December 1887

In This Issue
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Articles
The Thraldom of Japan
The Second Son
Robert Louis Stevenson
At Chrystemesse-Tyde
Some Aspects of Pessimism
French and English: Seventh Paper
At Pinney's Ranch
On a Photograph Received From a Friend in Rome
Paul Jones and the Armed Neutrality
Island Democracy in the Caspian
Paul Patoff
Of One Who Is Deaf
The Soul of the Far East
At the Funeral of a Minor Poet: [One of the Bearers Soliloquizes]
Dr. Holmes's Progress
Thackeray's Letters
A Delicate Business
The Historical Value of the Vinland Sagas
An Open Letter to Crayon Bleu
A Lucid Interval
Books of the Month
