CONTENTS. IAGE. An Old Fool......................................Frances Fuller Victor........................... 50 Apple-Thoughts for Apple-Time.................... H Hug-h Smith Cartenter......................... 352 Arab Stories and Traditions, Down the Nile........ V. S. Dodge.................................... 443 Argonauts of'49, One of the........................ L. Ver Mehr, D. D......................434, 546 Books of the \Ionth.................................................................. 4, 392, 488, 584 Borneo Cinnabar Mines............................Therese 1'elverton............................... 428 Brave IMrs. Lyle..................................Sarah B. Cooter.................. 5 Bristles......................................... Geo. F. Eiery.................................. 280 Buster............................................Prentice Iulford............................... 424 California, Agricultural Capacity of................. 7. Ross Browe................................ 297 California, Commercial and Monetary Interests of....fon. Amasa Vlker........................... 558 California Indians, The........................... Sethen Powers........................ 322, 535 California, Lower, Early Jesuit Missions in........... Rt. Rev. Ivn. r iahaa................... 52 Cape Horn in 1704.......................St. Rev. IV. Ingrahamz Kz6................... 346 Catching a Bultterfly.............................Clara B. Conant............................ 315 Chinese Proverbs.................................Rev. A. V. Loomis.............................. 82 City at the Golden Gate, The...........Henry Robinson................................. 62 Colorado Desert, The............................. 7. P. WVidney, lI. D........................... 44 Comstock Lode, The..............................Henry Degroot.................................. 489 Costa Rica and its Railroad........................ 7. T. Meagher................................. I6o Cousin Geoffrey...A................................Aalie LaF'orge............................... 403 Dips, Spurs, and Angles............E. W. Carenter............................... I05 England's Sea-side, A Day at......................Prentice?/ford............................... 26 Etc...................9........................................................, 9, 90 286, 383, 476, 573 Familiar Spirit, A................................a. Vrgaret Hosmer.............................. 142 Geologist's Winter Walk, A...o....................hn Iuir.................................... 355 Ghost of Rummelsburg, The.......................7. LL.Ier Mehr, D. D........................... 6 Gold Hill, The Gossip of.........................M. rs. W. W. ~acoober........................... 209 Gold Sands of the Pacific, The..................... Monroe Thomson............................... 393 Half and Half....................................Chares WVarren Stoddard...................... 86 House on the Hill, The............................ W. C. Bartlett................................. 259 Indian Reservation, An....... Geo. Gw-yther, A. D............................. 23 Intellectual Basis of Civilized Peace.............Leigh h/ann................................... 2I5 Japanese Indemnity Fund, The..........Daniel C. GCl/wm n, (Pres. University of Cal ).... x84 John Clare, Relics of......Ben. P. Avzery................................. I34 Journey in a Junk, A.............................. Tlerese Yelverton.............................. 30 Kahle........................................... Chlares WVarren Stoddard...................... 238 Lady Unger....................................aura Lyon Vhite............................. 334 Little Brown Bird, The............................ Amaie LaForge............................... 5 Manl-Fanciers, The................................./. G. Uton.................................... 527 Margaret Hemming...............................Lovell White.................................... 59 Napoleon III...................................... 7ohn V. Dvinelle.......................... 247, 358 Napoleon, The Third.............................. G. C. Hu7but.................................. 457 Newspaper of the Future, The..................... f. G. Uton................................... 229 Only an Episode..................................Leonard Ki.................................... 46 Oregon Twenty-five Years Ago..................... Samuel A. Clarke.............................. 409 Overland in the Sixteenth Century................... irs. L. P. isher............................... 54 Padre's Ruse, T h e.................................yohn C. Bco.................................. 57 Pectens, or Scallop-Shells, The. C. Ser............................... C. 342 San Francisco in I8I6, A Visit to.................... Georgie D. IcElroy............................. 20z "TI'he House thatJack Built....................... Charles arren Stoddard...................... 555 Thrust in Tierce, The.............................Daniel O'Connell............................... 66 Twenty Years fromr Home....................P..... -entice Mu/ford.......................223