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Vol. IX.

FEBRUARY, 1893.

No. 1.

CONTENTS.

ALL FOR LOVE,

And the world well lost.

ON THE EXPRESS TRAIN,

All young gamblers should try to find one like him.

James Payn

Walter Besant

Jacques Normand

The story of an awkward but most lucky blunder.

THE WAY TO BE HAPPY,

Captain Marryatt

Illustrating many a good old proverb on this subject.

A MADMAN,

Involving another of those drunkards who have good wives.

YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE,

A singular story, full of unexpected developments.

Another Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-only worse.

THE GOOD OLD TIMES,

Wilkie Collins

Guy de Maupassant

Anonymous

Which were not so very good, after all.

AN UNDERGRADUATE'S AUNT,

Also an extensive assortment of cousins.

F. Anstey

FLOTOW THE BANNOCK,

The kind of man one wouldn't care to dine with.

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