CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

THE COTTON METROPOLIS, . . . . . . . NO. 1

AUSTRALIA AND ITS GOLD REGIONS, . . . . . " 2

HELEN GRAY: A TALE, '. . . . . . . . , 3

MADAME DE SÉVIGNÉ: HER LIFE AND LETTERS, . .' . 14

THE RHINE, . . . . . . . . . . " 5

MINA BLOCK : THE FACE-MODEL, . . . . . . 6

THE PILGRIM FATHERS, . . . . . . . . 7

SPIRIT OF THE PARADISE LOST, . . . . . . 18

MINA BLOCK: THE FACE-MODEL,