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of the home, and for the instruction and amusement of both young

and old.

Each number will contain :-

Fiction, in the shape of short stories or longer serials by
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Articles by Eminent Writers on the current topics of the day,
Political, Social, and Scientific, as well as Reviews and Criti-
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Studies in History and Biography and records of Travel.

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are interested in Literature, and the following is a list of Contributors

whose stories and papers will appear in the first and forthcoming

THE LINK. A Poem. By Miss DORA CHADWICK.

THE PRIEST'S ATONEMENT. By Hon. LEWIS WINGFIELD. Chapters I., II.,
and III. (to be continued).

THE HOMES OF THE POOR. By Mrs. FENWICK MILLER, F.R.S.

GHOSTS, DREAMS, APPARITIONS, AND PREMONITIONS.

Explanation. By Miss FANNY E. Albert.

Their Possible

IS PHRENOLOGY BASED ON FACT OR ON FANCY? By NICHOLAS MORGAN.
THE YELLOW POWDER. A Record of Professional Experience. By GRAHAM
EVERETT.

THE SAUCY SAL. An old Salt's Yarn. By R. F. Cantwell.

THE SEAMEN OF TO-DAY AND THIRTY YEARS AGO. By Lieut. CHAS. R.
Low, F.R.G.S

WITHIN THE RING. By HERBERT H. ADAMS. Chapter I.-The First Sorrow.
Chapter II.-New Scenes and Fresh Faces. Chapter III.—Thespian's at Home.
Chapter IV.-Martindale Towers (to be continued).

JOHN MORLEY, M.P. By Rev. F. ARNOLD.

MADAME CLARA SCHUMANN. By Mrs. OSCAR BERRINGER. (With Etching by
PERCY THOMAS.)

THE TREE OF TEN THOUSAND IMAGES.

PIET VAN RHYN. By G. CLOUGH.

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE.

A New Novel, by W. Outram Tristram, author of "Julian Trevor,"
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