An Aphorism and a Lecture JOSHUA S. MORRIS The Harp of a Thousand Strings SEBA SMITH My First Visit to Portland WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT The Mosquito JOHN CARVER Country Burial-places DANFORTH MARBLE The Hoosier and the Salt-pile ANNE BACHE The Quilting FITZ-GREENE HALLECK A Fragment Domestic Happiness CHARLES F. BROWNE ("Artemus Ward") One of Mr. Ward's Business Letters On "Forts" JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL