January 1885
In This Issue
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Articles
Winter Days
Extracts from the journal of Henry David Thoreau
The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains
The Star in the East
The New Portfolio
Vedder's Drawings for Omar Khayyám's Rubáiyát
Culture of the Old School
A Canadian Folk-Song
Recent American Fiction
Childhood in Greek and Roman Literature
Studies of the Renaissance
The Contributors' Club
Books of the Month
The H Malady in England
A Marsh Island
The Christ of the Snows: A Norwegian Legend
A Salem Dame-School
A Story of Assisted Fate
Madame Mohl, Her Salon and Her Friends: First Paper
A Country Gentleman











