1888/02 - Contents as taken from the front cover are as follows:

  • The Skin and Baths by C. Fred Pollock M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S.E.
  • Winter Sports and Pastimes by Maurice Thompson
  • Our Oil Fields by Charles Albert Ashburner M.S., C.E.
  • Sunday Readings - Selected by John H. Vincent
  • Seeds and How They Travel - Part 1 by Byron D. Halsted
  • Our Public School System by Professor W.T. Harris
  • Literatures of the Far East -- Part 5 by Justin A. Smith D.D.
  • Scandinavian Literature -- Part 1 by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
  • The Homes of Some Southern Authors -- Part 1 by C.W. Coleman, Jr.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe at Home by Frances E. Willard

  • Ephphatha by Edward A. Allen
  • Defects in the Education of America Girls by Julia Ward Howe
  • A Ride Across the Balkan Mountains -- Concluded by Bishop John F. Hurst LL.D.
  • Rose and Thorn by Jennie Burr
  • Economic Effects of the Saloon - A Symposium of Letters
  • The Rest and Work of Reading by J.M. Buckley, LL.D.
  • Seen and Unseen by Mrs. Clara Doty Bates
  • Life in the Amana Colony by Albert Shaw, Ph.D.
  • The Scotch in America by The Reverend James G. Carnachan LL.D.
  • Outline and Programs for the C.L.S.C.
  • Local Circles
  • The C.L.S.C. Classes
  • Editor's Outlook
  • Editor's Note-Book
  • C.L.S.C. Notes on Required Readings for January
  • Questions and Answers
  • The Question Table
  • Talk About Books
  • Paragraphs from New Books
  • Summary of Important News