Harper's Magazine: December 1896

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December 1896

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2-3	Poem Christmas carol By Nina Frances Layard SEE ALSO: Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Motherhood; Nativity PDF IMAGES
4-10	Article A Middle-English nativity By John Corbin SEE ALSO: Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Middle Ages; Motherhood; Mysteries and miracle-plays, English; Nativity PDF IMAGES
11-25	Fiction The romance of an ambrotype By Howard Pyle SEE ALSO: Casualties; Mistaken identity; War stories PDF IMAGES
26-38	Article White man's Africa. Part II.—President Kruger By Poultney Bigelow SEE ALSO: Career as president of Transvaal, South Africa; Kruger; 1880-1910; Kruger, Paul; Portraits; South Africa; Transvaal; Transvaal (South Africa) PDF IMAGES
38	Poem Cages and songs By Richard Henry Stoddard SEE ALSO: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) PDF IMAGES
39-59	Fiction The Martian (part III) By George Du Maurier SEE ALSO: Extraterrestrial influences; Human-alien encounters; Martians; Paris (France) PDF IMAGES
60-69	Article How the law got into the chaparral By Frederic Remington SEE ALSO: Career as Texas Ranger; Ford, John Salmon; Hall, Lea; Republic, 1836-1846; Texas Rangers; Wars PDF IMAGES
70-85	Fiction The hundred By Gertrude Hall Brownell SEE ALSO: Christmas stories; Dolls PDF IMAGES
86-94	Fiction The defeat of Amos Wickliff By Octave Thanet SEE ALSO: Clemency; Legal stories; Middle West; Sheriffs PDF IMAGES
95-104	Article Wild ducks and tame decoys By Joseph Hamblen Sears SEE ALSO: Cape Cod; Decoys (Hunting); Duck shooting PDF IMAGES
105-119	Fiction Weeds. A romance of the Simpkinsville cemetery By Ruth McEnery Stuart SEE ALSO: Bereavement; Widowers; Widows PDF IMAGES
120-134	Article Oliver Wendell Holmes By William Dean Howells SEE ALSO: Biography; Boston (Mass.); Holmes, Oliver Wendell; Portraits PDF IMAGES
135-144	Fiction Sunday Sam's statute of limitations By Henry Gallup Paine SEE ALSO: Legal stories; Mistaken identity; Tramps PDF IMAGES
144-150	Article Electricity direct from coal By William White Jacques SEE ALSO: Direct energy conversion; Electric batteries PDF IMAGES
150-155	Fiction Clavis By Annie Trumbull Slosson SEE ALSO: Children, Deaf; Nature stories; Philosophy of nature PDF IMAGES
155-157	Editor's study/Article — (I) By Charles Dudley Warner SEE ALSO: Progress PDF IMAGES
157-158	Editor's study/Article — (II) By Charles Dudley Warner SEE ALSO: Charities; Civilization, Western; Progress; War and civilization PDF IMAGES
158	Editor's study/Article — (III) By Charles Dudley Warner SEE ALSO: Progress; Religion and science PDF IMAGES
159-166	Editor's drawer/Drama A chafing-dish party By John Kendrick Bangs SEE ALSO: Chafing dish cookery; Farces; Welsh rabbit PDF IMAGES
167	Editor's drawer/Poem The spirit of Christmas SEE ALSO: Belief and doubt; Santa Claus PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Cartoon Too much for him SEE ALSO: Kissing; Sleighing PDF IMAGES
168-169	Editor's drawer/Fiction Roaring Spring's æsthetic Christmas tree By Hayden Carruth SEE ALSO: Bear attacks; Christmas stories; Christmas trees; Tall tales; Women teachers PDF IMAGES
169	Editor's drawer/Cartoon The only way the raccoon family were able to enjoy their Christmas tree in peace and comfort SEE ALSO: Boats and boating; Christmas trees; Raccoons PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Fiction The return of the wanderer SEE ALSO: Adult children living with parents; Christmas stories; Prodigal son (Parable) PDF IMAGES
170	Editor's drawer/Poem Artian sonnets: Barren triumph By E. Irenaeus Stevenson SEE ALSO: American poetry PDF IMAGES
171	Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: Historical fiction, Scottish; Crockett, S.R. (Samuel Rutherford); Lucas, Seymour; The gray man, a novel (Book); The gray man (Book) PDF IMAGES Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: Alone in China, and other stories (Book); Weldon, C.D.; Ralph, Julian; Short stories, American PDF IMAGES Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: American essays; Impressions and experiences (Book); Printers; Howells, William Dean PDF IMAGES
172	Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: Amyas Egeton, cavalier (Book); Civil War, 1642-1649; Historical fiction, English; Hervey, Maurice H. PDF IMAGES Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: Chapman, Carlton Theodore; Barnes, James; Naval actions of the War of 1812 (Book); Naval operations; United States. Navy; War of 1812 PDF IMAGES
173	Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: Kelley, J.D. Jerrold (James Douglas Jerrold); Seafaring life; The ship's company and other sea people (Book) PDF IMAGES Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: Artists' illustrated books; Gibson, Charles Dana; Pictures of people (Book) PDF IMAGES Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: Wenzell, Albert Beck; Artists' illustrated books; In Vanity Fair (Book) PDF IMAGES
174	Literary notes/Review Literary notes By Laurence Hutton SEE ALSO: Biography; Generals; Washington, George; George Washington (Book); Pyle, Howard; Wilson, Woodrow PDF IMAGES