph_, 70
Defense of Jefferson, _Henry Clay_, 71
National Hatreds are Barbarous, _Rufus Choate_, 72
Murder will out, _Daniel Webster_, 74
Strive for the Best, 75
Early Rising, _John G. Saxe_, 76
Deeds of Kindness, 77
Gates of Sleep, _Dr. John Henry_, 78
The Bugle, _Tennyson_, 79
A Hoodish Gem, 80
Purity of the American Struggle, _Hon. H. Wilson, 1859_, 80
Old Age, _Theodore Parker_, 81
Beautiful, and as true as Beautiful, 83
The Deluge, 84
The Worm of the Still, 85
Man's Connection with the Infinite, 87
The Language of the Eagle, 88
Washington, _S. S. Cox_, 90
America vs. England, _David Dudley Field_, 91
If we Knew, _Ruth Benton_, 94