Preface 7

Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge Miss E. Leslie. 13

To a Withered Rose R. H. 124

A Sister's Love 124

My Sister's Child Miss A. M. F. Buchanan. 125

To One Beloved Park Benjamin. 127

Mark Meriden Mrs. H. E. B. Stowe. 129

The Cossack's Charge F. A. Durivage. 141

Translations from the German Mrs. F. M. Baker. 145

On the Death of a Child B. 148

Portrait of two Sisters Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. 149

The Mother's Offering Miss A. D. Woodbridge. 150

Gentility T. S. Arthur. 151

The Sailor Boy's Lament Mrs. Caroline Orne. 164

The Summer Rain 166

Experience of a Mechanic 167

Woman Francis W. Thomas. 169

The Soft Answer T. S. Arthur. 171