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ISLAND OF CORFU, The. (Illustrated).

JOURNALIST, Letter to a Young.

LANGUAGES, Should the Study of the Modern Precede that of the Ancient ?. G. F. Comfort.

LAW OF THE HEART AND LAW OF THE Street..

Poem.

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.E. J. Mallett, Fr..

576

Kate Hillard.

748

..Benson J. Lossing.

398

James T. McKay.

302

Annie R. Annan..

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Elizabeth Akers Allen.....

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Charlotte F. Bates

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..Harriet McEwen Kimball. 168

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VOL. IV.

MAY, 1872.

No. 1.

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MORNING on Arlington Heights, after a frosty night; season, Indian summer. The broad reach of the Potomac, curving from Georgetown to below the mouth of the Eastern Branch, sleeps under the slant rays of the haze-tempered sun, unreached by the puffs of wind which rustle the crimson foliage that still clings to the oaks on the Heights, or send the fallen leaves chasing each other by fits and starts, like flocks of yellow-birds frollicking over a patch of thistles. The air is crisp and cool; the sunshine just warm enough to be inviting. Both together act like a tonic, filling body and mind with a healthy glow that gives a zest to mere existence. The view from the Heights is not imposing. It is not particularly beautiful. Yet it would be hard to look

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