May 1879

In This Issue
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Articles
Our Florida Plantation
“Our brave captains who had come safe through many battles were defeated and routed on this field by an army which came by night, without banner or band of music.”
Labor and the Natural Forces
Witchwork
To Leadville
English Civil Service Reform
A Fancy
Irene the Missionary
The Ship From France: Quebec, 167-
The Abolition of Poverty
The Faïence Violin
Seven Wonders of the World
George's Little Girl
The New Dispensation of Monumental Art: The Decoration of Trinity Church in Boston, and of the New Assembly Chamber at Albany
Emile Zola as a Critic
Americanisms
The Contributors' Club
Recent Literature
