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2  Walter  Besant — The  Humbling  of  the  Memblings 
8  Charles  Dickens—1 The  Mudfog  Papers. 
4  Wilkie  Collins— The  Magic  Spectacles. 
5  Charlotte  M.  Braeme—  A  Bridge  of  Jjove. 
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7  S.  T.  Coleridge— The  Rhyme  of  the  Ancient  Mariner. 
8  Bjornstjerne  Bjornson-The  Wedding  March. 
9  Besant  and  Rice  —  The  Ten  Years  and  Tenant. 
10  Charles  Dickens— Sketches  of  Young  Couples. 
H  Mrs,  Forrester— In  a  Country  House. 
12  R.  E.  Franclllon  — Esther’s  Glove. 
18  Emile  Gaboriau— Max’s  Marriage. 
14  Charles  Gibbon— In  Pastures  Green. 
15  Thomas  Hardy— What  the  Shepherds  Saw. 
18  Mary  Cecil  Hay— In  the  Holidays. 
17  Captain  Marryat-The  Three  Cutters. 
18  Helen  B.  Mathers— The  Land  o’  the  Leal 
19  Miss  Mulock— In  a  House  Boat. 
20  Mrs.  Ollpbant— Earthbound. 
21  Oulda— Little  Grand  and  the  Marchioness. 
22  F.  W.  Robinson -The  Barmaid  at  Battleton. 
23  Alfred  Lord  Tennyson— The  Lover’s  Tale. 
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25  Annie  Thomas— The  Mystery,  and  other  Stories. 
28  Miss  Mulock— The  Self  Seer. 
27  Mrs.  .1.  H.  Riddell— Miss  Molloy’s  Mishap. 
28  Katherine  S.  Macquold— Poor  Roger. 
29  The  “  Duchess  "-How  Snooks  Got  Out  Of  It. 
30  A  Conan  Doyle— My  Friend.  The  Murderer. 
31  Charles  Dickens— The  Chimes. 
82  Charlotte  M.  Braeme— A  Gilded  Sin. 
33  Besant  and  Rice— Shepherds  all  and  Maidens  Fair. 
34  Helen  B.  Mathers— As  He  Cometh  Up  the  Stair. 
35  Anthony  Trollope  —  Why  Frau  Frohmann  Raises 
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86  Charles  Dickens— Three  Detective  Anecdotes. 
37  Violet  Wythe— A  Wavering  Image. 
38  Mrs.  Forrester— The  Turn  of  Fortune's  Wheel. 
39  T.  DeWitt  Talmage— Night  Side  of  New  York. 
40  Miss  Mulock— His  Little  Mother. 
41  Katherine  S.  Macquold— The  Awakening. 
42  Mary  Cecil  Hay— Reaping  the  Whirlwind 
43  Mrs.  Forrester— Queen  Elizabeth’s  Garden. 
44  Charles  Dickens— The  Battle  of  Life.* 
45  Wilkie  Collins— A  Shocking  Story. 
46  Oulda- -Bimbi. 
47  Miss  Mulock— The  Last  of  the  Ruthvens. 
48  Mary  Cecil  Hay— A  Little  Aversion. 
49  Oulda— The  Little  Earl. 
50  Besant  and  Rice— The  Case  of  Mr.  Lucraft. 
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