1876/09-10 - Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • The Chief Editor's Motto by J. Harrison Mills and illustrated by the author
  • The Masked Lottery by Vlen-Ten
  • Fall Wooing by A.R.A.
  • Sixty Seconds in a Drop of Water by Rev. W. Alfred Gay
  • Chess - Conducted by George H. Thornton - Tourney Problem No. 11 by "La Petite Babiole" - Problem No. 17 by X. Hawkins - Chess Items - Philadelphia Tournament Game - Barbour vs. Mason