October 1884

In This Issue
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Articles
Southern Colleges and Schools
“There has been no great advance, if any, in college work in the South since the war, and in preparation for college there has been a positive decline in most of the States.”
In War Time
The Battle of Lake George
Ave: [Prelude to "Illustrated Poems"]
Relation of Fairies to Religion
An English Literary Cousin
The Lakes of Upper Italy
In Tuscany
Minor Songsters
Washington and His Companions Viewed Face to Face
Buckshot: A Record
Boating
The Migrations of the Gods
A Bourgeois Family
The Solitary Bee
Palmer's Odyssey
The Life of Bayard Taylor
The Contributors' Club
Books of the Month
