| SUBJECT. | AUTHOR. | PAGE |
| PROEM. | SARAH ROBERTS. | 19 |
| THE LANDING OF WILLIAM PENN. | THE EDITOR. | 21 |
| DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS. | FREDRIKA BREMER. | 26 |
| WE-HAR-KA, OR THE RIVAL CLANS. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 29 |
| THE LAUGHING WATERS. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 69 |
| O-KO-PEE, A HUNTER OF THE SIOUX. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 72 |
| CHEQUERED CLOUD, THE AGED SIOUX WOMAN. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 80 |
| FIRE-FACE. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 84 |
| DEATH-SONG OF AN INDIAN PRISONER. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 91 |
| THE FALSE ALARM. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 95 |
| INDIAN COURTSHIP. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 101 |
| THE SACRIFICE. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 104 |
| AN INDIAN LULLABY. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 113 |
| SOUNDING WIND, THE CHIPPEWAY BRAVE. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 117 |
| AN INDIAN BALLAD. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 124 |
| OLD JOHN, THE MEDICINE-MAN. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 127 |
| A REMONSTRANCE. | ELIZA L. SPROAT. | 136 |
| A FINE ART DISREGARDED. | ELIZABETH WETHERELL. | 139 |
| MISSION CHURCH OF SAN JOSÉ. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 151 |
| HAWKING. | EDITH MAY. | 155 |
| HILLSIDE COTTAGE. | MRS. JULIA C. R. DORR. | 156 |
| SUNSET ON THE DELAWARE. | J. I. PEASE. | 177 |
| FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. | S. A. H. | 178 |
| CASTLE-BUILDING. | JAMES T. MITCHELL. | 180 |
| THE LOVER'S LEAP, OR WENONA'S ROCK. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 185 |
| THE INDIAN MOTHER. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 191 |
| THE WOOD SPIRITS AND THE MAIDEN. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 194 |
| ALICE HILL. | MRS. M. E. W. ALEXANDER. | 196 |
| DR. VANDORSEN AND THE YOUNG WIDOW. | ANN E. PORTER. | 206 |
| A CENOTAPH. A BALLAD OF NATHAN HALE. | ERASTUS W. ELLSWORTH. | 225 |
| THE DREAMER. | MARY E. HEWITT. | 244 |
| WHITE MOON AND FIERY MAN. | MRS. MARY EASTMAN. | 245 |
| THE RAIN-DROP. | MISS E. W. BARNES. | 276 |
| A PLEA FOR A CHOICE PICTURE. | MISS L. S. HALL. | 279 |
| LOST AND WON. | CAROLINE EUSTIS. | 281 |
| THE MISTRUSTED GUIDE. | A WESTERN MISSIONARY. | 283 |
| A NIGHT IN NAZARETH. | MARY YOUNG. | 290 |
| TEARS. | CHARLES D. GARDETTE, M.D. | 293 |
| INCONSTANCY. | E. M. | 295 |
| CROSSING THE TIDE. | MISS PHŒBE CAREY. | 297 |
THE IRIS.