| Table of Contents | |
| Section | Page |
| Start of eBook | 1 |
| A TOBACCO PLANTATION. | 1 |
| SCENES OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE’S LIFE IN BRUSSELS. | 13 |
| COOKHAM DEAN. | 22 |
| BIRDS OF A TEXAN WINTER. | 34 |
| THE FERRYMAN’S FEE. | 45 |
| I. | 46 |
| II. | 50 |
| III. | 51 |
| IV. | 61 |
| LETTERS AND REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES READE. | 63 |
| IN A SUPPRESSED TUSCAN MONASTERY. | 76 |
| THE SUBSTITUTE. | 90 |
| NEW YORK LIBRARIES | 104 |
| THE DRAMA IN THE NURSERY. | 121 |
| OUR MONTHLY GOSSIP. | 125 |
| LITERATURE OF THE DAY. | 133 |
| FOOTNOTES: | 138 |
| TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: | 138 |

