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PAGE. Overheard between Brooklyn and Har- lem 4 Paddy’s Own ‘Parliament, ‘The : Palmer, F..S.. .. . or Papa's Footsteps + 388 Paradoxical . . e =e 194 Parcius Junctas Quatiunt ea ae Pardonable Error, A . 15 Park Policeman’s New Duty, The. | 272 Past and Present . . + 207 Pathetic . . se se es oe Pathetic Side, hes. G6 4 9k @ 365 Patriotic . oe ON ek ge oe ie oe Peck, Wallace, | + + 6 « 12, 25, 68, 96, 226, o58 ar 306, 3 People’s Mind, The. . Per Astra ad Aspera Peters, Clinton . oe ee Phantom Lover, A. . . 2 1 1 Phelps, Sheffield Philosophico - Classico + 216 . 306 311 + + 40, Mathematical Problem, A... 58g * 4, 130, 160, Pictorial Shakespeare . Pierson, Ernest de L. . Pike, Manley H. . . . 303, Piscatorial 2 2 1. 1 ew ee PithofIt,The. . . . . 2. . Plain Truth, The . Pleasure in Store for Him, A Pleasures of Kingcraft, The . Pleasures of Summer Bathing, The Poet, The . . Poetry of Tennis, The Point of View, The Power of Mind. . . . Power of the Press, The . Precautions . . . Precious Metal . Preparing for a Seat Presence of Mind E President's Vacation, The Pretty Picture, The Private Theatricals . Probably Expensive Problem Solved, The . Process Literature . Professor at the Boarding-| ‘house ‘Table, The Project for Elevated Railways at Paris, Promised Them to Keep ( Quiet . Proof, The Proposed Revision, A . Proposition, A 2 Provided For . Pull All Together, A . Pursuing a Middle Course Question of Sex . Question of Some import, A Quips from the Authors. Quite Pardonable . . Railroad Map of U. S. in 1986. Railways of the Future, The Reasonable Request, A. . Reasonable Supposition, A Reason Why, The. . . Received from the “Anchoria Relief, A. . Remarkable F Remembered. . . Fi Result of a Mathematical Education Revenge . Rhyme of “Mistresse € Marjory, 4 ’ Rice, E,C. . Ring, The Rita. . Rivers, James Dale Roche, James Jeffrey . Romance in B Flat, A Rose of May. Ruined by Success . RiS3Ve Ps 3s 124, ith, A ) 198 Sa Carte des Danses . 287 CONTENTS. PAGE. Saddest Thing, The . . . . Sanborn, T. P. &. 2 2 eee Satisfied . . Saturn, with its Recent Improvements, Sauce forthe Goose . . . . . . Saved from the Wreck . . . . Scant o’ Clothes. Scenes from Love in Harness: at Daly’ s, Scenes from Theodora at Niblo’s . . Scenes from Wilson Barrett’s Claudian, School Girl’s Revel, The. . . . Scientific . . . . Scientific Toy . 2... 1. Scollard, Clinton . . . . . . 3, Scribbler’s Monthly . Sea Serpent is a Cabal 2 Season of Brotherly Love, The . Sea Specialties . Sensible Thing to Do, ‘A Serious Affair, A . . Settled. . . Settling Old Scores. Set to Love . Sextus . ee ee Shakespeare on Baseball | | wea Sharking Situation, A. . She Didn’t Belong to the Audubon Society .. : She Felt a Tremor at her Heart’ Shopping in Paris . Shriven . . Silver Lining, The « Simplicit Z Siviter, W. H.! Smith, Jr., S. D. Snyder, E. M. Soap Bil’n . . * Soctal Contempt in Fiction | Social Favorite, ‘The Society Notes . Soft Impeachment, The Some Baseball Celebrities Some Figures : Some Marine Views . Some Men About Town . Some of Our Friends . . Something About Literary Movements, 2 Something Humorous. . _— Some Unlucky Omens Some Wonderful Acting . Song of Four Seasons, A. Song of the Siren, The Special Use, Their. . Spectral Complexion, The Spirit of the Day, The Spoiled Child Sportive... Standing Joke . Statistical... Steamboat Battery, The Sterry, De Witt . % Stetson, Clarence Stock Exchange, A Stories and Verses . Strong Company, A. é Students of Human Nature | Study in Black and White, A Studying the National Drama Stuyvesant Square . Submarine Farming Company, The Successful Writer, A . oo Sufficient Explanation, A € Sufficient Reason, A. 194, Suggestion as to Geronimo’s Future, a Suggestion of Economy, A . Suitable Gift for Charley Sunday Morning Sympathetic . . Taking no Chances . 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Wolf and the Ass, The Words and their Uses Worth Telling . . Worthy of Consideration . Xmas-tide . Yacht Craze, The . Yacht Race, The You will See This . Press OF FLEMING, BREWSTER & ALLEY, 31-33 West TweNTY-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com