THE STATEN ISLAND MAGAZINE CONTENTS FOR AUGUST: 



Literature on Staten Island George William Curtis .. .. 1 



A Father's Letter BUI Nye 7 



A Few Words About Our Water Supply . . Arthur HoMck 10 



Our Native Pines N. L. Britton 14 



Reminiscences George M. Boot 17 



A Council of War at Fort Richmond. . .. Ira K. Morris 22 



Vocal Music in the Family and School . . James McNamee 30 



The Building of the Body . . . , . . . . W. G. Joslin 37 



Sympathy G. Warner Oakley 42 



Friends, (poetry) Thos. W. Butts 46 



Shepherdstown, on the Potomac Mrs. F. B, Grote 47 



The Genie of Old, (poetry) James Burke 55 



