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MR. KINSLEY’S BOOK 1
LITERATURE AND ART 4
THE COOLEY POEMS 5
JUDGE COOLEY’S DENIAL 16
LITERARY NOTES 18
MR. DOTY MAD 19
CHICAGO PALMISTRY 21
A MARVELLOUS INVENTION 24
BOOKS AND AUTHORS 30
CHICAGO HAMLETS 31
THE LITERARY WAYSIDE 38
A BEAUTIFUL ARTICLE OF VIRTUE 39
THE SHAKESPEARES IDENTIFIED 42
AMONG THE LITERATI 50
THE MARKEESY DI PULLMAN 51
LITERARY LACONICS 58
AS TO THE GARTER OF A MARKEESY 59
MR. EMERSON IN ’FRISCO 64
A SUMMER PHILOSOPHER 66
THE TRUTH ABOUT DANTE 68
THE GOOD CAUSE 76
THE CONVENTION OF WESTERN WRITERS 77
THE POET’S CORNER 80
A WESTERN BOY’S LAMENT 80
THE STORY OF XANTHIPPE 81
PHILADELPHIA 89
HUMANITY 91
BAKED BEANS AND CULTURE 92
MR. ISAAC WATTS, TUTOR 96
THE REVISION 104
THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION 106
YANKEE CHORUS GIRLS 107
MR. DIXEY AS A NEMESIS 109
PROFESSOR LOWELL IN CHICAGO 113
MR. ELDER’S FRIGHT 131
ETHEL’S CHRISTMAS TALE 135
CHICAGO WEATHER 137
A CHICAGO CHRISTMAS LEGEND 138
A PLEA FOR THE CLASSICS 141
MLLE. PRUD’HOMME’S BOOK 142
HER GENUINE CULTURE 146
THE DEMAND FOR CONDENSED MUSIC 147
OPERA, OPUSES, AND OPI 150
CHICAGO THE MUSIC CENTRE 151
STILL BLOOMING 152
THE OFFENCE 153
A LAMENT 155
THE APOLOGY 156
A GERMAN PERSONAL 157
COL. ALDRICH’S “LAST CÆSAR” (1) 158
COL. ALDRICH’S “LAST CÆSAR” (2) 163
MISS BAYLE’S ROMANCE 168
A HUMORIST’S COURTSHIP 170
THAT ONE FLOATING VOTE 174
A PERSIAN MISSION 175
A SENATOR’S VALOR 179
A SEASON OF NEW MUSIC 182
APOLLO LOCATED 184
AN EXILE’S NUPTIALS 185
PATRONIZE HOME ART 187
AN OLD FEUD 189
A HEGIRA THREATENED 192
A SPANISH ROMANCE 197
MORE ABOUT MISS FIELD 200
A KENTUCKIAN’S SAGACITY 202
COL. JUDD’S NARROW ESCAPE 203
A WHITE-HOUSE BALLAD.—I. 206
AN EDITORIAL SCHEDULE 207
A WHITE-HOUSE BALLAD.—II. 209
THE HASKELLS, PÈRE ET FILS 210
A WHITE-HOUSE BALLAD.—III. 211
MORE ABOUT COL. HASKELL 212
ANOTHER NEW BOOK 213
MR. SLATTERY OF BOSTON 214
MME. L’ALLEMAND’S HUMOR 218
A VETERAN ACTOR 220
A WHITE-HOUSE BALLAD.—IV. 221
LIFE, DEATH, AND LOVE 222
PIKE’S PEAK 225
CHRISTIAN-COUNTY MOSQUITOES 226
THE DYING SOLDIER 228
HIS FIRST DAY AT EDITING 229
THE LITTLE PEACH 236
LEARNING AND LITERATURE 237
SOME FAMOUS APOLOGIES 240
VICTORIA AT THE SHOW 242
A FARMER’S ADVICE 243
A CHICAGO GERMAN LYRIC 244
THE WORKS OF SAPPHO 245
NOVEMBER 253
A NOVELETTE 254
INTER-STATE COMMERCE BILL ITEMS 257
THE WIZARD OF VERMILION 258
WHY HE WAS TARDY 261
BASE-BALL AS A CLASSIC 262
CULLED IN HELICON 265
OON CRITEEK DE BERNHARDT 267
OON CONVERSARZYONY FRONGSAY 274
A FEARLESS PROTECTOR 277
MR. KNAPP’S SCHEME 278
A FINE OLD BOOK 279
STEALING OUR THUNDER 282
LOST, STRAYED, OR STOLEN 285
CONDENSED LITERATURE 286
DR. WARNER IN CHICAGO 288
AN ANXIOUS INQUIRY 289
A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK 290
THE CROWN JEWELS 291
MR. GOODWIN’S YACHT 295
A LAUDABLE SCHEME 297
THE ERA OF REFORM 298
THE DRAMA DISCUSSED 307
THE VALE OF CASHMERE 308
THE FRIEND OF THE INDIAN 309
THE WAY OF THE SEX 310
AFTER MANY YEARS 311
A SOCIETY ITEM 313
“DIE WALKÜRE” UND DER BOOMERANGELUNGEN 314
AN ANGERED TEUTON 319
“DIE WALKÜRE” ANALYZED 320
A FELICITOUS TOAST 321
THE FARMER CANDIDATE 322
THE MUMMY’S CONUNDRUM 325
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