Bowen-Merrill Company , Indianapolis: "The Elf Child," "A Liz-Town Humorist," James Whitcomb Riley. Lee & Shepard , Boston: "The Meeting of the Clabberhuses," "A Philosopher," "The Ideal Husband to His Wife," "The Prayer of Cyrus Brown," "A Modern Martyrdom," S. W. Foss; "After the Funeral," "What He Wanted It For," J. M. Bailey. Bacheller, Johnson & Bacheller , New York: "The Composite Ghost," Marion Couthouy Smith. D. Appleton & Company , New York: "Illustrated Newspapers," "Tushmaker's Tooth-puller," G. H. Derby ("John Phœnix"). T. B. Peterson & Company , Philadelphia: "Hans Breitmann's Party," "Ballad," C. G. Leland. Century Company , New York: "Miss Malony on the Chinese Question," Mary Mapes Dodge; "The Origin of the Banjo," Irwin Russell; "The Walloping Window-Blind," Charles E. Carryl; "The Patriotic Tourist," "What's in a Name?" "'Tis Ever Thus," R. K. Munkittrick. Forbes & Company , Chicago: "If I Should Die To-Night," "The Pessimist," Ben King. J. S. Ogilvie & Company , New York: Three Short Extracts, C. B. Lewis ("Mr. Bowser"). The Chelsea Company , New York: "The Society Reporter's Christmas," "The Dying Gag," James L. Ford. Keppler & Schwarzmann , New York: "Love Letters of Smith," H. C. Bunner.