"I shall from Time to Time Report and Consider all Matters of what Kind Soever that shall occur to Me." --THE TATLER.

CONTENTS.

EDWARD EVERETT IN 1862

AT THE OPERA IN 1864

EMERSON LECTURING

SHOPS AND SHOPPING

MRS. GRUNDY AND THE COSMOPOLITAN

DICKENS READING [1867]

PHILLIS

THOREAU AND MY LADY CAVALIERE

HONESTUS AT THE CAUCUS

THALBERG AND OTHER PIANISTS [1871]

URBS AND RUS

RIP VAN WINKLE

A CHINESE CRITIC

HOLIDAY SAUNTERING

WENDELL PHILLIPS AT HARVARD [1881]

EASTER BONNETS

JENNY LIND

THE TOWN

SARAH SHAW RUSSELL

STREET MUSIC

A LITTLE DINNER WITH THACKERAY

CECILIA PLAYING

THE MANNERLESS SEX

ROBERT BROWNING IN FLORENCE

PLAYERS

UNMUSICAL BOXES

THE ACADEMY DINNER IN ARCADIA